McKinney is close to clinching the green party nomination thats bad news for Hillary

[bigdarryl]

because if she steals this nomination my prediction is a lot of African Americans will vote green because McKinney is running http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/05/26/cynthia-mckinney-cinches-green-party-nomination/
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[quakerboy]

1. Wouldn't the converse be

potentially true as well?

[bigdarryl]

2. Most Afican Americans will vote for Obama even with McKinney in the race BUT .....

if Hillary steals this thing a lot of blacks will be steaming mad and will bolt the party and vote for McKinney i listen to African American radio like the POWER with Joe Madison Al Sharpton and most people calling in have had it with the Clintons.

[cali]

3. oh for pity's sake. Hill can't steal it. She's done.

Obama is only 41 delegates away from bagging it. He'll get at least 20 and more likely 25 out of PR and another 15+ out of SD and MT. She's 196 delegates from 2026.

[my3boyz]

5. The number is going to change tomorrow. If he could get to 2026 today it might mean something.

However, after tomorrow there will be a whole new ballgame. I hope there are enough supers ready to endorse so that they can put him over the top of the new number.

[cali]

6. I doubt the number will change tomorrow. hillary has to accept

a compromise for it to change. Have you seen any indication from Camp Hill that they'll accept a compromise? I haven't. Furthermore, if they give the MI and FL delegations half a vote, and give Obama the MI uncommitted, as is rumored, and she does it accept it, he'll get something around 55 delegates out of it. He'll still only need about 30+ additional SD endorsements to reach 2117. And he has those banked.

[quakerboy]

7. I was thinking more

If some are outraged that their Female choice has lost, might they not choose Cynthia over Barack, Bob or John?

[FSogol]

4. The Green party will get less than 1% of the vote. Not a factor. n/t

[WHAT]

8. I don't think it would be just African Americans...

because McKinney has stood for issues that are important to many American citizens that have been ignored by corporate media. Obama's campaign has become a model for citizen participation in politics while media has less and less influence. Even with a devolution in discussion, it is easier to ascertain facts and recall history via the internet...I think all of this is a stronger influence than made-up conflicts and diversions.

Obama's campaign has shown a different way and I predict the training wheels will be coming off in the future and individual participation in politics will surge. Group ridicule will loose potency because the sheer quantity of divergent perspectives will dilute its impact. Candidacy supported by individual donations based on group consensus and on-line organization changes everything.

Mostly, this is how I feel about it. I didn't say it as clearly as I'd like but I hope you got the idea. People are thinking outside the tv box and fewer and fewer people will rely on "expert" opinions...more attention might be paid to the rigor of the argument concerned with issues.

[Hippo_Tron]

9. I wonder if she'll make more comments about "Al Gore's Negro Tolerance Level"

[peaches2003]

10. No effect whatsoever

If Hillary gets (steals?) the nomination the majority of AA voters and many white voters will bolt the party and not vote at all. McKinney running will have no effect whatsoever either way.