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kpete

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Fri May-30-08 03:40 PM
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Pelosi says it's over after Tuesday

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Pelosi says it's over after Tuesday
by xzeitgeist
Fri May 30, 2008 at 01:31:32 PM PDT
Although House Speaker Pelosi has remained officially neutral for the primary season, she's also made it clear that she would step in once the voting was over to ensure we have enough time to campaign against John McCain. Today, she made that particularly clear in remarks at a San Francisco food bank.

This is consistent with various reports that Sen. Reid, Rep. Pelosi, and Howard Dean are urging superdelegates to make their preferences known.

But what is more significant about Pelosi's comments is that she bluntly stated that pursuing the delegate fight past next Tuesday's primaries would be " 'a scorched earth philosophy' that would seriously damage the chances of electing a Democratic president in November." Her remarks seem to be aimed at boxing Sen. Clinton in and increasing the pressure on her to gracefully drop out after the Tuesday votes.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/30/MNQE110L6T.DTL&tsp=1
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/30/161955/623/139/525660
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/democratic-leaders-lean-on-superdelegates/

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grantcart

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Fri May-30-08 03:42 PM
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1. yep lets relax enjoy it and not take the bait

we can go apeshit on Wednesday lol

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Jersey Devil

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Fri May-30-08 03:42 PM
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2. Great! That paves the way for "Apeshit Wednesday"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6185448

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grantcart

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Fri May-30-08 03:42 PM
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3. thanks for that - we had a spontaneous post lol

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SlipperySlope

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Fri May-30-08 04:33 PM
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5. Followed by...

Batshit Thursday
Hysterical Friday
The weekend of our discontent
"I can't believe she's taking it to the convention" Monday.

The salted fields of June
The scorched earth of July
The Showdown in August

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99th_Monkey

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Fri May-30-08 03:44 PM
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4. Happy first "Rec" .... funny how Pelosi can find her backbone when dealing with other Dems

like she couldn't to stand up to Bush/Cheney for the rule of law.

But at least she's showing some leadership here, and that's great.

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crickets

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Fri May-30-08 04:35 PM
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6. Good. -nt

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