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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:52 PM Original message |
Just taking a look at the breakdown of the 2004 CNN National Exit Poll shows why HRC is great choice |
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Nitrogenica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, the best choice would be the candidate with less elected delegates. |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is not 2004, and Hillary is not Kerry |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yep. Kerry is a public servant. Hillary is just a politician n/t |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yet on Hardball Matthews said Obama won every one of those groups among people under age 45. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Young voters are a small percentage of voters |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. "can't close the deal" , "gullible young voters" ...do you even realize you're parrotting the people |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. I agree - talking points alert. Also "deals" are made in smoked-filled rooms. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I just love these STRAWMAN ARGUMENTS |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. It's looking at numbers like these that caused me to switch |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. While she's appealing to some, she's repelling others. |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. That's true as well.... |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. $109 million worth of 'ordinary person'.... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. over what 7years or was it 10? obama made 4. 2 in ONE year. So ORDINARY!! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
70. the point is does she have a viable realistic chance for the nomination? |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Good points. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Weren't you an Obama supporter worried about what would be perceived if Obama lost by more than 10 |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. So why do you think McCain would be more appealing than Obama to white women? |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Because white women traditionally vote Republican. |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. And their pride at having a woman as president could bring them over to our side n/t |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. So you're saying that they would vote for her simply because she is a woman? That's it? |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Get over it. It's not happening. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Welcome to 2008! The obsolete 2004 game plan is used as hamster litter now. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't you just love how the Obamites don't address your points? |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yeah I've noticed that NJsecularist |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You go from supporting Obama to calling us "Obamites"? I addressed the points. Why don't you |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Quite the turnaround that one had, eh? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Yup. Must've been a Hillary supporter the whole time to go so negative like that. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Exactly. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I agree... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #45 |
65. I feel like I'm reading dialogue from Lord of the Flies |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. That's because the points dont matter |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The points do matter if you don't want to win the election. n/t |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Also, white women are not a "swing voter" group. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. They aren't? White women are indeed a swing voter group. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. That's your argument? Kerry also failed to swing a majority of Republicans, or white men, or people |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I have a poll here that says Obama beats McCain among white women by 8 points.... |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
67. If that hold up, he's home free |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. "We fare worse among white women than overall" --can you provide a link for this? |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
66. I'll play |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Well, I was trying to point out that "white women" is not a discrete voting block, any more than |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. On the contrary, basing Hillary's electability on everything but Hillary says that she is a bankrupt |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I'll just assume this is the winning argument, since it hasn't been challenged. |
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angie_love (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Oh so now we're Obamites now? some ppl here are freaking nutty. |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Poll all you want. Hillary is NOT the choice in 2008. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hillary has shown strength among Democrats, not Independents and Republicans |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The most important thing to winning an election is keeping your base. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. And there is no indication that Obama will lose the Democratic base |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Through Latinos and white women? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Black turnout won't go down, for Hillary, just as white turnout won't go down for Obama |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Don't count on Florida going blue. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Kerry also won african american voters and young voters |
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angie_love (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. If shes so fucking electable why is she losing the nomination??? |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Obama's flaws are less apparent in a primary than Hillary's. |
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angie_love (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. whatever you say, the repugs are leaving her alone right now but if shes the nominee shes going to |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. She may be a great choice but it's too late - she lost |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. She has already lost. nt |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. Women voters hold the power in 2008 |
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ecdab (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. And they will support the one candidate in the GE that fights for womens issues - Obama |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Obama never mentions women's issues, ever |
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ecdab (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. There choice will be McCain or Obama. And Obama is strong supporter |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. What?? |
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ecdab (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Well - he never talks about "girl power" maybe that was what |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Girl power indeed. Obama is all about empowering girls, his education initiatives are spot on. |
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ecdab (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. But he needs to use the exact words "girl power" or it doesn't count. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
73. Show me a link on his web site |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. WRONG--that is HILLARY!!. |
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ecdab (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I said in the GE - you know - the election where Hillary will be backing Obama from the sidelines. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's OK, you can wake up now |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. What About All The New Voters |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. Are you really comparing primaries to the GE??? |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. It's astounding. There are actual polls with actual trends that people can look up on the internet.. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I'm so frustrated that informed voters keep saying how Obama's not electable based on Exit polls, |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
63. "She'll need to reach out to them...." Her campaign already has reached out and race baited a lot |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
69. I'm sure President Kerry agrees with your assessment |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
72. This is a poll taken |
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