book_worm
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:34 AM
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You know...Obama has won just as many primaries as HRC |
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I see lots of people say that Obama only wins caucuses but the truth is that he has won just as many primaries as HRC has and has clobbered her in caucuses. Both have delegates and both count.
Obama primary victories (10) South Carolina Alabama Connecticut Delaware Georgia Illinois Missouri Utah Louisiana Virgin Islands
HRC primary victories (10) New Hampshire Arizona Arkansas California Massachusetts New Jersey New York Oklahoma Tennessee
Obama caucus victories (10) Iowa Alaska Colorado Idaho Kansas Minnesota North Dakota Nebraska Washington State Maine
HRC caucus victories (2) Nevada American Samoa
***Note I didn't include MI and FL because they were non-competitive and eventually they will probably be redone as caucuses.
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:35 AM
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1. I was very surprised when I first saw this. |
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:38 AM
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:35 AM
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2. Yeah, but they don't count |
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It's just the black vote, remember?
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:37 AM
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3. jinx, that's what I was going to say. |
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:39 AM
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5. What's the next Clinton meme going to be? |
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:39 AM
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6. No Way Fla and MI will be redone as Caucuses |
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That's just the press and the Obama campaign talking. No way that they are going to say to 1.5 million voters from Fla. You're votes don't count! Do it over in a caucus in which what, maybe a couple hundred thousand voters at most will participate.
Do you know that between Fla and Mi 2.2 million democrats voted. How many voted in all the caucuses combined?
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book_worm
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:40 AM
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7. they were non-competitive so they don't count |
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:45 AM
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Do you think the Fla and Mi voters voted in a vacuum? It's not like they don't read newspapers and watch national news and watch the televised debates. Just because Obama and Clinton didn't hold rallies, doesn't mean it was "non-competitive." Plus Obama and Edwards urged voters to vote for uncommitted in the MI primary. As for Florida, you and the press just want to downplay Florida because Obama lost. If Clinton had lost, you'd be trumping it as a major problem that 1.5 million democratic voters in a swing state were being disenfranchised.
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:46 AM
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11. Where was Obama on ballot in Michigan? |
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they will be redone or won't count at all. The DNC made that decision and the candidates agreed to the rules.
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Mon Feb-11-08 12:04 PM
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15. They will count and they won't be redone |
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That's my prediction. No way either Florida or Michigan is going to caucus. No way the credentials committee is going to refuse to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida. That would be suicide.
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Mon Feb-11-08 12:09 PM
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16. What if it really close in the delegate count |
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and HRC wins the nomination because a state where Obama wasn't on the ballot was seated. How would that go over?
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Mon Feb-11-08 12:16 PM
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18. Obama has only himself to blame |
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He didn't HAVE to take his name off the Mi ballot. He did it to make Iowa and New Hampshire feel good. Maybe that helped him win Iowa and almost pull off NH. But them's the break. So what?
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Mon Feb-11-08 12:32 PM
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20. Only Hillary was on the ballot, the other candidates honored DNC rules n/t |
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Mon Feb-11-08 12:13 PM
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17. I argue the point regarding Florida |
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Every candidate was on the ballot, none of them campaigened there (although Obama's campaign ads could be seen in Florida). One and a half million people voted in Florida. The results were not even remotely close. Clinton won by 17% in at least a four person field. If it was close maybe I would take your side, but it wasn't close at all, it was a landslide for Clinton - and the demographics played out pretty much exactly like they did in California which was contested.
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:42 AM
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9. Im in Michigan. We were told that our votes wouldn't count as was Florida |
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As a result, some people sat home. For this reason alone, the votes cast cannot be counted.
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:41 AM
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8. Uh huh ... now we're advocates of the electoral college. Look, if |
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you want will of the people, let all the votes be counted.
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:48 AM
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12. key word is "OPEN"....nice try tho |
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Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 11:49 AM by ElsewheresDaughter
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:49 AM
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13. key question is how many victories has each won? |
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Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 11:49 AM by book_worm
Obama has won 20 primaries and caucuses and HRC has won 12.
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Mon Feb-11-08 11:54 AM
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The states that HRC won are the states that count right? :sarcasm:
I heard that Obama was personally at those caucuses and primaries that he won beating women and poor people with a stick while he shouted lies. :P
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Mon Feb-11-08 12:31 PM
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19. Florida Was Completely Competitive And Should Absolutely Be Counted. |
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The voters there more than had exposure to the candidates and made educated decisions on who to vote for. I'm sure many of them were every single bit as passionate towards their candidate as you are. Calling anything non-competitive when 1.7 million voters show up, is quite a bit of a stretch.
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