Fellow Edwards supporters, my advice: vote for him anyway.

[redqueen]

One word: delegates.

[MrCoffee]

1. Oh hell yes

I get to caucus for the first time in my life here in WA, and have no idea what the hell i'm doing. I guess I can go uncommitted.

[redqueen]

4. It's gonna be rough... I'm sure the other candidates' supporters

will be banging hard on all of Edwards' supporters to change... but the idea now is not to win... but to get delegates.

If what I'm reading here is true, he's holding them till the convention. This is our last bargaining chip left.

[MrCoffee]

9. I certainly won't caucus for Tweedledee or Tweedledum.

I have to read up on the WA caucus process, but my understanding so far is that you sign in when you arrive and state who you're voting for. At that point you can declare yourself to be uncommitted, and the written vote is what's counted.

I think. I'm brand new to this, so I have to study up.

[Ninga]

2. YES !!

[flyarm]

3. you bet!!! vote your candidate and vote your heart..and don't let the bullshit artists

sway you..vote for John if you want to ..you vote your heart in a primary!

fly

p.s. i will vote JRE in november in a write in!..i will never drink the obama hillary kool aide.

[ClassWarrior]

5. Delegates.

:thumbsup:

NGU.

[goodhue]

6. Yes, but please be aware you need to clear 15% per congressional district

in order to secure any delegates

[redqueen]

8. Exactly.

Which is why it's so important that as many Edwards supporters as possible stick to their guns. :)

[dragonlady]

48. I've been eagerly awaiting the chance to vote for Edwards, but

I have to face the fact that most of the Edwards supporters out there don't read DU and won't know that there's a plan afoot to vote for him anyway and hope to get him 15% per district. They'll make a choice between the other two, or stay home, or do whatever else may be available, like voting uncommitted. If I voted for him, as my heart would choose, it wouldn't make any real difference except to make me feel better. At this point, as John would say, it's not about me. It's about who has the better chance to win in November and is more likely to deliver what I prefer on the issues. So I'm going with Obama. (But I'll still keep a little thought buried far back in my mind that anything can happen in the next several months, and maybe the suspended campaign will be revived.)

[LittleClarkie]

7. Oh, good point.

He'll still have power in the convention, and so could sway the platform.

[trueblue2007]

10. We need to fight the causes we believe in.

yuck....who will he endorse?

He has been running against both of them.

I hope Elizabeth's health isn't worse. I just hope he doesn't quit.

[LittleClarkie]

12. I hope he has a place in the next Dem administration

Just as I hope the same for Kerry.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. I will.

[hfojvt]

13. at least if you are not in a "winner take all" state

I think it is disgusting that some states are "winner take all" although that hurt Romney in Florida. McCain won with 36% of the vote and gets all the delegates. Basically means the votes of the 64% didn't count.

I plan to caucus for him in the first round, just to see how he does, then I am likely to caucus for Obama. We Irish have to stick together after all. Plus I have long been HHH and ABC.

I called both of their Senate offices asking them to put LIHEAP, unemployment and food stamps into the stimulus package. We will see who does a better job on that.

[redqueen]

14. Good point...

:hi:

[NoPasaran]

27. There are NO Democratic winner-take all states

Winner take all was abolished after 1972 as part of the McGovern reforms. Ironically, the last candidate to win a WTA Democratic primary was George McGovern, whose June 1972 victory in California provoked a bitter floor fight over the delegation at the national convention that year.

By all means, caucus for Edwards if you wish. I voted for Dean four years ago long after that ship had sailed.

[redqueen]

34. HAH! Thank you!

:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

15. I'm still going to vote for Edwards.

There's no way I'm changing over to Hillary or Obama.

[SammyWinstonJack]

41. ...

:thumbsup:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

16. Agree with you completely.

It also sends a clear message to the party and the remaining candidates that what you have been left with is unacceptable.

[redqueen]

17. Another good point...

Thanks. :)

[texas1928]

18. I wish he would not.

Talking to a friend of mine who is apart of the Democratic committee here, he says a lot of people here in Lubbock who voted for Bush for two years running are talking of voting for Edwards. I wish he would stay in. His message was starting to get some steam. And really think he could have pulled it out.

[redqueen]

19. He could have built up steam. I'm positive that's why this is happening now.

The huge ad buy in the super Tuesday states... the great numbers in OK...

Nothing else makes a lick of sense.

Sad, but hardly shocking.

Did you see this? "Who's afraid of John Edwards?"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4285825

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4286520

[texas1928]

20. Yeah I read it...

And the MSM likes a good fight, and Hillary and Obama provided that, Edwards tried to stay away from it. So they did not give him a second look because he was not providing enough dirt for them to report on. They want dirt. They don't want a sound, common sense message that Edwards was running on. Hillary and Obama need to wake up, this back biting and fighting is not helping us. If they keep it up people are going to start looking at the Repukes again. And we see what their candidates are preaching, 4 more years of the same Bush bull. Our country can not take 4 more years of that.

[flyarm]

21. understand this..the fix was in in Fla yesterday..do not for a minute think it wasn't.

they kept his count to 14.4 % yesterday..so he would not be eligible for a delegate in Fla..don't think it was an accident.

don't think that for a moment.

Vote for John and show these mtf'ers that you get it!!

fly..a 2004 dem delegate for FLa

[Yael]

29. Are they going through with this?

[redqueen]

31. The ad buy?

What are you referring to?

[Yael]

35. Yes -- I am confused

Are they going forward with the ad buy or cancelling it?

It would be one way to get the message out.

[redqueen]

37. No idea...

[iris5426]

30. It really doesn't, not even a little bit...

I think that's why I feel so dazed.

[judaspriestess]

22. Yes please do

vote for John

[IndianaJones]

23. a positive attitude is certainly refreshing...

people are posting like the man is dead or something.

[redqueen]

25. Hah... well it was quite a shock...

he just did a huge ad buy... super Tuesday's around the corner...

It's crazytime.

[ecstatic]

24. I don't get it. Why not decide exactly where you want your delegates to go

Why put someone else in charge?

[redqueen]

26. Becuase although Hillary is closer to John on policy, and therefore

otherwise I'd throw my support to her... I'd rather keep my voice where it is - firmly behind John Edwards.

[FlyingSquirrel]

36. Maybe that's where they DO want their delegates to go!

:)

[Yael]

28. If he can maintain 15% while not campaigning in a "suspended campaign"

they will need to rename "grassroots" to "Edwardsroots".

:rofl:

[Carni]

32. You gotta do what you gotta do!

I would vote your conscience!

[mrgorth]

33. Hey

I voted for Dean in PA. Of course that was a wasted vote. If you can make a difference you should.

[vanbean]

38. I made up my mind, I'm voting Edwards!!!!!!!!

[Kota]

39. I'll still vote for him.

[smokey nj]

40. John has my vote on Feb. 5.

[redqueen]

42. Glad to hear it.

:hi:

[lisainmilo]

43. I will be...thanks queen!

He is the only one for me!

[enlightenment]

44. Noticed your "psst" RedQueen!

Unfortunately, my choice was already shut out of my precinct caucus (Las Vegas NV).

sigh.

[MissDeeds]

45. Will do

in the primary and the GE. :patriot:

[redqueen]

46. Not in the GE!

Not unless you prefer a repuke to a Dem in the WH.

[snagglepuss]

47. k & r