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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:25 PM Original message |
Winning by default. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought if you declare a party affiliation in the primary, you had to |
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slick8790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Nah. There's plenty of people declared one way who vote the other. n/t |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Hah? That doesn't make any sense. In the general, you can |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Perhaps I worded that wrong; I had to change from Ind. to Dem. when |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. You don't have to declare party affiliation in states with open primaries. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I don't think the primaries in TX are open, at least they weren't |
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texas_indy (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Texas has had open Primaries since I started voting in 1976... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. They certainly did when I voted in the 1990s in Texas. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I'm unaffiliated, since I'd be lynched otherwise |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You only get one ballot in the general. |
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texas_indy (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. nope, Texas primaries are open and have no impact on who you can vote |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. They are open? Why did I have to change party affiliation? nt |
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texas_indy (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I've only had to declare for the party if I voted in the primary for the election ... NT |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That's what I'm talking about, the primary. nt |
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texas_indy (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Right, you have to declare which party you will vote for in the primary only... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yes...exactly. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So that they know whether to send you to the D table or the R table... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Not in the general. No one knows how you vote in the general... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama seems to have gotten plenty of support on his own without these |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Honestly, I am not surprised. I believe that it's been going on |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Most Dems are FAR too trusting |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yea, they go on and on how all of the sudden Obama started |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I believe the opposite - those repubs voting HRC now will vote McCain in the General |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. What's wrong with the DNC ?...let me count the ways/nt |
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sloppyjoe25s (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. *lol* Obvious forgery |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Here's the source |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have believed and still believe |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. Link? Source? originating address? |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Here's the source |
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