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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 04:58 PM Original message |
No way to fudge the Iowa caucus votes, right?? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. so you're pre-excusing an Obama loss. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. sounds like reality is setting in. |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm asking a question.... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. hard to say |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I wasn't asking about polls. I was asking about votes. nt |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Nope he will win, bottom line. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. did I ask you? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. They don't count ballots, they count bodies. All the people for each candidate |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. If the number of people for a particular candidate isn't enough to get the candidate a delegate |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thanks for the explanations. That's what I was thinking... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. What about robots? |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. these are people who are going to vote for sure. Obama is the most liked and |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. A caucus can easily be controlled by peer pressure or a bully who knows the |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. If you had some sort of super-magnet |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I have been in caucus where racial slurs and job loss treats where screamed across a gym. A caucus |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. What county did this happen in? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. What the hell kind of caucus was that and where was it? |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It was in Lansing, Mich during the McGovern run. n/t |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. lol - I'll be looking for that excuse if and when Hillary wins Iowa. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Do they use hand-counted paper ballots? n/t |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No, the vote is not a secret one |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. No, in a caucus you form groups in the corner for each candidate. If your group |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Iowa caucus 2004 was live on CSpan |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I don't know how you get each precinct caucus on TV. These are usually held in |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Cameras all over |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I wish the big 3 networks would do that, I don't have cable. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. There were two live |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. lol Well don't the Dean people have some big story about how Iowa was "stolen" from them? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. No, we lost Iowa fair and square |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I caucused for Dean in 2004. There were more Kerry and Edwards people. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. OF course if Obama comes in third place (which is very possible) |
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