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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:30 AM Original message |
Why can't we just have all the freaking primaries on the same day? |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. i used to support single day primaries but now i realize rotating regional primaries are better |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I could compromise on that |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. WHAT! YOU SUPPORT COMPROMISE? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because then the largest fundraiser |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. exactly. and the ones with the most name recognition. then people like Giulaini would... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I disagree |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. he's falling fast |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Guiliani is TOAST. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Maybe so |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Ghouliani is CALLING 911 now instead of invoking it. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. How many actual voters are met |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Or mine. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. Convince the 50 states legislators to go along with your idea and it will happen. n/t |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. or at least have them all within 3 months of each other. |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. How about having regions all have the primaries on the same day. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Stop making sense! |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Crones of a feather..... |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. actually I think a regional approach would work and still preserve... |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. it would cost even more money |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. "winnowing of the field" |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. it means |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. you do not understand the purpose of the primaries... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. my "worth of input" |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You don't seem to understand this is a state issue. Each state must be convinced |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. yes I do understand. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. If you know the answer why do you keep posting the question? n/t |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. OMG................ |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 03:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. IMO. it's a lot of rant over a trival problem. n/t |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. and therein lies the rub.... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. enough with the condescending CRAP |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 04:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. sometimes as a parent one has to be condescending, children are not adults. |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. you are not my parent |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. None of what you say supports your point. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. "Locals"? In Iowa and New Hampshire, perhaps |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. thats why they should be regionalized and rotated over a sufficient |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Yeah, the US system enables corruption |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. all I know is, it STINKS |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. My primary vote from abroad is Feb 5-12, PA is 4/22! |
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Sulawesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Not only do we need a couple states up front, they should be small, like IA and NH |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. The only impact I've ever felt I have as a Democrat in Texas is on local elections. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. I agree. Let them all campaign till they're blue in the face & then have it all come down to 1 day |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. Definitely all on the same day after some debates and whatever appearances candidates want to make. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
43. Because they would focus only on the largest states |
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