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Carrieyazel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:48 AM
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Obama -16 / HIllary -15 / Edwards -14. This is a huge victory for Obama?
Edited on Fri Jan-04-08 01:53 AM by Carrieyazel
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:49 AM
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1. 16 is more than 15 or 14
He came in first.

Thanks for playing!
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:50 AM
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2. That's okay, let them enjoy their victory.
It's a long way to go yet.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:52 AM
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8. "them"....
Nice.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:01 AM
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19. I can't use them now?
Edited on Fri Jan-04-08 02:01 AM by cat_girl25
:eyes:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:06 AM
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23. Sure you can.
rolleyes guy = you sure told me a thing or two.
:rofl:
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maddiejoan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:50 AM
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3. yes haven't you heard?
that one extra delegate is what they call a super duper delegate.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:50 AM
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4. Iowa isn't about delegates it's about proving yourself
The headline tomorrow is that Obama won a state that is over 90% white and got thousands of new voters out to the polls.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:51 AM
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5. Counting is fun!
:crazy:
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:51 AM
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6. How come Clinton got one more if Edwards was ahead? I am
confused -- and why did Obama's 8% difference translate just in one more delegate?
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:53 AM
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10. Google Iowa caucus system and read up on it.
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:52 AM
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7. Edwards is second!
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dugggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:52 AM
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9. This is 1st inning in a 50 inning game...
Edited on Fri Jan-04-08 01:53 AM by dugggy
as another loser, Romney said.
You don't declare victory if you score 1 more run in the 1st inning.
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DUyellow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:55 AM
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15. you can say that, but bills face said another story.
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:57 AM
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16. Sure, but remember Kirk Gibson's homer in 1988?
That was only in the first Series game, but it might as well have won them the entire championship...

....sometimes how you open affects the rest of the game.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:59 AM
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18. Shows why Romney lost. He thinks baseball and the nomination are simular.
They aren't, not in the slightest.

It's a profoundly stupid statement.

If he had said "It ain't over till it's over," that would have been, at least, true.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:54 AM
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11. In another thread, you were ready to accept Huck as the (r) nominee.
Did you have a change of heart about the importance of the Iowa caucus?
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DUyellow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:54 AM
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12. haha, that doesnt matter, 38% is what matters.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:54 AM
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13. Big win for Edwards, though
Didn't he spend WAY less than the other two? That's a damn good showing that represents a true grassroots groundswell, not a host of bought votes. Onward and upward, Johnnie!
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:55 AM
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14. Percentage-wise, it's fairly sizable.
BO--38%
JE--30%
HC--29%

I personally find our delegate system quite confusing, but I suspect I'm not the only one...for instace, how the hell did Clinton (with 29%) garner one more delegate than Edwards (with 30%)?
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 01:57 AM
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17. That was my question too -- but I was referred to Google :-)
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:02 AM
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20. The Dem causus system in Iowa is a very interesting and complicated
exercise.

Read up on it if you want to understand it, because I don't have the time or energy to explain what is already much better and concisely explained (in a page or teo) somewhere else.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:03 AM
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21. I suspect crossover voting could have tipped it in favor of Obama
Could it happen?
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:03 AM
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22. Look around the newspapers tomorrow and you tell me how big it is.
:shrug:
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