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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:16 AM
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Will Clinton's FL win stop the O-mentum?
I was surprised at the huge turnout in FL and the pretty big gap in the results between Clinton and Obama. I think it will help her on Super Tuesday, regardless of the dispute about whether the FL delegates will be seated. And Timmy Russert's spinning to dismiss her votes as having all been cast early, before the Obama SC win, was just silly. I guess he thought there were 800000 absentee ballots cast for her and none for Obama. Right.
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shaniqua6392 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:22 AM
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1. It is impressive how many Dems got out there and voted.
I am from Michigan and I am happy to hear Sen. Clinton say that she wants our votes to count. I am glad someone is fighting for them. It was very hard to go and vote this year knowing it may not even count. I felt very disenfranchised by my party and I wish they would reconsider. I almost stayed home that day, but voting is very important to me and I just could not do it. What the party did to Michigan and Florida was downright wrong.
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MoJoWorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:25 AM
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2. Nope. It was NOT a contested race.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:28 AM
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3. You may be right. And then we're saddled with Madame Electorally Challenged.
You think you've seen a party that's fracturing. Just wait.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:50 AM
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11. You said it....if Mrs Inevitablity becomes the nominee, this party will detonate...
Edited on Wed Jan-30-08 09:50 AM by truebrit71
...No WAY will I support an HRC candidacy..I would have to go Independent...

A party that is so tone deaf as to the impossibly high negatives of it's "inevitable" candidate WITHIN IT'S OWN PARTY WALLS never mind amongst Independents and republicans doesn't deserve to survive...

The party that tolerates Joe LIEberman, the party that takes impeachment off the table for a war criminal, the party that allows the minority to rule even when given a mandate to do otherwise by the general population no longer represents me...

THIS is the year this party needs to gets it's shit together and pull in the same direction.

Otherwise it will fall further into oblivion and obscurity...and deservedly so...
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:29 AM
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4. No more so than the Michigan non-win did. n/t
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:39 AM
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5. Yes.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:46 AM
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6. Her getting more votes than McCain is significant - considering the uphill
battle dem voters had to fight. The inequality of the 2 parties emboldened the thugs to openly sabotage the dem election
ORLANDO voters told THERE IS NO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY! Refused ballots.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4269492

One thing is certain: McCain is officially starting the beatification process as nominee. For Hillary there'll be no change from day one as far as MSM coverage is concerned. She is the target of the attacks, and will always be.
But like the Florida voters, this will only make her more determined to show she matters. And some of her voters too.

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Nimrod2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:47 AM
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7. Nope, look inside the numbers....nt
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:42 AM
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9. can you provide a link and more specifics?
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RogueTrooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:48 AM
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8. No
/simple-answers-to-simple-questions.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:44 AM
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10. Nope. She won ZERO delegates so it doesn't matter.
The O-mentum will continue through Super Tuesday..and on to the nomination...
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:54 AM
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12. read that O was gaing ground in the last few days
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WonderGrunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:56 AM
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13. First in every state
Obama has won or tied for first in delegates awarded in every state so far, that includes Florida and Michigan. (Yes I know no delegates were awarded there)

I acknowledge this is spin, but it is a far smaller spin than "Tied for Second" in Iowa by Sen. Clinton.
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