The long primary fight has helped not hurt. It has kept us in the news.

The freepers understand this. They also see the writing on the wall. The Mississippi election drove this home in no uncertain terms. They based their hopes on tying the Dem candidate to Obama. I suggest we stop worrying about what effect our primary fight will have on the General Election. It has raised the name recognition of Obama, and shown Hillary as a tough as nails politician. It has worked in our favor and has driven the Reps to despair. Read below to see how they are reacting.



To: Obadiah
The Obama-Clinton race has energized RATS. The GOP primary was dull.

22 posted on May 14, 2008 9:31:13 AM EDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)


To: Obadiah
Vote Republican: We promise not to piss away another 14 years.

24 posted on May 14, 2008 9:32:34 AM EDT by coloradan (The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Obadiah
a spread that several Republican strategists on Capitol Hill characterized as a startling wake-up call for a party in dire straits

They didn't answer the wake-up call that came in 2006.

They are going to find themselves startled again in 2008, if they don't wake-up soon.


25 posted on May 14, 2008 9:33:17 AM EDT by TomGuy
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To: Mr. Jeeves
That’s why McCain still has some chance to win the Presidency, because he has been so effective in distancing himself from the tainted GOP brand.
For the rest of the party, a wholesale purge is coming.
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Yes it is. I shudder to think what November will look like if Obama wins. Dems will have a huge margin in the House, and possibly 60 seats in the senate. Hello socialism.
Gulp.

26 posted on May 14, 2008 9:33:33 AM EDT by Tulane
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To: Obadiah
Just an indication of what is to come and a big reason that if McLame is elected that he will be stymied by Congress and Senate which are controlled by the Dims.

27 posted on May 14, 2008 9:33:34 AM EDT by KeyLargo
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To: Aria
“I don’t understand why people are mad at the economy. Unemployment isn’t high, taxes are down, and the stock market is holding it’s own - the only big problem I see is the price of gas and who do we have to blame for that? The Democrats.”
That’s usually too much for your average dolt behind a cash register to comprehend.

That pissed me off to no end.

I still think that Hillary is working behind the scenes with Obama. It has made him a better candidate, raised his name recognition, allowed him to deal with potential Republican attacks, and inoculated him for the GE. She has thrown at him all she can and he has for the most part handled the attacks. Many of the same issues will come up in the GE, but the public has already had the change to make up their minds on those issues. If McCain brings them up they will be old news. They will not have the impact they had when first reported.

I think most of the country has made up their minds on Obama and Hillary. It's going to hinge on how we dismantle McCain and how well we get out the vote.

:thumbsup:

Plus, Obama's had time to accumulate a huge war chest for the GE.

Talking about blue collar voters as a voting bloc is very common in politics. She is not the best at avoiding clumsy language. Democrats have been talking about "working class white voters" since at least when Reagan grabbed Democratic districts such as UAW areas like Macomb county, Michigan. All Democratic political strategists talk about voting blocs and consider blue collar whites to be such a voting bloc.

That pissed you off. But you being pissed off does not mean that anyone is hurting the party. In fact, you being pissed off at your fellow Democrats may be the most damaging thing around this issue.

I was worried the reverse of this would happen a few months ago.

vote for McCain.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/14/clinton/index.html

NOT! :evilgrin:

don't have the moral center to handle positions of power.

I told him he was lucky and started mentioning all the negatives and flips he's been doing.

I politely worded that I would have considered McCain in 2000 (and he fell for it) but I realized I wasn't as sharp as I used to be. (I'm 55+) He (60+) admitted he wasn't thinking as quickly as before. This isn't agism it's reality.

He finally stated he'll probably vote for Obama because he feels he is the only candidate that the world would respect.

It's just the far left wing Democrats and Rethugs who don't like them. Just about one half the Democrats (minus 95% of DU) have positive feelings about the Clintons. How do you think he made all those millions speaking? He was voted the most popular man in the world. Bet you forgot to remind him of that?

IT is wonderful that states that have long felt they had no voice in the nominating process are now feeling not merely included at last, but that they are an important part of the process.

no matter how they feel.

Corporations and media had narrowed down the options to Hillary and Obama months before the first primary.

corporatist will not give up their power, it will need to be taken.

if Hillary had conceded after Wisconsin, we would be able to have a united campaign now. We would not have wasted all the money on this prolonged primary. Hillary totally messed up. If the Democrats were to lose in November (I don't think this will happen), you could lay the blame at her door.

He has been able to build organizations in all 50 states. The interest has stayed high because of all the drama injected into the race by Hillary's stubbornness. I don't know for sure if she is really trying to win, or there is another plan that involves keeping the candidate before the media. We all know Obama much better now than we did back a few months ago. He has proven that he can take a hit.

a chance for US voters to see how democracy works firsthand.

:toast:

but the idea that it has gone on this long and McCain had languished is good news for us.,

It's too bad that Clinton chose to debase herself into race-baiting, but whatever. It worked out for the best for Obama.

Partisan Trends - link:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/party_affiliation/partisan_trends


"The ongoing race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination may be causing angst for party leaders, but the competition has been good for the Party label. In fact, the Democrats now have the largest partisan advantage over the Republicans since Rasmussen Reports began tracking this data on a monthly basis nearly six years ago."

"The 10.0 percentage point advantage for Democrats is up from a 2.1 point advantage in December. "

"Democrats now hold an advantage among all age groups. Among the youngest voters, those under 30, the Democrats have a twelve-point advantage. Just 28% of those young voters say they’re Republicans while 40% identify with the Democrats."

"In 2004, the Democrats began the year with a 2.3 percentage point edge over the GOP. That grew to 4.0 points by March before moving in the Republican direction for the rest of the year. By Election Day in 2004, the edge for Democrats was a mere 1.6 percentage points.

"In 2006, the Democrats began the year with just a 1.6 percentage point advantage. That grew to 6.1 percentage points by November. "



link to full article:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/party_affiliation/partisan_trends

,.

but its wrong.