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Meldread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:18 PM
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I called it! Edwards is about to endorse Obama!
I called it last week when Edwards was doing the tour of the media. I said the day after West Virginia Edwards would endorse Obama and no one believed me. It is happening now, right now.

New Prediction: Edwards goes to Kentucky to campaign on behalf of Obama.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:21 PM
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1. Congratulations
Edited on Wed May-14-08 04:26 PM by Raine
on your insight. Lots of people predicted he would endorse Hillary.

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SoFlaJet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:27 PM
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2. Obama also get his 19 delegates
as per that drunk (ahem) on my local WPB radio (Randi)
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:28 PM
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3. Not true
They are free to support whoever they want. There is a good chance however they will go with Obama
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:29 PM
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5. I think he is just going to release them and they can do what they
like..
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Doityourself Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:29 PM
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4. ...whooo hooo...a shot of tequila to celebrate
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Meldread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:49 PM
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8. Thanks!
:D
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:32 PM
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6. Good call! Congratulations!
I called Indiana the day before the election (told my friends HRC would win by
only "2 or 3 percent"), so I KNOW how great it feels to have been right!!!
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Meldread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:41 PM
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7. Yeah, everyone thought I was off my rocker.
My argument was this: Why did John Edwards suddenly make an appearance back in the media? He had nothing important to say, no announcement, and he knew that everyone would be hounding him about his Super Delegate vote especially after North Carolina voted. I pointed out that this was likely to put him back in the media spot light right before a big endorsement, which would most likely come the day after West Virginia to knock it out of the news.

No one believed it, but yeah - I am confident that this was all calculated and planned. I think it just shows how good the Obama campaign is at planning ahead, and he is underestimated at the peril of his enemies. The Clinton's found out the hard way.

By the way Edwards won 7% of the vote in West Virginia. Had he been in the race, it is very likely he could have carried the state, there is obviously a base there for him. That is why I think the Obama Campaign is going to have him in Kentucky. They are going to try and close the blue collar gap with Edwards, perhaps out preform expectations or even win the state.
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Meldread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 07:48 PM
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9. The Pundits on MSNBC...
...keep saying that this may have been planned yesterday or over the weekend. Dude, it's so obvious that this was in the bag last week. I mean the guy voted in his primary, he knew who he was supporting, and then he did media interviews to put his name back in the news. It is likely due to his being in the news that he got 7% in West Virginia. This was something that the Obama campaign planned ahead of time. Every step was choreographed to crush Hillary's win in West Virginia.

It was a beautiful and masterful stroke.
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TragedyandHope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 08:11 PM
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10. So, what's your prediction for November?
:toast:



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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 08:12 PM
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11. I KNEW you were going to gloat!
these threads are time-stamped, BTW

:P
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jsmirman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 08:16 PM
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13. sounds like he/she deserves to!
:beer:
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 08:15 PM
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12. How soon before Gore endorses Hillary?
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gbrenna Donating Member (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 10:13 PM
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14. Gore blames Bill for the 2000
election loss. He will never endorse Hillary Clinton.
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gabby garcia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 10:15 PM
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15. great!
now who's VP?

inquiring minds et al,
gg
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