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stevietheman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:08 PM
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Truth: "Rabid bases" win elections
Reagan's rabid base won it for him, and Obama's rabid base will do the same.

Trust that the rabidness of Obama's supporters will reel in most of today's Hillary's supporters within the next few months, and all will be well in November.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:09 PM
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1. Truth - not rabies - shall set us free.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:10 PM
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2. Only insofar as they get others to the polls.
The fringes of either party do not make up nearly enough to win an election on their own. This is very, very consistently shown through polling.
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swishyfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:18 PM
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4. Fringes? You mean like these?
Obama addresses Decemberist fans:
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 01:12 PM
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10. No, I meant like DU. (nt)
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:12 PM
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3. Unfortunately, politics seems to favor psychopaths.
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Exultant Democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:30 PM
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5. True for midterms, not necessarily true in General Elections.
The turn out in the General is high enough that it is the swing vote that matters.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:31 PM
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6. But who will work the phones? Canvass neighborhoods?
Surely not swing voters.
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Exultant Democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 02:22 PM
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11. In a mid term that type of GOTV effort can make a huge difference
perhaps even up to a 2% swing with an extremely effective GOTV effort (in a primary this can even be more dramatic.) In a General Election there is a far higher turnout and GOTV efforts and organization are less important then public perception and the ability to capture more of the swing vote.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:36 PM
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7. They also ensure that nothing gets done after the election as well when their chosen...
candidate screws up while in office. They will support said candidate no matter what.
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:42 PM
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8. Is that why you're imitating the religious right?
The assumption that Hillary's supporters are weak and easily bullied into position is an insult of the highest degree.

In the long run the religious right pretty much destroyed the republicans. Is that what you really want the democratic party to do as well...
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suston96 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:43 PM
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9. "Reagan's rabid base won it for him, and Obama's rabid base will do the same."
Really? Obama is going to get the support of the Ayatollah Khomanei? I thought the Ayatollah died.....Oh, there is another one......

Those Ayatollahs are indeed quite rabid....Ask Jimmy Carter.
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