Ignoring (you know) killing candidates, by this point in '68 less than 13 states had spoken

theboss

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Fri May-23-08 05:49 PM
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Ignoring (you know) killing candidates, by this point in '68 less than 13 states had spoken

Edited on Fri May-23-08 05:50 PM by theboss

Bobby won Cali and SD on the night he was killed which were the 12th and 13th contests.

Right now, by my last count, we have had 72 primaries and caucuses. Clinton did not clinch until June because he didn't have the chance to clinch until June.

What races are left that can decide this thing, Hillary?

She's an attorney. She should really be better at analogies.

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C_U_L8R

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Fri May-23-08 05:51 PM
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1. Is she telling the truth about June ???

NYT, MARCH 1992: TSONGAS ABANDONS CAMPAIGN, LEAVING CLINTON A CLEAR PATH TOWARD SHOWDOWN WITH BUSH

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=108&topic_id=131510&mesg_id=131510

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theboss

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Fri May-23-08 05:55 PM
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2. Jerry Brown was still being annoying at this point in '92

Once Tsongas dropped out, Clinton was going to win the nomination. It was just a matter of when and where.

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dsc

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Fri May-23-08 05:56 PM
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4. brown contested, and lost, California in June of 1992

I don't know when he mathematically clinched but Brown then, just like Clinton now, refused to quit.

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redqueen

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Fri May-23-08 05:56 PM
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3. I've seen those comparisons blown to smithereens before.

Doesn't seem to have helped much at all.

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theboss

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Fri May-23-08 06:03 PM
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5. I just hate it when people act like there is no difference between elections in different eras

It's insulting to voters....and really really insulting to people who know history.

You can't compare dates in '68 to dates in '08 because things happen much more quickly in this era.

Primaries started in March and lasted into summer then. The whole thing is basically over by May today.

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