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NYP: THE DEM DILEMMA: NEITHER CAN WIN
New York Post ^
| March 6, 2008
| GEOFF EARLE
Posted on 03/06/2008 7:09:52 AM PST by OESY
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To: OESY
He could be. I tried, but they wouldn’t let me take my gun into the polling place, and I would have to have a gun to my head in order to vote for Hillary for anything.
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posted on
03/06/2008 10:57:06 AM PST
by
Yankereb
To: OESY
The underlying question is
why neither candidate looks to win an outright majority on the primaries alone. Conventional wisdom is that the Dem's proportional system doesn't let the math work out that way. But there were several opportunities of either an Obama popular upswell or a Hillary popular upswell over the past couple of months, that would have caused an obvious victory even with the proportional system.
What Dems need to worry about just as much is that the lack of a clear winner is because neither Obama or Hillary are able to "close the deal"... that as soon as one looks like they might win, the public takes a step back and admits that they don't really want that one to win... that they are excited to have 2 strong candidates but are not thrilled about the idea of either actually getting into the White House.
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posted on
03/06/2008 11:32:09 AM PST
by
sanchmo
To: IndyTiger
If they step in and steal the election for Hillary, they will alienate black voters, the Dems most loyal constituency, not only for this election but for many more elections to come. The Dem Party would be committing political suicide. It ain't going to happen. The SDs will vote for who has the most pledged delegates thru the primary process.
FYI: The Dems will win CA, NY, and NJ regardless of who their nominee is. They don't need TX to win.
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posted on
03/06/2008 12:06:11 PM PST
by
kabar
To: sanchmo
Unless I'm mistaken, Democrats did not adjust the number of delegates needed to win their party's nomination after they excluded Michigan and Florida. That left their candidates short, so to speak, providing no margins for a close race. Again, they did not see the implications of moving primaries, penalizing the non-compliant states, and not reducing the nomination threhold. Clearly for ideological reasons, they also did not appreciate the merits of an Electoral College mandate that the Founders intended.
Like other half-baked national programs proposed through the years that subsequently developed unexpected dysfunctional effects, these Democrats failed to anticipate all scenarios, including the train wreck now looming that has the potential of splitting their party wide open. If there is a brutal convention fight with the "wrong" outcome, it may cause blacks (or women) to walk. But, what did they expect when they put the flower children in charge in an adult world? I'll take the CEO/manager who knows how to get things done any day.
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posted on
03/06/2008 12:36:45 PM PST
by
OESY
To: OESY
The words “Selected NOT Elected” sound familiar, Democrats??? HAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAH
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:02:12 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: mainerforglobalwarming
No Battle.....the Clintons will NEVER let a BLACK GUY BEAT THEM and Obama is such an empty suit, he will just FOLD!!
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:03:17 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: OESY
Hillary was NEVER going to Quit...NEVER!
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:04:43 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Teacher317
“Thats funny, the 17th Amendment basically changed the election of Senators from an appointment by officials to a popular vote. Now these Senators are going to go through a popular vote contest only to be chosen via an appointment by officials.”
That was blindingly brilliant! Don’t let anyone steal that thought!
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posted on
03/06/2008 9:29:14 PM PST
by
exit82
(People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
To: Ann Archy
We’ll see. I think once the clintons threaten to cut off funding to the democrat party, the superdelegates will fall into line but what do I know.
To: OESY
![](http://www.fraudfactor.com/images/humor/ffalgorecereal.jpg)
ONLY GORE CAN STOP A MELTDOWN.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:55:12 AM PST
by
OESY
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