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Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote? | 27 comments (27 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote? (none / 0)

Maybe. You do the math.

by BooMan on Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 at 09:19:27 PM EST
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Re: Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote? (none / 0)

so let me ask a few stupid ones.

My first stupid; are you alone in doing the math?

I think not b/c Other progressive blogs are on the same page - maybe some superDs too.

to my second stupid, actually not just me but Matt Yglesias and Megan McArdle The Atlantic:

Why are the remaining Super delegates afraid?

As Matt points out, they undoubtedly already know which way they're going to go, so why are they subjecting us all to this painful ordeal?
Working theories:

They are afraid of retaliation by a vengeful Senator Clinton

They are afraid that she will somehow get the nomination, and retaliate from the Oval Office

They need the Clintons to fundraise for the general

No one wants to be the guy who put the last nail in the Clinton campaign's coffin.

Collective action problems: not just for economists any more.
McArdle stops me with this
My question is if the media really is an all-powerful force shaping the debate, why can't we band together and tell everyone that the race is over, thus making it true? Where's the vast media conspiracy when you need it?

Ya think the media is all-powerful and will band together?

That'll be the day pigs fly. First the media chortled, prayed that these primaries will never end. Follow the money...ratings.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Thu Apr 24th, 2008 at 12:00:19 AM EST
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Re: Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote? (none / 0)

There's a diary up over on Big Orange arguing that Obama needs commitments from only 43 currently uncommitted superdelegates to clinch (or in his terminology, "cinch") the nomination. The diary makes certain highly pessimistic assumptions about the outcome of the last few contests, but if Obama performs better than this guy's projections, the number of supers needed goes down. His math is on the page so you can play with it to fit your own projections.

Of course I would like to see a lot more than that. I would like to see 143. I'd like to see 243. I would like to see enough that, in the words of the master, there is no manner of doubt, no probable, possible, shadow of doubt, no possible doubt whatever.

When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that your primary objective was to drain the swamp.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Thu Apr 24th, 2008 at 01:24:58 AM EST
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Re: Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote? (none / 0)

They need the Clintons to fundraise for the general

yeah, cause everybody needs someone whose campaign is $10 million in debt to fundraise for them.

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Thu Apr 24th, 2008 at 06:55:33 AM EST
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Re: Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote? (none / 1)

go figure.

On Tuesday, Obama requested his at home phone bankers to swing to GOTV for MS-01 candidate Childers, that the race there was also important, not just focus on PA.

spineless critters. No wonder we face such challenges with legislators.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Thu Apr 24th, 2008 at 09:11:12 AM EST
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Re: Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote? (none / 1)

that figure, does not include her self loan of $5 million

hurting for cash - $10.3 million as at March 30 plus the PA primary expenditures in April.

at link provided, scroll past all the other tid bits on McCain, Pelosi, Obama.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Thu Apr 24th, 2008 at 08:17:10 PM EST
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