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Clinton's Derangement Syndrome | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

I haven't read TL (none / 1)

But if what she posted is anything like what I've seen elsewhere, it's the height of delusion. The thing that kills me how they get the electoral votes. Some of it seems based on the primary vote, and some seem based on internal polls. Fair enough, but they can't say "Clinton will win Oklahoma because she won it in the primary and turn turn around and scoff, "Do you really believe Obama's gonna win Mississippi or Idaho just because he won it in the primary?"

It's crazy talk.

I'm looking at numbers. Over a million people vote for ONE Democratic candidate vs. the few hundred thousand who voted for all the GOP candidates combined. If those numbers hold, and I don't say they will, but what's not to say that any Democratic candidate would win those states?

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 07:35:16 PM EST
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Re: I haven't read TL (none / 1)

"The thing that kills me how they get the electoral votes. "

Obviously they're from the "When all else fails, pull the numbers out of your ass" school of thought.

The problem here is that Dem turnout is so much higher than GOP turnout that whoever gets the nomination is basically the next president (it reminds me of Philly mayoral races, but I digress).

Which explains why they'll say and do anything to get the nomination, all the while claiming it's the other guy doing the disenfranchising. Slimeballs.

by CabinGirl on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 07:48:04 PM EST
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I'm not sure... (4.00 / 2)

Because McCain is the undisputed GOP nominee, don't you think most Repubs wouldn't bother voting in their primary. They'd all sit home saying to themselves, "I'll wait til Novemeber when it will count." I don't think we should underestimate the potential in the GE. Afterall, a helleva lot of fools voted for Bush. Twice. We can all hope they've learned their lesson but I don't think we can count on it.

by sjct on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 07:57:34 PM EST
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I get that (none / 1)

And I should have clarified that I was looking at numbers up until Feb. 5th. After that, I expect low turnout. But look at those early states. I'm blanking on the state, but it was a state on Super Tuesday that Obama lost. He still got more votes than the GOP candidates combined and at that time they had no clear winner.

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 08:19:28 PM EST
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You have a point. (none / 1)

But by the same measure, look at the proportion of GOP voters showing up to cast protest votes for Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee last week in WV. McCain won, but with only 76% of the vote, which I think is pretty amazing for the same reasons you've mentioned: it's already been decided, why waste the gas driving to the polls?

I don't know how happy those folks will be to vote for McCain in the fall either...but who knows?

by CabinGirl on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 09:39:28 PM EST
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Clinton's Derangement Syndrome | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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