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Election Thread | 57 comments (57 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Election Thread (none / 0)

Booman-

If you're right about that popular vote total, then HRC is toast, by her own metric.

by eagleye on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 06:56:57 PM EST

Re: Election Thread. It depends on the time of day (none / 0)

The metric like the goal post changes:

WSJ

May 6, 2008, 1:40 pm

Clinton Counts Florida, Michigan in Delegate Math

In a Primary Day photo-op at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sen. Hillary Clinton offered more campaign-as-racing metaphors and indicated she has her own ideas about where, exactly, the Democrats' primary finish line will be.Life is unpredictable. Racing is unpredictable. Politics is unpredictable," the candidate told reporters standing in the garage of racer and Clinton supporter Sarah Fisher. To reporters' dismay, she didn't predict the outcome of the primaries.
Clinton was also asked about the delegate count: Would the race against Sen. Barack Obama end when she or he gets 2,025 delegates - generally accepted as the total needed to secure the nomination -- or 2,209 delegates, a number that includes delegates from Florida and Michigan?
The Democratic National Committee has said it would not seat Florida and Michigan delegates since their states held early primaries in violation of party rules.
Clinton said she thought 2,209 was number needed to win.
On Monday, Geoff Garin, her chief strategist had said on a conference call that 2,209 is "what we believe is the standard for deciding this is that who has a majority of the total number of delegates, including Michigan and Florida, that -- to decide the nomination," according to a transcript of the call.

May 31, 2008.

!!!!!

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

by idredit on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:08:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Election Thread. It depends on the time of day (none / 0)

This has been another episode of Great Moments In Magical Thinking. Howard Dean said the delegates would be seated. He didn't say they were going to get to vote.

We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.

Now the real work begins.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:15:48 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Why should she be president? (none / 0)

Clinton said she'd abide by the rule set for FL and MI.
Clinton said she'd close the deal by Feb. 5th.
Clinton said she had no idea about Texas' primary/caucus.

This is a person prepared to be POTUS? Who's cheat sheet will she use?

~~~THIS SPACE FOR RENT~~~

by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:30:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]

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