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  • Popular Vote Totals in Aggregate Mean Nothing...

    ... and Hillary Clinton is still due to become the Democratic Party nominee for the Presidential run this Fall. If Democratic Party stalwarts fail to understand that Hillary and Bill Clinton are their best package to run against McCain in this 2008 election season, then welcome to another 8, 16, or 32 years of Republicans in the White House, ...
    Posted to Deathwatch by MichaelBernard1 on May 7, 2008

  • The Real Math Favors Hillary Clinton

    I'll cite statistical facts for you. Hillary Clinton has been denied a clear consensus victory in Florida. Barrack Obama purposely removed his name from Michigan when it made no sense to remove his name, specifically to weaken Hillary's claim to the midwest states. Barrack Obama's 11 highest winning percentage state wins are all caucus state ...
    Posted to Deathwatch by Alessandro Machi on April 27, 2008

  • Show Hillary the door

    The way I read the NYT editorial, they are explicitly asking the superdelegates to step in do what they were intended to do: save the party from a spoiler. It's as near to an un-endorsement as you can come - and could be used by some of the Clinton supers to justify their own aboutface. I'm sure there are many SDs who previously endorsed HRC ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Knute on April 23, 2008

  • Re: Are Hillary supporters soon to be called "cult followers

    Not all Clinton supporters are cult followers. I'm a former Clinton supporter and I can see some of the reasons there are still so many behind her; especially the older women. Older women (for arguments sake say, over 60) fought so hard against discrimination that this would be the crowning achievement in a struggle against sexism. Younger women ...
    Posted to Politics by BP in NJ on April 8, 2008

  • Re: Superdelegates and other Dem Procedures

    Superdelegates have an important function. In the event several candidates have lots of delegates, they form as part of coalitions to put a candidate over the top. They can also protect the party from nominating a popular candidate who has gone through a terrible scandal only after the primaries and caucuses have taken place. The superdelegates ...
    Posted to XX Factor by john adkisson on March 10, 2008