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Michigan LOVES to f*** with the rest of the world! (Original Post) FrodosPet Mar 2016 OP
As a fan of THE Ohio State University... Armymedic88 Mar 2016 #1
Don't say that too loudly! FrodosPet Mar 2016 #2
I will never say it out loud... lol Armymedic88 Mar 2016 #5
Lol Kittycat Mar 2016 #7
OH-IO .. OH-IO Kittycat Mar 2016 #3
Well, you've definitely fucked with Nate Silver. Avalux Mar 2016 #4
Right! Kittycat Mar 2016 #9
THAT particularly makes me happy! John Poet Mar 2016 #22
It's far from over. bigwillq Mar 2016 #6
It isn't over gollygee Mar 2016 #8
True bigwillq Mar 2016 #10
I expected it. As a longtime Independent voter who worked/donated/voted Dem all my ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #16
I wondered two times gollygee Mar 2016 #17
For the first time in a very long time, I miss my (almost) home state. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #18
I had a number of Republicans sincerely ask me about Bernie. Barack_America Mar 2016 #21
If HRC wins MI, she'll just barely scrape through. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #12
Bernie is doing very well bigwillq Mar 2016 #13
That is a sad indictment of our nomination system FrodosPet Mar 2016 #14
Its true! My pals are from MI. They have 'tude! And they don't dinkytron Mar 2016 #11
That is Michigan FrodosPet Mar 2016 #19
We appreciate the genuine article... Barack_America Mar 2016 #20
Two of my good friends are students at Michigan, and both voted for Bernie...figuring that they will anotherproletariat Mar 2016 #15

Kittycat

(10,493 posts)
3. OH-IO .. OH-IO
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:49 PM
Mar 2016

Sorry, got carried away. So happy for Michigan's turnout tonight. But as a former resident of Ohio & current resident of Illinois, I can't wait to see what my states bring for Bernie. I think OSUs marching band should wake everyone up and March them to the polls. #hugefan they're my favorite part of my memories from the shoe.

 

John Poet

(2,510 posts)
22. THAT particularly makes me happy!
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 03:07 AM
Mar 2016

I've been sick of Nate's noise for a while.

People are not statistics. People are not 'math'.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
16. I expected it. As a longtime Independent voter who worked/donated/voted Dem all my
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:06 AM
Mar 2016

27 years--well, 21 voting years--I was expecting it as soon as I heard the turnout was ridiculous in some of the small blue collar burbs around Detroit. Lots of us never registered but always voted and donated time and $$ to Dems.

Ask PassingFair about the time we were canvassing our neighborhood for Kerry, and I showed up on her swing list. (it's because I would sometimes throw a vote away for university regents)

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
17. I wondered two times
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:08 AM
Mar 2016

1. Yesterday when I drove my kids to their piano lesson and saw a ton of Bernie signs where I didn't expect too many Bernie voters.

2. When I went to vote this morning and there was a line, and a lot of new voters, and everyone seemed to want Democratic ballots.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
21. I had a number of Republicans sincerely ask me about Bernie.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:55 AM
Mar 2016

Did you see what Grand Rapids did? Good Lord, it put even us in Ann Arbor to shame!

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
12. If HRC wins MI, she'll just barely scrape through.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:02 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie has surpassed all expectations tonight.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
14. That is a sad indictment of our nomination system
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:02 AM
Mar 2016

The Democratic Party should be a party of the people, not of the party leadership.

Win or lose, what it definitely will do is put the realization in some super delegates' that tying themselves too close to Sec Clinton may be bad for their careers.

Sen Sanders is inspirational. Sec Clinton, alas, is not. I supported her at first. But when she said something along the lines that "You can only change systems, not people", I knew right then and there I had to get over my phobia about the "S" word and support Sen Sanders.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
19. That is Michigan
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:49 AM
Mar 2016

We are picked on, insulted, and as independent in spirit as it gets.

Bernie will trounce any Pub here. Hillary will bring out our purple.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
20. We appreciate the genuine article...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:52 AM
Mar 2016

...with reference to Truman's famous quote.

And we don't particularly being told what we're going to do.

 

anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)
15. Two of my good friends are students at Michigan, and both voted for Bernie...figuring that they will
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:05 AM
Mar 2016

be able to vote for Hillary in the general. I told them that it was too close for those kind of games! Ah well...you gotta love proportional delegates.

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