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TrueAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:23 PM
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It's utter stupidity to let small "white" states like Iowa and NH decide
the next President.

I encourage every candidate to stay in the race.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:24 PM
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1. As a resident of a great big BLUE state, ...
... I say 'yes'. :)
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Myra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:24 PM
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2. True...True...
Is there anything in our campaign system, in fact in our country,
that isn't broken?
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:28 PM
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4. What's broken?
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Myra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:44 PM
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14. What's broken? Fer starters:
Our campaign finance system, our primary/caucus system, our election system, public education, health care, employment, funding for higher education, the media, the courts, the congress, the white house,
env policy, international relations, Iraq, Afganistan...

Why itemize? What's broken?!
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:29 PM
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5. reading your post it just occurred 2 me
the adage of 'if it ain't broke....' doesn't seem to apply to the selection process in this country. From 'finance reform' all the way down and through this process and beyond, i.e., electoral college, this clearly is broke and is in dire need of some fixin'.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:30 PM
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8. hey roz!
:hi:
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Myra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:45 PM
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15. Ah, thank you. The electoral college. Another breakage I forgot to list.
Along with civil rights, affirmative action,...geez.
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:25 PM
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3. Except the ones who only appealed to white voters in small states.
Right?
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:30 PM
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6. Clark lost, eh?
:eyes:
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:30 PM
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7. agree 100%
Iowa and NH have much more clout than they should have. The media gets to declare the winners of these states "frontrunners" only because they are first.
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leyton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:32 PM
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9. Whoa, hold it. Kerry's President?
"It's utter stupidity to let small white states like Iowa and New Hampshire decide the next President."

Kerry was elected?

I mean, I knew he won Iowa and New Hampshire. I just had no idea Bush was moving out of the White House already.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:47 PM
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21. That's what the media wants us to believe
n/t
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lcordero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:32 PM
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10. Your candidate might get a really big bounce in some of the
Edited on Tue Jan-27-04 08:33 PM by lcordero
more diverse states.
I feel that he can sell the issues that he learned in the military:
1. pay equity in between men and women
2. equal opportunity
3. community building

on edit: It wouldn't hurt if he was accompanied by his daughter-in-law and his grandchild:)
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arewethereyet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:32 PM
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11. they are regular folks, very much America in a nutshell
I like it this way.
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SangamonTaylor Donating Member (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:49 PM
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16. the lack of minorities in both Iowa and NH is disturbing
especially when the Democratic party relies on the minority vote so heavily.
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IADEMO2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:34 PM
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12. No voting in your state??
The fun has just started . It ain't over yet.
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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:41 PM
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13. I agree
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:04 PM
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17. So true
it's a whole new ballgame down here in the south...
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:09 PM
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18. I live in CA
and we don't get to vote until March.

Why NH should decide anything is beyond me.

MzPip
:dem:
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dnbmathguy Donating Member (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:44 PM
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19. I'll give you one reason
If California voted first, whoever had the most money would win. That person would become the nominee. Period. End of story.

New Hampshire does require individual, one-on-one attention. It's one place where old style politicking is required. Is it the most diverse state in the nation? No. But the people of NH do listen.

As a disclaimer, I am from NH, but one year removed from voting in the primary.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:46 PM
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20. How many Blacks did Jeanne Shaheen had in her cabinet...
when she was Governor? How come Rev Al did not ask that from Kerry about his main NH backer?
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dnbmathguy Donating Member (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:49 PM
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22. You mean the Executive Council?
Those seats are elected, not appointed. It was a Republican Executive Council.
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