Face it: If you get whooped by 'uncommitted' when you are the only candidate campaigning in a state,

you are not a serious candidate.

but it is against DU rules

I thought they all vowed not to.

Posted by Chronicle News Service January 14, 2008 21:42PM

The lone Democratic presidential candidate campaigning in the state drew an overflow crowd to the University of Michigan campus Monday.

Revving up supporters the day before Michigan voters go the polls, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich told the 400 to 500 people who packed a campus auditorium that they could send a send a powerful message by giving him their votes.

"This is an election no one should take for granted," Kucinich told the crowd gathered at the Kraus Natural Science Building just off the U-M Diag.

"You can change the debate in the Democratic party," Kucinich said, challenging frontrunners Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards on issues including health care, education and the war in Iraq.

more: http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/01/kucinich_the_lone_democrat_vis.html

OP is talking about Kucinich getting beat by "Uncommitted".

... for one candidate, you truly live in a fairy tale.

It has to be the exit polls, where people were asked, "who did you WANT to vote for"...you know, if the whole thing weren't so hopelessly fucked.

show that 46 percent of people would have voted for Clinton. Obama got about 32 percent and Edwards 12 percent.

So let's say we both live in MI.

You can go out and vote for your gal! I can go out and vote for uncommitted! Who is going to be more motivated!

That's pretty pathetic.

of people in MI are for Clinton? I'll take that.

because uncommitted are a combination of Edwards and Obama's voters.
Tremendous achievement for Hillary.

Perhaps he should have stayed home.

That is what the boycott was all about...not campaigning in the state. So Dennis did what he wanted and his missing the deadline to remove his name from the ballot was planned.

The boycott was not about removing your name from the ballot.

Kucinich the lone Democrat visiting Michigan

Posted by Chronicle News Service January 14, 2008 21:42PM

The lone Democratic presidential candidate campaigning in the state drew an overflow crowd to the University of Michigan campus Monday.

Revving up supporters the day before Michigan voters go the polls, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich told the 400 to 500 people who packed a campus auditorium that they could send a send a powerful message by giving him their votes.

"This is an election no one should take for granted," Kucinich told the crowd gathered at the Kraus Natural Science Building just off the U-M Diag.

"You can change the debate in the Democratic party," Kucinich said, challenging frontrunners Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards on issues including health care, education and the war in Iraq.

more: http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/01/kucinich_the_lone_democrat_vis.html

Michigan doesn't count, and it isn't an indicator of anything at all. You keep saying Clinton didn't campaign there, but her name was on the ballot and her supporters did campaign on her behalf.

Nobody campaigned there besides Kucinich. Nobody spent money there. Nobody did anything there. And oh yeah, the votes won't count for anything so why bother going to vote? And I heard the weather was pretty bad today as well. I don't think or Obama or Edwards supporters would bother going out to vote in crappy weather when the vote would be meaningless anyway.

But I'm sure Clinton's supporters would rather discuss this meaningless event than her attempt to disenfanchise the Culinary Workers Union.

That's a pretty impressive margin.

who was on that ballot combined....

Only one candidate campaigned in the state.

Here's a hint: It's the guy who got 4%.

DK should drop out.

because of the sanction. There was a huge advertisment campaign--I wonder who was behind it.

The ads were suggesting to protest/ This was not a vote against Clinton. It was a vote in protest.

Clinton 328,151 55%

Uncommitted 236,723 40%

Kucinich 21,708 4%



http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MI

Don't tell me you guys are taking this as a victory? Please don't.

Clinton 328,151 55%

Uncommitted 236,723 40%

Kucinich 21,708 4%

It was a farce election. Please don't lower yourself to claiming anything else.

Unless you are suggesting that Kucinich's campaign itself is a farce?

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because their candidates were not on the ballot, I'd say it was an unknown unknown. In fact, unless all of the candidates were on the ballot, the results are meaningless. I never called it a defeat. I wouldn't be calling it a victory, myself, and I was surprised to wake up and see it being talked about here in those terms. No victory; no defeat; just farce.

40% of the vote for Obama & Edwards - not that much of a prize...

Here's a hint: http://www.pressandguide.com/stories/011608/loc_20080116001.shtml

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