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agdlp Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:10 PM
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Obama is toast ? Handshaking, sitdown, Florida is a beauty contest..A pattern ?
The last days have been truly awful for Obama. I think there is no way that he will win the nomination after his bitter appearance.
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thunder rising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:11 PM
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1. TROLLING FOR BILLARY!! ANYTHING TO WIN!!!
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:33 PM
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15. If you have to shout - you're spewing bull.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:12 PM
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2. Teddy??????
Your an idiot.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:14 PM
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7. *cough* you're *cough*
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:12 PM
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3. Methinks that's a bit of projection
What has he done that's so "bitter"? The ludicrous Handshakegate ????
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:12 PM
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4. You can't really think that trolling DU will honestly help your candidate.
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KennedyGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:13 PM
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5. Disturbing..and troubling..
an unseemly pattern..
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:14 PM
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6. ...
:rofl:
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Sterling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:17 PM
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8. Did he say Florida was a beauty contest?
If so what the hell is wrong with this guy? Why does it seem like our candidates are working so hard to embarrass themselves and alienate just about everyone? This election in general has been a huge disappointment to me. I am not impressed by any of the candidates that seem to have enough momentum to win. It's a shame because we need inspirational leadership after the last eight years. It seems instead we are going to end up with more arrogance and narcissism.
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EmperorHasNoClothes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:25 PM
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9. A striking pattern of overblown non-issues
Shocking. :eyes:
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:27 PM
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10. Thank you for your concern.
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forsberg Donating Member (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:28 PM
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11. don't forget him trailing badly in Super Tuesday polls
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:29 PM
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12. Don't feed the trolls...nt
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agdlp Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:31 PM
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13. 47 % of all votes in California will be cast by mail..
During a conference call with state reporters, the campaign noted the importance of early voting by mail. Fabian Nunez, speaker of the California Assembly, said more votes will be cast by mail in California than were cast in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina combined. “In some cases, enough votes are gonna be banked to win the contest,” Nunez said.

The most recent figures obtained from the California Association of County Election Officials (CACEO) show that 1,132,877 mail-in ballots have been returned, out of the more than 5 million that were requested. But CACEO president Steven Weir estimates that the actual number of returned ballots is already over 2 million. Weir also predicts that 47% of all votes will be cast by mail.

In 2004, just under 3 million votes were cast in the Democratic primary, while 2.1 million votes were cast in the uncontested Republican primary. For that primary, as with this one, there were also ballot initiatives driving some of the turnout. Weir says some of the ballots that have been returned actually indicate no choice for president. “ came out to vote for the props,” he said. “But this is being driven by the top of the tickets.”

Capitalizing on these early voters was clearly a strategy of the Clinton campaign. “The more votes we can lock in now while she’s still leading with double digits, is what some would all an insurance policy,” said Luis Vizcaino, spokesperson for the Clinton campaign here.

Vizcaino said state voters are fiercely independent, and wouldn’t be swayed in significant numbers by Obama’s significant win in South Carolina. Participants in the conference call today were also asked several times about the endorsement from Sen. Ted Kennedy.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said that she spoke with Kennedy last night, and that he denied rumors that his endorsement was a reaction to former President Clinton’s recent comments about race. “He said that … Obama really has this strong sense of inspiration and hope, and this has always been part of the Kennedy legacy,” Feinstein said. “I take his statement at face value.”

Feinstein later forcefully rejected the idea that Bill Clinton’s role would hurt his wife. “Bill Clinton is not running for the presidency. Hillary Clinton is running for the presidency. And there should be no spin that confuses the two,” Feinstein said. “Hillary speaks for herself, and hers is the voice that should be listened to.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/29/619849.aspx
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:31 PM
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14. You should contact Hillary's local office and volunteer.
You're a little to late here if you wanna change people's minds.
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