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Bullet1987 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 06:56 PM
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Obama is Allowing Clinton to Have this Victory
I believe (according to an article posted on DU) that Obama has the number of Supers now to clinch the nomination. I believe Obama will allow this to go to Oregon/Kentucky mostly because he didn't want to be embarrased by being the nominee and losing by a lot in two very conservative states. After all, Clinton did reveal that her people and his were talking behind the scenes. This is mostly a beauty contest...but Obama will let it play out.
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DemVet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 06:58 PM
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1. Like he has a choice.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 06:58 PM
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2. LOL! That's funny!
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 06:59 PM
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3. ...
:rofl:
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:22 PM
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25. Ooopsey!


The WV Voters LOVE HILLARY! 3 to 1
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:25 PM
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29. Woo hoo!
She's got the uneducated, old, white-people vote!
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:33 PM
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31. Ya Think? Looky here:
Obama's base collapsing

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#WVDEM

Look at the numbers..


College Graduates: Clinton 57%, Obama 40%

Postgraduates: Clinton 49%, Obama 49%

Independents (16%): Hillary 54%, Obama 32%

Liberals (35%): Hillary 66%, Obama 33%

Very Liberal (13%): Clinton 74%, Obama 24%

18-29 (12%): Hillary 57%, Obama 41%

Didn't you notice how lacklustre Donna Brazile was tonight on CNN?

She knows his campaign is imploding in slo-motion..
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 09:57 PM
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41. he lost WV. He won tx. which would you rather win/lose?
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BlackVelvet04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 06:59 PM
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4. LOL
Edited on Tue May-13-08 07:00 PM by BlackVelvet04
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:09 PM
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12. Love it!!!
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BlackVelvet04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:13 PM
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Feel free to use it where appropriate......
:-)
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:24 PM
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28. Copied and ready
It will probably get a lot of use tonight.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:31 PM
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30. I'm going to have to keep kicking this thread because I'm going to want to use it too. :)
Edited on Tue May-13-08 07:31 PM by Seabiscuit
Just GOTTA try it out:



WOW! LOVE IT!

THANK YOU!!!!!
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BlackVelvet04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:47 PM
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34. You're welcome....
it does come in handy.
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BeatleBoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:00 PM
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5. What do you mean, "Obama will allow this to go on.." ?
What, he's King now without 2,025?

I don't get it.
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Bullet1987 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:11 PM
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17. He has the support of the MAJORITY of SDs
Meaning he could roll them out as fast as he wants...but he's not.
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:24 PM
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27. Except if they defect to Hillary!
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Bullet1987 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 08:55 PM
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40. Except they WON'T
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
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styersc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:02 PM
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6. Hillary was gracious to coontinue through these last states even
though it cost her a considerable amount of her own money. She was a good Democrat to stay in the race through these states as it would have been humiliating for Obama had she dropped out and she won these last states by a large margin. That would have been a great campaign ad for McCain.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:04 PM
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8. Gracious to CONTINUE? The spin continues ...
Ambitious, yes. Gracious? Uh, NO.
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styersc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:08 PM
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11. How would you have explained Obama losing without an
opponenet.

Oh-racism. Yeah, I forgot.

If he becomes president we are going to have to get used to that excuse for every failure or disappointment.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:10 PM
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13. If she had withdrawn, there would not have been a CAMPAIGN ...
He probably would have won because he WAS the presumptive nominee.
The only reason McLame lost contests was because Huckabee DIDN'T
get out.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:12 PM
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18. very good point
Edited on Tue May-13-08 07:13 PM by OzarkDem
It would have looked very bad for Obama to continue as the Chosen One while losing a string of states to someone who was no longer in the race.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:02 PM
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7. He's being congenial ... we'll see how SHE behaves ...
One thing she has rarely been during this primary season is
GRACIOUS. I admire him trying to take the high road, but
I hope he doesn't regret it.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:06 PM
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9. Most likely
He's in GE mode now. He was just in the rural part of MO today, and going to the Reagan Dem base in MI (tomorrow?).

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:12 PM
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knixphan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:07 PM
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10. I believe the supers are just lined up -
and they agreed to do a timed-release, so as to finally hit the number after Oregon...
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AZ Criminal JD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:11 PM
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14. Allowing. Good spin. LOL
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:11 PM
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15. "Allowing"? What an entitled piece of work.
How nice of him to allow the rest of us to breathe.
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sueragingroz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:11 PM
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16. why did he out spend her 2-1?
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lachattefolle Donating Member (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:20 PM
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23. Because he was "allowing her to have this victory" Otherwise he'd
have outspent her 3:1.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:13 PM
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20. I think he's going to lay down his winning hand May 20th.
Edited on Tue May-13-08 07:13 PM by AtomicKitten
I believe he's going to cash in the imminent big Oregon victory (he's up 17 points) and his giant wad of superdelegates to reach 2,025 and yell "Yahtzee!" :D
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:13 PM
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21. Reminder tonight: As Time for Change posted Sunday, Bill Clinton never won the white vote.
And finally, it should be noted that Bill Clinton never won the white vote in a presidential election, receiving less white votes in 1992 than George Bush Sr. and less white votes in 1996 than Bob Dole, with only 39% of the white vote in both elections. As a matter of fact, the last time a Democratic candidate for President won the white vote was 1964, 44 years ago. Has any Democrat ever complained that Bill Clinton’s failure to carry the white vote made him “unelectable”?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5930533
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:14 PM
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22. Isn't that white of him?
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:21 PM
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24. Umm yeah
:rofl:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:24 PM
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26. all bow to the SAVIOR for having the power to "allow" Hillary this WIN. !!
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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:33 PM
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32. Gee, how gracious of His Majesty
:eyes:
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tokenlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:33 PM
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33. Obama's on his way to Michigan--to a very warm welcome tomorrow!!! n/t
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:49 PM
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35. oh good lord
thanks for the laugh.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 07:59 PM
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36. Well, since he's from Chicago...
...he should be able to raise the dead, too...

Wondrous creature this Obama; what power is not his?
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MJJP21 Donating Member (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 08:06 PM
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37. PLEA
All I ask is that Obama make more of an effort in Kentucky. I think this looks bad at not even trying in WV. Regardless of the futility it looks right now a 2 to 1 rout. As long as Hillary is in he still needs to close the gap if not win.
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splat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 08:51 PM
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38. Supers' job is to rescue the party from a late dive; they're swing voters to the last minute
They were put in after there was no way to change course from McGovern.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 08:54 PM
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39. The Obama must be a generous god.
:eyes:
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