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kid a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 11:14 AM
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Polls don't elect primary nominees, neither does a roughly estimated, debatable popular vote.
Delegates do. Obama has the lead (with or without MI and FLA)

I think those are simple, factual concepts.

I'll read the spin, but I only shake my head and hide the thread.
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mystieus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 11:15 AM
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1. How can you claim popular vote without counting caucus states?
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 11:17 AM
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2. ahhh...but what about Shmopular Vote?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6156919
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JimGinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 11:21 AM
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3. Okay, So Now You're Saying Delegates Matter All Of A Sudden?
But that's not fair to Hillary, she doesn't have enough of them.
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cloudythescribbler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 11:45 AM
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4. "debatable" popular vote? Try BS popular vote --
including ONLY HRC's votes in MI but not the uncommitted for Obama, leaving out Maine, Washington state, and Iowa Caucuses, because announcement of popular vote from these states not of the essence to delegate count, etc?

Even counting MI and FL in any plausibly fair (but as favorably to HRC as reasonably possible) doesn't give her the lead in the popular vote -- just like HRC's claim to run more strongly against McCain than does Obama, in "EVERY" poll, analysis etc.

It's called BS!!! In the grand Clinton tradition I might add
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2rth2pwr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 11:47 AM
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5. Delegates do pick the nominee, Supers can take any metric into account to pick a nominee.
They can use the popular vote to help make up their mind, they can use Karl Rove electoral maps, or they can flip a coin.

Whatever they choose.
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