Biggest question you will answer this week?

billybob537

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Thu May-29-08 07:01 AM
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Biggest question you will answer this week?

Will Hillary do a LIEBERMAN?
And run as an independant, thus ensuring a McCain win. I think this is what she's aiming at. Then she can play the VICTIM card and whine all the way to Nov. And run again in 2012.

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tekisui

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Thu May-29-08 07:02 AM
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1. Some Hillary Sites are promoting it.....

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TexasObserver

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Thu May-29-08 07:04 AM
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2. Without the Democratic party, the Clintons couldn't raise cab fare

Without the party, they wouldn't draw 50 people at most venues in America.

If she goes Indie, she's DONE. She won't pull that many votes as an Indie.

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Jersey Devil

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Thu May-29-08 07:05 AM
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3. May not be possible in many states (edited)

Edited on Thu May-29-08 07:09 AM by Jersey Devil

Many states have laws that say that a candidate in a primary election for a political party cannot run in the ensuing general election as an independent for the office sought in the primary. I'd have to do some research to determine how many states have such laws (obviously Connecticutt, where Lieberman ran, doesn't), but I have read about it several times in the past.

Edit: example - Ohio - Ohio Revised Code § 3513.04 contains a “sore loser” provision. According to the statute, “No person who seeks party nomination for an office or position at a primary election” by declaring his or her candidacy or intent to be a write-in candidate and who loses in that primary “shall be permitted to become a candidate by nominating petition or by declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate at the following general election for any office,” except for a short list of specific offices such as state school board. http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/reform/Charles-Morrison-Independent-Candidacy.php

So, apparently she could run in Ohio (because she won the primary) but in states with similar laws where she lost she could not run.

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casus belli

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Thu May-29-08 07:07 AM
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4. Can't happen

She wouldn't be able to have her name on the ballot in states with sore loser laws on the books.

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AllentownJake

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Thu May-29-08 07:10 AM
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5. The deadline

for filing is past in 6 states. 2 of those states are West Virgina and Florida.

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Saturday

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Thu May-29-08 07:11 AM
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6. Baloney. nt

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Tesha

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Thu May-29-08 07:33 AM
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7. Not this cycle. But look for DLC/"Centrist" party to be formed soon.

The whole point of this primary season has been to wrest
control of the Democratic Party back from the DLC assholes.
And the DLC has no intention of giving up what power they
have, even if they are ejected from the Democratic Party.

So look for Lieberman, the Clintons, Harold Ford, and a
few rejected Republicans (perhaps including Arlen Spector)
to form a "centrist" party by the next big election.

Tesha

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billybob537

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Thu May-29-08 07:37 AM
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8. Or the could call it " Republican Light tm"

Since Hillary is Half Republican anyway.

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noel711

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Thu May-29-08 07:41 AM
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9. Turning traitor to the Democratic party by running Independant would...

trash Bill Clinton's legacy. And they have no cahs. No way.

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WeDidIt

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Thu May-29-08 07:42 AM
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10. It's too late for her to mount a third party run

plus, many states have sore loser laws.

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