Letters to the Editor
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Obama will crash and burn like all teenage fads
O-mentum never seems to pay off for Obama. When this untested flash in the pan fails to win the big states again the Supers will know which candidate to put their weight behind for the general election.
Silly Walter, Obamas are for kids.
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Obama sure is crashing and burning
right now. How can he be winning by slaughter rule in so many different states? She is our firewall if we need to hold NY and California in the general election. If we instead want someone to help in the swing states of Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Virginia, and, we shall see Ohio, then force McCain to direct resources into Kansas, Colorado, some Southern states - then I think we should get behind the candidate who wins in blow outs in those places.
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Clinton Campaign Manager Calls It Quits
The Fork's Been Stuck In...
...the only question is: Who's going to have the honor of pulling it out?
Headline: Campaign Manager Quits
Mrs. Clinton is done.
Now let's enjoy the match between the "Human, All Too Human" John McCain versus the "Bionic" Barack Obama.
And the VP choice will give a good hint of who's the shrewder of the two.
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What If?
Great summary of the what ifs, Mr. Shapiro. All of the above? None of the above? I actually like the idea of the nomination continuing to be a cliffhanger, despite the tension, because of the excitement it would generate and how it would totally sandbag Mad John McCain and leave him sputtering on the sidelines (and having to basically draft two plans of attack). The only worry would be the intra-party fallout of such a protracted primary, what that would mean for the Democratic Party, exactly.
The least-satisfying is the superdelegate mumbo-jumbo, given that this whole system was conjured up as a way of derailing insurgent candidacies and restoring and protecting establishment party privileges, largely to the detriment of the Democratic Party's vitality over the years, judging from the performance of the Dems since 1980, at least in presidential contests. Shellshocked by the lackluster Carter Presidency, it seems like the Democrats overreacted and alienated themselves from their base with the superdelegate system, the ultimate emergency brake on candidacies that threaten to upset the status quo.
Trouble is, the status quo isn't good enough, anymore, and the superdelegates might end up shooting the Dems in the foot with their decision, if it comes to them.
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Yay!
This is a relevant and timely piece of writing, complete with real facts, interesting analysis and quotes from people who know what they are talking about. More like this please.
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And here's your Doom-O-Cratic news.
If Clinton wins with superdelegates, it will look like the Democratic Leadership Council fixed the convention, all the people Obama brought into the party will leave, and McCain will win.
If Obama wins the nomination, a consortium of the Ku Klux Klan, the Followers of Rush Limbaugh and the Vampire Elite (something some nut has been pushing on many Democratic forums - for real) will assassinate him. There is no rule about a candidate being assassinated on a stump, no seniority, so no one will run for the Democratic Presidentcy, and McCain will win.
Let's be honest. No Democrat will win, ever again. And since McCain will resign after one day in office, and have his Vice President George W. Bush take the office again, why bother having an election at all? Four more years of the Murder Monkey is what the nation clearly wants anyway.
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Easy Fix
Why can't the party get as many Superdelegates as possible to pledge to vote for the candidate with the most elected delegates? Let's get rid of the Superdelegate power.
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Obama has some pretty big states locked up
I would be very surprised if he lost in either Virginia or Maryland this Tuesday. Each of those states has about 100 votes, comparable to MA and NJ.
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Anonymous has touched on something
Young people are notorious for their short attention span. They want their MTV now--before the latest version of IPod comes into the market and they have to head for the mall to stand on line to be the one to buy it FIRST! That's why there's so much ant-in-the-pants push for Hillary to bow out before all states have had a chance to vote.
Everybody calm down.
Those red states Obhama's won in caucauses amount to a hill of beans in the general election. They'll go Republoican as usual.
We have two strong candidates. Let them slug it out till all states have their primaries.
That's no so hard to understand.
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No one knows where this is going...
...but I know one thing:
the more I hear about superdelegates, the queasier I feel about the whole deal. Having an elite, unaccountable class of people decide the convention outcome would be horribly reminiscent of the Supreme Court deciding the 2000 election. And if that happens, any promise of change made by Clinton or Obama would ring hollow.
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I hope the voters wake up....
I hope the voters of America wake up.
I will not state anything negative about Obama, as seems to be the pace of his suppoters when they reference Hillary Clinton.
I will state that if our world is going to be the same hateful world as I have seen on these posts and lived through for the past seven years, then I hope America wakes up and they vote for Senator Clinton.
It is very important that all democrats know who can actually take on John McCain. I know the foolish polls are out there and they state that Obama may be able to beat McCain, but we all know that the polls are and have been all wrong.
This race is not just for one group, whether it be the young, white, black, brown or older folks of America, it is for all of America.
My candidate is Senator Hillary Clinton. I believe in her, I believe in the goals she has set and I believe we will be a great country again when she becomes the next President of the United States.
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No Sadie Hawkins this year
The pundits have gotten used to the "neck-and-neck" narrative. It's not so complicated.
The shortest month will be too long for Clinton, and losses lead to losses. All her X's live in Texas.
Everywhere else: Mo-bama.
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Go Hillary!
Hillary will win. She's leading in the popular vote count and in the end that's what counts.