Letters to the Editor
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Obama picked up another superdelegate this morning: "Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, calling him an inspirational leader who can unite the country."
C'mon, folks. He couldn't even unite Democrats in Pennsylvania. I don't understand why people keep following this unity line, when Obama has been as divisive as any of the candidates... arguably moreso, because his voters vote by demographic line even more closely than voters for Clinton or McCain. Obama may have the African-American and wealthy, educated white vote, but that's where his sense of unity seems to stop.
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We hereby announce that we will not speak about any of the following topics:
Whitewater,
Vincent Foster,
Travelgate,
Cattle Futures,
Foul Mouth,
Rumored Lesbianism,
White House Seances,
Hair Styles,
Other disgraces and scandals.
Did you get that list? Do you want me to repeat it?
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It would help Obama...
...if he could find a way to appeal to the white male low-information voter, but I am not sure that the primary means too much. Like other people have said, Obama lost Cali, but does that mean that Obama would lose Cali in November. In a general election I think he will not lose the female vote and that will be big boost.
Why is the GOP running anti-Obama ads in NC? I wonder...
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Yeah, but there are still those superdelegates out there lying in the weeds
I'm afraid that what's going to happen is that no matter what, the superdelegates will vote for Clinton. The largest number of those remaining undeclared are the members of the DNC. And, by the nature of things, they go back to when Bill Clinton was president. The only reason for them to hold back on declaring now is that they want to vote for Clinton but know it will be unpopular and they are hoping that their votes won't make a difference. But, if it is, they'll vote for Hillary because that's where there long-time loyalties are.
I want to see the last of the Republicans in the presidency so much that it hurts. But, if the superdelegates impose Clinton on us, all it will do is ensure that McCain's elected. And, it may give the Senate and House back to the Republicans.
God help us then.
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So Rosenkavalier
According to you Hillary's base = Uneducated poor white guys.
Exactly the kind of people I want selecting my leaders.
Call me elitist, call me communist you can even call me racist, but Ignorant Poor People should have a limited say, why? because they are ignorant, duh.
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Sense of Unity
Yeah his sense of unity seems to stop, according to you after uniting, poor, white, black, wealthy, women, men, young and old.
Yeah Hillary really knows how to unite, all her white poor base. Really inspirational.
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McCain
Speaking of McCain, he won 73 percent of the Republican vote in Pennsylvania yesterday. Isn't that a little low?
I dunno. I bet a lot of GOP voters switched to Dem to vote Hillary to keep the fight going. I bet a lot of them stayed home, knowing that their vote didnt really matter.
As the story you link to points out, 16% were Ron Paul voters, who are a breed unto themselves. That 11% of the GOP electorate would protest-vote for the evangelical Christian can't be that big a surprise, can it?
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Oklahoma's Governor's Super Delegate Vote
Oklahoma's Governor Brad Henry is a very, very conservative Democrat. If he supports Obama, then something must have surely convinced him to do so. He is not one who sticks his neck out on any controversial issue.
Henry is very skilled at getting along with the Republicans. Most of us expected him to endorse Hillary. We are actually quite shocked that he endorsed Senator Obama today. Some of us believe Governor Henry would not make any move unless he is sure he is backing the winner.
Something is going on behind the scenes that we mere mortals don't know about. You can almost smell it in the air. Maybe it is Hillary becoming toast, but something is definitely going on.
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@ cab305
See, your sense of unity seems to think that everyone who isn't white and educated and/or African-American is a "dumb whitey."
But you're leaving out the droves of women voters, working-class voters, Latino voters, Jewish voters, and so on, who make up Clinton's base.
That is one of the problems with upper-class white Obama supporters. They think that because they are voting with African-Americans, they somehow have the monopoly on voter diversity, and that anyone who isn't with them must be a racist white guy who shoots varmints in a cabin somewhere. That is a gross and ignorant oversimplification of the voting demographics that actually exist.
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I'll tell you what's going on
It is being strongly suggested to Obama, the current frontrunner and the candidate who will probably end this primary with the majority of delegates, that he pull in Hillary as the VP on the ticket IF (we) supers decide to go with you and the delegate counts argument.
That's what.
It is also probably being strongly suggested to Hillary that perhaps she should consider this option as well since her case for electability at the top of the ticket is not entirely clear cut and overturning delegate counts would hurt the party now and in the long term.
Obama probably isn't jazzed about it and of course this would HAVE to be kept hush hush.
Hillary probably isn't jazzed about it either but of course it would HAVE to be kept hush hush.
Neither can afford to have their base thinking none of this matters anymore. ANd neither likes the idea right now.
But something is going on.
Aside: (Remember back before ??? what state was it, mississippi? when Hillary said If you Vote for Barak you get a two-fer? At the time we recognized it as a political ploy to try to get at least some of his supporters to vote for her, understanding that they would still get Obama as President one day. Well at any rate, I do believe something is going on. electability arguments cannot really be made until after June 3rd and we can examine some metrics BUT that examination will be the core of any top of the ticket arguments either candidate makes).
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typo
I meant to say
remember back in Mississippi when Hillary said ...If you vote for Hillary you get a two-fer...
Sorry. I should at least read them before i press send. :)