2008 Primaries Thread

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp2-5-07a.jpg

^^this picture makes mccain look like he just stepped out of a wheelchair for the first time in years, and the crowds are helping him walk

LOL

Obama must've laid hands on him!

no no he rubbed Obama's head.

Doing Penance [Mark Krikorian]

Given the likely results today, tomorrow begins a period of penitence, prayer, and fasting — a five-year period for conservatives and Republicans to reflect on our pride, envy, anger, sloth, covetousness, gluttony, and lust. McCain-Clinton is a curse we've brought upon ourselves, both because of departure from our principles and because of failure to adapt the application of our principles to today's conditions. Honestly, I don't think we deserve to win this time.

lol

Ah, Krikorian. Is there no beginning to his insight?

does anybody know why in hell Maxine Waters endorsed Rodham? I thought she had more brains.

Is there no beginning to his insight?

http://1heckofaguy.com/wp-content/photos/goldwater1964poster.jpg

I feel better already.

Clinton took just nine seconds behind a closed curtain to cast her vote in New York's Democratic presidential primary.

Was there no one else one the ballot besides presidential candidates? I had to vote for like 15 different judges, plus county clerk, water reclamation commissioner, etc.

There was nothing else on the Brooklyn ballot. Except you could also vote for delegates individually, instead of just choosing the candidates' name, which was confusing (and unprecedented, I think).

I voted for both Obama and his delegates.

even if there were multiple races, if you're voting a straight dem line, you can do it in seconds - we have the old lever machines

i guess this is the primary, rite, but still, presumably hrc knows who she's voting for

Morbs, were you able to write in LaRouche?

NEVER DUN THAT

I only had a presidential candidate to vote for. Arkansas will run another primary in May for all the statewide races.

as an independent I couldn't vote in the primary last week; it took longer to park than to vote.

oh that is Herbie Hancock, isn't it. he doesn't suck.

DUDE, WHERE'S MY PARTY? OH, YEAH, I ASKED MYSELF THIS OVER A YEAR AGO WHEN I FINALLY DECIDED TO SWITCH TO THE CONSTITUTION PARTY.

One of these years the Constitution party will manage 5 percent for itself, et al.

i guess this is the primary, rite, but still, presumably hrc knows who she's voting for

-- gabbneb, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 10:52 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I knew I was voting for, too, since I brought in a notebook where I'd copied down the Chicago Bar Association's recommendations for qualified judges. I still had to vote for:

1. President
2. Senator (Durbin running unopposed)
3. Congressman (Rahm Emanuel running unopposed)
4. Delegates (vote for 6)
5. Alternate Delegate
6. State Senator
7. State Representative
8. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioners (vote for 3)
9. State's Attorney
10. Clerk of the Circuit Court
11. Recorder of Deeds
12. Board of Review
13. Supreme Court Judge
14. Appellate Court Judges (2 vacancies)
15. Circuit Court Judges (9 vacancies)
16. Subcircuit Judges (3 vacancies)
17. Ward Committeeman
18. Referendum Question

And then check my ballot to make sure I hadn't made any mistakes.

But maybe Chicago's elections are just unusually comprehensive.

I think there was only one button on my ballot here in NJ, for the Presidential candidate. I didn't see separate buttons for delegates. Maybe I screwed up though.

I have never had to vote for a list that long in any election, primary or general

so basically, lol, Chicago

Yeah, voting for judges is pretty dumb. In the races where more than one candidate was considered "qualified" by the Chicago Bar Association, I voted for the woman. If there weren't any women, I picked whatever name sounded better.

^why I skip offices all the time^

we vote for judges but not Ward Committeemen

we've got city council, i guess

I think in the vast majority of cases, the office of ward committeeman is occupied by the ward's alderman.

how quaint

Or maybe not:
http://chicagoist.com/2007/02/26/ask_chicagoist_whats_a_ward_committeeman.php

basically what we need to remember is that chicago is really fucked up

http://thepage.time.com/2008/02/05/times-for-super-tuesday/

list o' poll closing times.

Man, am I glad it's almost over and every f'ing journalist can stop saying "Super Tuesday" every two sentences for the next four years. I hope. (and this is in Belgium ffs. I can only try to imagine how bad it must be in the US itself)

http://www.slate.com/id/2183717/nav/ais/

looks like we might not even know calif. results by tomorrow morning, jeez

i'm going to try to vote today. never voted in a caucus before.

actually three other guys at work are voting in a caucus today, also for the first time ever. we all like obama, i wonder if this is indicative of anything or just a coincidence?

what the fuck is with counterpunch supporting ron paul? i gotta stop reading those guys.

I don't see an "endorsement," but Cockburn has said his favorite candidate would be putting Paul and Huckabee in a blender.

(who would you think he'd 'support'? have you read his clearly unimpressed Obama articles?)

get there early matt! gonna be a mobscene out there today

the tuesday, it is so very super

I keep imagining confused six and seven years olds believing Super Sunday and Super Tuesday must be related somehow.

I support putting Paul and Huckabee on puree

at least the Dems will have a candidate funneling all the 'spensive arms Israel could ever want to them. whew!

Yeah, I need those arms way more than Isreal does.

you should move to another country or something -- like cockburn.

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Washington state election pamphlets are like novels, much like that Chicago one above.. except EVERY YEAR.

xp: arent you fucking british?

Adding insult to injury, WA state pamphlets have the lowest form of art on the cover every time.