2008 Primaries Thread

i'd be less surprised if gore came out and endorsed a candidate (if he endorses anybody, it'll be obama) now than if he did a few months back, obviously. the kennedy endorsement makes it seem a bit more likely.

I can't stop looking at that picture.

Anyone heard anything credible about the GOP vote today in Florida? Early exit polls, perhaps?

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I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS

guys I hear gore can control migrating birds with his mind, too

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"You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!"

I like where these captions are going already.

was hoping that would be edward gorey's endorsement

Haha, same here. From BEYOND THE GRAVE (which would be even better).

An Inconvenient Boo!

Okay, that's my Custos quota filled for the day.

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OK searching Google images for Ted Kennedy is not a good idea

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Uggggg. . . Not Feeling Mittmentum.

Romney still has his considerable personal financial fortune to draw on, and the Florida primary is certainly neck-and-neck. The question remains, however, whether Romney could continue spending through the Feb. 5 array of primaries at the high levels necessary for him to capitalize on a Florida win.

As opposed to broke-ass McCain?

OPO: David Brooks or the boomers.

Kennedy went on to talk about the 1960s. But he didn’t talk much about the late-60s, when Bill and Hillary came to political activism. He talked about the early-60s, and the idealism of the generation that had seen World War II, the idealism of the generation that marched in jacket and ties, the idealism of a generation whose activism was relatively unmarked by drug use and self-indulgence.

do you guys really think the democratic party are really that stupid?

I think they totally is. In an unlimited kinda way.

OPO: David Brooks or the boomers

Brooks

do you guys really think the democratic party are really that stupid?

Y.E.S.

oh brooks. ima go and march in a suit and tie so that everyone knows im that good kind of protester, and not decadent.

im curious to see what the recreate 68 group does at the democratic convention here in denver.

Join us in the streets of Denver as we resist a two-party system that allows imperialism and racism to continue unrestrained.

Not sure what to make of this, but exit polls show the percentage of Floridians who cast votes in the GOP primary today and are self-described conservatives is higher today than it was in 1992.

So Florida's GOP electorate has moved to the right over the past 15 years. But how does this impact tonight's crucial race?

Unless, of course, Florida's GOP electorate is simply SMALLER than it was in 1992, i.e. the less conservative former GOP voters have gone Dem or stayed home.

In which case that's some shoddy reporting b/c the lede confuses number with percent. Isn't that shit on the job interview test they give you at any newspaper?

Again, don't kill my buzz.

I'm praying for the Mormon here.

Good news... after South Carolina and the Kennedy endorsement, Rasmussen has Obama and Clinton tied in Connecticut. Gonna be an interesting week...

Gah, wrong like. Here it is.

Any good polls on NJ? I'm thinking about doing some GOTV volunteering for Obama this weekend.

EXITS: McCain 34.3%, Romney 32.6%, Giuliani 15.3%, Huckabee 12%...

Uggggghhhhh. . . .

I think the Feb 5th polls are just starting to roll out, this is the first one I've seen lately... but there was a NY state poll last week that had Obama just about tied with Hillary in NYC's districts.

That would be huge for Obama. If it weren't for HRC being a NY Sen., you'd expect Obama to do well there (lots of high-minded, high-information voters).

Welcome to upstate, dude.

the dreaded I-10 Corridor or whatever.

Wow. Only 1.17% in but the Democrats are 2-1 in turnout against the Republicans.

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NO, NO I DIDN'T

So, with the demise of Rudy--do all his crazed neo-con advisers try to jump on with McCain?

So, with the demise of Rudy--do all his crazed neo-con advisers try to jump on with McCain?

It’d be nice to see Norman Podhoretz teach but he is 76 so I imagine he and his wife, Midge Decter retire.

It appears that Florida has been called for Senator Clinton. A 25% win would not be unexpected.

With the totals hovering around 30% does anyone have an explanation for ‘Other’ receiving an impressive 7%? Is Mike Gravel surging? Mikementum?

I'm shocked that N-Pod is such a force after Alfred Kazin, Gore Vidal, Hitchens, among others, have revealed him to be such a humorless windbag.

I’ll answer my own question. Mike Gravel has actually received 2.7% of the current vote! The other 4% were confused voters, Senator Biden, Governor Richardson, Congressman Kucinich and Senator Dodd.

Why are CNN and MSNBC saying McCain's ahead, and predicting dire things for Romney, while Drudge has Romney ahead?

This is maddening.

ROMNEY YOU FUCK COME ON

For some reason Drudge has consistently gotten faster numbers than AP. Either way, Romney is down 2% and about 20,000 votes.

This is going to swing for McCain. Miami-Dade and Pensacola have yet to fully come in and both are heavy McCain counties.

Sadly, that's probably right.

In which case that's some shoddy reporting b/c the lede confuses number with percent. Isn't that shit on the job interview test they give you at any newspaper?

if doctors or lawyers or engineers made the same mistakes yr avg national political hack makes on a weekly basis they'd be in jail

You’re a Romney supporter? Or do you just want the Republican to be stuck in a haze? Sadly I don’t keep up with this thread and have no idea on peoples various affiliations.

Republicans stuck in a haze.

Republican haze + mortal, unshakable fear that McCain is the one guy that can win for the repubs

Well on that note, it is possible that Mike Huckabee might surpass Rudolph Giuliani in few minutes. Walton, Jackson, Washington and Calhoun have yet to report.

Yeah, McCain has some vulnerabilities, but if he's the GOP nominee, I think he wins the GE.

MITTMENTUM:

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