2008 Primaries Thread 2: THE QUICKENING

oh no, Sinbad's gonna start being ACTUALLY funny? This is a new paradigm.

More from Sinbad:

In her Iowa stump speech, Clinton also said, "We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small or too poor, send the First Lady."

Say what? As Sinbad put it: "What kind of president would say, 'Hey, man, I can't go 'cause I might get shot so I'm going to send my wife...oh, and take a guitar player and a comedian with you.'"

Most Democrats have not been heard from at the polls. We have all been impressed by the turnout for this year’s primaries — clearly both candidates have excited and engaged the party’s membership — but, even so, turnout for primaries and caucuses is notoriously low. It would be shocking if 30 percent of registered Democrats have participated.

Is it me or is this not a bald-faced lie...? I believe its noted somewhere upthread that voting in the primaries in several states has EXCEEDED the number of Dem votes cast in the previous election.

Sinbad lolz

turnout for primaries and caucuses is notoriously low.

So... "I think people of Ohio very clearly said it should be me." (top of the ticket) is BS too, since only 30% have participated, right?

This is too easy, Clinton campaign. Please try to find arguments that can't possibly be used against you for once.

Supporters of Sen. Clinton also worry about young voters, male and female, who have turned out in large numbers for Sen. Obama. "Young students for Obama could stay home; that's one reason I am so furious at them," says Fran Reiter, former deputy mayor of New York and a Clinton supporter. "They are all excited about him, and they don't have any staying power. If Obama doesn't get the nomination, do they get angry again and crawl back into their apathetic hole?"

This is so ass-backwards. The sense of entitlement among HRC and her supporters regardless of the effect on the party annoys the hell out of me.

basically they're saying too few democrats have voted. but the ones who like obama: too many.

Maybe HRC supporters are stingy and want to use their "president clinton" merchandise again. (or they've all still got their "president clinton" tattoos)

Is she going to pick Tipper Gore as her running-mate?

Silda Spitzer.

The wronged spouse ticket '08!

from Politico:

Nancy Pelosi tells Boston TV that a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket is "impossible."

"I think that the Clinton administration has fairly ruled that out by proclaiming that Senator McCain would be a better Commander in Chief than Obama. I think that either way is impossible," she said.

Also: "Nothing ever resolves itself -- it has to be resolved by some outside forces," she said.

Also: "Nothing ever resolves itself -- it has to be resolved by some outside forces," she said.

Yoda: "Wise and formidable, she is."

xxpost: Campaign song: Caught Out There (Kelis)

pelosi abt to drop hammer on clinton campaign?

Does Pelosi really have any more authority to tell Clinton what to do than Howard Dean does, though?

xpost: Unless the hammer is off the table, just like that Bush/Cheney impeachment :-/

i think she just did

xps

other than saying they "disagree with her" the clinton campaign hasn't responded to the ferarro thing at all. obama campaign saying ferarro's comment demonstrates a "wink and nod" strategy of suggestive racial statements made by the clinton campaign.

well Pelosi said that the "dream ticket" was impossible, did she say something else?

Pelosi can't do shit re: Clinton gimme a break.

http://www.boomerangshop.com/dvdcover/imageweb7/GimmeaBreakSeasonOneS21934_f.jpg

member of obama's LGBT group resigned over an email talking shit about the clintons

"I think that the Clinton administration has fairly ruled that out by proclaiming that Senator McCain would be a better Commander in Chief than Obama. I think that either way is impossible," she said.

i.e. she just reiterated the Obama camp's characterization of Clinton's last round of attacks re: c-in-c readiness and experience

Nell Carter would make a great VP choice for Hillary

She ded.

yeah I know

other than saying they "disagree with her" the clinton campaign hasn't responded to the ferarro thing at all. obama campaign saying ferarro's comment demonstrates a "wink and nod" strategy of suggestive racial statements made by the clinton campaign.

Obama trying to seize control of the "umbrage advantage" that's been so critical to the 2008 Democratic primary.

Clinton/Zombie Nell Carter 08

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clinton supporter/PA gov ed rendell, on meet the press: "But, Tim, you run against uncommitted, that's the toughest election to win. I'd rather run against an opponent anytime than against uncommitted, and Hillary Clinton got 55 percent of the vote against uncommitted."

this guy's gotta be fucking kidding, right?

I don't even know what that means.

pelosi certainly does have considerable power - the party muckamucks just havent yet decided to tell hillary its over

The grassroots support and fundraising efforts of Uncommitted have been impressive, it's true.

I don't think the Clintons acknowledge any authority higher than their own egos

xposts - it was in regards to michigan, where obama and edwards were not on the ballot and the other %40 of the vote were from people who showed up to vote "uncommitted"

hahaha okay that is some real WTF shit

UNCOMMITTED FOR PRESIDENT

http://www.freudfile.org/psihanaliza/ouroboros.jpg

Campaigns that counted on uncommitted taking the youth vote are baffled by this year's race.

have you seen uncommitted's attack ads? BRUTAL

if she only got 55% and she was the only real choice, that don't look so good to me

Sadly, I don't think we're ready to have an uncommitted candidate become president yet. Maybe it's a generational thing. Personally, I'd be elated at the opportunity to cast my vote for a incorporeal, notional non-entity to the highest elected office in the country.

GOD 08

y'know if uncommitted were a woman - of any race - he would not gotten to where he is

Neither Hillary or Barack could stand up to McCain/God, of that I am certain.

I'm not sure God would get business conservatives into McCain's corner, though. What are God's economic credentials?

lengthy experience serving as invisible hand in free markets

LOL at NO black folks appearing in crowd - except for a secret service guy - during telecast of HRC's rally at some high school in Scranton, PA last night

I live not far away from there and I know we're a SERIOUS minority in these parts, but, you know, LOLOLOLOL