2008 Primaries Thread

I really just love this because after all the serious/dumbass talk today at CPAC, what a contrast.

Ned Raggett OTM.

guys when does newt gingrich emerge from seclusion to save the gop?

Obama "suggests Hillary should release her tax returns, if she's going to be putting her own money into the campaign."

i really wish the media would stop with this BROWN VS. BLACK : RACE WAR! angle, it's almost as annoying as BLACK WOMEN IN CRISIS: RACE VS. GENDER from a few weeks back.

Rasmussen tracking Obama & Clinton tied at 44%

My mom called me up right after Romney's speech. "In this time of war? In this time of war? If I was there, I would have hit him in the head with a stick."

And then we had an awkward conversation about the dems, since she's a Hillary supporter.

Apparently she came out of the voting booth on Tuesday and said to my dad, "Canceled your vote!"

hahahaha

BREAKING

OBAMA GIRL DIDN'T VOTE!!!!!

hahaha

so does McCain's virtual lock on the Republican nomination possibly help Obama draw in independent voters in the forthcoming primaries -- the Anti-Hillary effect?

hahahhahaha

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/POLITICS/02/07/mccain.conservatives/art.mccain.speech.ap.jpg

There isn't a picture on the web that can't be captioned with the phrase "WHERE THE TITTIES AT???" (picture thread)

Romney: "This isn't an easy decision. I hate to lose."

LOL you douchebag losing wasn't your "decision"

'suck my dick. j/k i luv u guis. no rly suck my dick.'

there is totally something weird going on here

fucking Terry MacAulliffe. I hate that guy.

"oh we're so poor!"... "j/k bff!"

yeah this is fishy

Bubble Trouble in CA primary. You may have heard about it, but now there's a petition to get all the DTS votes counted, even if necessary for a count by hand.

bad news for the election integrity movement in California

There are 3 million total DTS voters in California who had for the 1st time this year the right to in Tuesday's Democratic Party presidential primary.

The bad news?

In what the media is now calling "Double Bubble Trouble," 94,000 "Decline-to-State" votes in Los Angeles County -- 50% of the total DTS ballots cast -- are being rejected due to a ballot design flaw, despite the Courage Campaign's discovery of the "double bubble" problem and official notification to the Registrar prior to Election Day.

Unfortunately, Dean Logan, the Registrar in charge of Los Angeles County, is refusing to conduct a physical hand-count of every "Decline-to-State" vote before the official vote is certified in just a few weeks.

Every vote must be counted. And time is running out. Please sign our petition to Registrar Dean Logan today demanding that he conduct a physical hand count of all "Decline-to-State" votes cast in the Democratic primary. The more names we add to this petition, the more likely it is that the Registrar will count every vote:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/counteveryvote

Please sign the petition for a total count.

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How the hell is anyone actually able to keep up with this thread? I've been reading it pretty much an hour or more a day and can't keep up.

Not to complain about anyone discussing the race. I'm glad for that.

How the hell is anyone actually able to keep up with this thread?

It was decided that the course of national politics was more interesting to follow whether or not Vampire Weekend only eat fresh organic cream cheese when on their yachts.

It was decided that the course of national politics was more interesting to follow whether or not Vampire Weekend only eat fresh organic cream cheese when on their yacht.

Wait, wait: Who decided this?

The cover of that VW disc is v. snazzy. Songs therein, not so much.

Non-zing. I've posted on the VW thread all of twice, I think, and couldn't give less of a damn what kind of class signifiers they give off. I spent probably six hours following this thread Tuesday, and still couldn't keep up with all of even that day's posts. xp

I've been spending hours reading it from Tuesday's posts and I'm up to late Wednesday night now.

I find it fascinating and wonderful that this time SO many people are interested. There was record breaking turnout at the CA polls Tuesday!

CAN WE NOT MERGE THE TWO THREADS KTHNKXBYE

^^^ good idea

''Rolling Indie Thread 2008''

-- Keep it in here, boys.

I've posted on the VW thread all of twice, I think

I wasn't zinging you! I was explaining why I was here and why my VW thread contributions were essentially three posts worth of "They're from New York, the end."

They're from NY? I thought they were from Cape Cod. Cod Rock.

I probably shouldn't have said anything, this is going way off-track.

YEAH, WHY DID YOU SAY THAT?

(j/k)

A question: I keep seeing doubt expressed at Obama's ability to take Ohio. Is there any legitimate reason why, at this point, Obama should have difficulty taking Ohio? I don't know the specifics of the Clinton/Obama's campaigns in that state, but judging by the precedents set by other states, the demographics seem to be in his favor.

HRC is very well mobilized in Ohio (big comittment of resources).

after he racks up victories in the next few weeks clinton will proclaim she' broke and cry about it.

my gut feeling is that OH will be right-down-the-middle like Missouri and either one could grab it

so guys.

did you hear about mitt romney.

RIP ;_;

Great timing on Dobson's part

Plus it's part of HRC's new ''big state'' strategy. She'll likely lose a lot between now and the Ohio/Tx primaries, and she's focused on (re)gaining momentum by winning those two big states.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFSVG7jRp_g

^^^^

You think it will matter, Ned (either now or in November)?

her strategy doesn't make sense to me because this is a "delegate race" now, and if obama wins 7 primaries/caucuses in a row (with VERY decisive victories like he's been doing) he'll have an even bigger delegate lead, and tons of momentum.. so once they get to Texas and Ohio he will either : 1. win 2. come within a few percentage points and get half of the delegates anyway... right?!?

Yeah, that's how it seems to me, although I doubt he'll get decisive victories in all 7 states. WA, at least, seems pretty split.