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w13rd0

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Wed Feb-13-08 07:01 AM
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5. The GOP and Dem primaries are very different...

...in the GOP primaries, it's been "winner-takes-all", and all that has required is a plurality of the vote. McCain has secured the nomination by getting, in every state, a plurality, not a majority. If you actually stack up those who voted FOR McCain, and those that voted AGAINST (for someone else) him in the GOP selections so far, AGAINST is winning by fairly substantial margins. We can only hope that such a sentiment continues right up to November.

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