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Tue Feb-05-08 04:46 PM
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How many times have you changed your mind*, switching from one candidate to another, |
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another, since the campaigning began?
*Even if it was not your doing, e.g. your chosen candidate dropping out.
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:48 PM
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1. I'm on my 3rd. Kucinich, leaning Edwards, Obama. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:01 PM
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11. Me, too - same route, exactly. (I voted for Obama today, in fact). |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:04 PM
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19. We don't vote until May. Maybe we will get to elect the nominee, lol. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:35 PM
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NC Primary not until May, so by then I'll probably be voting just to strengthen the nominee. :shrugs
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:38 PM
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61. If it's decided by the time I vote, I'll vote Kucinich if he's on the ballot. Or maybe I'll write |
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Tue Feb-05-08 07:58 PM
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87. Me too....although in retrospect I think I should have given more consideration to... |
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Richardson, Dodd, and Gravel.
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:49 PM
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2. Too many times! I already voted and I am still changing my mind. |
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13. It's just really tough, but it's good to have an embarrassment of riches. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:49 PM
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3. Zero. Clinton supporter from the start...nt |
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:50 PM
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4. Not once. Obama since he entered the race. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:15 PM
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29. Up until this morning, I kept going back and forth between Obama and Clinton |
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(after originally being for Kucinich and then Edwards). They both have earned a tremendous amount of respect from me. Then I tried to remember which candidates I've donated to, from the beginning. And, much to my surprise, I realized that I had donated to all of them at one time or another...except Hillary and Richardson.
That sealed the deal for me. I voted for Obama.
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:23 PM
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:51 PM
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5. Kucinich, Edwards, Obama |
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In another thread someone told me I was a jinx :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:04 PM
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17. Oh, God, I hope not. I did the same thing. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:51 PM
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6. I donated first to Kucinich and after he made his Ron Paul remarks, I donated to Chris Dodd, he |
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dropped out and I donated to John Edwards and I've finally ended with Hillary. :) She got my vote today and it felt pretty damn good.
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:03 PM
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15. Wow. Quite a progression. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:16 PM
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30. Glad that you're happy with your decision. |
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Kucinich > Edwards > Obama
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:04 PM
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18. This seems to be a pattern... |
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:52 PM
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8. Kucinich, Edwards and now Gravel or Hillary |
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I don't vote until March so we'll see what happens.
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:17 PM
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32. March? Wow. Sounds like worlds away. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 04:56 PM
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9. Zero. I don't like any of them. |
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I want somebody I can actually vote FOR, not someone who will be, at best, a place holder to keep us from another 8 years of Bush-type rule. I'm tired of casting ballots AGAINST the other guys. I want to be energized. I want to be able to really believe in a candidate. Haven't been able to do that for a long, long time.
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:05 PM
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21. Who *would* you like, then, as a candidate? |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:19 PM
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35. So far, there is nobody. |
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I think we'd have better luck grabbing someone off the street.
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:20 PM
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40. No one in the entire country? |
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48. Not even your mother? Ryan Seacrest? Larry King? Keith Olbermann??! |
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Tue Feb-05-08 06:26 PM
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70. My mother's been dead for almost 45 years |
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so that's a definite no. (Although I don't think she'd stink as bad as Bush)
Don't know who Seacrest is, can't stand King and Olbermann's ok, I guess, but he doesn't seem like someone who could get things done.
In former years, I'd have voted in a minute for Lee Iacocca. Cutting his salary at Chrysler to $1 a year until they could pay back the bailout impressed the hell out of me. Somebody who wasn't afraid to do what really needed to be done instead of worrying about himself OR his stockholders.
Show me someone like that today and I'll vote for him or her gladly. Everybody today is either beholden to too many others who are not their constituents or they're too in love with themselves. At first I really thought Obama could be that candidate for me. I was wrong.
I would vote for Clinton...in 2012 or 2016. Not now. It's too soon for another Clinton (and I would say the same even if it was Chelsea) just as it was too soon for another Bush. And yes, it's too soon to even think about Gore. We need someone whose name hasn't been in political arena for the last 16-20 years.
Yes, I'll vote for whoever the Dem candidate turns out to be. But it will be a vote against the republicans, not a vote for someone I believe in.
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:00 PM
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10. Five times.. Gore -> DK -> Biden -> Edwards -> Obama |
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Sorry Hillary folks, but she's always been my second to last choice just slightly ahead of Gravel. At least I like her as a person, I don't like Gravel at all.
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Gravel is an American hero.
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39. Gravel is a libertarian idiot. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:02 PM
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12. I've changed my mind about who I consider "second best". |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:18 PM
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33. But your first choice has remained the same? |
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62. For the most part, yes. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:03 PM
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14. Excluding Gore, Biden-Obama/Biden-Obama |
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Kuch > Biden > Walken > Obama & Walken
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38. Be serious. This is a serious thread! I mean, really - |
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You had to pick the one that hurt the most.
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63. I really do like Biden a lot - I just couldn't resist the punchline. |
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20. Zero. I've been for Obama since the day he entered the race and I donated my first $25. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:06 PM
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22. In 2004 I worked for Kucinich (A great man!!) |
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but in 2008 I have been with Hillary Clinton from the beginning until the Primary is over. From there I'll 100% on who we decide is our candidate.
Voted Hillary Clinton today in Connecticut!!
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37. Thanks for all the hard work. |
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23. Gore>Kucinich>Edwards>Obama |
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In that order.
And I plan to STAY with Obama until he is President :)
Of course, I would have stayed with those mentioned above if they were in it to vote for!
Sorry, I take Edwards at his word - he's gone.
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:08 PM
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26. OH yeah, I forgot about Gore |
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I wish he would have ran.
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I started out for Kucinich, then Edwards (but my heart was with Gravel). Then I was for Clinton, then leaning Obama. Now I'm between Clinton and writing in Edwards. And this is only in the past couple of days.
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42. The indecision is awful, isn't it? |
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First I was for Hillary, (before she officialy announced) then Biden, then Kucinich, then Edwards, and now Obama.
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43. Is that your final answer? |
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45. How nice that must be! |
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31. just 1 when my candidate dropped out of the race |
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49. Yeah, that happened to me twice. Hate that feeling. |
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36. I thought about Edwards or Kucinich very early on |
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but it didn't take me long to re-affirm how much I like Obama and I've stuck with it.
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41. Gore, Edwards, Clinton. nt |
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54. That's a very interesting progression, because it seems to me that neither Gore |
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nor Edwards would choose Clinton. It's just interesting the way people come to their decisions. :hi:
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47. I flipped back and forth between Biden and Edwards a lot. |
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I haven't switched from Edwards.
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56. I hope we hear from him soon... |
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51. Feingold > Gore> Edwards> None of the above! |
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57. Good luck, then, with your final decision. |
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52. Gore, Biden, Edwards, Clinton. n/t |
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55. Still love Gravel, voted for Clinton. So, maybe once. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:37 PM
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59. Since Edwards dropped out: Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Clinton, Obama, Clinton |
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65. It really is difficult to choose between them, for me, because they both have so much |
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going for them. Six of one, half dozen of the other... Both are really good.
Good luck with your decision!
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:37 PM
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60. Haven't changed 1 time yet......on the cusp though |
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66. Just spoke to a friend of mine who had decided on one of the candidates. He went to vote and, when |
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he went to mark his ballot, he just couldn't do it. Much to his own amazement, he voted for the candidate he had decided to NOT vote for.
And he still has no explanation except to say that he "just couldn't do it."
Weird, huh?
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76. Very weird. How could you not know who you support? To not |
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know yourself to the point of looking at a ballot and changing your mind....is not something that I can comprehend.
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79. I was very surprised to hear it, and he was surprised at himself. This is a very intelligent man, t |
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who had put a lot of thought into his decision.
Go figure!
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Tue Feb-05-08 06:05 PM
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64. Edwards to Obama to Biden to Hillary |
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68. That's a first - haven't heard that progression before. |
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Pretty picture of Hillary.
:hi:
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Depending on if you count my Kucinich/Dodd top choices as two separate events.
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69. Feels like it's been a long path, doesn't it? |
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I always knew Kucinich had no shot, but I love him. I started to fall for Dodd long before Iowa, and decided that if he did "ok" in Iowa and was still in it come today, I'd vote for him. If not, I'd vote for DK. Then he dropped out, and I was left with the "top three" and was leaning Edwards. Then he dropped out. That being said, I'm actually very excited with my choice today for Obama. :)
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72. Excellent choice, imho! |
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beginning. I cannot yet bring myself to vote for Hillary or Obama. However, I will vote for the Dem nominee in November.
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80. Happy to read your last sentence! |
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Tue Feb-05-08 06:46 PM
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75. I was for Gore originally. He never entered so I stuck with Obama. |
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Unless you count the non-candidate Gore, I haven't changed my mind at all.
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81. Do you think Gore will endorse anyone? |
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84. Either he'll endorse Obama after tonight or he'll stay out of it... |
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I think he'll stay out of it, given the possibility that the Florida/Michigan fiasco could create a deadlocked convention. If that happens (there's maybe a 0.00001% chance of that), I think Gore will be our compromise candidate.
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77. Obama, Edwards, back to Obama now. |
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82. Who do you think Edwards will endorse (if anyone)? |
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Somehow I just don't see him endorsing Hillary, but maybe that's just my own bias against her.
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My support is for Sen. Clinton and it has never wavered despite my effort to listen to and consider Sen. Obama.
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83. Well, it's good that you listened. Congratulations on your decision. |
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86. I was an Edwards supporter, after much research... then I switched to Clinton when he dropped |
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After considerable research between her and Obama.
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91. Who do you think Edwards would endorse, if anyone? |
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92. I think the fact that he hasn't endorsed anyone yet bodes worse for Obama |
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Since everyone seemed to think that would be what he would do. He obviously has a lot of reservations.
I personally hope he doesn't endorse anyone until we have a nominee.
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Tue Feb-05-08 08:10 PM
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88. I can't remember... it's the drugs! |
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I dropped my absentee off a little while ago and I'm still just a little undecided. ... more drugs.:popcorn:
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Tue Feb-05-08 08:17 PM
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89. 3 times ... Dodd, Edwards, Obama |
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each time I've been enthused and happy with my choice.
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93. Edwards, Obama, Clinton |
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