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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 09:59 PM
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Texas and Ohio ain't gonna cut it for Hillary - she needs to drop out now.
Edited on Tue Feb-12-08 10:03 PM by HawkeyeX
The way Obama is rolling, I think he's virtually unstoppable right now, through GE. Now that McCain is the eventual Rethuglican nominee, Huck will be dropping out pretty soon, and Hillary should follow suit. I don't think we need to waste any more primary dollars and focus on GE.

Of course, if Hillary wants a nasty fight, then she shall have it, and her "coronation" that was "assured" by 2/5 is never going to happen because her $4.3 million consultant said so way before the primaries started, she needs to rethink her strategy and fire Penn and go populist. That is the only way to save her campaign, but knowing her, she will never go populist because it goes against every vein that DLC represents, and we all know she's DLC through and through.

Sure, delegates will continue to proportion, but the SD's will start heading Obama's way very soon, and that is NOT a good sign for Clinton. Even her SD's will begin to waver and abandon her campaign. Clinton supporters will point out that Kerry and Kennedy's endorsement didn't help, but the problem is that they are superdelegates, and will only commit during the convention time. I promise you that by the time Clinton tries to win Wisconsin, the superdelegates will start abandoning her and endorsing Obama instead, forcing & pressuring Clinton to drop out for good.

Let's try to make this a positive thread. I know I was negative on Clinton, but that's the way it is, and the Potomac Primary tonight was an excellent example because Obama won in a very large margin, and that's going to happen in Wisconsin, Texas and Ohio and the rest of the states that have not voted in.

Michigan and Florida won't even be a factor either.

Hawkeye-X
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:01 PM
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1. If you're so sure she's going to lose, why ask her to drop out.
Let it all play out.

Maybe you're not so sure, nor should you be.
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:02 PM
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5. Just so we can be done with Magsdem
Hell, I'd like to see anything shut that one the hell up. I thought the proud idiot was annoying, but now I almost miss that prick.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:01 PM
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2. or: of course if Obama "was" a nasty fight, then he shall have it could equally apply nt
Edited on Tue Feb-12-08 10:01 PM by msongs
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tandem5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:02 PM
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3. if it doesn't matter she should just stay in - we've come this far and so many states have had a
chance to count in the primaries so let's have the remaining states have a say too.
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:02 PM
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4. she's not going anywhere
but if things don't start changing soon she's going to have a tough time in Texas and Ohio.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:06 PM
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6. As an Obama supporter I think he needs to prove himself on March 4th
And frankly I think he will have no trouble doing that. He did incredibly well in far more states on Super Tuesday with a lot less time. He's got plenty of time to catch up in Ohio and Texas.
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yeswecan08 Donating Member (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:07 PM
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7. History will not be kind to Hillary if she is stubborn and not gracious
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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:07 PM
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8. This Obama/Edwards supporter disagrees. Hillary is entitled to give it
her best try in those states. She does enjoy a large base of support and those people are also entitled to the full election cycle to have their votes count. I would expect no less from Hillary supporters for my guy, though another poster here for Hillary had your same meme in his thread but asking that Obama drop out because he just knew Hillary would turn this around anyway.LOL!
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:10 PM
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9. If Obama can't win both Ohio and Texas he should drop out because need large blue state wins-not red
state loses that are closer than usual.
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 10:18 PM
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10. Texas and Ohio ARE red states.
nt
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