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Sun Mar-23-08 08:46 PM
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Evan Bayh's new math (how to bring superdelegates to Clinton's side by wildly grasping at straws) |
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Ridiculous, I tell ya. Just ridiculous. Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, who backs Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, proposed another gauge Sunday by which superdelegates might judge whether to support Mrs. Clinton or Senator Barack Obama.
He suggested that they consider the electoral votes of the states that each of them has won.
“So who carried the states with the most Electoral College votes is an important factor to consider because ultimately, that’s how we choose the president of the United States,” Mr. Bayh said on CNN’s “Late Edition.”
In a primary, of course, electoral votes are not relevant, but the Clinton campaign is trying to use them as an unofficial measure of strength.
So far, Mrs. Clinton has won states with a total of 219 Electoral College votes, not counting Florida and Michigan, while Mr. Obama has won states with a total of 202 electoral votes.
Mr. Obama, of Illinois, is ahead of Mrs. Clinton, of New York, in most other leading indicators: popular vote (by 700,000 votes out of 26 million cast, excluding caucuses and the disputed Florida and Michigan results, a difference of about 3 percent); delegates (1,622.5 compared with 1,472.5 for her, according to The New York Times’s count); and number of states (27 compared with 14 for her, excluding Florida and Michigan). The opinion polls are mixed but give Mr. Obama a slight edge.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/us/politics/24campaign.html?_r=1&ref=politics&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin:crazy:
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Sun Mar-23-08 08:47 PM
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1. He was repeatedly asked on CNN today to outline his scenario where Hillary |
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has enough delegates to win the nomination - He could not.
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Sun Mar-23-08 08:49 PM
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2. Out of many dumbassed arguments they make, this might be the most dumbassed of all |
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Just jaw-droppingly, mind-numbingly idiotic.
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Sun Mar-23-08 08:55 PM
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7. Seems to be some sort of criterion |
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Mon Mar-24-08 09:00 AM
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10. I guess at this point... |
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...they'll try just about anything.
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Sun Mar-23-08 08:51 PM
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3. 'cause Democrats are going to lose CA and NY? doubt it. nt |
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Sun Mar-23-08 08:53 PM
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6. Plus, if it was a winner-take-all system, Obama would have had a different campaign strategy. nm |
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Mon Mar-24-08 09:47 AM
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12. And Hillary still would have NO strategy |
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because apparently having back-up plans available isn't her style.
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Sun Mar-23-08 08:52 PM
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4. Electoral College votes-that's her newest argument? Just...ugh. nt |
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Sun Mar-23-08 08:53 PM
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5. It was a waxing moon the day HRC was born. |
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All SDs who have ever heard of a "waxing moon" should vote for her.
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Sun Mar-23-08 09:00 PM
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8. Bayh is a lightweight with pretty hair -- |
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and doing whatever is asked of him in the lamest of hopes he will be the VP pick if HRC succeeds.
If this is her best surrogate, she is truly grasping at straws.
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Sun Mar-23-08 10:55 PM
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9. you inspired me to this thread |
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Mon Mar-24-08 09:02 AM
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11. The fact that Bayh supports Clinton speaks volumes. |
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