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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:13 PM Original message |
Let's clear something up concerning the popular vote. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is this the argument you were making in 2000 in defense of b*sh? |
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Rob Gregory Browne (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Bush won neither the popular vote nor the electoral vote, so what's your point? nt |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Gore won the popular vote, b*sh ended up with more electoral votes. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Bush was installed by the Supreme Court |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. B*sh has never run in a Democratic primary |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Did some states hold caucuses in the 2000 GE that I wasn't aware of? n/t |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. You make a very good point. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. it is another measuring stick the SD's can use to guide their decision and a valid one. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. But not all popular votes are equal |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. and what exception to this wondrous rule will you come up with when obama wins NC and OR? |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Not sure what you're getting at |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I will try again: |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm sure the SDs will look at all these things |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I agree with you |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You may be comfortable with the rationalization |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. If the PA vote were held in January |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Your logic does not hold up. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. yes and no |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Your are right that he has a significant financial advantage |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. "...The people in IA and NH were working on much more limited information...." |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. Only on DU would a poster actually attack one person one vote. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 05:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Your argument that tallying the popular vote in this series |
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