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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:04 AM Original message |
Bill Press has it right regarding Super Delegates. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. who wants to 'change the rules' now? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They are changing them as they go along. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. that's not a rule change. |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Wrong. Superdelegates are never committed. They may always and at every point |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Wrong. They publicly commit every election. |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. You're still not getting it. They "endorse." They do not "commit." |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. That's a distinction without a difference. |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Saying that they are committed, but are free to change their mind, is some kind of Obamaspeak. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. your argument is picayune. |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Still wrong. Dean, Pelosi, Reid and Obamafans are trying to change the RULES. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Nope. |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. You now resort to misrepresenting your own link which does not even contain the word "committed." |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Learn to read. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
74. Never noticed any public commitment because years ago |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think FL & MI are the reason they want to know beforehand .. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Brilliant a non-vote!! |
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my3boyz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. The same Bill Press that has had his head up Hillary's ass the entire primary?nt |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Air American has been anti-Hillary. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What are you saying? Air Am is anti-Clinton so they fired Randi for being anti-Clinton? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. No I said they fired Randi for her comments about Hillary |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. bill press and Mark Green of Air America are shills for HRC. I can't listen to Press. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Bill is right about this though. |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. He is being a Clinton shill. See my post below. The manipulations are so obvious. |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Bill Press is a Fool ... |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I haven't heard him supporting the Clintons...just the opposite. |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Then you haven't been paying attention. n/t |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No not listening much since I can't stand their station any longer. |
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my3boyz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. EXACTLY! nt |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Bill Press is a complete Hillary shill, and the crap he's been spewing |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
65. Yes, he is hard to listen to.. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have no desire to see this bullshit going on nonstop until August. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. it isnt about what YOU desire... there are millions of people that want to vote... let them! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Really? It's not about just ME? I'll be a sonofabitch. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'll tell them |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Real Democrats vote for Obama? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Exactly...this is America is it not? |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's over in June |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Wait...and Obama and his supporters have no ego? |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Obama has the lead and the race against Hillary has been going on for 14 months |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. We don't pick our candidates, the corprat media does and we get played. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Why can't the rest of us figure that out? |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. B/C at the convention the Clintons are convinced they can win on a second vote. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. If Obama were to win you'd be happy to have it on a second vote? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's their right to ask this of the super-d's |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. No they want to know how they vote. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. That's not how the sides are drawn. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. These are not the rules...it has been made up by them |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. The delegates vote on the rules... |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Wrong. The rule is that superdelegates are NEVER committed. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
69. We haven't had the convention |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. bwahaha. a humble voter demanding that Dean and Pelosi and Reid resign |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:07 PM Original message |
Here is Cali. Being a first class snot again. She can't be nice to anybody. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. I don't like the whole format where the candidates are . . |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. What? |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Political parties are free to form themselves for any reason . . |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #44 |
70. OUR party can set the rules but not before the party |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
28. Ridiculous. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. No...Dean, Pelosi and Reid. |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. They know if this goes to the convention undecided |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. It's not the party looking out for us to win... |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Obama can beat McCain |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #46 |
72. OK maybe he can win against McCain but we must complete the process |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. Bill Press is for Hillary....he wants a bitter fight. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I'll have to listen more but I don't see any Hillary support |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. Good thing that Bill Press is on 3-6 AM in my time zone |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. Mr. Press has been hacking for Hilldog for some time now. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. Press is being an idiot here. Yeah take to the convention |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
58. LOL funny stuff |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. Bill Press is a Hillary shill from WAY back. Big deal. nt |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. I can't stand Bill Press. |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. and he loves saying ... |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
67. I tuned off to "Shill rePressed" when he started "whoring" (thx Randi) Hillary |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. That's not what I heard. |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. Another pointless "Everyone hates Hillary" |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Everyone does not hate Hillary or she would be 1% |
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Bensthename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
71. Who ever wants this to go to the convention wants McCain for Prez. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. The delegates (who represent their party at home) pick the primary winner |
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