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gabeana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:19 PM
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Why SD's go to Obama
Obama's 50-state-strategy looking good outside the Beltway
by kos
Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 11:00:09 AM PDT
While the Clinton campaign is content to argue that the only states that matter are Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida, the Obama campaign continues to focus on building a national Democratic Party, and it's an effort that is paying dividends with those supers who, well, live outside of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida.

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Insulting so many states, saying they didn't matter because they were too small, or too Red, or had too many Starbucks, black voters, or educated white voters, and saying that the only "important" states were California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida, really wasn't the smartest path to the hearts and minds of super delegates in those marginalized states.

It's quite clear from watching the Clinton campaign in action that it has zero interest in pursuing a 50-state strategy. It has neither the will nor inclination to dedicate the resources to anything that strays from the typical Democratic campaign of the past few years. In Clinton's general election, all the party's resources would once again be flooded into Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and maybe New Mexico. McCain, short of money, would thank his lucky stars and put all his resources into defending those few states.

Few super delegates have the appetite for going down that path again, and ultimately, it'll be Obama's focus on a national party that will garner him the nomination.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/29/112552/680/853/505615

by the way Hill supporters the reason why you don't like Kos is because he tells what he perceives to be the truth, so don't knock him just because you do not agree with him, remember yesterday when he was mad about Obama on fox. He is consistent unlike some hill supporter where she can do no wrong. you know who you are
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:21 PM
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1. Yes I must have missed the Obama supporters willing to take their candidate to task.
Can anyone post anything without being an asshole to the other side?
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gabeana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:21 PM
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2. hey asshole whats up
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 01:24 PM by gabeana
I guess you missed yesterday because there was criticism all over the board by supporters
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:22 PM
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3. I can.
Hi, how are you today?
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:28 PM
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7. I am fine and yourself?
How do you fancy Obama's 50 state strategy and its impact upon the Superdelegates?
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gabeana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:35 PM
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8. Hey AH
who has recieved more SD since penn? come on tell me
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:35 PM
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9. I'm well, thanks!
I think it's making a difference, but it's hard to say how it will play out in the general, and I'm not going to pretend like I know how things will shake out.

Honestly, at this point, I'm so burned out on the primary that I don't care anymore. I didn't get the candidate I wanted, so I settled, and while I definitely like my pick better than the alternative, I don't feel that strongly about any of this anymore. I wish I could just keep myself from all this information and operate freely again.

I'm a real jerk on here, honestly, and I wish I could stop.
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:24 PM
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6. you, of all people, have no right to request less assholishness.
It is your bread and butter.

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:22 PM
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4. Funny thing about Clinton's targeted state strategy - THEIR DNC LET Florida and Ohio collapse
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 01:23 PM by blm
and stay in a collapsed condition for 2000 and 2004. And many of us believe it was done DELIBERATELY by Clinton loyalists in charge of the DNC and its election strategy since 1993.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:24 PM
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5. DLC- win on the margins so there is no call for change and corp. donors stay happy
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 05:49 PM
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10. kick
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