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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:36 PM
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If Obama can't beat Clinton... then Clinton is more "electable".
That's all there is to it.

If you choose to fall for M$M spin, well... that's your choice. We see where that's led this country before...
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:37 PM
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1. phew... anyone smell horseshit?
someone light a match....

:rofl:
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:42 PM
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19. lol
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:57 PM
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57. not those of us not eating all that Obama crap. nt
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 03:47 PM
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67. A double negative? Didn't you ever take an English class?
Maybe you slept through it.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:37 PM
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2. Hillary couldn't beat Obama- so by your reasoning, Hillary should drop out
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 01:40 PM by nomad1776
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:39 PM
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8. FACT: More Americans have voted for Hillary Clinton than have for Barack Obama. Get over it.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:40 PM
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14. FACT- Hillary lost the delgate race and the popular vote
Don't pass off dishonest hillary statements as "fact"
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:43 PM
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22. stop lying. She has not lost a delegate race at all. Check yourself. And, again, MORE AMERICANS
have voted for her.
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Mooney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:46 PM
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25. Substantiate that.
If it's a fact (or a "FACT") you should be able to produce evidence to support it pretty easily.

As it stands, Obama has more delegates and a greater share of the popular vote. Please disabuse me of this fallacious viewpoint.
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LVjinx Donating Member (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:44 PM
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49. Hillary actually has a 200,000 popular vote lead.
FL and MI might not have their delegates counted (yet) but that doesn't mean their voters don't count. Or is Team Obama now actually saying the voters should be cut loose as well?
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:04 PM
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60. You've already "cut loose" Obama voters in Michigan!
that can't be determined, and because we can't (because the state administrators F'D UP!) we necessarily can't count hers there.

If you have a bone to pick, you and her campaign should have allowed the caucus revote to happen that was offered, or else offered to pay for the additional primary that your surrogates in those states f'd up!
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:54 PM
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62. No...OBAMA cut loose his voters in Michigan!
They offered to have his name on the ballot, and he abandoned the people.
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 05:11 PM
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64. And Clinton committed to not being a part of the Michigan travesty either!
She only wants to change the rules now to allow it to count for her later. She's trying to "game" the system, and will get away with it if people like you have no principles to call her out on it.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:53 PM
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29. DENIAL- More than a river in Egypt
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:31 PM
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43. votes from invalid elections don't count, moron
but you already know that, don't you?

The ability of Hillarites to willingly spread lies is beyond anything I have ever seen.
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:55 PM
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63. No one had an invalid election stupid ass.
They'll be seated, but you already knew that....or you were too stupid with hope and ponies.
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 05:12 PM
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65. The DNC, NOT the Clinton campaign decides if an election is valid or not!
They decided it wasn't, since those running it didn't follow the rules!
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 06:49 PM
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66. sure they did. The elections in FL and MI were ruled invalid before they were even held.
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 06:50 PM by JackORoses
everyone knew it going into the voting booth.
That's why alot of people stayed home.
That's why the elections are flawed beyond repair.
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:56 PM
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56. You must also then accept that more people voted for Saddam Hussein in 2002 then...
... when he ran unopposed, much like the votes you are counting from Michigan when you make this statement.

Real champion of democratic rule aren't you!
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hokies4ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:54 PM
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54. Hilarious counter to your assertion, by Olbermann
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VSwcv7vE4xQ

Okay, I admit it: Clinton is winning*

*long Clinton disclaimer (hilarious!)
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islandmkl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:38 PM
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3. my new t-shirt: "Things suck right now....Why CHANGE anything?"
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:38 PM
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4. Obama HAS beaten Clinton
To date, Hillary Clinton has not held the pledged delegate lead once.

Not once since Iowa went to the caucuses.

Obama has held the lead in all contests all year.

So, Obama is more electable.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:39 PM
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6. ding. you win the prize.
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:40 PM
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11. FACT: More Americans have voted for Hillary Clinton than have for Barack Obama. Get over it.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:42 PM
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21. Only if you accept how she counts the votes. The DNC doesn't accept how she counts them. n/t
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:43 PM
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23. FACT: More Americans have voted for Hillary Clinton than have for Barack Obama. Get over it.
it bears repeating.
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wileedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:47 PM
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26. Why are you disenfranchising caucus states?
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 01:47 PM by wileedog
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wileedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:47 PM
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27. *dupe*
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 01:47 PM by wileedog
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:47 PM
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28. Nope. The DNC invalidated the totals in Michigan and Florida.
The fact that Obama was removed from the ballot while Hillary's name was still left on those ballots made those votes rather unfair.
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LVjinx Donating Member (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:46 PM
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51. The DELEGATES were invalidated, not the voters. Are you Obamites really pushing that?
If so, despicable.
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:58 PM
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58. And despicable you are invalidating voters from caucus states too!
Play by the frickin' rules!
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:48 PM
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61. Nope. You are pushing it. To win, you need delegates. Hillary is trailing nt
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Cheap_Trick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:21 PM
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36. FACT: yours is a typical hillbot response
keep repeating the same tired bullshit without being able to back it up with FACTS. Just because you say it's a fact doesn't make it so.
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LVjinx Donating Member (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:45 PM
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50. You're talking about the delegates, right? Not the actual people who voted?
Because if you're actually putting forth the idea that not just the delegates, but the votes themselves should not count, you've crossed a line.
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:59 PM
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59. How ALL the people voted isn't determinable. To say it is is a LIE!
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 04:00 PM by calipendence

Those who wanted to vote for Obama in Michigan weren't able to.

Those who voted in caucus states didn't have their votes totalled either.

The delegates are how we count voter representation. You can't change the rules just to suit you.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:57 PM
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32. If you count Florida and Michigan
and don't count 13 caucus states, you're right.

But if you count Florida and Michigan, you should also start counting every internet poll because they are every bit as legitimate as the beauty contests held in Florida and Michigan.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:26 PM
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38. That would mean something, if the popular vote counted.
Of course, if the popular vote counted Obama would have campaigned for the popular vote instead of for the delegates, and he'd STILL be ahead.

Hillary's done. Get over it.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:39 PM
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5. So what does the fact that Obama has been Clinton mean?
:shrug:
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Mezzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:41 PM
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16. I didn't realize Obama had been Clinton at all.
:shrug:
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Mooney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:54 PM
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30. Welcome to enlightenment.
It's been over for two months. Hillary just refuses to leave the field.
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Monty__ Donating Member (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:39 PM
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7. By what reasoning can Obama not beat Clinton?
Last time I checked he's beating her now
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Mooney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:39 PM
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9. He already beat her, when he won Wisconsin.
That's when he amassed the delegate lead that Hillary, for all her bloviating, can't make a dent in. The deal was closed two months ago. The only people who refuse to see this are the most rabid HRC partisans.
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Edgewater_Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:40 PM
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10. Obama HAS Beat Clinton
Please try to keep up, willya?
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:40 PM
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12. He has beat her in 31 contests. How many has she won? oh, less than half of that.
The One who wins more elections is more electable.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:40 PM
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13. I really hope this is your third thread today.
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godai Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:41 PM
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15. Obama is beating Clinton.
Clinton has no way to catch and beat Obama. Her only hope is the politics of destruction. How inspiring!
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:41 PM
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17. False dichotomy. Next. n/t
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:57 PM
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31. Beat me to it!
Fallacious reasoning is common for this poster. ;)



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JKaiser Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:42 PM
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18. Agreed! Obama fans will make a mistake if he becomes our nominee. He will lose
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 01:44 PM by JKaiser
young people won't vote in the GE... He won't win red states ( where all the African americans are from) Some Hillary fans will be angry and will sit on their hands and not vote.. He can't and won't win... This is depressing!
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:32 PM
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44. So the young folks that DID turn out for primaries WON'T turn out
for the GE? Great logic there.

Obama WILL take red states that Hillary couldn't touch. And if the DLC want to go rejoin the republican party, I invite them to go. Clear the air around here.
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JKaiser Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:14 PM
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47. Sorry I just don't agree with you..
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:24 PM
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48. That's your perogative.
But you will see, facts have a way of trumping opinion.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:42 PM
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20. *points to the scoreboard, sighs and walks away*
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CTD Donating Member (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:45 PM
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24. HERE is your analogy
The Super Bowl is over. The clock has wound down to 0:00. The score is 34-24. But the losing team refuses to leave the field, insisting that the point score shouldn't matter but, rather, time of possession (which favors the losing team) or first downs (which also favors the losing team). Anything but the actual SCORE. And until something other than the point score is used to determine the winner, they simply refuse to leave the field.

Hillary has lost. It's over. Any other candidate under the same circumstances would have gracefully dropped out by now.

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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 01:59 PM
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33. He IS beating Clinton.
He has made it nearly mathematically impossible for her to win. Every day, with every new superdelegate, her path to victory gets steeper and steeper. Just because someone refuses to drop out doesn't mean they aren't being beaten. As many have joked, she may still be campaigning when Obama takes office on January 20th.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:01 PM
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34. If Clinton can't beat Obama . . . then Obama is more "electable."
That's all there is to it. What's the matter with Hillary, anyway? She was supposed to close the deal on Super Tuesday, but she just can't beat Obama. He's still ahead in states, delegates and popular votes and there is no realistic way for her to catch him.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:02 PM
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35. How much did she start out with? $200 million? More?
And blew it all... and has only desperation, spin, lies and a losing campaign to show for it.

Why anyone wants to put her campaign up against McCain in the GE is beyond me.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:27 PM
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39. Plus, she had a HUGE superdelegate advantage.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:28 PM
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41. She started out with every advantage there is... and STILL lost.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:24 PM
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37. And visa versa.
And since he is leading in ALL respects, that leaves but one conclusion.
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Texas Hill Country Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:27 PM
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40. yep
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slick8790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:30 PM
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42. ...No, not really.
Edwards did better than either of these two against all republicans. But he didn't beat Clinton or Obama.

If you don't get it, there's a disconnect between primary and GE elections. One has independents and crossover republicans. The other does not.
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haymakeragain Donating Member (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:32 PM
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45. Logic is not your friend.
Nor is common sense.
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wowimthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 02:34 PM
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46. Clinton can't beat Obama, how can she beat the Right wing?
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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:46 PM
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52. Obama IS beating Clinton
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:47 PM
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53. He's been beating her since Iowa - she has NEVER led this race, not once.
And when all is said and done, she will have lost without every leading.
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Umbram Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:55 PM
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55. How intellectual. Thanks for adding to the debate! (nt)

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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 03:47 PM
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68. He has beat her, next
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