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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:52 PM Original message |
Are the Democrats Facing a Locked Convention in '08? Could That Favor Al Gore? |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. you realize its still 2007, right? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Nothing could *possibly* change in the next 1.5 years! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mike Gravel? |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd be shocked if that really happened! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. You make many good observations, firefox_fan |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Could certainly happen. With the primary schedule being so wacky, ANYTHING |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Agreed, |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thurgood Marshall - Supreme Ct Justice . |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not going to happen. Locked conventions have been talked about for decades. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. It has the smell of a brokered convention. |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. If I've said it once I've said it 100 times...Al Gore is not Running! |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Afraid of the Clintons?? |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yep... |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Are you scared of Al Gore? |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Why should I be afraid of Al Gore? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "All he had to do was carry Tennessee and it would have been President Gore." |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. My reference was to Tennessee as his home state... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Al Gore |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. My OP assumes he isn't "running". He would accept a convention draft. |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Ok...that's at least a possibility... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think the reason for a locked convention is actually just this time around: |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I think that you just put the entire '08 election into clarity: who will people really trust? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Ding ding ding!!!! |
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