PlatyGuy
02-06-2008, 03:32 PM
Here's an interesting angle (http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/yesterdays_votes/) I hadn't thought about before (image by John Walkenbach at the above link but hosted on my site instead of his because I'm no bandwidth leech.).
http://pl.atyp.us/images/supertuevotese.png
In other words, the contest on the Democratic side is to decide between the candidate who pulls 2.03 times as many votes as the leading Republican candidate and the one who only pulls 2.02 times.
Farnsworth,Luther P.
02-07-2008, 10:53 PM
Yes, we were discussing that on another site. What is even more interesting is the number of Republicans who will not turn out for McCain because if his support of criminal illegal immigration, and the evangelicals who will likeley stay home as well; they probably count for at least 3 million of those primary votes. And, as I brought in another thread, Paul hasn't said what his future plans are re the money he raised, so he is still a possible annoyance as well. Which may be a moot issue, since it's pretty certain Hillary will the next President; she has more establishment support than McCain, and Paul has none at all. She's already won the primary that matters, before Iowa and New Hampshire's.
TheLateGreat
02-07-2008, 10:55 PM
If Hillary is the Democratic nominee, all the conservatives who are saying they would not vote for McCain will vote for him if only to keep her out. If she was running against Satan, they would come out for Satan to be anti-Hillary.
Que sera, sera
02-07-2008, 11:04 PM
Hillary can't win...Isn't Bohemian Grove for men only?
Corporate Avenger
02-08-2008, 02:59 AM
They'll just put some gay marriage thing on the ballot again and that should be enough to push them over the edge along with the voter suppression.
Farnsworth,Luther P.
02-08-2008, 07:02 AM
If Hillary is the Democratic nominee, all the conservatives who are saying they would not vote for McCain will vote for him if only to keep her out. If she was running against Satan, they would come out for Satan to be anti-Hillary.
They've already been doing that daily for almost two decades; it's not going to matter. The Dem voter base is going to result in a larger turnout for Hillary, while McCain will be lucky to get half the Republican base to make an effort to vote.
TheLateGreat
02-08-2008, 11:21 AM
They've already been doing that daily for almost two decades; it's not going to matter. The Dem voter base is going to result in a larger turnout for Hillary, while McCain will be lucky to get half the Republican base to make an effort to vote.
Not with the ugly way she's gonna have to win the nomination. A lot of Obama supporters will be turned off.
Farnsworth,Luther P.
02-08-2008, 04:06 PM
What way is that? She already leads him, and as I stated a while back, he isn't going to get the Latino votes in Texas and Cali or anywhere else. He's also considered 'inexperienced' by core voters, not mention his association with black racist groups; I would say she is easily going to pound him at the Convention, and doesn't need to get any 'uglier' than the usual political tactics.