Politics U.S Presidential Primary Thread (Read 20603 times)

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MSNBC is saying 1,025 delegates for Obama right now and 954 for Clinton, although she's got 1,215 to his 1,190 if you include superdelegates. From what I've heard, he's winning all three states today by a large margin.
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On CNN it's showing Hillary with 1,157 to his 1,145 including the superdelegates. With todays hopeful wins, he could come out on top.
If Hillary doesn't win Texas and Ohio, it's pretty much over. But she's most likely going to win them, so the race might go on for a while.
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eah, it was Kerry who at some point said "if you don't do well at school, you'll wind up in Iraq". Which is pretty much the worst thing he could have possibly said, since he painted a negative image of the soldiers serving in Iraq (who undoubtedly have the fullest respect of even the strongest opponents of the war) in order to criticize the war. It's just plain terrible and absolutely baffling that he said it. The media had a field day with the story and Bush suddenly didn't seem like the biggest idiot anymore after that.

He said that in 2006, two years after he ran. And he meant "If you don't study well, you get us stuck in Iraq." So it wasn't a botched "AMERICANS ARE STUPID" joke, it was a botched "BUSH IS AN IDIOT" joke. Had he been elected, I highly doubt Kerry would have said that.

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. granted I do live in Lynchburg but still it was pretty alarming!

Why have they not changed the name of your town?
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Why have they not changed the name of your town?

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First settled in 1757, Lynchburg was named for its founder, John Lynch, who at the age of 17 started a ferry service at a ford across the James River to route traffic to and from New London.
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And the Civil War was fought over State's Rights and had nothing to do with slavery. Honest.
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And the Civil War was fought over State's Rights and had nothing to do with slavery. Honest.

..what? Lynchburg was named after JOHN LYNCH. not LYNCHING

edit: CNN projects Obama wins Virginia. looks like another sweep!
Last Edit: February 13, 2008, 12:03:03 am by Ryan
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VIRGINIA CALLED FOR OBAMA

let the.... dickjacking begin  :cake:
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EDIT: Nevermind that. They don't have the final results yet.
Last Edit: February 13, 2008, 12:20:32 am by Sarhan
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..what? Lynchburg was named after JOHN LYNCH. not LYNCHING

Yeah, I suppose if I lived there, I'd buy that too.
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Yeah, I suppose if I lived there, I'd buy that too.

ahaha you're ridiculous. you got me! despite there being mountains of evidence contrary to what you are saying you're still right.
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According to drudge, Obama won Latinos in va exit polls  55% - 44%

this is good.

The bad news though is that it looks like Huckabee will be winning va on the republican side. but what else can you expect from the home of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell?

Anyways, hi5 to my fellow virginians for thwarting clinton today
Last Edit: February 13, 2008, 01:11:55 am by Saleop
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Cho, you are thinking of a different John Lynch (for whom Lynchburg, Missouri is named)
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Yeah, I suppose if I lived there, I'd buy that too.

Does anybody else not find this funny?
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Obama wins DC, NBC projects
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Does anybody else not find this funny?
"i can't be wrong, it must be misinformation!"
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so whats the delegate situation or is it still too early to tell?
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Well, it turns out McCain did win virginia after all.

yay i guess

so whats the delegate situation or is it still too early to tell?

different places will tell you different numbers. according to CBS, obama is winning in delegates. according to cnn, clinton is still winning by very few i think.

the reason for the disparities is apparently because the democratic party uses some complex formula to calculate delegates and it's tricky to get the numbers right.
Last Edit: February 13, 2008, 01:46:02 am by Saleop
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STICK TO ONE FORMULA

I dont really understand where the disparities lies other than subjective mind forces
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CNN now says Obama is leading in overall delegates by 2. He has 1,170, Clinton has 1,168.
That lead is going to increase a little bit more as more results come in. But I think we can finally say who has a slight advantage now.

EDIT: Clinton's deputy campaign manager resigns.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/clintons-deputy-campaign-manager-resigns/
Fantastic.
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According to CNN, if Obama wins Wisconsin and Hawaii (likely), Clinton has to get 63% of the votes in Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania to catch him in delegates.
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