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I think it's safe to say the hypothetical head-to-head polling isn't worth paying attention to until after the conventions. There's not a sufficient amount of people interested until that point.
Besides, McCain's fortunes are set to go downhill once a couple stories hit the fan. There's the whole Vicky Iseman/alleged affair deal, which bothers me more with the lobbyist aspect than the sexual infidelity aspect. More interesting to me is his situation with the FEC and his primary public funding situation. I think more attention would be paid to either of these if Hillary & Obama weren't taking up the spotlight at the moment.
Not really pertinent to the race but I just looked at Fundrace.org (where you can see who in your area has donated what and to whom, Prez only) and for M'boro/Smyrna donations have been roughly $168,000 for Reps and $11,000 for Dems. My zip code is $60,200/$2400. That's 25:1. Yes, I live in a heavily Rep area.
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$63,091 was given by people who identified their zip as "x".
$18,217 to Republicans $44,874 to Democrats
No GOP donors for McCain in my area. Most of them went for Tommy Thompson and a few Romneys, with one Ron Paul.
Obama has a commanding lead for Dem donations in my zip, followed by Edwards and a close third between Richardson and Kucinich. Hillary has one listed donation.
I myself am $40 short of being a reported donor for Richardson, and though he's seeking to settle campaign debts I'm hurting for money too much to make that mark. My car picked an inopportune time to decide to break down.
Now that Dodd broke the ex-candidates' silence on endorsements, do we have any idea who's next?
I would expect Kucinich to maintain a low profile on this, given that he's facing a challenge for his seat and wouldn't want to ruffle any feathers. (Ron Paul's district is also having a primary March 4th, these two should be interesting to watch.) Gravel's in this for as long as he can and I doubt he'll drop out soon, let alone endorse either of them.
I wouldn't be surprised if Biden's next to endorse Obama.
I'm not sure how Edwards will go, but I'd suspect Obama, and I'm sure he'll be later to endorse than the rest.
Richardson is still torn. I read an article where he was interviewed about his endorsement being sought and it had some good insights on the approaches of the two remaining campaigns. Most telling, I thought, was: Mr. Obama’s approach is like “a surgical bomb,” he said, while “the Clintons are more like a carpet bomb.” www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23303147/
I'm not sure how Edwards will go, but I'd suspect Obama, and I'm sure he'll be later to endorse than the rest.
I think Edwards waits till it's all but decided. If he doesn't come out for Hilary before March 4th, he'll just wait till she drops out and he'll endorse Obama.
I actually think they all will wait until it's all but decided, which will likely be Tuesday. If I had to guess likelihood I'd say Biden, Edwards, Richardson.
I would be shocked if anyone endorsed Clinton before Tuesday. There's almost no upside. If she sweeps Tuesday than who knows.
BTW I thought the Edward's endorsing rumor of a few weeks ago was very likely false. Made no sense.
Yeah, Edwards has been quite frustrating to me this election cycle. Ran against his own voting record, and did so on a more polarizing note than he did last time around. Dropped out before Super Tuesday despite his "to the convention" talk and kingmaker potential. I think he's just being opportunistic about the situation now, rather than speaking out one way or another. I'm still puzzled as to why he never bothered to retain his Senate seat in 04, or try to get back in there again. I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps waiting for the most opportune moment until that window of time is closed. And I won't think it a huge loss.
He is urging republicans in texas to switch parties and vote for Hillary to keep her in the race, because the longer the democratic party is divided the better it is for republicans.
This isn't the worst hes ever done... but can you republicans like.. condemn this man and his shittyness? seriously, what a toolbag.
Post by GratefulHippie on Feb 29, 2008 13:41:09 GMT -5
wooz said:
Anyone heard Limbaugh's most recent vomit?
He is urging republicans in texas to switch parties and vote for Hillary to keep her in the race, because the longer the democratic party is divided the better it is for republicans.
This isn't the worst hes ever done... but can you republicans like.. condemn this man and his shittyness? seriously, what a toolbag.
ugh...i can't stand him. i remember being woken up by him every morning growing up. my dad was always up first, and he would go into the kitchen and turn on the radio to limbaugh's talk show.
Post by GratefulHippie on Feb 29, 2008 14:29:28 GMT -5
southgajd said:
chicojuarz said:
Limbaugh is a blow hard but he's no where near the awfulness that is Sean Hannity. That guy is disturbing.
I can't spend much time at my parents house due to the fact that the TV tends to be tuned to Fox News most of the time.
you know my pain then
i can't count the number of times i've had to bite my tongue when i'm at family dinners and everyone is raving about how fox news is the only "balanced" network left
My mom lives and breathes this channel. I am always having min-arguments with her when she has it on just because the buys into alot of the crap they say. Its all in fun though because she has her opinions(she is a Bush supporter) and I have mine.
Post by chicojuarz on Feb 29, 2008 14:41:12 GMT -5
The funniest of them all is Gordon Liddy. Have you ever heard his show? He gets all the paranoids. I once was driving in BFE (an all Amish community where almost only AM comes in) and one of his callers was very seriously explaining how the stars were spy satellites and how the CIA was tracking his every move because he figured out their game. Ahh...good times.
My mom lives and breathes this channel. I am always having min-arguments with her when she has it on just because the buys into alot of the crap they say. Its all in fun though because she has her opinions(she is a Bush supporter) and I have mine.
My mom has it on 24/7 as well. I'm beginning to think that the entire station is for stay-at-home moms. My mom believes everything they say and totally buys into the 'Terror Alerts' and all that. I get all riled up just thinking about it.
Has anyone seen the documentary "Out Foxed"? I watched it in a media class in college and it does a good job of shining a light on Fox News.
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Feb 29, 2008 15:07:36 GMT -5
chicojuarz said:
The funniest of them all is Gordon Liddy. Have you ever heard his show? He gets all the paranoids. I once was driving in BFE (an all Amish community where almost only AM comes in) and one of his callers was very seriously explaining how the stars were spy satellites and how the CIA was tracking his every move because he figured out their game. Ahh...good times.
Did anyone explain to this person how to make a tinfoil hat to block their signals?
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Feb 29, 2008 15:10:17 GMT -5
mrkc said:
liguy said:
My mom lives and breathes this channel. I am always having min-arguments with her when she has it on just because the buys into alot of the crap they say. Its all in fun though because she has her opinions(she is a Bush supporter) and I have mine.
My mom has it on 24/7 as well. I'm beginning to think that the entire station is for stay-at-home moms. My mom believes everything they say and totally buys into the 'Terror Alerts' and all that. I get all riled up just thinking about it.
Has anyone seen the documentary "Out Foxed"? I watched it in a media class in college and it does a good job of shining a light on Fox News.
Haven't seen it but have heard it's good. I'm going to try to find a copy to show the 'rents.
My mom lives and breathes this channel. I am always having min-arguments with her when she has it on just because the buys into alot of the crap they say. Its all in fun though because she has her opinions(she is a Bush supporter) and I have mine.
My mom has it on 24/7 as well. I'm beginning to think that the entire station is for stay-at-home moms. My mom believes everything they say and totally buys into the 'Terror Alerts' and all that. I get all riled up just thinking about it.
Has anyone seen the documentary "Out Foxed"? I watched it in a media class in college and it does a good job of shining a light on Fox News.
i saw an excerpt from it, the segment about the growth hormones in cattle. i found it to be really interesting stuff
Glen Beck beats them all for obnoxiousness and hatred. You ought to move to Nashville. We have about 10 conservative talk radio stations (and of course nothing even close to the counterbalance.) The local ABC station even hired the local right wing talk guy as their mainstream political analyst.
The main talk station is so powerful it bleeds into every other station on most boom boxes (since they have poor tuners.) Let's see how many idiots I can name on the main talk stations; Michael Savage, Steve Gill, Phil Valentine, G. Gordon Liddy, Rush, Hannitey, Neil Bortz, Glenn Beck, O'Reilly, Michael Reagan, and I'm sure there's more.
What's amazing to watch is how they all discuss the exact same subject (even using the same wording) on the same days. They all must get the FOX morning memo (there actually is such a thing)
that is true. I'm just ready for it to be over. If Clinton gets enough delegates on Tuesday to keep her in the game, it's just that much more likely that this will keep going for months
I truly believe the Super Delegates will coalesce (sp?) and force a nominee soon. This division can only hurt the party and the one benefit of SD's is that they can go to the losing candidate and say "you've got 5 days to suspend your campaign or we'll have to force the issue."
I could see this happening if one of the candidates becomes the fairly obvious winner and the other want to hang around until the Convention. At least I hope the SD's will do the ONE useful thing they can for the Party.
Just MHO
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It says Hillary already can't earn enough pledged delegates to clinch the nomination. Obama could, but 85% of the remaining vote is a pretty tall order. I'd think that would intensify the calls for her to step aside, but not that I've really seen. I think she'll hang around until the convention and claim that she's not yet mathematically eliminated.
I don't think she's blowing smoke. She's not withdrawing before the convention without a significant rebuke.
What we need is a group of superdelegates totaling [2,025 - # of pledged Obama delegates] to declare their intentions before the convention. Anything short of that and I think she'll keep going.
Well... I wouldn't put it past to her assassinate Obama going to/from Senate sessions and get away with it, either.
I think she's saying this because otherwise, she might as well drop out now. I don't agree that she'll push it to the convention - unless she wins big tomorrow.