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STF wrote:The more voters find out about him the less appealing he will seem. I think no matter who the nominee is it will be difficult to beat McCain. The Democrats are going to blow three presidential elections in a row we should have won.

Obama strikes an actual contrast vs. McCain. Any Democrat should be able to win Ohio if McCain refuses to back off from free trade.

Hillary wants to crush Republicans, Obama wants to form coalitions.

Hillary is way, way more likely to lose. It's similar to putting Kerry up against Bush. Hillary has run a pretty crappy campaign thus far. Your anti-Obama crap is nonsense.

Germ War wrote:

connor wrote:Obama won the under-65 vote in each state. The over-65 vote went overwhelmingly for Clinton. Kind of sucks that they decide who our president is going to be. Oh well, democracy.

Doug Stanhope has a bit about killing all the baby boomers. "Sorry mom & dad, but you've got to go."

Marsupialized, Clinton only said that to make it seem like she's still a frontrunner. I believe she's cut into Obama's lead by all of 7 delegates after yesterday. Playing politics, as usual.

Fuck the media.

Word has it they met last night for a few hours and talked about SOMETHING. Obama spent 5 minutes talking about how great Hillary is last night at the begining of his speech.
Then today they float this?
Seems like it's gonna happen to me.
I mean, shit maybe Hillary will be Obama's vice, who knows?
I honestly think it'll happen.

STF wrote:I'll vote for the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is, but I think it would be a mistake to nominate Obama. His was a fad-like popularity when he won those 12 states in a row. The more voters find out about him the less appealing he will seem. I think no matter who the nominee is it will be difficult to beat McCain. The Democrats are going to blow three presidential elections in a row we should have won.

Gee, I thought people were finding out more about Obama, and that's what was fueling his surge of popularity. Guess it was just a fad!

I haven't seen a poll yet that suggested McCain would even contest Obama, nor have I seen one where Clinton would beat McCain in the general election. Hillary is far too divisive and I know a number of people who will not vote for her if she gets the nomination, myself included.

I agree with Germ. Obama will win easily if he is the nominee wherein if Hillary is the nominee the race becomes close. Obama mobilized a lot of young African-American voters to turn up for the primaries and I don't think Hill can woo them enough to swing them to her side.

Germ War wrote:I haven't seen a poll yet that suggested McCain would even contest Obama, nor have I seen one where Clinton would beat McCain in the general election. Hillary is far too divisive and I know a number of people who will not vote for her if she gets the nomination, myself included.

In February, 2004 Kerry led Bush 53 to 46. Gore led Bush in polls also.

But then people thought Kerry was too "nuanced and French" and Gore wouldn't be a much fun to have a beer with as Bush. Could easily see people finding Obama too "urban" or some other contrived b.s. and I've already seen where people superficially judge Clinton for having an annoying "severe generic stern mom voice."

Germ War wrote:

connor wrote:Obama won the under-65 vote in each state. The over-65 vote went overwhelmingly for Clinton. Kind of sucks that they decide who our president is going to be. Oh well, democracy.

Doug Stanhope has a bit about killing all the baby boomers. "Sorry mom & dad, but you've got to go."

I'm not going to lie: I'm onboard with that.

Marsupialized wrote:Word has it they met last night for a few hours and talked about SOMETHING. Obama spent 5 minutes talking about how great Hillary is last night at the begining of his speech.
Then today they float this?
Seems like it's gonna happen to me.
I mean, shit maybe Hillary will be Obama's vice, who knows?
I honestly think it'll happen.

It'll be Obama-Clinton, not the other way around. As one republican strategist said last week on Meet the Press, right-wingers think the idea that the democrats could make HRC their nominee is absolutely hilarious. I believe he said: "How would they put that genie back in the bottle? 'Yes we can?' More like 'No, you can't!' Good luck with that!"

The democrats need a large african-american turnout to win the general no matter who the candidate is. Had Hillary not slandered the first african american candidate with a clear shot at the White House, she'd have no problem getting them to turnout. But if she's the nominee, they'll remember her as the person who denied them that. Barack is not a flash-in-the-pan. Nor is he Jesse Jackson, no matter what Bill Clinton would like you to believe.

STF wrote:I'll vote for the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is, but I think it would be a mistake to nominate Obama. His was a fad-like popularity when he won those 12 states in a row. The more voters find out about him the less appealing he will seem. I think no matter who the nominee is it will be difficult to beat McCain. The Democrats are going to blow three presidential elections in a row we should have won.

Utter horseshit. Obama was down 20 pts or more in Texas and Ohio just three weeks ago. This is not a fad. Slap bracelets are a fad.

STF wrote:It's Clinton's turn. Obama can wait.

Fuck that.

STF wrote:It's Clinton's turn. Obama can wait.

I find that contention rather distasteful. It reminds me of the palpable sense of "GW Bush is the anointed one" that i detected in the GOP and the media during the 2000 race, and especially the South Carolina primary. How dare McCain run against President Bush's son, and whatnot. Maybe i'm alone in feeling that attitude was out there, but it was the distinct feeling i got back then. And it's the same feeling i get whenever someone contends that it's Hillary's "turn." Oh really? Says who?

STF wrote:It's Clinton's turn. Obama can wait.

what does that mean? that she is entitled to the presidency? wtf? how unamerican can a sentiment be?

obviously obama's campaign person fucked up with whatever he said about nafta. i don't know how much that weighed in the voting yesterday but it couldn't have helped. clinton is gonna get negative here really fast.

i noticed that at her rally yesterday her new "tag line" appeared to be "yes we will."

i thought that was a low move.