Comments on: Obama to Declare Victory on May 20th?

By: Elmo

Elmo — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:57:07 +0000

In the tone/tenor of his voice, and in his personage/carriage/demeanor. Barack has already ascended to the nominee, of the Democratic party.

How to handle Hillary? Hold her hand .... or give her a polite little backhand from the podium, on election night in Oregon?

Barack is learning hardball politics by the minute. And now, is almost tough enough. Still I wouldn't want to call the play.

By: Ugh

Ugh — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:51:02 +0000

This is insane.

Project much, Armando?

By: Pug

Pug — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:07:21 +0000

The required delegate count is a technical issue. It depends on the rules and by-laws and, honestly, not only do I have no idea what the actual requirements are, I suspect that the rules committee doesn't know what the actual requirements are. It really isn't a technical issue. According to the DNC, the Florida and Michigan primaries don't count and the winner of a majority of delegates will be the nominee. Until the rules are somehow changed, 2,024 is the number. It's not complicated. Clintonian spin doesn't change a thing.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:02:41 +0000

I think that is short sided on the part of Obama.

In 2004, the GOP took Florida by 5.01% and the dems took Michigan by 3.42%. Im 2000, Florida went to the GOP by 0.1% and Michigan by 5.13%.

To put it another way, if somewhere between 83,000 and 114,000 people in Michigan can be convinced that Obama doesn't care about their votes, the state could flip 18 EV to the GOP.

I do find it ironic that in 2000 the democrats ignored the rules of the FLorida state law and pushed for "every vote to be counted" while in 2008 they push the the importance of the rules and don't care if every vote is counted. I think that is what is called situational ethics.

By: legion

legion — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:43:38 +0000

Huh. Looking at that comment thread on TalkLeft, it appears we now know where all the Ron Paul wackos went after his campaign finally sputtered out. Hillary's had a strong run, but she's been rejected. Get over it.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:19:15 +0000