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Apparently its a much larger win than even the polls were saying. Obama doing significantly better among whites than was expected (Obama and Clinton in a tie among white males) as well and carrying 80% of blacks.
Is he going to win this thing by 20+%? The Clintons were expecting a loss, but not like this, I don't think.
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Partisan
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I'm amazed that people would vote for a guy as grossly inexperienced, on all levels, as Obama. Putting him in the WH would be a huge experiment.
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Why would it surprise you? This country voted in a President who only had 1 1/2 terms as a Texas governor. Hell, if you managed a Shakey's pizza for a couple of years I bet that'd be enough experience to get elected.
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SHAKEY's pizza I love that place! I don't think we have them anymore in Colorado.
It will be interesting to see how this caries Obama. He is way behind in Florida, New Jersey, and other states in the latest polls. |
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Straw Hat Pizza Palace was MUCH better. I've lived in Denver for decades and still haven't found a good pizza.
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Black Jack Pizza is my favorite in Denver.
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And back to politics, Obama looks to be winning by 22%. However, Hillary could still get up to 14 delegates.
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Beau Jo's sucks balls. There is much better places for Chicago style.
As for the purpose of this thread. Obama was expected to win this state but I don't think he gets much boost. I expect Hillary to do well in Florida and the NE states. Obama should dominate the Southern States and the West is up in the air. |
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Looks like we're headed for a contested convention right here in Denver.
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Apa, I wish you would just say what you mean. It's OK to express your opinion, ya know? (By the by, I like Beaus Jo's, so there.)
Anyway, it looks like Clinton is leading Obama by double digits in Alabama, Missouri, Arizona, Tennessee, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. The only states that I saw where Obama was ahead was Illinois and Georgia. This is a nice win for Obama tonight, but he has a very difficult road ahead of him. Last edited by JCMElway; 01-26-2008 at 07:57 PM.. |
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The convention may be brokered for the GOP, but I think the Dems will settle on Hillary. If that's the case the GOP is doomed. I don't think any candidate that came from a brokered convention has ever defeated a candidate from a non-brokered convention.
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Even with all the Super Tuesday delegates, Billary can't wrap it up. The GOP will settle on a candidate before the Dems will. They can't stand discord.
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On the other hand, Obama has a few states behind him, but Hillary has too much of a machine behind her to be stopped. I think that Hillary sews this thing up not long after Super Tuesday. |
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I stand corrected SoCal. With 96% reporting, Obama has a 31% margin of victory.
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That was a very powerful speech by Sen. Obama.
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any presidential candidate whose background only consists of managing pizza joints would be overqualified for the presidency.
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desperately don't want to be president:
edwards guiliani huckabee how am I goin so far? |
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On Super Tuesday, she will emerge.
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Tim ****ing Russert is fanning the racial flames over this big time ..... A pox on all their houses
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Bye Clintons. We are tired of you and your Bush partners.
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This is going to be a fun ride, this thing could essentially be tied still after Super Tuesday.
2 of the 3 biggest states are New York and Illinois, their home states. Clinton holds the lead in New York, which has more delegates, but Obama holds a much larger lead in Illinois. Between those two states, the delegates will break close to even, maybe with a slight advantage to Obama, especially if he gets a bump out of South Carolina. The 4th biggest Super Tuesday State is Massachusetts, where Clinton has about a 30% lead. But most of that polling was before hometown boy John Kerry endorsed Clinton, and just today JFK's daughter along with local democratic icon Ted Kennedy have endorsed Obama. With the chaos in this state, who knows where it will go, but it'll probably end up being less than 10 delegate advantage either way. The 5th largest state is Georgia. Georgia seems to be very similiar to South Carolina, and recent polls have Obama up 5-10 points. I think only Obama and Edwards are campaigning there, and with the SC bump, Obama will in all liklihood win this state large. The next dozen or so states are mostly trending Clinton. Even with the SC bump, most of these are in territories that should bode well for Clinton. It's hard to imagine her not at least picking up a couple dozen delegates between them. Then, of course, you have the largest state in California up for grabs. California is an interesting state that has a large AA population, but also has a large latino population that is going heavily for Clinton. Recent polls have Clinton up by 12, but between the SC bump, the Reagan references, and the upcoming debate in California, this isn't a lock to pick up a significant amount of delegates for Clinton. This is shaping up where neither candidate may get the required 50.01% of the delegates. And that is why John Edwards is still in this race. The talk is that Edwards' camp tried brokering a deal with the Obama camp to hand over his delegates if this happened in exchange for a Vice Presidency. The Obama camp declined (at least for now), and word is that Edwards' camp has approached the Clinton camp about the same scenario. Good times. |
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That was honestly the most powerful speech I have heard from a politican since Reagan.
I also saw most of teh debate between Obama and Hilary when he didnt handle the criticism well from Hilary of his postive reference to Reagan -- I wished Obama would have said that "Although I disagree with many of Reagans policies, he was an American patriot and I can respect someone from the other party -- unlike you -- who cannot see the good in another person if they are of a different political ideology. I respected Reagan's ability to install hope and pride of Americans in Americans." You represent the politics of divsion and destruction -- that is a policy I can never agree with." |
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