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What does it all mean? (5.00 / 3) (#8)
by Palomino on Mon May 26, 2008 at 05:49:02 PM EST
. . . Hillary is being railroaded by the super D's . . .

. . . who can change their minds at any time before the formal nomination at the convention in August.

But if they don't, and if Senator Clinton actually is the candidate more likely to beat John McCain, then what does that say about the Democratic Party?

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We don't want to win. We prefer to sit (5.00 / 6) (#11)
by Teresa on Mon May 26, 2008 at 05:57:43 PM EST
in Congress and let the Republican President take the blame for the economy, the war, etc. We want Obama's fundraising ability for our members. We want the Clintons to go away. That's about it.

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Well, if that's truly it . . . (5.00 / 3) (#20)
by Palomino on Mon May 26, 2008 at 06:04:52 PM EST
then it is a rational position. Reprehensible in terms of leadership and governance, but rational as far as blinkered short-term selfish thinking goes. This perspective would also tend to fit with the way the Democratic-led Congress has conducted the people's business since January 2007. It was possible, after all, for the Democrats to stake out more principled stands, even with their razor-thin majority. In fact, that's why I switched my registration to independent a year ago, long before this looming Obama fiasco.

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don't forget, we don't want to (5.00 / 3) (#26)
by hellothere on Mon May 26, 2008 at 06:51:31 PM EST
help all those bitter blue collars out there. we want our lattes and inside the beltway buddies who understant us. no one else does. we are the leaders of these sigh "voters" (per pelosi)

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What it means is that the Powers that be in the (none / 0) (#17)
by bridget on Mon May 26, 2008 at 06:03:34 PM EST
Democratic party

will not deny the nomination to Obama NEVER EVER

why? That is simple. Just see Kerry, Edwards..... and Ferraro - they are all saying the same thing basically.

I recently read a great articly by someone who spelled out one by one all the reasons why Obama will lose the GE and the one reason why the Dems will not deny Obama the nom because ... well, you know why.

I have the printout hidden somewhere among  huge stacks of papers and don't know the link .... will try and find it this afternoon if time allows :-)


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