Comments on: Analysis: Buyer's Hesitation For Dems?

CBSNews.com's Vaughn Ververs Says Clinton Has At Least Blunted Obama's Momentum

[libra127]

"Those people who say if Hillary wins they will vote for McCain but if Obama wins they will vote for Obama are right wing republicans playing a game of strategy. "

Posted by l8c6 at 09:13 AM : Mar 05, 2008

I heard on CNN that polls show that 25% of Hillary supporters will vote for McCain rather than Obama, but that only 10% of Obama supporters would vote for McCain rather than Hillary.

[libra127]

"Oh, and also Barack ought to say that a candidate who would ever say that caucuses don''t matter is really saying that WE (the people) don''t matter."

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 04:29 AM : Mar 05, 2008

LOL. She didn''t say caucuses "don''t matter". Her campaign decided her efforts would likely reap greater rewards spent concentrating on big states with lots of people, lots of delegates. Get a grip, Sam.

[libra127]

I think if Hillary''s making the argument that the GOP are going to be throwing Rezko in Barack''s face, then it''s fair game to point out what the GOP are going to be throwing at her . . .

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 03:46 AM : Mar 05, 2008

The difference is that what the GOP will be throwing at Hillary is OLD NEWS and has been debunked and disproven over and over again by serious investigations. Ken Starr and his gang spent YEARS and TENS OF MILLION of taxpayer $$$$ trying to discredit the Clintons and the only thing they found worth mentioning was Bill''s intern "activities". There was just no evidence of the financial and other improprieties that the far-right neocons hoped to accuse Hillary of. Hillary has been vetted over and over again, over decades. Unfortunately, Obama has not.

[l00ker]

...Hillary has surged ahead winning 3 out of 4 primaries including big states Texas and Ohio. It is a long time until Nov., so better not assume McCain can beat Hillary. Go Hillary!

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Posted by libra127 at 12:39 PM : Mar 05, 2008



Surged ahead of what? Her spin cycle? She needs to thank Lush Limbutt, and her lucky stars, that she isn''t out crying up the airwaves today, because she has a ways to go before she claim anything close to victory; besides, moral victories, are for losers, and spin cyclers.

[libra127]

"All of the polls show that John McCain can beat Hillary Clinton in a general election "

Posted by Dari253 at 12:27 PM : Mar 05, 2008

Sorry, but that is not true - they are in a dead heat. For evidence of this, check out the averaged one-on-one national polls at www.realclearpolitics.com. The most recent show:

McCain 46.0% Clinton 45.8%

That''s a difference of 0.2% ! Also, those numbers are for the period 2/20-25, i.e., not covering the last week when Hillary has surged ahead winning 3 out of 4 primaries including big states Texas and Ohio. It is a long time until Nov., so better not assume McCain can beat Hillary. Go Hillary!

[dari253]

PART 3

. There also seems to be a strain of pranksterism. Apparently a lot of people are finding the bloody Democratic campaign entertaining and they don''t want it to end. Today''s weather is beautiful, and that seems to have put voters in a mood to go out and have some fun at the polls.....

See Full Link for the rest of the story.
Full Link:

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/04/1730362.php


So, in my assessment, after seeing the percentage split in that county, I have to wonder WHO won what?

Perhaps, the REAL victory goes to Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans!

By prolonging this race:

Democrats are willing to fracture their party and give the Republicans the time, momentum

and

via Senator Clinton''s campaigning tactics, the ammunition for the fall.


We do really have a choice here!

Clinton = I WILL do it FOR you

Obama = We CAN do it together

In the end, I wonder whether we had better start practising to say:

President John McCain

[dari253]

PART 2

Until today I would have called Texas for Obama based on his enormous groundswell of grassroots support and snowballing momentum, but so many Republicans are crossing over to vote for Hillary that Obama''s authentic popular support may not be enough to carry the election. In some precincts anecdotal reports have over 90% of the Republican voters crossing to the other side.

The strategy behind this is simple. It''s been promoted both by Rush Limbaugh and other national talk show personalities and by local Republican icons. All of the polls show that John McCain can beat Hillary Clinton in a general election and that he can''t beat Barack Obama in the general election, so the message has gone out that Republicans who want to keep the White House should vote for Clinton so that she stays in the race and continues to have a shot at the Democratic nomination.

Comments from crossover voters show an interesting mix of motivations. While some Reagan Democrats seem to have seen this as an opportunity to return to the Democratic party, most of those commenting are convinced that McCain has a lock on the nomination and that they can do more good undermining the Democrats by keeping the chaos of the campaign going and by giving Clinton a boost.

[dari253]

I think it is valuable to assess these "DEMOCRATIC" victories:


Full Link:

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/04/1730362.php


PART 1
On the Ground in Texas - Attack of the Merry Pranksters
Written by Dave Nalle
Published March 04, 2008
Part of On The Road To 2008

I knew there was something wrong when I went to vote at 10 A.M. and I was only the second Republican to show up at my precinct; the first was my wife who''d voted an hour earlier. As I was leaving I saw familiar Republican comrades standing in the wrong line and it dawned on me. They''ve actually been listening to the talk radio strategists, and I knew from their sheepish faces that they were all crossing over to vote for Hillary.

As the news has come in during the day my suspicions are being overwhelmingly confirmed. Our local talk shows are getting calls reporting the same thing I experienced from the most heavily Republican precincts in our county. The big news is coming from just to the north of us in legendary Williamson County, known nationwide as a scary bastion of ultra-conservatism. In Williamson County, where it''s hard to find a Democrat to laugh at and poke with a stick, they were already running out of Democratic ballots at noon. They had to reassign poll workers from the Republican primary to the Democratic primary on the fly to meet up with demand as thousands of Republicans crossed over to vote in the Democratic primary.

[l00ker]

fear the Democrats are a lot like the Iraqi people.
Been suppressed for so long, beaten so badly, traumatized beyond recognition, that when they are given a real opportunity to better themselves, they FAIL to seize it!

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Posted by JEGibbons at 10:00 AM : Mar 05, 2008



It''s the hacks against the grassroots, and the hacks will sink the ship, before they let the grassroots steer it.

[l00ker]

If Hillary has to go to court, she''''''''s going to do it. This is all she''''''''s lived for. They''''''''re not going to get out and if she wins one of these two states tomorrow, look out, folks.

This is going to be fascinating to watch. I''''''''m telling you, I think this is an excellent point:
THIS IS ALL GOOD BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE DEMOCRATS FULL OF CHAOS AND TUMULT

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Posted by mocaIeo at 10:09 AM : Mar 05, 2008



And HillBillary, would be more than welcome to thank Lush Limbutt, for all of his gas, in order to keep their Clinton jalopy clunking and clanking along, fouling up the atmosphere in the process. Now where did I put that Green card?