AMERICAblog: Democrat wins House seat formerly held by Republican in Louisiana
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
OT
ABC is reporting that "add-on" superdelegates have been added. I saw this on Yahoo and can't find anything in print. The added on is 76. Now why the hell is the DNC doing this, it doesn't make any sense in an already contentious race.
Bluestocking
· 1 year ago
Good news, of course...but picking up another Senate seat (or two or three or so) would be even better.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Congrats to the Dem
OT
Found this link that lists the number of add-on super delegates. I wonder how this is going to affect the outcome. Could this be the thing Clinton is waiting for??? I don't know but I don't see any benefit from this move.
This was a very important race because of the GOP's racially tinged test marketing campaign against Obama. If the GOP stunt had worked, they were going to replicate this throughout the country. Of course, this race-based strategy is the only trick they have this year. As it has failed this time, the panic at the RNC and NRCC must be utterly palpable.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
mr-roe
Thanks for the link. I swear I cannot keep up with this super delegate thing, I had an understanding and now Poof! I am beginning to wonder why we even bother to vote anymore.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
For perspective, Bush won the district 58 percent to 40 percent for Kerry.
In other words, it was about as Red as Hastert's old district, which also flipped to the Dems recently
Dean has said a couple of weeks ago they would be seated, it is just a question of how to do it.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
GrahamCrackerDC
OT -- But it's looking better for Hillary Clinton all the time.
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Nah, they were always going to seat Florida and Michigan.
It was just a question of whether the results of their faux primaries would count.
And, from Dean's comments, the answer seems to be 'no.'
Kibitzer_2006
· 1 year ago
It's final now, all 512 precincts reporting (votes, per cent, candidate): 49,702 49.20% "Don" Cazayoux, D - 46,741 46.27% Louis "Woody" Jenkins, R - 448 .44% Peter J. Aranyosi, N - 3,718 3.68% Ashley Casey, N - 402 .40% Randall T. Hayes, O -
Read this column with your Sunday morning coffee or tea....
NYT: The All-White Elephant in the Room Frank Rich: BORED by those endless replays of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? If so, go directly to YouTube, search for “John Hagee Roman Church Hitler,” and be recharged by a fresh jolt of clerical jive. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/opinion/04ric...
“….That's the choice that you have North Carolina. You know during the course of this campaign, I was very proud to say we were running a positive campaign. We didn't want to get caught up in the bickering, the back and forth, and the tit for tat. But you know, I wanna just say this publicly, that there were times where we slipped into the old habits; there're times we have been less than perfect. I'm reminded every day of my life, by events or by my wife, that I'm not a perfect man. And I had to tell my staff just a couple weeks ago that let's remember what this campaign started with--the spirit with which we began. Because, ultimately this election is not about Barack Obama; it's not about Hillary Clinton; it's not about John McCain. It's about you; it's about the American people; it's about your hopes, and your struggles and your dreams. I noticed that, over the last couple of weeks, there's been an attempt to make it about me. He doesn't wear a flag pin. He's gotta funny name. That ex-pastor of his, that's a problem. I understand this. And so, I just wanna close by saying a little bit of something about my values, my character, why I'm here. You know I was born to a teenage mother. My father left when I was two. So I was raised by a single mom and my grandparents, grandparents who were born in a small town in Kansas, during the Great Depression. They didn't have a lot. And when Pearl Harbor was bombed, my grandfather joined the army and left my grandmother with a new baby and she worked on an bomber assembly line while he fought in Europe in Patton's army. And when he came back, part of that arsenal of democracy--there was a government there who understood that if we invest in these young GI's coming home, we might build the middle class. So he got a GI bill that allowed him go to college. And there was a government that understood that if we loan families enough money to buy their own home, that will boost the economy, and it won't just be good for the economy, it will be good for families. And so they bought their first home with the help of an FHA loan. And as that little baby, my mother, got bigger, and she was ready for college, there was financial aid there to make sure that even though they didn't have a lot of money, she could get a good education. And when I got a little bit older, even though my mother didn't have a lot of money herself, she was able to provide me with the best education possible. And when after school I met my wife, it turned out she had the same story--a father who worked as a shift worker for the city and never went to college. A mother who worked as a secretary for the city and never went to college. And yet somehow they were able to support two children and buy a home and send their kids to college and retire with some dignity and respect. And so I understand that I am here before you today, just as my wife would be, as the beneficiary of everything that is good about this country. My story is not possible except in the United States of America. I could not be here were it not for the fact that somebody, somewhere stood up for me. And because one person stood up, a few more stood up, and then a thousand stood up, and then a million stood up. That's why Hillary Clinton can run for president. That's why I can run for president. Because somebody stood up, and the question now is, will the Democratic party stand up for the next generation? That's my patriotism. That's why I'm running for President. Those are my values; those are your values, North Carolina. That's what we're fighting for in this election, and if you'll stand with me, if you'll vote for me, I promise you, we will not just win this nomination, we will win this general election. And you and I together will change this country and change this world. God bless you! God bless America!”
Obama's Closing at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner What an exceptional man…..
A White, Male, Obama supporter & Hungry For Some PRINCIPLES!!
george69
· 1 year ago
All Billary's & McSame fans ARE POPULISTS!! Do they know what that word means?? ...what Rev.Jeremiah Wright said....blah,blah,blah… ...what my sleeping dog said....blah,blah,blah… huh....ENOUGH!!!! THE MAIN POINT IS WHAT BARACK OBAMA SAID! UNDERSTAND? And that point shows that Barack Obama,unfortunately for them,will be the next President of the USA,because he is an exceptional human being and because he deserves it!! Hillary will keep on running after President Obama have moved in the Whitehouse.
A White, Male, Obama supporter & Hungry For Some PRINCIPLES!!
HMartinez
· 1 year ago
I ashamed to say at one time I supported Bill Clinton. During the last year we've really seen what total creeps both Bill and Hillary are. The racist negative ads, the lies about Bosnia, and the use of the n-word by her staff. I wish they would just go back to the trailer park in Arkansas they crawled out of.
If Shillary is somehow able to steal the election, the vast majority of Obama supporters will sit out the election, especially African-Americans who despise the bigoted Clintonistas. We can't let the DNC rewrite the rules and let the corrupt superdelegates be bought out by the Clintons.
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ABC is reporting that "add-on" superdelegates have been added. I saw this on Yahoo and can't find anything in print. The added on is 76. Now why the hell is the DNC doing this, it doesn't make any sense in an already contentious race.
OT
Found this link that lists the number of add-on super delegates. I wonder how this is going to affect the outcome. Could this be the thing Clinton is waiting for??? I don't know but I don't see any benefit from this move.
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/add-on-...
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008...
Thanks for the link. I swear I cannot keep up with this super delegate thing, I had an understanding and now Poof! I am beginning to wonder why we even bother to vote anymore.
In other words, it was about as Red as Hastert's old district, which also flipped to the Dems recently
http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/LA-06?t=anon
We're going to kill those bastards in November.
http://patterico.com/2008/05/03/howard-dean-flo...
Dean has said a couple of weeks ago they would be seated, it is just a question of how to do it.
OT -- But it's looking better for Hillary Clinton all the time.
----
Nah, they were always going to seat Florida and Michigan.
It was just a question of whether the results of their faux primaries would count.
And, from Dean's comments, the answer seems to be 'no.'
49,702 49.20% "Don" Cazayoux, D -
46,741 46.27% Louis "Woody" Jenkins, R -
448 .44% Peter J. Aranyosi, N -
3,718 3.68% Ashley Casey, N -
402 .40% Randall T. Hayes, O -
To which I can only add:
:)
--Kibitzer
United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/mid...
NYT: The All-White Elephant in the Room
Frank Rich: BORED by those endless replays of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? If so, go directly to YouTube, search for “John Hagee Roman Church Hitler,” and be recharged by a fresh jolt of clerical jive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/opinion/04ric...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGl44APr8KQ&feat...
And so, I just wanna close by saying a little bit of something about my values, my character, why I'm here. You know I was born to a teenage mother. My father left when I was two. So I was raised by a single mom and my grandparents, grandparents who were born in a small town in Kansas, during the Great Depression. They didn't have a lot. And when Pearl Harbor was bombed, my grandfather joined the army and left my grandmother with a new baby and she worked on an bomber assembly line while he fought in Europe in Patton's army. And when he came back, part of that arsenal of democracy--there was a government there who understood that if we invest in these young GI's coming home, we might build the middle class. So he got a GI bill that allowed him go to college. And there was a government that understood that if we loan families enough money to buy their own home, that will boost the economy, and it won't just be good for the economy, it will be good for families. And so they bought their first home with the help of an FHA loan. And as that little baby, my mother, got bigger, and she was ready for college, there was financial aid there to make sure that even though they didn't have a lot of money, she could get a good education. And when I got a little bit older, even though my mother didn't have a lot of money herself, she was able to provide me with the best education possible. And when after school I met my wife, it turned out she had the same story--a father who worked as a shift worker for the city and never went to college. A mother who worked as a secretary for the city and never went to college. And yet somehow they were able to support two children and buy a home and send their kids to college and retire with some dignity and respect.
And so I understand that I am here before you today, just as my wife would be, as the beneficiary of everything that is good about this country. My story is not possible except in the United States of America. I could not be here were it not for the fact that somebody, somewhere stood up for me. And because one person stood up, a few more stood up, and then a thousand stood up, and then a million stood up. That's why Hillary Clinton can run for president. That's why I can run for president. Because somebody stood up, and the question now is, will the Democratic party stand up for the next generation? That's my patriotism. That's why I'm running for President. Those are my values; those are your values, North Carolina. That's what we're fighting for in this election, and if you'll stand with me, if you'll vote for me, I promise you, we will not just win this nomination, we will win this general election. And you and I together will change this country and change this world. God bless you! God bless America!”
Obama's Closing at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
What an exceptional man…..
A White, Male, Obama supporter & Hungry For Some PRINCIPLES!!
Do they know what that word means??
...what Rev.Jeremiah Wright said....blah,blah,blah…
...what my sleeping dog said....blah,blah,blah…
huh....ENOUGH!!!!
THE MAIN POINT IS WHAT BARACK OBAMA SAID!
UNDERSTAND?
And that point shows that Barack Obama,unfortunately for them,will be the next President of the USA,because he is an exceptional human being and because he deserves it!!
Hillary will keep on running after President Obama have moved in the Whitehouse.
Excuse me,I forgot it....They're Hillary's demographic-"lightly" educated!
A White, Male, Obama supporter & Hungry For Some PRINCIPLES!!
If Shillary is somehow able to steal the election, the vast majority of Obama supporters will sit out the election, especially African-Americans who despise the bigoted Clintonistas. We can't let the DNC rewrite the rules and let the corrupt superdelegates be bought out by the Clintons.