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Kmarion wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

Why do you think he even got to where he did?

Speaking ability is extremely important in winning voters, because many people just vote for who sounds and looks better.

Can you say Reagan?

I would agree though.  The only difference this time is that a Democrat is the one who looks and sounds better.  The goal here is to win the election.

Ideally, this would be a contest of policy, but let's face it...  people are just too stupid for that to be the case.

Yea, Reagan was inspiring.

I get tired of everyone down playing the importance of appearance. If we have learned anything over the last eight years it's the importance of presentation. Our elected leaders are representative of us as a whole. If we are to be respected diplomatically, worldwide we need to have a leader who presents themselves with dignity, determination, and respect. Part of the reason Reagan got shit done, whether you believe in his policy or not,  is because leaders respected his words. Our current President.. not so much.

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Masques wrote:

What I find interesting is the total number of votes cast for Obama compared to ALL other candidates in VA

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primar … /#20080212

He's getting more than Clinton and McCain combined. In a Primary. In fucking VIRGINIA.

Welcome to the democratic primary process. It's completely jacked up.

yeah, those numbers dont mean much.  VA is pretty conservative, aint it?

Masques wrote:

More thoughts. Weather in the DC area today was atrocious (only about 30 degrees or so, then it rained...and froze) which might have helped Obama as his supporters tend to be extremely enthusiastic and thus are more likely to brave the frozen tundra to vote/GOTV. Clinton supporters might have just stayed home (not that she would have won, just that the defeat would have been LESS crushing).

VA has open primaries so 'pubs thinking that their vote for or against McCain would be worthless might have cast an anti-Hill vote.

Locoloki wrote:

Whos Hillary going to fire/blame tomorrow?

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has found a lot of ways to explain her string of losses to Sen. Barack Obama.

    Caucus states, the former first lady says, are undemocratic and cater only to party activists. Southern states, like Louisiana, have “a very strong and very proud African-American electorate” naturally predisposed to favor a black candidate. And so-called “red” states like North Dakota, Idaho and Kansas — all of which Obama won on Super Tuesday — will never choose a Democrat in the general election anyway.

    By this logic, only certain states really matter, such as New Hampshire and New Jersey, states that Clinton has won. Or Texas and Ohio, states she must capture to stay in the race.

The list of excuses is long, but the justifications are wearing thin as Obama was expected to win primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia on Tuesday after a four-state sweep last weekend plus the Virgin Islands. All the contests Clinton has suggested don’t count are proving in size and scope that they do.

Kerry --
Thanks to you, Barack won all three of today's contests decisively.
Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC join a sweep of eight straight victories since Barack won the most states and the most delegates on Super Tuesday.
But the race for the Democratic nomination remains close. It's going to be a fight for every vote and every delegate in the remaining 18 contests.
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nukchebi0 wrote:

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

His victory speech tonight.

saw it.  huge contrast when they showed mccain's right afterward.  Obama is the greatest speaker out of the 4 candidates.

Why do you think he even got to where he did?

Speaking ability is extremely important in winning voters, because many people just vote for who sounds and looks better.

HurricaИe wrote:

balls, 1 hour delay... i miss like 1 damn class.

B.Schuss wrote:

although I am not a US citizen, I am hoping for Obama, mainly because it will be interesting to see if he will actually be able to change anything in Washington.

McCain and Hillary are simply too much old establishment

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ATG wrote:

As things stand, social security will be broke in twenty years while government employees and politicians write themselves pensions worth up to 90% of their salary for life.


It's like when the government hires somebody, they never retire, they just keep drawing salary ( 90% pension ) until they die.

For the second election night in a row, Hillary Clinton failed to acknowledge or congratulate Barack Obama after he won the day in dominating fashion.

On Tuesday in El Paso, hours after Virginia had been called for Obama, she stuck to her “Texas campaign kickoff” message and did not stray from an energetic, Lone Star-themed stump speech. She did mention Obama by name, only to chide his health care plan.

On Saturday night in Richmond, Virginia, Clinton spoke to a crowd of thousands at the state’s annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner, but she ignored Obama’s quartet of blowout primary and caucus wins that day as well (Obama also won the Maine caucuses the next day).

The courtesy of conceding a primary or caucus loss — and then congratulating your opponent — is by no means required. But it has become standard practice during campaign season.

Clinton congratulated Obama and John Edwards after their first and second place finishes in the Iowa caucuses. Obama returned the favor in New Hampshire, saying Clinton “did an outstanding job.” That courtesy continued through the early states.

But as the race has shifted to a delegate chase with dozens of states in play around the country, the notion of congratulating one’s opponent seems, for Clinton, to have fallen by the wayside.