A Message to the Superdelegates: Richardson Remains Alive, Well
Posted on 03/24/2008 1:20:22 PM PDT by Doctor Freeze
If a Democrat wins a primary in a Republican stronghold, is it really a win? That is the question Clinton supporters will be posing to superdelegates in the coming weeks.
With neither Democratic presidential candidate likely to reach the number of pledged delegates required to secure the nomination, the Clinton campaign is relying on its argument that victories in big states such as California and Ohio make Sen. Hillary Clinton a stronger candidate to defeat presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain.
Clinton aides are highlighting that Sen. Barack Obama has won among affluent voters in caucuses and primaries in states with small populations of Democrats -- such as Idaho and Wyoming -- and among African Americans in Republican states unlikely to turn blue in November -- such as South Carolina and Georgia.
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The reason we have a delegate system and not a pure majority vote is because candidates would ignore the other states and just pour all their money into the big states (pretty much what the Clinton campaign has done this year). So, the other states don't count Hillary?
Actually, the argument is pretty solid.
and it is a big reason that should she secure the democrat nomination, she has the trend with her.
The electoral votes are there for the clintons to defeat McCain.
McCain has a chance to defeat Obama, but hillary is another matter. - IMO.
So, HILLARY! is saying her “big” win in Texas really means nothing.
I agree with the clinton argument — to a point. I have made a variation of this argument in connection with the Republican primaries. That is, when a RINO wins a Republican primary in a state which the Republican nominee does not have a snowball’s chance in hell to carry in November, then the primary should mean nothing.
clinton can make a good point that Obama winning in states like MS an AL don’t amount to much, but she misses this point: In the “Big States” she has won like NY and CA, Obama has just as good a shot as she does in November. For this reason, I don’t think she is going to win over a bunch of super delegates.
New York and California would vote for the Democratic nominee even if it were Kookspinach, so I don’t find much traction in this argument. Indeed, I’m mystified as to why her candidacy is even still alive. Anyone else would have gotten the hint by now.
But what about Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Florida? The polls show Obama losing all of those big states to McCain. If Michigan is called for McCain on election night, it's time to start chilling the champagne.
It's a fair point. No matter how many racist blacks voted for Obama in South Carolina, in November it will yield a grand total of ZERO electoral votes for any Democrat.
>the “Big States” she has won like NY and CA, Obama has just as good a shot as she does in November.
Darn good point.
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