McCain is working for our votes - Obama Isn't

They Ignore Us at Their Own Peril (4.00 / 3)

If they write us off and the DNC's coffers dry up, I hope the super delegates will pay attention to how little the DNC has on hand for the general election.  Maybe they'll come around before it's too late.

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by: alegrescorner @ Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 22:43:00 PM CDT

Yep. Fully agree, Alegre. (4.00 / 2)

I also think that Obama's ability as a "rainmaker" was vastly and wildly overrated -- and that even if he has the ability to get money for himself, still, he isn't likely to steer any to the DNC whatsoever, as he seems to want it all for himself.

The DNC's "50 state strategy" has gone to Hell in a handbasket, with this whole "centralization" thing and relocation to Chicago, IL, so it's easier for Obama and his staff to keep abreast of whatever it is they don't like about what the DNC is doing.  I don't see how this will help downticket Dems in any way, shape or form.

All we can do as interested parties is keep pointing out to the superdelegates that Mrs. Clinton has their best interests at heart, and Obama does not.  And that we, as voters, are going to support those who've not tried to stifle dissent -- which at this point includes very, very few of Obama's supporters among the superdelegates.

Then, if they continue to back Obama anyway, we've at least told 'em and given them the opportunity to back the winner.  (Because Mrs. Clinton will win in a landslide.  Unless there's rampant voter fraud or chicanery, Obama will lose -- in a landslide -- as moderates continue to leave the party in droves.  I already have.)

There's no excuse for this, DNC.  None.

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by: LSekhmet @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 00:31:45 AM CDT

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I don't think Obama can win my vote. (4.00 / 3)

But neither can McCain.  I think they both suck.  I do think McCain is right about what a disaster it has been to subsidize corn ethanol.  He's a bit better than Obama on the environment but since they both back nuclear energy, they suck to me.

Medicare for All is Civil Rights

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by: masslib @ Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 22:44:43 PM CDT

Only Hillary Clinton has earned my vote. But McCain is at least intelligent. (0.00 / 0)

Obama vs. McCain.  Hmph.

I agree with the points of this blogger; I think McCain is a much savvier campaigner, and knows exactly what he's doing.  And I think Obama is a political naïf who seems to not have any idea how to win people over who aren't already for him.  (We've seen it time and time again how he ignores states and people who don't really care for him -- he just writes them off.)

As there are exactly seven states/places that are likely to be for him in the fall, how, exactly, is this a winning strategy for Obama?  (The seven states/places, btw, are these; Hawai'i, DC, Maryland, Illinois, Washington State, Oregon, and Vermont.)

Every other state, Obama will have to fight for -- and he hasn't shown much of a fighting spirit thus far, has he?

This is why we need Hillary Clinton -- someone to vote for, not against.  I'm not into the lesser of two evils proposition we have right now -- but I will say that McCain has a smart strategy, and I'm in full agreement with his tactics and methods.


There's no excuse for this, DNC.  None.

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by: LSekhmet @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 00:27:32 AM CDT

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Bingo! (4.00 / 1)

In fact, it reminds me of when the neocons took over the republican party and silenced moderates.

It reminds you of that because it is the equivalent of that on the left. I've been calling them neoliberals, and they have way more than that in common with neocons, including a heavy presence in Chicago, home of corrupt politics.  

I'm a Stantonian Democrat.

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by: Anna Belle @ Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 15:58:10 PM CDT