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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Lawrence, LAWRENCE! I love ya, man... but REALLY? [View all]Grown2Hate
(2,010 posts)56. Ultimately pulled the trigger for President Obama. I'll take it. :) NT
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We need as many votes in the blue states to win a popular vote as well as electoral vote victory.
WI_DEM
Oct 2012
#1
You're right -- we seem to have been talking about this in terms of one OR the other --
gateley
Oct 2012
#52
Agreed. It's not good to take the efforts of others with a free ride on their work. It's just plane
patrice
Oct 2012
#7
Lawrence just showed the "537 Votes" from the Obama Campaign. It made me angry at the '00 election..
AaronMayorga
Oct 2012
#16
To be fair, he did say you'd be crazy to do so in a battleground state, citing Nader in FL in
Grown2Hate
Oct 2012
#19
That doesn't matter. You NEVER see 3rd party out doing the actual grunt work of
patrice
Oct 2012
#33
Agree, however they don't even care about the votes, they just want some financial support. n/t
FSogol
Oct 2012
#46
It's frustrating; they think being more or less right is all that it takes & if they work with
patrice
Oct 2012
#47
Just let the popular vote go to a Republican loser in the Electorial College.
gordianot
Oct 2012
#12
Impressive. I'd say that's a good start. It will take YEARS to get viability in statewide/national
Grown2Hate
Oct 2012
#18
Democrats ARE better. When it comes to the nuts and bolts of how things happen. Green is out in lala
patrice
Oct 2012
#34
unless we have instant runoff voting, third parties are pointless and self-defeating
Adenoid_Hynkel
Oct 2012
#27
Let's HOPE they're trying to motivate us to get our asses out and vote? (at least Rachel... don't
Grown2Hate
Oct 2012
#30
It's actually BAD for 3rd parties. We agree with their platforms, but they themselves are parasites
patrice
Oct 2012
#38
We didn't just shoot ourselves in the foot; we shot ourselves in the head.
southerncrone
Oct 2012
#42
In that case of course you can't vote Democrat and have to choose the best candidate that is running
drm604
Oct 2012
#49
Keep in mind he's not a Democrat, he's a practical European socialist or whatever.
tarheelsunc
Oct 2012
#41
I watch LO sporadically. Can't take the nightly Rush clips. What's that all about?
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2012
#51