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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:44 PM
Response to Reply #21
27. Primary elections are unusually volatile.
Turnout matters so much in primary elections that the most committed supporters can tip the balance over the more apathetic.
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  -Does Huckabee upset McCain in Virginia tomorrow? Old Crusoe  Feb-11-08 10:52 PM   #0 
  - There's a LOTTA Navy in VA...both down Norfolk way, and up by the Pentagon. NT  MADem   Feb-11-08 10:56 PM   #1 
  - True. But the ground feels as if it's shifting down in the Old Dominion  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 10:58 PM   #2 
  - Well, I haven't been down there in several months, so I can't say I have a feel for the joint  MADem   Feb-11-08 11:04 PM   #7 
     - True again -- there's a big "if" hovering over the GOP these days.  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:05 PM   #8 
  - I agree  malletgirl02   Feb-11-08 10:58 PM   #3 
  - Yippie, he will only be down by 400+ delegates! n/t  Universitario   Feb-11-08 10:59 PM   #4 
  - Hi, Universitario. Huck's a long way back in delegates, but McCain is  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:09 PM   #9 
     - Well, McCain won 3 of 5 states is what I heard  Universitario   Feb-11-08 11:29 PM   #15 
        - I'm kind of stupified at the arrogance of the Washington State GOP  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:41 PM   #24 
  - who can vote in the GOP Primary ?  JI7   Feb-11-08 11:00 PM   #5 
  - Good observations. I'm wondering if indies will go for Obama,  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:02 PM   #6 
  - I don't know if the evangelical vote will be big enough  BlackVelvet04   Feb-11-08 11:15 PM   #10 
  - Hi, BlackVelvet04. Yes. I agree. It is a harder call than it first  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:20 PM   #11 
     - Hi, Old Crusoe....  BlackVelvet04   Feb-11-08 11:24 PM   #12 
        - I'm doin' pretty good. We've got Gordon Lightfoot's "All the Lovely  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:28 PM   #14 
           - I wouldn't think he would have a lot of support in the  BlackVelvet04   Feb-11-08 11:36 PM   #20 
              - One is faculty, one editorial adjunct the school's collateral clients.  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:39 PM   #23 
                 - Yes, it has.....  BlackVelvet04   Feb-11-08 11:42 PM   #25 
                    - It was interesting that the campus figure who did such a vigorous,  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:46 PM   #28 
  - If their Louisiana Primary is any indication their turnout will be light.  Zynx   Feb-11-08 11:28 PM   #13 
  - I think he may, too, Zynx.  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:31 PM   #17 
  - No way Huckster makes up 11 points in one day.  HughMoran   Feb-11-08 11:30 PM   #16 
  - The current SurveyUSA polling shows over the past 72 hours,  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:38 PM   #21 
     - Primary elections are unusually volatile.  Zynx   Feb-11-08 11:44 PM   #27 
        - Agree.  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:48 PM   #29 
           - I think turnout answers the possibility of upset as good as any other reason  HughMoran   Feb-11-08 11:51 PM   #33 
  - Yep and I'm not sure if it's a blessing or a curse  Hippo_Tron   Feb-11-08 11:31 PM   #18 
  - Excellent points. I think you've found all the nails jutting out and hit  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:33 PM   #19 
     - McVain has to keep the coalition together and that's how he will lose  Hippo_Tron   Feb-11-08 11:50 PM   #32 
        - I think you're right that Rovian divide-and-conquer will be the chief  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:57 PM   #35 
           - I think a lot of the fundies will vote, but not in the numbers that they voted for Bush in 2004...  Hippo_Tron   Feb-12-08 12:04 AM   #36 
              - Yes -- it will be fun to watch McCain tap-dance his way around the  Old Crusoe   Feb-12-08 12:08 AM   #37 
  - If Huck pulls the upset tomorrow...  OmahaBlueDog   Feb-11-08 11:39 PM   #22 
  - OmahaBlueDog, that is a great line. "...discussions in Republicland..."  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:44 PM   #26 
  - Don't know.  mmonk   Feb-11-08 11:49 PM   #30 
  - I have been wishing for so long that Suckabee would be the Repug nominee  nam78_two   Feb-11-08 11:49 PM   #31 
     - It's true -- we would have had Huckabee out in the middle of the  Old Crusoe   Feb-11-08 11:52 PM   #34 
 

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