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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-08-08 06:08 PM
Response to Reply #60
64. That's the number of state delegates, not the caucus attendance.
McCain got 238,000 votes in Washington. I think Obama and Clinton got more. Much, much more.
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  -Why the Caucus system has to go... WCGreen  Mar-08-08 03:44 PM   #0 
  - Have you ever participated in a caucus?  sparosnare   Mar-08-08 03:47 PM   #1 
  - No because I am disabled and can't guarantee that I can get to  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 03:51 PM   #5 
  - Shouldn't be any different than getting to a primary site.  Abacus   Mar-08-08 04:01 PM   #26 
     - He's one of the lucky ones...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:06 PM   #32 
        - They shouldn't; our state allowed absentees for shut-ins but again,  Abacus   Mar-08-08 04:08 PM   #35 
        - Primaries allow for a long stretch of time...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:35 PM   #56 
        - Maine has absentee voting  Donna Zen   Mar-08-08 04:11 PM   #42 
  - Yaknow all those times people raise a ruckas at polls because someone placed a candiates button...  joshcryer   Mar-08-08 03:51 PM   #6 
  - Those would be Diebold touch screens. n/t  Kukesa   Mar-08-08 03:55 PM   #12 
  - the MAIN reason they need to go  SoFlaJet   Mar-08-08 03:48 PM   #2 
  - You have no idea who I voted for....  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 03:53 PM   #9 
     - all I know is you fit the profile  SoFlaJet   Mar-08-08 03:56 PM   #16 
        - Well then you fit the profile  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:08 PM   #36 
           - peace WC  SoFlaJet   Mar-08-08 04:10 PM   #39 
              - Thank you....  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:12 PM   #44 
                 - It's kind of like 300 here  SoFlaJet   Mar-08-08 04:14 PM   #47 
  - Save the Caucus vs Primary talk till after the GE please.  Zachstar   Mar-08-08 03:48 PM   #3 
  - Some of us have been talking down about caucuses since 2000.  joshcryer   Mar-08-08 03:52 PM   #7 
  - I always had a distates for the Caucus system...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 03:57 PM   #18 
  - Why, it has to be setted at the convention...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 03:54 PM   #11 
     - Yeah, the superdelegates will have to consider the disproportionate nature of the process.  joshcryer   Mar-08-08 03:56 PM   #15 
  - Primaries that Obama won don't count  VolcanoJen   Mar-08-08 03:50 PM   #4 
  - The OP did not say that, please don't lie and distort.  joshcryer   Mar-08-08 03:53 PM   #10 
  - You mean the Clinton team didn't pre-spin an Iowa Caucus loss?  VolcanoJen   Mar-08-08 04:01 PM   #27 
  - Give me a fucking break....  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 03:55 PM   #14 
     - I understand what you wrote. I couldn't disagree with you more.  VolcanoJen   Mar-08-08 04:10 PM   #38 
        - Then disagree...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:23 PM   #48 
           - I'm so tired of pithy  VolcanoJen   Mar-08-08 04:28 PM   #52 
  - It's up to the STATES.. we have no national rules about how states select their delegates  SoCalDem   Mar-08-08 03:52 PM   #8 
  - Red states can't afford primaries.  joshcryer   Mar-08-08 03:55 PM   #13 
  - The delegate selection process is controlled by the states  cosmik debris   Mar-08-08 03:57 PM   #17 
  - Your state effects the national outcome so yea, I should have a say in  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 03:58 PM   #21 
  - Tough shit  cosmik debris   Mar-08-08 04:00 PM   #25 
     - my, my, getting a little too close to the truth for you, eh? n/t  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:06 PM   # 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-08-08 04:09 PM   #37 
        - heh, heh -- thanks for the kicks -- so the caucus problems can be exposed. n/t  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:11 PM   #41 
     - No sour grapes...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:25 PM   #49 
  - The DNC actually controls this process, and they can take caucusing out of their delegation...  joshcryer   Mar-08-08 03:59 PM   #24 
  - This is why 56% of Democrats believe PV should be the decider at the DNC.  joshcryer   Mar-08-08 03:57 PM   #19 
  - Republicans tend not to waste time meeting with democrats  kokono   Mar-08-08 03:58 PM   #20 
  - Texas Caucus  sorrybushisfromtexas   Mar-08-08 04:27 PM   #51 
  - Why The Caucus System Has To Go? Because Hillary is LOSING, of course.  berni_mccoy   Mar-08-08 03:58 PM   #22 
  - Again, you have no idea how I voted...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 03:59 PM   #23 
     - How come we are only hearing about this now then?  berni_mccoy   Mar-08-08 04:02 PM   #28 
        - I have been calling to rid the party of caucuses and superdelegates  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:05 PM   #30 
           - So post it in another forum. It doesn't belong here. And I apologize for generalizing your stance.  berni_mccoy   Mar-08-08 04:06 PM   #31 
              - there is nothing wrong with posting here in this forum. n/t  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:14 PM   #46 
              - Excuse me...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:26 PM   #50 
                 - absolutely, WC. Seems that some want to shut down discussion on this topic. n/t  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:29 PM   #53 
  - I'm certain that if Hillary was winning the caucuses  bowens43   Mar-08-08 04:03 PM   #29 
  - You have no idea who I voted for in my primary...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:11 PM   #43 
  - WC, THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT THREAD AS TO WHY CAUCUSES SHOULD GO! N/t  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:06 PM   #33 
  - Oh, and WC, people don't like it when you speak the truth.  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:08 PM   #34 
  - I say screw 'em  gaspee   Mar-08-08 04:11 PM   #40 
  - example of why caucuses have to go -- three precincts' votes won't count in TX  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:13 PM   #45 
  - Classic example....  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:33 PM   #54 
  - Texas Caucus  sorrybushisfromtexas   Mar-08-08 04:34 PM   #55 
     - So, you came prepared. So what? The votes in those 3 precincts won't count. n/t  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:35 PM   #57 
  - The TX caucuses need to go because they ARE NOT DEMOCRATIC  antigop   Mar-08-08 04:37 PM   #58 
  - only 30000 people showed up to caucus in WA? Bullshit.  chascarrillo   Mar-08-08 04:47 PM   #59 
  - Check here...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 04:55 PM   #60 
     - That's the number of state delegates, not the caucus attendance.  Usrename   Mar-08-08 06:08 PM   #64 
        - Those are the caucus goers...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 06:14 PM   #65 
           - Obama had a rally in Seattle that had 21,000 attendees.  Usrename   Mar-08-08 07:01 PM   #66 
  - It'll be moot in 2012..nobody's running against President Obama  GalleryGod   Mar-08-08 04:59 PM   #61 
  - A good time to test the fifty state primary system...  WCGreen   Mar-08-08 06:08 PM   #63 
  - Proud to be the fifth rec for the Greatest Page...  CaliforniaPeggy   Mar-08-08 05:50 PM   #62 
 

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