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susankh4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 05:08 AM
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Don't Stop the Campaigning!
"One proffered justification for ending the campaign now, in fact, is the assumption that we know pretty much how everything will turn out. Ms. Clinton will win Pennsylvania, Mr. Obama will carry North Carolina and so on. But throughout this campaign, just about everything we've "known" has been wrong: Mr. McCain was finished, Ms. Clinton was inevitable, Mr. Obama had New Hampshire locked up. No doubt the Democrats have gotten themselves into a fix with rules that may leave the final decision to unelected superdelegates -- but why is the answer to that less democracy? Why not give as many voters as possible a chance?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032901846.html
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 05:13 AM
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1. Look, its not like the elections are going to stop.
They are going to happen no matter what.

Pretending like these voters won't ever get a chance to vote is ridiculous.

What will happen is that Obama can spend his money running against McCain, instead of wasting it trying to win against Hillary.

I'm sick of how my donations are having to be spent counteracting Hillary.

What a waste.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 05:14 AM
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2. Why not give as many voters as possible a chance?"
Indeed.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 05:22 AM
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3. that concept seems so freaking alien to so many DUers
f*** 'em all
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-31-08 05:53 AM
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4. "why is the answer to that less democracy?"
"Why not give as many voters as possible a chance?"

Exactly!
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