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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:16 AM Original message |
Bad news for both Obama and Clinton. No Senator elected since 1960. |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. How would it be an endorsementr of Edwards? He's a former Sen and never been Gov. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. He's not one now. |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Has a former Sen been elected since 1968? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No, only governors and one VP who lasted one term |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. So what happens if it's SEN. Obama/Clinton against SEN. McCain? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes, polling stations will form micro-quasars... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. just what I was going to say |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think Senators tend to win open elections. Governors tend to beat incumbents. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Which is why a Hillary/Obama or Obama/Hillary ticket is crazy |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. If either win the nod, then the VP will be a white man. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yes. A veteran (nt) |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Wrong. The largest voting block is women. n/t |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Edwards is a senator too, so what am I missing? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. He was a Senator. Now a private citizen. nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. When was the last time a private citizen was elected? |
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Midwestern Democrat (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Reagan in 1980 - he'd been out of the CA Governor's office since 1975. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. 1968 |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. More bad news. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Damn. We're screwn. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Okay Elizabeth, you can pick out the carpet and draperies now. We're going to the White House. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well, they've never elected a black or female candidate to the presidency yet either. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. It worked for Nixon - |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Well, he was a former VP when he ran for the Presidency... nt |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. True, but similarly he didn't go directly from the one to the other. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. Kerry won in 2004.. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. since it's going to be McCain vs. Hill or Obama, 2008 will be the year a senator gets elected. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
23. That's why Durbin told Obama to run now |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. True, but in several of these elections no senator was running |
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