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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:34 PM Original message |
1992: Tsongas exit clears way for Clinton |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like politics. Same old, same old. nt |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes it does. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. As It Happens, I Worked At Tsongas National HQ |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Interesting. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Oh, It Was A Trainwreck |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. I was on the field staff |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Kaman Sat In His Office All Of The Time |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jeez... in almost 30 years there has been one guy that won... Clinton... Give him some damn credit |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes he gets credit for winning elections. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thank you. Was he all that he could be? No. But he did great with what he had to work with. nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Really? How many Dem presidents are HANDED 5 1/2 years of investigative work |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah that was just one of their capitulations. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Congress wasn't able to do so much as pass a minimum wage increase how would this have gotten done? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. There would have BEEN NO turnover of congress in Jan 2005, if BushInc had been |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I meant 1995, of course. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. How do you THINK Bush1's poll numbers were kept down so low BEFORE anyone heard the name Clinton? |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Then why didnt we win in 2000 or 2004? I would love an explaination other than ballot fixing... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's idiotic nonsense. There were NO INVESTIGATIONS Into Bush2 to drive his poll |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Fantastic help Kerry got from the Clintons in 2004 |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Clinton had quad bypass surgery and 6 weeks afterwards was on the stump for Kerry...... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Kerry was already winning at that point - but what did Clintons do BEFORE THAT |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I believe the surface issue in both cases was integrity, however when I'm speaking of integrity |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Hillary's 2003 book was timed to keep Dems from learning about the candidates and |
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haymakeragain (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Clinton "won" because of Perot. without Perot, who knows |
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elixir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Nice point THC. It appears he's the last person to really win a presidential election. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Bush1 ran the worst campaign in history because he expected to be impeached after BCCI report |
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pompano (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think .... |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Also, Bill had the teflon in that race. |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Tsongas also re-entered the race to split the anti-Clinton vote |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. No he didn't |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Don't forget Mario Cuomo - there have been rumors since 1992 that |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Nah. Cuomo doesn't like to travel |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. How about March 20, 2008: CLINTON CLEARS WAY FOR OBAMA |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was a Tsongas supporter |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Vice President Richards would have done just fine |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I am sure he would have picked a decent VP |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Guess who had the most delegates when Tsongas dropped out? |
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