VI SuperD, Kevin Rodriguez switches to er..switches back to Clinton

[Iceburg]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/A_VI_super_for_Clinton.html

Crikey, the lad just switched to Obama on May 10th ...suppins' up????

[NJSecularist]

1. He's looking at how badly Obama performs in states like Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.

And realizing that he is unelectable.

[Kittycat]

2. Doubtful.

:rofl:

[Iceburg]

3. It is becoming obvious /nt

[neverforget]

5. as opposed to Clinton who didn't win the Democratic nomination

[Iceburg]

7. you do know that the primaries are not over and that we do not have a nominee yet?

[Alexander]

14. You do know that Clinton needs to win almost every single remaining delegate to win?

And the superdelegates are already going to back the pledged delegate leader (Obama)?

[my3boyz]

15. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh...they can't handle the truth! nt

[neverforget]

28. 3 contests left. 86 pledged delgates left. Hillary needs 246 delegates

Obama needs 48. You do the math.

[Alexander]

6. Really? I thought he must've read your wisdom here at DU...

seen the light, and instantly went back to the Goddess Of Peace.

:rofl:

[SoFlaJet]

16. so says

the biggest pro Obama and anti Clinton poster from January until Pennsylvania on the board read; hypocrite/troll

[AllentownJake]

24. Well

I guess the poster and the SD have something in common. They like attention.

[democrattotheend]

26. I did a search of NJS' posts from before his/her switch

And they are full of vitriol towards Clinton, just as his/her posts are now filled with vitriol towards Obama. i can understand switching candidates but I don't understand how you go from hating one to hating the other. Makes me suspicious...I think this poster also used the term "Democrat Party" at one point. What's up, NJS?

[jsmirman]

30. send an alert- republican operative

nm

[silverweb]

37. My thoughts exactly.

A reTHUG operative whose purpose is to attack and smear the Democratic frontrunner, whoever that may be. It sure would account for the switch and the vitriol, wouldn't it?

Said person is (again) on my ignore list, but at this point I don't need to see what was said to know it was worthless.

[Tarheel_Dem]

45. Finally, we agree on something. I think he's a TropicsDude sockpuppet.

And I have no doubt that he'll get his just desserts as well.

[Auntie Bush]

58. How you people change you minds/hate message.

He was wonderful when he switched to Obama...but when he switches back to Hillary...he's an ass etc. in your book. Make up your feeble minds. I bet if he ends up voting for Obama...you will think he's just fabulous! But how will he crawl out from under that speeding bus?

Don't forget Obabots...others can change their mind too! :scared: Maybe more will get smart and care more for their country than their loyalty to Obama and realize that Obama's candidacy would be responsible for Democrats losing the general election.

[dionysus]

61. you sound rather upset...

banky will make it better;

[Auntie Bush]

62. Well you should be upset at the possibility that he might lose the GE.

Then you can suck on your own Binky.

[dionysus]

64. you act like you look forward to this happening if hillary doesn't get her way...

will you vote for him or mclame?

[democrattotheend]

59. Tropics_Dude wasn't so bad

I got the sense that he liked Obama better personally but was worried about electability...frankly, I feel the same way sometimes. He did not usually express such vitriolic hatred for the candidates the way NJS does. I don't know why Tropics got tombstoned...any idea?

[Hawkeye-X]

55. Easy answer.

He's an antagonist. There's no other way to explain NJS' behavior.

[AllentownJake]

22. or

He enjoys the attention of switching back and forth because he's from the fraking Virgin Islands.

[Neshanic]

34. Do you think Obama would carry NJ? I don't think it's a lock. What do you think?

[NJSecularist]

38. Obama will probably do worse than Kerry did.

But he'll probably win the state by 4-6%.

[grantcart]

40. Unfortunately for you the facts do not support your statement

The problem is that she starts out high and when she actually has to campaign her support goes down.

1) The evidence shows that she had a commanding lead but in the 8 months of campaigning has lost support.




2) Now Obama has a larger lead over Clinton in NY State






It is clear that she is a terrible campaigner and has squandered the advantages of name brand, money, connections and a schedule of primaryies that was rigged for her. Even in NY her numbers have gone down.

In any case it is all theoretical what is reality the more Clinton campaigns the lower her numbers go down. The more Obama campaigns the higher his numbers go.

How can somebody that polls second in their own home state be considered a stronger GE candidate - just doesn't make sense.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

60. Wow, Obama's beating Hillary in her home state.

Well, her latest one, anyways. :rofl:

[mamalone]

63. As a NY'er, I can vouch for this...

At least the part about NY state. I hate to sound like a broken record, but Hillary is going to have a very hard time up here even maintaining her senate seat. When people talk about her possibly aiming for gov of NY, I *know* they can't be NY'ers;) Obama would be a much much (dare I say it again?... much) stronger candidate against McCain up here.

[roguevalley]

68. she has messed up some very important points, saying it would

be okay to stay in Iraq for fifty years, thereby taking our argument about McCain staying in Iraq a 100 years off the table. that is only the start.

[Brundle_Fly]

67. they probably told him they'd begin the Judas campaign against him and his

family, if he didn't switch...

we don't need him, he's obviously a flip flopper.

[americanstranger]

4. Yeah, he took the million from the Power Rangers guy.

- as

[dailykoff]

9. bingo.

[symbolman]

33. Good move there..

'cos Clinton's broke :)

[Yael]

8. Well, as the VI went 7:1 Barack, all I can say is

Hillary -- LET THAT MAN'S CHILDREN GO HOME.

Dammit, release them!!

[Gore1FL]

10. One error in the link

he is worth exactly 1/2 a vote, ands the blog article calls it a net 2 switch. I wonder what else the blogger is wrong about.

I'll wait for Demconwatch to post it.

[my3boyz]

13. Hahahahahahaha! Guess they will catch that eventually! Celebrate you 1/2 gain Hillary. LOL nt

[Iceburg]

27. Its the psychological aspect that is important -- the guy switches sides for 17 days then

returns to the homeland. :-)

[Gore1FL]

49. nott a big deal

Obama just picked up another Guam super. Hillary nets 0. Obama nets 0, but there is one more SD off the table.

[my3boyz]

11. They probably threatened him. Why else would someone get on a sinking ship? nt

[PoliticalAmazon]

12. The Clintons made him an offer he couldn't refuse. n/t

[Whalestoe]

19. Hill turns to Bill and says:

"Don't ask me about my business, B."

Door closes. Theme begins.

[americanstranger]

20. See post #4.

You could live like a king for the rest of your life with a million bucks in the Virgin Islands.

- as

[rug]

17. Whatever he injected wore off.

[Iceburg]

23. LOL

[muryan]

18. Meanwhile you can ignore the other SDs switching from Hillary to Obama

to point out your one victory. Enjoy it

[AllentownJake]

21. We really need to get rid of SD next time around

I don't care regardless of who wins

Seriously....The Virgin Islands?

[SwampG8r]

50. the virgin islands do not vote in the GE

[democrattotheend]

25. Sounds like Tropics_Dude83

[PBS Poll-435]

52. Dang, you beat me to it!

(It does only make sense, after all, right?

[WeDidIt]

29. Sounds like a planned switch

to try and catch a headline of an SD switch to Clinton.

[ErinBerin84]

31. hey, whatever makes him happy!

Personally, I'm wondering who Amy Fisher has endorsed (sorry, flipping channels and the Amy Fisher story is on lifetime. Do you think she's a Hillary supporter, since she is a NYer? I could see it).

[slinkerwink]

32. that guy is silly. First Hillary, then Obama, then Hillary, and then what, Obama?

It seems to me that the reason for his flip-flops seem to be based on whatever is being promised to him.

[WeDidIt]

39. There isn't verification on this switch, either.

It's a quoted release from the Clinton camp, but link to the new release.

[JimGinPA]

35. Her Check Must Have Finally Cleared

[ericgtr]

36. Bi polar?

[yourguide]

41. No source on politico.

Not showing up anywhere other than there and some tiny blog.

[Iceburg]

43. Google is your friend /nt

[slinkerwink]

42. Keith O seemed to indicate this not being true

[Iceburg]

51. Then it must be true! /nt

[Skittles]

44. this superdelegate shit is a buch of FUCKING NONSENSE

who the FUCK dreamed this crap up?

[PBS Poll-435]

46. Woot!!

Go K-Rod!




:snicker:

[LWolf]

47. None of the super delegates are obligated to make a decision now,

and they may change their minds as often as they take a breath.

Just as you can't call an election based on poll numbers, before votes are cast. The election is decided by votes, not by what the person says they will do before election day.

Anyone can change their minds right up to the point they cast a vote; there is no obligation to stick to what you told a pollster.

Given that simple reality, if the nomination is depending on super delegates to reach the magic number, then there won't be a candidate until the convention, when the votes are actually cast.

[PBS Poll-435]

48. OMG!!! -- I just figured it out!!!!! K-ROD = TROPICS_GUY83

Damn, I am SMART!

[thewiseguy]

54. Way to go with stealing my ideas

:eyes:

[PBS Poll-435]

56. Like you never take mine

:eyes:












:P

[thewiseguy]

53. Kevin is just another TropicsDude

:rofl:

Well if you think about it, Virgin Islands, he sorta is another Tropics Dude!

[Pisces]

57. It was a setup. Obama has been taking supers all along and Clinton needed one.

[Thrill]

65. They called him a Judas. And scared the poor guy

[book_worm]

66. how many have gone for Obama compared to Clinton?