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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:53 PM Original message |
How would Hillary have done? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think it would be the same margins. Perhaps a narrow victory if that. |
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KSDiva (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. I agree |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
106. lower margin? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #106 |
111. It really depends on how upset Black folks and young folks would have been |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #111 |
128. if McCain had picked Jindal, |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #128 |
137. In reality, you don't know what would have happened. |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #128 |
155. You're assuming the black people who haven't voted would have stepped up and voted for her. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #111 |
131. yes, depends on how Obama "lost"... if the opposition pushed the "a black man cant' win argument" |
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Blaq Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
201. Blacks and young whites would've stayed home |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #111 |
160. agreed. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #106 |
146. Yes. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #146 |
168. buddy, if the Muslim/terror smears didn't |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #168 |
178. Hello... Bosnia sniper? CGI donors? Voting for the war before she was against it? |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:50 AM Response to Reply #178 |
180. people have heard that |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:54 AM Response to Reply #178 |
181. its people like you |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #181 |
196. Please...disrupt elsewhere FReep |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #168 |
195. and about as easy to believe as Hillary and Bill offing people |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
177. She emphatically did NOT have more geographical appeal. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:46 AM Response to Reply #177 |
179. how do you back it up? |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
183. I don't see her doing as well in the young vote. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hillary would have won also, I agree a similar margin to President Obama's |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. The results would have been similar. She would have won Florida no problem. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Same margin. Different states. This election was ours a long time ago. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. BINGO! We have a winnah!!!! |
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Ozma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. North Carolina? Nevada? New Mexico? Indiana? |
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BornBlue (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. I think the BIG questions are |
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Ozma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Equally good questions.... another reason why I was an Obama guy |
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BornBlue (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I am in IL |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #63 |
115. West Virgina, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #115 |
157. So you think it is true that spin/b.s. they put out about Hispanics would never vote for a black guy |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #157 |
169. i never said it was true, |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. The big difference would have been in the Midwest. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
185. The economic collapse would have helped Clinton in MI |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. We will never know |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. She would have lost. She was deep in debt at the end of the primaries, she probably would... |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Speaking of sour grapes... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. ...and ignorance on how the funding streams work. nt |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Exactly. She had plenty set aside for the GE. But let's not allow reality to get in the way of his |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Right-oh. nt |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Some seem to forget that while Obama raised the most of any Democratic candidate, Hillary was right |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
120. No way HRC could have matched Obama's fundraising prowess. 150 million in Sept. Nuff said. |
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Fran Kubelik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
90. JVS is otherwise a generally good guy |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #90 |
100. Yep, it clouds reality. |
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SweetieD (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Agreed. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. She would have needed public financing |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
148. whatever, you know everyone who donated to obama |
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ps1074 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. She wins MO, AR, WV |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Wins Florida. Perhaps Ohio. Not VA and Not IN. nt |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
129. "perhaps" Ohio? |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #129 |
174. Um, no. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think it would have been a narrower victory for a few reasons |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I think it depends on how Hillary would have won the nomination |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:02 PM Original message |
where would she have gotten the new votes? |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Who cares? Obama won n/t |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm surprised there wasn't an exit poll done on this. Or is that even possible? But then I don't |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
99. there was. It's on CNN's site. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #99 |
135. and Hillary won by a landslide |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #135 |
161. No blacks would not. There is a centrist participatory black group who believe in the ballot |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #161 |
170. what demographics? I'll tell you... |
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Robbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hillary |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. She would have won Florida in a walk away. nt |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. i have no idea |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well, polls during the primary election showed her doing so |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Yes, polls showed her winning all three of her home states; Ark, Ill and NYS. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
101. Yes, she would have won Arkansas. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Just an observation: Arkansas went blue for Bill in 1992 and 1996. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm guessing, but I think she would've beat McCain too, but maybe not by quite as much |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. I don't Hillary or Edwards would have won by this kind of margin. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Obama is an attractive personality in a way the others weren't. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
102. Actually, there was plenty of intensity for Hillary too. |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #102 |
121. Yes, but there weren't as many compared to Obama supporters. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #121 |
141. it was very close |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yup |
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tpi10d (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. thoughts... as Obama supporter since Iowa |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. Right |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. We'll never know |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. She blew a 30 pt. lead in the primaries. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. DOESN'T MATTER, WHO CARES? |
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ComtesseDeSpair (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. I don't think so... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "Bush/Clinton" aristocracy? If people want diversity they should vote against Harvard/Yale. |
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ComtesseDeSpair (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
139. I'm not saying that it's bad to be a Clinton... |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. We'll never know, and I don't care. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. Completely different race.. impossible to tell. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. She would have picked Wesley Clark for veep. He's a general and he's not too tall. nt |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hillary and Bill would have tried to break the backbone of the Republican Party. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Hillary was labelled a DINO when she talked about bipartisanship. |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
83. The Clintons wouldn't be compromisingn with Republicans right now |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #83 |
103. I don't agree. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #83 |
152. Who doesn't say those things? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
80. there is absolutely nothing in either Clinton's record to support your statement. In fact, |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Not true. For example, take Bill's statements on the campaign trail |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. Barack does better as he had the money and didn't vote for the war.> |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. I think all of the slanders |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Chris Matthews and Maureen Dowd would have had a field day. nt |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
104. Yeah, you're right about that. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
85. No more so than the slurs against Obama by their supporters hurt Obama. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
108. if the Muslim, terrorist slanders |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. Does it matter? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. No Republican would have won this year. |
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Ozma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
68. Not with Sarah Palin as VP |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. Hillary would have won. nt |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
46. HRC would have beat McCain |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. We know McCain would not have picked Palin had HRC been on the ticket - that was a transparent |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. I think he would have picked Palin anyway. At first I thought the same as you when I assumed it was |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. BAIT. Get past the primaries. There is NO rational way on earth to tell how Hillary would |
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trayfoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hillary would ALSO have won! |
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Lady-Damai (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hillary would lose to McCain. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. McCain would not have picked Palin if HRC had been |
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SweetieD (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. She would have lost. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hillary would NOT have used the 50 state strategy |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. No. The primaries and GE are very different. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
58. She would have won, ANY Democrat would have won this year. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Edwards would have been destroyed by his scandal. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #60 |
96. Yeah, you're right. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. I said 6 months ago that Hillary would win or lose 51-49. Obama would win or lose in a landslide. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. Probably a win with different math |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #62 |
132. what the hell are you talking about? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. Kerry states + MO + AR + OH to win. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
107. and a lot more, |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. Hard to tell- but my guess is she could have squeeked by. n/t |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
66. I think she likely would have lost. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #66 |
134. people like you |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #134 |
163. Obama did better with white voters than Kerry did. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #163 |
171. wow, a duck could do better with Kerry |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. Obama actually won Ohio and Florida with very respectable margins for a modern election. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
67. She would've won. Heck, I would've won! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. You've got my vote! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. YAY! |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. I think Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico would have gone to McCain. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
87. I agree on NM. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #69 |
110. she would not have lost nevada or New Mexico |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #69 |
118. I disagree on NM. |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #69 |
123. Agree with your analysis. She barely makes 300 EV. If she does so at all. |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
70. I contended all along the Republican hate machine would do her in. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. They tried and failed for 16 years. You can't blame her for "the 1990s" |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. Since this is just a thought exercise - I think she would have won. |
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Dems to Win (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
77. MCCAIN would have been a completely different candidate against Hillary |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #77 |
98. I agree with you. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #77 |
130. just like Bob Dole |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
84. Bigger popular vote margin, smaller electoral vote margin |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
86. we would have been deprived of Sarah Palin! McCain would have chosen someone else |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
88. Depends on whether her campaign held on to the 12 state strategy or not |
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yeswecanandwedid (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
89. She is good and all, but she is no Obama. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
91. That's who they geared up for |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
92. I think Hillary would have still won but it would have been tight |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
93. IF Hillary had been the nominee, and IF McCain had chosen Huckabee... |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #93 |
112. yea, only the moderates woudla ran to Clinton |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
94. I think the map would have been just as blue, but one big variable not mentioned - Hillary/? - |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
95. I think Hillary would still have won but without as many red states. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
97. I don't like to engage in this type of speculation, but I have thought about it. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
105. It would have been Bush legacy vs Clinton legacy |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. it woulda been a return to normalcy |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #109 |
116. You can't extrapolate old polls like that with any certainty. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #116 |
119. a party nomination |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #119 |
125. The poster I was responding to is claiming that HRC would've won all the states Obama won, |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. she did have a lot of big donors, |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #127 |
133. We simply disagree, and it's a pointless exercise. She lost, he won, and |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
113. According to the Newsweek article I read today featuring campaign stuff that wasn't allowed to be |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #113 |
117. Difference between being VP and President. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #113 |
165. The McCain campaign picked Palin. They are a bunch of idiots in that campaign. (nt) |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
114. 150 MILLION DOLLARS in September. Obama. No way Hillary could have done as well. |
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rogerballard (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
122. C H AN G E |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
124. Excellent analysis, liberalpragmatist |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
126. by a lot more popular vote, |
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Zero Division (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
136. Hillary desperately needed a better campaign team and strategy |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
138. Not relevant. She wasn't the candidate. |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
140. She would have run a different type of campaign. |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
142. I think it's too difficult to speculate given some factors would have changed |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
143. She also would have won, the margin would have depended on the running mate |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. Given the economy still would have imploded in October |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #144 |
145. Yup, agreed |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Yeah, that was my preferred ticket. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
149. she woulda won, but i see no need to speculate beyond that. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
150. 538-0 nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
151. I think Hillary would have had a lot of problems. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
153. Who knows, but she probably would have been fine. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
154. We will never know, will we? |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
156. Could we have another election and find out? |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:51 AM Response to Reply #156 |
186. ROFL@ |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
158. Is HRC on record in believing in the 50 state strategy? I thought she stuck to the Gore and Kerry |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #158 |
182. except she was a contender |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
159. Absolutely no way to know |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
162. She would have won, but by a much narrower margin |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
164. She makes a worse President and fires up the opposition. We got a much better deal with Obama. (nt) |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
166. I think she would have been consigned to the 50:50 paradigm. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #166 |
175. I seem to recall Democrats in the primaries denigrating Obama's efforts in red states. |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
167. Same as Kerry did. |
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Independent_Voice (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
173. My guess... |
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Mid_FL_voter (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
176. Who cares? |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
184. I agree for the most part |
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doyourealize1 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
187. She would have defeated McCain handily but probably by a smaller margin |
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bluetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
188. A little bit better than Obama because the fascists wouldn't have chosen a female VP to counter her. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
189. No way to be sure |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
190. She would have won handily, same as Obama. n/t |
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Hokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
191. Viriginia? North Carolina? Indiana? |
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quickesst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
192. Simple... |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
193. We have to factor in a "bimbo eruption" |
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MJkcj (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
194. McCain said the economy is fundamentally sound so yeah, he would have lost either way |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
197. unknown |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
198. I think she may have won, but not change the map. |
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Whoa20 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #198 |
200. Obama did not change the map, |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
199. Didn't Hillary have very high unfavourable ratings? |
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