South Dakota, Montana primaries today

[Chris_]

yep.  he just did it.  he claims the nomination.

He has the delegates.  He is the nominee, no matter how hard Hillary wishes that wasn't true.

Why, is that a whiff of -- dare I say it? -- Eau de Independent in the air??

[LadyLiberty]

yep.  he just did it.  he claims the nomination.

Yeah, and now she wants to be his running mate, and that will probably happen, and I'll be drinking Vodka straight up for at least the next four years.

[Miss Mia]

yep.  he just did it.  he claims the nomination.

He has the delegates.  He is the nominee, no matter how hard Hillary wishes that wasn't true.

Why, is that a whiff of -- dare I say it? -- Eau de Independent in the air??

I don't think she'd go down that road.  She's having a hard enough time raising money with her big D backers, as an Independent it would get harder.  Plus, I doubt that Bill wants her spending all their savings on a failed run for the presidency.

[Wretched Excess]

yep.  he just did it.  he claims the nomination.

He has the delegates.  He is the nominee, no matter how hard Hillary wishes that wasn't true.

I guess he does.  no one has ever won with superdelegates before, so there really isn't a precedent.  I certainly would have, if it was me, just to shut her the hell up.

[Wretched Excess]

the difference between this speech and mccain's speech is the difference between "lightning" and "lightning bug".

[Miss Mia]

yep.  he just did it.  he claims the nomination.

He has the delegates.  He is the nominee, no matter how hard Hillary wishes that wasn't true.

I guess he does.  no one has ever won with superdelegates before, so there really isn't a precedent.  I certainly would have, if it was me, just to shut her the hell up.

He gives a dig at her by stating that he is the nominee, then he compliments her.  LOL  Excellent work Obama. 

[Chris_]

yep.  he just did it.  he claims the nomination.

Yeah, and now she wants to be his running mate, and that will probably happen, and I'll be drinking Vodka straight up for at least the next four years.

I will lay serious odds that won't happen.

[Wretched Excess]

more mccain = bush III again.

I love it when he says that he salutes john mccain's service, because that is the bash mccain tsunami alarm.  thank God this guy is weak on his knowledge of the issues, and can't debate.  mccain ought to start demanding one debate a week starting tomorrow.

[Miss Mia]

more mccain = bush III again.

I love it when he says that he salutes john mccain's service, because that is the bash mccain tsunami alarm.  thank God this guy is weak on his knowledge of the issues, and can't debate.  mccain ought to start demanding one debate a week starting tomorrow.

I think I read the other day there will be 3 debates, but I could be imaging that. 

[Wretched Excess]

yep.  he just did it.  he claims the nomination.

Yeah, and now she wants to be his running mate, and that will probably happen, and I'll be drinking Vodka straight up for at least the next four years.

I will lay serious odds that won't happen.

general elections are much more scripted than primaries.  you exercise total control to access to the candidate;  he could literally get all the way to november giving 10,000 speakubus speeches, and maybe one or two debates.  if he does that, I really think we could be finished.

[Wretched Excess]

more mccain = bush III again.

I love it when he says that he salutes john mccain's service, because that is the bash mccain tsunami alarm.  thank God this guy is weak on his knowledge of the issues, and can't debate.  mccain ought to start demanding one debate a week starting tomorrow.

I think I read the other day there will be 3 debates, but I could be imaging that. 

how?  we didn't officially have nominees until 10 minutes ago.

[Wretched Excess]

the economy is growing, baroque.

[Miss Mia]

more mccain = bush III again.

I love it when he says that he salutes john mccain's service, because that is the bash mccain tsunami alarm.  thank God this guy is weak on his knowledge of the issues, and can't debate.  mccain ought to start demanding one debate a week starting tomorrow.

I think I read the other day there will be 3 debates, but I could be imaging that. 

how?  we didn't officially have nominees until 10 minutes ago.

I said I could have been mistaken.   


I don't expect more than 3 debates though.  I think that idea of Obama & McCain doing town halls together would be neat.

[Wretched Excess]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

[Wretched Excess]

this is the most divisive speech I have ever seen delivered by a unifier, uniter, and healer.

[Miss Mia]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

The rally I went to was pretty damn impressive.  So is this one on the teevee. 


BTW, the rumor is that Hillary is speaking Friday at the TX Dem Convention.  I think this weekend is gonna be fun.   

[Chris_]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I :-)) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

California, Texas, Florida, heck, the entire southwest.  And maybe New York.  hussein is going to win without those states?

[Wretched Excess]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

California, Texas, Florida, heck, the entire southwest.  And maybe New York.  hussein is going to win without those states?

new york?  are you feeling okay, FD?

by the way, your H5/BS meter is out of balance.  fix it.

[Miss Mia]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

California, Texas, Florida, heck, the entire southwest.  And maybe New York.  hussein is going to win without those states?

California?  New York?  He'll definitely win those.  Florida, I think McCain will win it, esp if he put Crist as his VP. 

Texas is more purple with Obama running right now.  He won't win it, but Texas is turning blue.

[Wretched Excess]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

California, Texas, Florida, heck, the entire southwest.  And maybe New York.  hussein is going to win without those states?

California?  New York?  He'll definitely win those.  Florida, I think McCain will win it, esp if he put Crist as his VP. 

Texas is more purple with Obama running right now.  He won't win it, but Texas is turning blue.

texas is NOT turning blue.   florida is all but out of BHO's reach.  someone convinced me today that CA competitive. 

[Wretched Excess]

this guy needs a new speech.  I have heard most of this one about 100 times.  but was he actually fixing the ocean in this speech?   but he could read out of a coloring book and sound better than mccain.

[Miss Mia]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

California, Texas, Florida, heck, the entire southwest.  And maybe New York.  hussein is going to win without those states?

California?  New York?  He'll definitely win those.  Florida, I think McCain will win it, esp if he put Crist as his VP. 

Texas is more purple with Obama running right now.  He won't win it, but Texas is turning blue.

texas is NOT turning blue.   florida is all but out of BHO's reach.  someone convinced me today that CA competitive. 

It is WE.  Not this time around, but I wouldn't be surprised if in 4 years it went blue.  The urban areas are outweighing the rural voters.

[Lord Undies]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

California, Texas, Florida, heck, the entire southwest.  And maybe New York.  hussein is going to win without those states?

California?  New York?  He'll definitely win those.  Florida, I think McCain will win it, esp if he put Crist as his VP. 

Texas is more purple with Obama running right now.  He won't win it, but Texas is turning blue.

texas is NOT turning blue.   florida is all but out of BHO's reach.  someone convinced me today that CA competitive. 

It is WE.  Not this time around, but I wouldn't be surprised if in 4 years it went blue.  The urban areas are outweighing the rural voters.

The Texas power brokers are the suburbs of DFW and Houston.  They are dark red and won't be changing anytime soon.  The actual big cities are chump change.   

[Odin's Hand]

Bush garnered nearly 1,700,000 more votes than Kerry in the 2004 election out of around 7 million total cast. He beat him by an approximate ratio of 5:3. The state is solidly red despite the Mexican border counties and Travis.

[Wretched Excess]

he gave rock star like rallies in states that hillary kicked his ass in during the primaries, so maybe we (I ) shouldn't put too much stock in the rapture that is occurring in MN right now.

California, Texas, Florida, heck, the entire southwest.  And maybe New York.  hussein is going to win without those states?

California?  New York?  He'll definitely win those.  Florida, I think McCain will win it, esp if he put Crist as his VP. 

Texas is more purple with Obama running right now.  He won't win it, but Texas is turning blue.

texas is NOT turning blue.   florida is all but out of BHO's reach.  someone convinced me today that CA competitive. 

It is WE.  Not this time around, but I wouldn't be surprised if in 4 years it went blue.  The urban areas are outweighing the rural voters.

posh.  bob dole even beat bill clinton in 96.  bush polled 60% in 2000 and 2004 . . . hell, a dem hasn't won TX since 1976;  carter beat ford with 51% of the vote.