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Old 04-21-2008, 10:58 AM
 
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It has been agreed for quite some time that Hillary will take PA. It is the type of demographic that supports her. Older, white, uneduated, blue-collar. So how does the outcome of this state's primary, an expected win, somehow mean that Hillary has the "momentum"?

Anybody see the lunacy in that?
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Old 04-21-2008, 11:11 AM
 
Location: Downtown Greensboro, NC
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It has been agreed for quite some time that Hillary will take PA. It is the type of demographic that supports her. Older, white, uneduated, blue-collar. So how does the outcome of this state's primary, an expected win, somehow mean that Hillary has the "momentum"?

Anybody see the lunacy in that?
She wont gain anything by winning PA unless she wins by like 60% and thats highly unlikely. Obama will still lead in delgates and Once all the states have voted it is projected that Obama will be within 100 points of securing the needed delegates to become the nominee. PA is Hillary's to lose. A Hillary win wont be a big deal but a Hillary loss in PA would be a SIGNIFCANT blow to her campaign because she was expected to win there.
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Old 04-21-2008, 11:34 AM
 
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the older white voters will come out to support Obama in PA, you wait and see

it will be close: 5 % point, bitter remark will help make them see
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Old 04-21-2008, 11:47 AM
 
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According to this projection a win of 55%-45%, which seems reasonable, will give her a net gain of a whopping 9 delegates on Obama.

The Clinton campaign is attempting to sell all this "momentum" BS to the superdelgates because there is no other way she can win. Pretty sad when your only path to victory is an undemocratic one.
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Old 04-21-2008, 12:41 PM
 
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The Clinton campaign is attempting to sell all this "momentum" BS to the superdelgates because there is no other way she can win. Pretty sad when your only path to victory is an undemocratic one.
agreed, she has to rely on party elders to appoint her as the nominee instead of the votes from the people.
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:34 PM
 
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Everybody agrees that the superdelegates will decide the nomination. Clinton has to convince them that they should vote for her. Pennsylvania is part of the persuasion. First, it is a big state in terms of electoral votes. While Obama has won more states (and many of those are likely to vote Republican in the fall, i.e., Georgia, South Carolina, etc) Hillary has won most of the large states. She can build an argument that she stands a better chance of winning the decisive big states in the fall election than Obama does. She's already won them in the primary election.

The second part of the argument is based on the numbers of voters who cast votes for her in the primaries. If at the end of primary season more people voted for her than for Obama she can plausibly argue that the will of the people is better represented by those numbers than by the delegate numbers, which reflect some pretty arcane vote counting.

Winning Pennsylvania and Indiana strengthens both of these arguments. She's not fixated on delegate counts at all.
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:42 PM
 
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her win in PA will be offset by her BIG LOSS in NC, and her likely loss in Indiana....

where will her argument take her?
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:52 PM
 
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Everybody agrees that the superdelegates will decide the nomination. Clinton has to convince them that they should vote for her. Pennsylvania is part of the persuasion. First, it is a big state in terms of electoral votes. While Obama has won more states (and many of those are likely to vote Republican in the fall, i.e., Georgia, South Carolina, etc) Hillary has won most of the large states. She can build an argument that she stands a better chance of winning the decisive big states in the fall election than Obama does. She's already won them in the primary election.

The second part of the argument is based on the numbers of voters who cast votes for her in the primaries. If at the end of primary season more people voted for her than for Obama she can plausibly argue that the will of the people is better represented by those numbers than by the delegate numbers, which reflect some pretty arcane vote counting.

Winning Pennsylvania and Indiana strengthens both of these arguments. She's not fixated on delegate counts at all.
A Clinton primary win does not necessarily mean she would do a whole lot better in that state come Nov. For example, a recent Rasmussen poll (http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/pennsylvania/election_2008_pennsylvania_presidential_election - broken link) showed Clinton leading McCain in Pa. 47%-38% while Obama led McCain 47%-39%. Virtually no difference.

BTW, the reason she's not "fixated on delegate counts" is because she is hopelessly behind. You can be sure if Hillary was leading in delegates her campaign would remind us of it everyday.
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:54 PM
 
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She can build an argument that she stands a better chance of winning the decisive big states in the fall election than Obama does. She's already won them in the primary election.
understand that there is a difference between the primaries and the general election. Keep in mind that the same democrats that voted for Hillary in the primaries would support Obama in the general election. Winning primaries means nothing in that kind of arguement because a candidate can win a state primary but lose that state in the general election and a candidate can lose a state in the primaries and win it in the general election. For example, in 2004 John Kerry won Ohio and Florida in the state primaries but lost both those states in the general election. Obama lost New York in the primary but does that mean New York is going republican in November? I dont think so. Democrats mainly vote in primaries and the candidates are spliting democratic votes in the primaries. This "I won the big states" strategy just doesnt hold water and the super delegates know it.
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Old 04-21-2008, 02:09 PM
 
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understand that there is a difference between the primaries and the general election. Keep in mind that the same democrats that voted for Hillary in the primaries would support Obama in the general election. Winning primaries means nothing in that kind of arguement because a candidate can win a state primary but lose that state in the general election and a candidate can lose a state in the primaries and win it in the general election. For example, in 2004 John Kerry won Ohio and Florida in the state primaries but lost both those states in the general election. Obama lost New York in the primary but does that mean New York is going republican in November? I dont think so. Democrats mainly vote in primaries and the candidates are spliting democratic votes in the primaries. This "I won the big states" strategy just doesnt hold water and the super delegates know it.
I didn't say it was a good argument. I just said that is the likely significance Clinton will attach to a win in Pennsylvania.
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