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View Poll Results: Would Senator Clinton endorse a Rules change if Senator Obama was behind in the delegate count?
Yes 2 11.11%
No 16 88.89%
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Old 05-22-2008, 06:05 AM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Would Senator Clinton campaign as fiercely for a Rules change if Senator Obama were behind in the Delegate count?
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Old 05-22-2008, 08:06 AM
 
Location: London UK & Florida USA
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If Hillary Clinton had really felt that EVERY vote should count and that Mi & Fl must be counted, it's a pity she didn't stand up for them when she agreed that because of their rule breaking, their votes shouldn't count. There is no doubt that she felt she wouldn't need Mi & Fl. Now she needs all the help she can get, they have become important. Hypocrite springs to mind.
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Old 05-22-2008, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Boise
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Clinton is being a flake and a sore loser. I like her better than Obama slightly, don't like either much. But she is kidding herself if she thinks she can still win.
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Old 05-22-2008, 10:30 AM
 
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If the roles were reversed and Obama was lagging in the delegate, superdelegate, and popular vote count, he would have been pressured to drop out months ago, and for good reason. However, because this is Hillary Clinton and her gigantic sense of entitlement we are talking about, we are supposed to give her the "chance" to finish the contest until "all the votes are counted" - as if that would change the outcome.

This idea that Hillary will win the popular vote in the end is only valid if we give ZERO votes to Obama in Michigan, and we don't count his victories in the caucuses. But does anyone really believe that Obama got ZERO votes in Michigan if the primary had been done correctly? Detroit alone has, what, half a million African Americans?
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Old 05-22-2008, 10:31 AM
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I found this piece in Daily Kos interesting.

Daily Kos: 8/25/07: Clinton DNC operatives strip FL of all 210 delegates [UPDATED 2X]
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Old 05-22-2008, 10:46 AM
 
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If the roles were reversed and Obama was lagging in the delegate, superdelegate, and popular vote count, he would have been pressured to drop out months ago, and for good reason. However, because this is Hillary Clinton and her gigantic sense of entitlement we are talking about, we are supposed to give her the "chance" to finish the contest until "all the votes are counted" - as if that would change the outcome.
I completely agree. This would not be happening if the roles were reversed.
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Old 05-22-2008, 11:49 AM
 
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Yes this is interesting. Particularly the discussion regarding Michigan.
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Old 05-22-2008, 12:42 PM
 
Location: ***Spokane***
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If Hillary Clinton had really felt that EVERY vote should count and that Mi & Fl must be counted, it's a pity she didn't stand up for them when she agreed that because of their rule breaking, their votes shouldn't count. There is no doubt that she felt she wouldn't need Mi & Fl. Now she needs all the help she can get, they have become important. Hypocrite springs to mind.
Yes, that's pretty much what is taking place..Now in her speeches, she brings it up to everyone listening and I bet most are sick and tired of hearing about MI and FL...Clinton get over it....
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