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 Big Dave |
John Edwards Must Be Kicking Himself |
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Posts: 1145 ( 3-May-2008 02:18:37) |
He officially dropped out of the race holding 300 pledged delegates. With a brokered convention looming he could have been a player, not a spectator. He
could have been a kingmaker.
Stuff like that happens to empty suits like Edwards. |
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Posts: 805 ( 3-May-2008 05:06:18) |
Back 3 months ago I saw this thing going to a tie and figured Edwards would stay in so his pledged delegates would have bee a bargaining chip for one of the
other 2. The price being the VP slot, or at least SecState as a min.
As an alternatetive he could have convinced the supers to draw a stalemate so the second (open round) all of the delegates could have repledged to him giving him the nomination. The DNC has built an unwinnable system pushing unwinnable candidates. |
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Posts: 1474 ( 3-May-2008 05:58:02) |
After watching the Democrat primaries for a few elections, how could anyone be sure that the preselection process wasn't designed by a disaffected Democrat
Actually, my expectation is that it was designed and approves by a committee of committees.
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Big Dave |
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Posts: 1146 ( 3-May-2008 20:04:17) |
Actually, the Democratic system was designed by George McGovern after the convention in Chicago (1968) split the Democratic Party. Once again, the evil of
proportional representation leads to deadlock.
The GOP uses the Electoral College method.
Last Edited By: Big Dave
3-May-2008 20:06:50.
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Posts: 3550 ( 3-May-2008 21:24:31) |
Big Dave wrote: The primary fiasco within the Undemocratic Democrat Party is a case study in why we do have an Electoral College and why we should not listen to the
Democrat Party architects who want to do away with the Electoral College.
Republican; because not everyone can be on welfare.
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Posts: 467 ( 3-May-2008 21:46:05) |
Nightwatch2 wrote: Giving each registered party member a single vote that counts as much as that of every other member and having the nationwide primary at the same day(s) with no result announced before the final votes are in might also work. The top two get into a second and final round to determine the candidate. Most votes = presidential candidate. No need to create unneceesary electoral middlemen that can be traded like a commodity. |
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