The Moderate Voice - Latest Comments in Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere April 6, 2008

Re: Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere April 6, 2008

superdestroyer — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:51:48 -0000

You should have mentioned Albert Wynn resigned from his seat in the U.S. House. With primaries coming nine months before the general election, Maryland is stuck having to conduct a speical election to find a short term replacement for a Congressman who did not want to be a lame duck. http://www.washingtonpost.c...

As the U.S. becomes a one party state, states should begin to move the primaries to June or later to keep from having too many lame ducks after the primaries.

Re: Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere April 6, 2008

saintixe56 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:49:32 -0000

I am an Obama voter whio will vote Hillary IF SHE IS THE NOMINEE BY FAIR MEANS. I cant help but being struck and that is to put it mildly by the MI/FL disaster, firstly ho did it happen and whi in heaven sake no one tried to prevent it, then how come candidates who supposedly plegded ahead their acceptanec that those votes would be discounted now because they mightt matter , renegade their acceptance. by all means, did anyone warn them ahead it might come to this. How HRC can look in the face of voters and say---3well obame did not willingly put his name on the ballot, so he gets burned". HEY LADY, that was exactly what was supposed to happen- michigan and florida do not count. where do you live in another dimension ????
so yes I am sad for those 2 states voters and really something should be done not to discount them altgether but rather to limit them and well yes they deserve to be punished- sorry they knew the rules.
when you drive over the limit and yopu get busted , do you say to the trooper- sorry sir but I want the law to be rewritten...

Re: Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere April 6, 2008

vwcat — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:54:07 -0000

Hillary's unlikablity comes from her arrogance and that self absorbtion. She is about herself. She also is not trustworthy and very much the corporate and establishment candidate. In many ways she is typical of the boring and cold candidates that the democrats have been banking on for 30 years. Mondale, Dukakis and the like. Candidates who are wooden and wonky and no personality. But, the establishment's pick.
Just another clone of the losers we keep nominating and then lose in the general.
As for winning.
Democrats have to learn to proud of being democrats again. Not try to be republican lite. They need to find their voice and backbone. They cave in and then whine about it. They are embarrassing.
Once the DLC got ahold of the party we became weak and silly and denied our roots.
We also stuck with this losing 10 state strategy. Win as many traditional blue states and try to get some big north east states.
Howard Dean and Barack Obama are going for the 50 state strategy and bringing new states into play and making the party competitive again. And growing the party in the long run.
In Montana some cried after an Obama appearance because they mattered again and a major candidate came and brought his message personally to them. That is powerful.
There are alot of moderate republicans willing to cross but, you have to let them know you want their vote and welcome them.
it is so wonderful to see democratic conventional wisdom turned on it's head this year.