tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post6708435876191904045..comments2023-10-09T08:27:03.515-04:00Comments on Runesmith's Canadian Content: This is the EndJennifer Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-46984802848731443942008-06-04T13:19:00.000-04:002008-06-04T13:19:00.000-04:00Maybe I just don't understand the point you are tr...Maybe I just don't understand the point you are trying to make. It's a primary contest. There were two candidates still in the race. Some people voted for one, some for the other.<BR/><BR/>What exactly do you find troubling about that?<BR/><BR/>To put it in perspective, Ron Paul is still pulling in a respectable percentage of the Republican primary votes (17% in SD on Monday, 24% in Idaho last week) even though McCain has been the presumptive nominee for months. Hell, even Mike Huckabee continues to pull in 5-10% and he's not even running!<BR/><BR/>It remains to be seen whether or not the animosity between the Clinton and Obama supporters continues, but I strongly suspect that things will cool down substantially, starting today.<BR/><BR/>What REALLY troubles me is how many Americans are still, after all that's happened over the past 8 years, STILL planning to vote Republican. In the face of that, the whole Obama vs. Clinton deathmatch thing seems kind of stupid.Jennifer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-83968246396242194872008-06-04T10:59:00.000-04:002008-06-04T10:59:00.000-04:00Hmmmm ....So I guess the bottom line is that it do...Hmmmm ....<BR/><BR/>So I guess the bottom line is that it doesn't trouble you at all. You have plenty of excuses for why so many Democrats aren't voting for Obama. <BR/><BR/>That troubles me ... :-)Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-88546678247558893342008-06-03T16:16:00.000-04:002008-06-03T16:16:00.000-04:00"Trounced' is a rather strong word for a contest t..."Trounced' is a rather strong word for a contest that inspired only a 19% turnout when it was expected to be as high as 65% - and from people who won't even get to vote in November. If anything, the extremely low turnout seems to indicate that the people of PR recognized that the race was a foregone conclusion.<BR/><BR/>I also disagree with the conclusion you seem to be drawing from these late primaries. In most of them, Clinton was expected to do very well just from the states involved and the way the demographics have been falling out. In fact, she's been consistently doing worse than expected, especially recently. MT and SD will be going for Obama in large numbers, as expected.<BR/><BR/>You are also assuming that when people are faced with a foregone conclusion in a race like this that they will just bow to the inevitable. Sometimes that happens, and it is happening with the superdelegates. But with emotions running as high as they have been, and with the divisive rhetoric that has been thrown around, it's not surprising that many of them are digging in their heels and fighting even harder when they know they've lost.<BR/><BR/>(didn't I just say that? :)Jennifer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-73014736811096781922008-06-03T15:25:00.000-04:002008-06-03T15:25:00.000-04:00I agree with you that it's all over but the tears;...I agree with you that it's all over but the tears; however, there's one thing that puzzles me. As an Obama supporter perhaps you could answer my question?<BR/><BR/>For several months now it has been apparent that Obama is very likely to win the nomination. In most cases that would provoke a move in his direction by most Democrats, especially primary voters.<BR/><BR/>What we've seen is very puzzling. Obama got trounced in Puerto Rico in spite of the fact he was within a whisker of winning the nomination. Tonight there will be large numbers of Democrats voting for Hillary knowing full well that she can't win the nomination. They are, in fact, registering a protest vote <B>against</B> Obama.<BR/><BR/>Does that trouble you? Shouldn't Obama have sailed to victory two months ago? Are those voters seeing something that you might be missing?Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.com