Comments on: He’s running for VP http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » All the king’s horses and all the king’s men… http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/comment-page-1/#comment-406320 Donklephant » Blog Archive » All the king’s horses and all the king’s men… Wed, 07 May 2008 15:24:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/#comment-406320 [...] and along the way I may have a made a few predictions that proved to be, um… what’s the word I am looking for? Wrong. And Justin [...] [...] and along the way I may have a made a few predictions that proved to be, um… what’s the word I am looking for? Wrong. And Justin [...]

]]> By: Phil Jamison http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/comment-page-1/#comment-392909 Phil Jamison Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:00:19 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/#comment-392909 On the subject of a potential Obama administration (or Clinton II's), there is an interesting project in pure democracy just getting started on the web: automated and continuously updated 'approval style' voting on VP, cabinet, and major posts. Approval style voting means you can vote for as many of the choices as you approve. The site will remain open indefinitely for follow up research: http://puredem.wordpress.com On the subject of a potential Obama administration (or Clinton II’s), there is an interesting project in pure democracy just getting started on the web: automated and continuously updated ‘approval style’ voting on VP, cabinet, and major posts. Approval style voting means you can vote for as many of the choices as you approve. The site will remain open indefinitely for follow up research: http://puredem.wordpress.com

]]> By: Keith Pickering http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/comment-page-1/#comment-392812 Keith Pickering Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:25:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/#comment-392812 Sorry, you're still way off base. Clinton won the night, and in so doing she lost the nomination. How? Let's go back, waaay back to February 19. On that day, Obama won Wisconsin for +10 delegates, and he also won Hawaii for +10 delegates -- a net of +20 for the day. On March 4, Clinton won Rhode Island for (probably) +3 delegates, and lost Vermont for -3 delegates. She won Ohio for +9 delegates. In Texas, she won the primary portion of the night, but very narrowly, for +2 delegates, and lost the caucus portion of the night more broadly, for -7 delegates. Net for the entire night: Clinton won 4 -- yes FOUR -- delegates. How does that make up for the 20 she lost on February 19? And now there are just 611 pledged delegates left to select, and Clinton is still more than 150 delegates behind. She's run out of room. Clinton didn't need to merely win Ohio and Texas, she needed to win them both by 15% or more to have a realistic shot. She didn't do that. She can no longer win the nomination by any realistic combination of events. Sorry, you’re still way off base. Clinton won the night, and in so doing she lost the nomination. How? Let’s go back, waaay back to February 19. On that day, Obama won Wisconsin for +10 delegates, and he also won Hawaii for +10 delegates — a net of +20 for the day.

On March 4, Clinton won Rhode Island for (probably) +3 delegates, and lost Vermont for -3 delegates. She won Ohio for +9 delegates. In Texas, she won the primary portion of the night, but very narrowly, for +2 delegates, and lost the caucus portion of the night more broadly, for -7 delegates. Net for the entire night: Clinton won 4 — yes FOUR — delegates.

How does that make up for the 20 she lost on February 19?

And now there are just 611 pledged delegates left to select, and Clinton is still more than 150 delegates behind. She’s run out of room. Clinton didn’t need to merely win Ohio and Texas, she needed to win them both by 15% or more to have a realistic shot. She didn’t do that. She can no longer win the nomination by any realistic combination of events.

]]> By: Scott Sammons http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/comment-page-1/#comment-392811 Scott Sammons Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:09:54 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/#comment-392811 Go Cynthia McKinney Go! Go Cynthia McKinney Go!

]]> By: Scott Sammons http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/comment-page-1/#comment-392809 Scott Sammons Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:07:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/05/hes-running-for-vp/#comment-392809 No, I do not believe that he is. I believe that he is in to win. I believe he might win. I believe that if he does win, he will hit the same wall of resistance that Bill Clinton did in '92. We cannot afford that training time now. I want Obama as Sec. of State. I want a dedicated College of Deplomacy on par with the millitary Academies, supervised and overseen by the State Dept. I like Gen. Wesley Clark for V. P., John Edwards Dept. of Labor, An AllStar cabinate! No, I do not believe that he is. I believe that he is in to win. I believe he might win. I believe that if he does win, he will hit the same wall of resistance that Bill Clinton did in ‘92. We cannot afford that training time now.

I want Obama as Sec. of State. I want a dedicated College of Deplomacy on par with the millitary Academies, supervised and overseen by the State Dept.

I like Gen. Wesley Clark for V. P., John Edwards Dept. of Labor,
An AllStar cabinate!

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