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MagsDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 01:56 AM
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Reality electoral college math for Obama supporters
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Primary wins do not translate into GE wins. Never have, never will. Some states are blue, some states are red, and some states have a history of going either way depending on the candidate.

If you can't tell us a single southern state Obama can win, you cannot make a case that he will win the GE. Do you seriously doubt Clinton will not win every blue state? Can you seriously make a case that Obama can win a single southern state? Can you name me a dem that has been elected president without winning a single southern state? Can you seriously doubt that Clinton can take at least some of the same southern states that Bill won?

Don't spout that national poll nonesense. It doesn't mean jack in this country. We use the electoral college.

There is no scenario where Obama wins the GE without taking a southern state. So Obama supporters, what southern state do you think he can win? Keep in mind we are outnumbered by rethugs in every southern state. To win a southern state as a dem you have to be thought of as a southerner, and the Clintons are southerners.

And if you think southern dems and indies are going to vote for a black guy from IL you are simply dreaming and do not understand racial politics in the south.



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