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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:25 PM Original message |
Should The Caucus Format Be Abandoned? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. absolutely |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. why? |
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Rock_Garden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, yes, yes. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. n/t. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. Let people vote at any time of day. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. YES |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Kind of reminds me of |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:28 PM Original message |
YES! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. They used to guarantee Party Activists |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. that's how it used to be, back in the days of the smoke filled |
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NJObamaWoman (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Nah I kind of like it. I like the fact that people are out in the open |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. yes, and so should early voting |
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BluegrassDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. No one complained about it until Hillary lost Iowa |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. yea I noticed that |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. The problem with caucuses is that they let anyone in, whether |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, it disenfranchises too many people, and there's |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. YES! |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Absolutely. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. It does not accurately replicate voter turnout, preferences or turnout patterns. nt |
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557188 (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes and |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. That's what my mother thinks |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. For the purpose of choosing candidates, yes. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. They made sure you didn't vote for Hillary in MN |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. Up until Tuesday past, I would have said a loud YES. but now |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. it is not fair for these reasons.. |
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Sulawesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. From what I read here, only if Hillary does poorly in them. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. they are wide open to cheating..of which many of us Edwards people saw take place in Iowa. |
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stahbrett (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. how do people cheat in a caucus? (n/t) |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. that is the sort of shallow reasoning |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes, it needs to go away |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. yes, I have felt this way for many years |
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Fabio (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. For the states to decide IMHO |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. how about getting rid of superdelegates and even delegates? |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. yes, because caucus limits the number of people that can |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Caucuses are much harder to steal than elections. |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. no |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
39. To the people claiming this was not an issue until Hillary lost ... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. Caucuses can't be Diebolded... that's why Hillary hates them... |
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