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Monday, February 18, 2008

Really, Hillary? Really?

So the Hillary camp (in this particular case it's Hillary's Michigan campaign co-chair Joel Ferguson) continues to support super delegates while attacking other delegates (caucuses, red states, anyone who doesn't vote for her). So this is Joel Ferguson's response to super delegates being 'second class delegates':
Superdelegates are not second-class delegates. The real second-class
delegates are the delegates that are picked in red-state caucuses that are never
going to vote Democratic.

Wow! Well done, Joel Ferguson. That's two for one! Red states AND caucuses. Well we couldn't just say red states because then we'd have to question Hillary's wins in Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Arkansas (and they'd be slapping Texans in the face). While you're being ridiculous why don't you say you think states that start with the letter "I" are undemocratic and that their delegates shouldn't count?

So does that mean that Hillary's general election strategy will be to campaign in states she knows she'll win cause it'll make her feel better? You need to campaign in every state. You need to win the swing states and the red states and any state you can. Ronald Reagan won 44 and 49 states in his elections and George H.W. won 40. Neither Bill Clinton nor George W. has won more than 32 states. Why have we grown to accept that you can't win states? Why have we agreed that people can't do that anymore?

I don't know why Hillary keeps trying to temper expectations and kill hope. I want the democrats to win 40 states this year.

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