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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:04 PM Original message |
Anyone else here hoping for a brokered convention, with Edwards jumping in and winning? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. No on both counts. nt |
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hueyshort (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Oh God. Please not Edwards posts again |
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youknowmenotdlc (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm sure |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Quick! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, that would be a best-case scenario to a lot of us! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. my vote is for the only adult in the room.. |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes !!! Please Please Please |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Shouldn't the best candidate be able to win a primary at some point in his life? |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. sigh |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Edwards in and winning it!! While the 0' girl jumps out of a window |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. It is one of my fondest hopes. n/t |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wow. You Edwards people are really grasping at straws. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. Hey, as long as there is "hope"! ;) |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wouldn't that be wonderful! That thought makes me misty eyed. I miss John sooo much. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. What are YOU drinking or smoking? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Pill-tainted tap water! |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Russ Feingold had this to say about your perfect candidate: |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I lost a lot of respect for Feingold over this. n/t |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. That's hilarious. |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 05:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Not to me, noodle. |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. I should have predicted some people would rather have hated the messanger |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Feingold didn't mention the vote totals for the flyspecked bills |
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TAWS (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. What Happened to Stand up for what's right even if you're standing alone? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. That is the point |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. john mccain would probably love it. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nope - he didn't last long at all - no one supported him before, they won't then either. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Let's not nominate anybody. Let the voters write in anyone they want. |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. You may be right... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. We're looking foolish anyway, may as well go for broke. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. When did the DLC endorse Hillary? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Well, Al From in 2006 listed as potential DLC candidates |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. 2006 |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
64. "hand on the bible" |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. No. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What's amazing is his inability to win states as though he were Kucinich without all the integrity.. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. We know Kucinich, unlike Edwards, has never changed a position on an issue |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Edwards? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. No, Because I Tend Not To Fixate On That Which Is Insane. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. brokered convention will give us Clinton or Obama |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'll take the brokered convention with another candidate in a flash. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. No |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. What an incredible disaster, and I highly doubt he'd even think of it, nor would Gore |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Kerry and Hart, who are neither "silly" or "raving" are far more |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. No, if I had it my way it would be Gore jumping in. |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hell no. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. I was thinking of that |
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peoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. you need a hug. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Or a drink! |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't expect it to happen, but it's fun to think about |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why should someone who won no primaries at all |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'd love for someBrokered Convention" that would give me Al Gore as a candidate..but not gonna |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. No |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
42. That would be great but the best realistic compromise ticket is Gore-Edwards |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
65. that's not even on the same planet as realistic |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
43. That's not very democratic, is it? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
47. No - he lost to both and there was NEVER a public rush to embrace him |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
48. How many delegates did Edwards have in FL ? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
52. Edwards has won exactly two state-wide elections since 1998 |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
54. A brokered convention |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. that would be DREAMY. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. No. Obama got the most pledged delegates, he's earned the nomination. n/t |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. I would much prefer that, myself. |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
61. WOULD be nice - but about as likely to happen... |
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avrdream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
62. Oh, what the heck, we are so fucked anyway. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
63. No. And I think he was a poor candidate |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Any more "pitiful" than your daily churlish comments? |
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