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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:12 PM Original message |
Why are states taken on individual days for a primary? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because the winner would be whomever the media decided..... |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Isn't that how it pretty much is, though? |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You make a good point |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Less so now, because the states that are "first" are still relatively small.... |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I thought that the "Dean scream" occurred ON the night of the Iowa caucus - |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Poster and I were talking about the news story which showed a video |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. that would be amazing expensive |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. 3 super Tuesdays with at least 1 state in every region voting |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That might work..... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. Too hard to manipulate the outcome. |
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