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RiverStone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:24 PM
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The we are THRILLED Obama only lost by 6% or less thread!
He was behind by 21 points in PA 2 months ago!

A close loss not only is a moral victory for Obama, but makes barely a scratch in his delegate lead.

This is something to celebrate folks!

How many talking heads in the corporate media have said a Hillary BLOWOUT in PA is the only thing which could help her.

Well.....NOT in PA tonight.

Great job Obama!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause:
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Seen the light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:25 PM
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1. Lame
I'm not into moral victories. Forget tonight and move on to Senator Obama's wins to come in Indiana and North Carolina.
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RiverStone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:31 PM
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13. No, we need to not forget it because....
Hillary will spin it as a mandate - Obama must counter with:

How much he came back in PA!
How much he still leads in delegates (barely a change)!
How much he still leads the popular vote!

And then on to NC and Indiana.

We cannot sit quietly while the Clintons move the goal posts (again) and call ANY win good enough.

It's not!
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:25 PM
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I have always said a 9 point loss -
so I will make my husband VERY happy with a 6 point loss!

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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:25 PM
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2. I will be thrilled if that's how it sugars off
but I still predict she'll win by 12.
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:25 PM
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3. If Obama loses by 6% or less..
.. how does that translate into delegates?
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:26 PM
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6. huh? do you mean pledged delegates or super delegates?
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:26 PM
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7. Expect a bunch of "The New Math" posts tomorrow
It should be very good for Barack.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:28 PM
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10. Tomorrow? It's already begun in the GD:P
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:38 PM
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17. Waiting for solid delegate numbers...
but I know, its too hard not to work out the possible numbers.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:26 PM
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4. Under 10% is a mathmatical win
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:26 PM
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5. Clinton needs a large win.
Edited on Tue Apr-22-08 08:26 PM by H2O Man
Anything under 10 points is good for Obama.
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BayouBengal07 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:26 PM
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8. GOBAMA!
Even though that looks a little too much like "Go Bama" for this LSU Tiger...:puke: ;-)
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:27 PM
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9. Hillary lost all her money.
One million dollars in the hole.
Bwahahaha.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:29 PM
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11. Great job Volunteers too!
Is the goal post still at 20+ for Hillary?
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:30 PM
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12. Hillary lives on despite Obama closing the gap.
Obama needs to camp out in Indiana and visit every diner, union hall and small town he can. He needs to prove he can win a blue collar industrial state again (he did it in Wisconsin, he can do it in Indiana). He will have a huge financial advantage. He should make a couple of token visits to NC (which he should win handily), but put in as much time in Indiana. If he takes in two weeks Indiana and North Carolina, along with doing better than expected in PA then the pressure on Hillary getting out of the race will be high. He also needs to avoid any kind of gaffe--period.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:31 PM
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14. LOL!
Thanks for the laugh.
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Exultant Democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:32 PM
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15. When Bill came back in NH to only lose by 16% he was the comeback kid, this is a lot bigger.
GObama, he came from way behind in Penn and took it all the way to the bell.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:33 PM
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16. Somebody needs to show her the door
She is outta there.

I wish we could have won though, probably would have if it weren't for bittergate. :crazy:
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