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Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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Coruscant
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Feb '04
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Date Posted:
2/9 9:13pm
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Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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6/4 8:34pm (3 edits total)
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Pimpin' Chelsea, McCain D-AZ, and Rush Limbaugh, oh my!
 DEMOCRATS: Hillary v. Obama
Maine Caucus (10th)
DC Primary (12th)
Maryland Primary (12th)
Virginia Primary (12th)
Hawaii Caucus (19th)
Wisconsin Primary (19th)
Ohio Primary (Mar. 4th)
Rhode Island Primary (4th)
Texas Open Primary, Closed Caucus (4th)
Vermont Primary (4th)
Wyoming Caucus (8th)
Mississippi Primary (Mar. 11th)
Pennsylvania Primary (Apr. 22)
REPUBLICANS: McCain v. Huckabee
DC Primary (12th)
Maryland Primary (12th)
Virginia Primary (12th)
Guam Caucus (16th)
Wisconsin Primary (19th)
Washington Primary (19th)
Virgin Islands Caucus (23rd)
Northern Mariana Islands Caucus (23rd)
American Samoa Caucus (23rd)
Puerto Rico Caucus (24th)
Ohio Primary (Mar. 4th)
Rhode Island Primary (4th)
Texas Open Primary and Closed Caucus (4th)
Vermont Primary (4th)
Mississippi Primary (Mar. 11th)
Pennsylvania Primary (Apr. 22nd)
And I'm going to stop the lists there, for now...
Fellow voters, it's the final stretch before the big March. Many of these states may mean nothing on paper, but if a candidate in either party snatches most or all of them, you can expect that candidate to have the momentum to take states like Texas next month.
My predictions: No idea who will take Maine. Obama and McCain will win DC. If I had to take a guess in the dark, I'd say Clinton and McCain take Maryland. Obama and Huckabee take Virginia. Obama wins Hawaii in a landslide. Wisconsin goes for Obama and McCain. All those fun little islands go for McCain.
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Darth_Guy
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Date Posted:
2/9 9:14pm
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RE: The rest of the February races. Pimpin' Chelsea, McCain D-AZ, and Rush Limbaugh, Oh my!
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It's hard out there for a pimp. 
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Boba_Fett_2001
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Date Posted:
2/9 9:15pm
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RE: The rest of the February races. Pimpin' Chelsea, McCain D-AZ, and Rush Limbaugh, Oh my!
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Shouldn't there be just one thread for all of them?
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solojones
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Date Posted:
2/9 9:19pm
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RE: The rest of the February races. Pimpin' Chelsea, McCain D-AZ, and Rush Limbaugh, Oh my!
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Boba_Fett_2001 posted:
Shouldn't there be just one thread for all of them?
But isn't it so much more fun to just be confused as to which thread to post in 
..yeah, I don't understand why we don't just have one primary thread.
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Coruscant
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2/9 9:24pm
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RE: The rest of the February races. Pimpin' Chelsea, McCain D-AZ, and Rush Limbaugh, Oh my!
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I guess I can modify the thread, then. Un momento.
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Jabba-wocky
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Date Posted:
2/9 9:25pm
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RE: The rest of the February races. Pimpin' Chelsea, McCain D-AZ, and Rush Limbaugh, Oh my!
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I don't like this trend of grouping primary threads, unless they all occur on the same day. The ideal thing follows this model:
Part I: Announcement of an upcoming primary, and early speculation (5-6 posts)
Part II: Last minute developments, predictions, and expectation setting (5-6 posts)
Part III: Exit polls until winner declared (15-20 posts)
Part IV: All Hail the Greatness of Barack Hussein Obama, or lament the foolish short-sightedness of voters who rejected him (25-50 posts)
Part V: Closing discussion and devolution into actually debate and discussion about issues and/or the horserace (10-15 posts)
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SLR
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:33pm
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RE: Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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Considering the large African American population in Baltimore, Obama should win Maryland pretty handily.
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TypoCelchu
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:33pm
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RE: Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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2/9 10:35pm (1 edits total)
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I'm going to disagree with the Democrat portion of your appraisal of Maryland, Coruscant. As a resident of the state, the momentum here seems to be going very largely towards Obama, and with the huge African American population in the state, as well as a good chunk of an educated and well-to-do Democrat base, it should be easy. Both of those groups largely go to Obama. Hillary has taken a few 'high profile' supporters, but we have a tendency to ignore them when voting season comes around.
My best guesses suggest that Obama will easily take Baltimore, and much of Central Maryland, including Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties, where the majority of the population resides, while Hillary fares better in Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore. Southern Maryland splits, with Charles and St. Mary's Counties likely leaning Obama, and Calvert possibly leaning closer to Hillary, with it's working class white population.
All guesswork, though.
Edit: One setback for Obama, however: Maryland does not allow Independents to participate in either primary.
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SLR
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:40pm
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RE: Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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Hillary is also not expecting to win in MD or D.C. She is focusing primarily on VA on Tuesday. But even there she is not sure that she will be able to overcome Obama in that state and she has already begun to shift her focus to Texas and Ohio on the 4th of March.
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Obi-Zahn Kenobi
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:42pm
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RE: Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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SLR posted:
Hillary is also not expecting to win in MD or D.C. She is focusing primarily on VA on Tuesday. But even there she is not sure that she will be able to overcome Obama in that state and she has already begun to shift her focus to Texas and Ohio on the 4th of March.
lol @ Hilliani.
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TypoCelchu
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:43pm
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RE: Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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I'd say that Hillary has the best chance at winning in Virginia, considering the large number of working class white population that also resides in the state. However, there is a large African American population in that state, as well.
In all seriousness, there is a large likelihood that Obama will complete a sweep of the "Potomac Primary", "Beltway Brawl", or whatever you want to call it.
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AaylaSecurOWNED
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:44pm
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RE: Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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another thread?
really?
really?
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AaylaSecurOWNED
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2/9 10:45pm
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really?
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Darth_Guy
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:46pm
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Really.
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SLR
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:49pm
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RE: Winter-Spring 2008: The Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses thread.
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really
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Date Posted:
2/9 10:50pm
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oh
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