Of Nevada And South Carolina
By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | Fred Thompson | Hillary Clinton | John McCain | Mitt Romney — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Hillary Clinton and John McCain got what are perceived to be the big prizes yesterday, with Clinton's win in Nevada and McCain's in South Carolina. but despite Clinton's win in Nevada, it is worth noting that Obama got the most delegates in the state. As for the actual votes at the caucus, it is worth noting the fact that the Obama people are crying foul:
And now, according to Jon Ralston, allies of the Clinton Campaign may be planning to challenge voters at the at-large precincts. It is a sad day when Democrats start trying to suppress the vote of other Democrats.
Read on . . .
Beginning with the lawsuit filed by their allies to suppress turnout among union members, the Clinton Campaign has been engaged in a systematic effort to discredit the process - a process which was pushed, developed, and approved by their supporters at the Democratic National Committee and in Nevada. It wasn't until Obama began gaining strength in a state they expected to win by at least 20 points that they began their attempts to delegitimize the process.
Former President Clinton said that this caucus "was not like an election" and that it disenfranchised voters. Even though the lawsuit was rejected as completely meritless by a federal judge, we remain concerned that the specter of the lawsuit has confused voters and threatens turnout at the at-large precincts, which may have been the intent of the Clinton allies all along.
The Clinton Campaign has also repeated the efforts it made in the closing days of the New Hampshire primary by launching knowingly false attacks on Barack's opposition to Yucca, his 100-percent pro-choice rating, and position on Social Security. There have been push polls and robocalls pushing these false attacks.
And just last night, former President Clinton made two false and outrageous allegations, distorting a radio ad that does not even mention Senator Clinton and accusing the Culinary workers, whose support both Clintons furiously sought, of engaging in deliberate voter suppression.
Former President Clinton claims to have witnessed voter suppression. But as the Politico story indicates, his claims may not exactly be filled to the rim with validity. Moreover, the former President's activities appear to be alienating Democrats once famed for being close to him. Meanwhile, this report (Daily Kos link for those who want advanced warning), this report and this one as well all allege a whole lot of dirty tricks on the part of the Clinton campaign. That last link is worth special mention; it ought to be interesting to see whether or not anything is made of the fact that "Barack Hussein Obama" is the target of the Clintons' ire. And why precisely is his middle name used? Who knows?
McCain has clearly gotten momentum from his win in South Carolina and competes with Romney for frontrunner status. Romney's win in Nevada is helpful but diminished since no one else really competed in the state. Fred Thompson, my candidate, finished a disappointing third. I hate to think that this is the end for him, but from all indications, it appears to be. I reject the contention that Thompson ran a lazy campaign, though his campaign structure may have been a disorganized one. The main problem is that Thompson appeared to be more ambitious for his ideas than he was for his person and made that clear consistently by stating that he wasn't in the race because it was fun, or because he was consumed by personal ambition. Unfortunately, modern politics demands personal ambition in addition to an ambition for ideas and the voters saw Thompson's old-time Southern gentlemanliness as reticence for the job. His campaign appears to have suffered accordingly.
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Party caucuses are many things, but they are not predictors of the general election.
The NV Ds had two candidates running and didn't plan their caucus the same day as SC. The NV Rs picked the same day as SC and thus had only one person (kinda) campaigning. No competition, no media.
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The reporters on this site are so anti-Romney.
If you were fair, you would tell us that Romney has won three (3) of the six (6) states which have voted thus far.
He won in Michigan with a good margin over McCain who won there in 2000.
He won in Wyoming, and it is not his fault that only Ron Paul and Fred Thompson went there to campaign. He won with 65% of the votes.
He won in Nevada with 53% of the votes. This is next door to McCain, his own backyard. It is not Romney's fault McCain and others would not campaign in their own neighboring state.
Are not Wyoming and Nevada important?
Are not these voters citizens of this nation as well?
As I remember, McCain would not campaign in Iowa either, because he would not win there. This is twice McCain has dumped on Iowa, 2000 and 2008.
It is easy for a candidate to say, well, I do not like my chances in this state so I am not going there, I am going to another state.
If McCain is nominated, I hope the states of Wyoming and Nevada remember this and vote against him.
He has thumbed his nose at the west and you and the liberal media allow him to do so.
And, is it not true that Nevada allocated more delegates to the GOP convention than South Carolina?
However there are two problems
1) Red State is primarily about commentary and activism, not raw reporting.
2) It is not necessary to recapitulate old facts when presenting new facts or new analysis.
The fact that we don't go and restate everything Mitt Romney's camp thinks has gone well for him, does not mean that we're out to get Mitt Romney.
And what do you have against John McCain that you spontaneously lash out against him ina post that was ostensibly about defending Mitt Romney? :-)
Why is the Victory of the Clintons in Nevada being talked about like a crowning achievement for her,
and Romneys awesome Landslide Victory not even talked about at all???
is it just that the Republicans have given the state over to the Demo's for the general election? I think so, and are more worried about fighting it out between themselves to actually visit America and find out the needs of America.
Rudy sitting in Florida like a turtle, what's that going to get him, some victory in a state you spent your whole time, what a chump.
Romney did the Right Thing and went to Nevada and showed the people there that their vote does count and he cares, he wasn't in a landslide on the RCP polls so who knows who was going to win. His Landslide shows that the people knows he cares and are tired of the same ol' politics as usual. I hope he wins Florida, so the others can be seen for what they are. Politicans worried about themselves, we don't need that in the GOP!!
Clintons beware, a man of truth and honor is on the horizon for you to face, keep practicing at destroying Obama, try to fool as many people as possible to believe that you have any answers and not handcuffs for America.
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