Dems give up hope of 2008 Presidential bid?

"jeff" wrote



if she garners the nomination, the red state south will become a neon
bright crimson state south. folks down here don't give a damn if she's a
capable candidate. the visceral vibes alone kill her as someone who can
carry the south. imo, the dems only hope down here is for a new blood
moderate... i'll be surprised if she gets 25% of the dem vote in nc, but
the party machine and the general swell of humiliation, fear, and disgust
with bush politics and policies might surmount even such a "wrong
candidate" in nc. we'll see. i'm still on the obama train til we get
derailed...


I gave Obama a few of my hard earned bucks the day his Exploratory Committee
was announced. From what I have seen so far I can vote FOR him, not
against whoever else is on the ballot.

But I think his is an uphill battle.

As for Red states turning crimson ... on election day, once a red state,
even a pink one, it doesn't much matter if by 1% or 45% ... our system
simply isn't suited to a modern world where the electronic media powered
interaction of ideas leads to far less geographical uniformity of thought
than 200 years ago. Hell, I hear there are even liberals in North Carolina
now !! and I heard a rumor of one being seen in Texas.


It ain't going to happen, but IMHO we need both Instant Runoff Elections and
results based on the true popular vote, all voters matter not just those in
'swing states'.