Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

woohoo?

This post fits the little Tweety rant we just heard
to a T. Followed up with David Shuster saying Tweety is brilliant.

and not a shred of irony anywhere

Craig...
your TMs today are on fire!....

pundits and prognosticators are always sensationalizing things...... it's how they get their ratings.....

ty.... glad to hear you father is doing better....
take care of yourself while you are taking care of your parents.....

Well congrats to the Hillary folks.

I think the caucus structure ended up working against Edwards. There was no opportunity for a second choice.

114 thousand and counting for participation in the democratic caucuses far exceeeding any expectations

but nothing on turnout...the msgop continues to focus on what their pundits think and why

Do we know what time the polls close in SC? I'd really like to see Huckabee win that one.

Lardass

As requested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10w_sEcHlGs

At this time Edwards has to be planning his end game. Obama or Hillary, that is the question. The sane thing to do when the time comes is to bow out with no endorsement until a clear leader emerges.

Everybody Loves A Winner

written by Bill Williams & Booker T. Jones

Once I had fame
Oh I was full of pride
Had lots of friends
Always here right by my side
Well my fame oh it died
Now my friends all try to hide

Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone

Everywhere I turned
There was a hello and smile
I never thought
They'd be gone after a while
Well my friends let me down
And the smiles turned to frowns

Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone

Once I had love
Ah but I couldn't be true
To get back that love
There ain't nothing I wouldn't do
Well I've loved
And I've lost
And now I'll pay the cost

Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone

Brian
I think they close at 7:30 pm

I think we need a special huckmania coctail...

From Jack on previous thread

For a county by county breakdown of the vote in nevada

http://www.lvrj.com/

Absolutely. Stunningly. Beautiful.
Thanks for that, Jamie.

You are more than welcome. If there is anything else the DJ can go get for you, just let me know. :-)

KC two parts vodka to one part sacramental wine, with a toast delivered spoken in tongues.

Shuster is residing is Tweety's evidence free zone

must be a suburb of Scarborough Country.

Since I just love blues, this is my favorite Judy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzyPMRo8ZUQ&feature=related

where did you get that Nevada turnout number, KGC? Am i misreading the numbers from Dem party here, looks like mebbe 20,000 Democrats voted:

http://www.nvdems08.com/

Brian
gak but laughing at the toast

Brian...and it has to be swigged out of the empty bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken that your family just polished off..

I read somewhere that Huck has never injested alcohol. The cocktail will have to be made with purple koolaid.

I really want to see mitt and hukasham duke it out, maybe they'll have to end up calling Lieberman to negotiate a truce!

More than 100,000 people turned out to take part in the Democratic caucus in Nevada, higher numbers than some has anticipated. The large turnout did cause a few problems at some of the caucus sites that were crowded and people had to wait in lines.
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=7745374&nav=168Y

oh now i see, these are delegate totals. makes sense now: http://www.nvdems08.com/

That Huckabee Christmas card with those boys in striped shirts was just too freakin' scary. There was something bad going on at the dinner table in that house. Something bad for years and years. Something that a few lost pounds and a candidate makeover can't wipe away.

bowmanc
the cocktail is nor for Huck, it's for the rest of us who have to potentially put up with him :)

so, for anybody watching the coverage, all of these Nevada raw numbers on the screen are delegate totals, not popular vote (yet another thing that irritates me about caucuses)

On second thought, it should be two parts Everclear.

I can't speak for the whole state of Washington, but where I was among nothing but Clinton supporters, all sorts of very kind remarks were addressed towards Obama. While all sorts of reasons were given for backing Hillary there was an overwhelming consensus that the rejection of Obama was purely on the basis of experience and a desire to see him run again in four or eight years depending on circumstances. Of course a lot thought if differences could be repaired, Obama as the VP candidate was the absolute favorite.

There were approximately 40 people there. Racial breakdown was two asian, four black, balance white.

Not sure how that might compare either to state makeup or other Precincts.

jamie
how does that match up with your population as a whole

Craig...you better take cover. The leading edge of this line of cells has just reached the Lake-Orange County line. And it's coming right at you.

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=TBW&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&type=N0R&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240¢erx=400¢ery=240&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&delay=15&scale=1&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0&lightning=0

Jamie,
Since you love the blues, here's a song for the Edwards campaign. A Martin, Bogan and Armstrong classic done by slowhand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D76iFvlPmQM&feature=related

thanks for the warning Lardass, but hobbling out to my car in crutches now, gotta head to the studio, the show must go on, wish me luck

Just checked

Black 3.6% Asian 1.6

So for this small gathering we had black at 10% and Asian about 5%

Probably couldn't have come closer unless we sawed people in half.

Craig,
"This vote was a chaotic and tiny sampling of Democratic voters who were mostly herded to the caucuses by party interest groups. "

I hope you say this on MSNBC tonight.

That is, unless the weather knocks out the studio...

dnd

I love the sing along quality to that version. I'm not quite sure what it is about blues of that type, but it always makes me smile. Must be part of a sort of optimistic when you down and out aint no way to go but up.

:-)

headline and storyline fo the week for tweety
why do hispanic-latinos (thankyounoron) hate blacks.

Craig,

You actually think that the Texas Primary may actually mean something? I wonder if anyone will campaign here in the Metroplex?

Jamie,
I first saw Martin, Bogan and Armstrong at a small auditorium in Salt Lake City around 1974. Three old black guys playing to a predominately young white audience. After the show they stood at the door and thanked everybody for coming. I told Ted Bogan he was the best guitarist I'd ever seen. I love that style of blues.

David Axelrod is a liar and a sore loser.

Joe Scarborough and Peggy Noonan, Chris Matthews
Howard Fineman --all Clinton haters..a real balanced view

MSNBC should give their analysts prozac after every Clinton win.

i thought msnbc analyst were fair, chris gave too much time to ann, but the headlines should be BARACK WINS NEVADA DELEGATES!

KGC, pardon my ignorance but:

tweety = Matthews?

yes Tweety is Matthews
in 2000 when Shrub was handing out media nicknames mediawhoresonline had their own contest and apparently his own staff called him that. They said due to the then color of his hair dye...but it seems appropriate.

and now they have another anti Clintonpro obamaguest Frank Rich musgobama sucks

Always a treat to see Frank Rich speak.

The following delegates are allocated in the NV Democratic caucus:
Clinton -- 13
Obama -- 12

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/19/592017.aspx

Axelrod must be using Reagan math

Duncan Hunter drops out.

And he was sooo close...

"Always a treat to see Frank Rich speak."

I think he's a better writer than a speaker, but he's pretty damn smart either way.

.Interesting to watch the facial expressions of some of the anti-Hillary analysts as they downplayed this victory. I suspect that there is more "Hillary Hate" than "Obama Love" involved in their support for Obama. Guess they will have to work even harder at defeating Hillary.

Did I hear correctly, did one of the talking heads say something like "Bill's hissy fits seem to be very well timed"? Interesting idea.

ahem....

Intrade Presidential Futures Market 1/18/08

Nevada (Dems)
1. Clinton
2. Obama
3. Edwards

Nevada (Reps)
1. Romney
2. Everbody else

South Carolina (Reps)
1. McCain
2. Huckabee
3. Thompson
4. Romney

Intrade data has now correct predicted 5 of 7 races in this primary season....

>>Intrade data has now correct predicted 5 of 7 races in this primary season....

JennBe Typing School...

Intrade data has now CORRECTLY predicted 5 of 7 races in this primary season....

Frank Rich is big-time "Hillary Hater".

Spike
back up the truck
KGC -- "Spike, McCain is going to win in SC"

Wouldn't bet the farm on it...The tracking polls are showing a surge for Huckabee from the 17th to the 18th....

The Intrade data also suggested McCain should win through about 10 pm CST last night, when his support slowly started to fade. In the last hour (1pm CST), his support has fallen through the floor.

Huckabee's numbers started moving steadily upward last night, also around 10 pm CST, and have continued to increase steadily throughout the morning and afternoon....

More as information warrants...

Posted by: spike

OMG!!!

Romney has not only taken off his tie, but he also took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves!!!!

It must be a double or something!!!!

Someone needs to tell Mitt the Stepford wife/husband love story is a little sickening.

tiptoe and RRenee

Thanks for putting more names to the faces from the video. :)

LMAO @ alligator = Fry

KGC -- "Wouldn't bet the farm on it...The tracking polls are showing a surge for Huckabee from the 17th to the 18th....The Intrade data also suggested McCain should win through about 10 pm..."

Please notice I didn't say McCain would lose, only that Huckabee was gaining ground....I was just suggesting a McCain victory wasn't a sure thing (like a Romney one was in Nevada)....

Spike

"his (McCain's) support is falling through the florr"
sounds like bad news to me

but potato patahto

Interesting if the race issue within the Dem party ends up being between Latinos and African Americans.

Brian

headline and storyline fo the week for tweety
why do hispanic-latinos (thankyounoron) hate blacks.

Posted by: Katherine Graham Cracker | January 19, 2008 6:11 PM

"why do hispanic-latinos (thankyounoron) hate blacks."

do hispanic-latinas hate blacks too?

Thank God that neither Hispanics nor blacks watch MSNBC in significant numbers. So Matthews can just howl at the wind like King Lear. It won't matter. He doesn't matter. He is just a bad joke.

Meanwhile, what a great election year folks. The excitement is only building now toward Feb. 5. And whichever Dem emerges then or later will be fire-tested.

LOL @ Katy Crack

Question: how do you know your teenager has been drinking a little too much at a party?

Answer: she comes in..very quietly.. takes the "old dishpan" into her bedroom ..just in case.. and goes to sleep.. I swear she thinks I was born yesterday..

hey brian, does the fact that whites overwhelmingly voted for hilliary mean that whites hates blacks?

oh.. i left out the most important part.. DOESN'T put the old dishpan back in the morning.. lol

dnd there will always be "turf" wars!

BARACK WINS NEVADA DELEGATES! HOORAY

John R

Not true and stop using reaganomics math to decide
no delegates have been assigned

what a sore loser

turf's up.......

We have winner
Tucker Carlson is the first to make the claim a hispanics won't vote for a black.

Hi All. The following is from an e-mail exchange with Craig after his comment that "Nevada's caucus is a joke." Craig's a good guy but we don't see eye to eye on this one. However, he asked that I post the following about running our caucus in Sparks, Nevada earlier today.

Hi Craig,
Still Lov Ya...that's what make a horse race. I would like nothing better than a national primary. But being from California for years and years with a JUNE primary, it was fun being at the head of the pack where something at least COUNTS.

Just an FYI. Looks like more than 100,000 turned out and some commentators called Harry Reid's prediction of 100,000 a fantasy.

My wife and I ran our precinct with 314 registered voters, we had 117 attendees. Those there were excited and energized. We had two precincts in the small cafeteria--the other had 100 out of 325 registered voters so the room was overloaded. Someone called the fire department but the firemen were nice and didn't make us stop the caucus. The result from the two precincts at our caucus site: Hillary 5, Obama 6 and Edwards 2...No other were viable.

My analysis....there is so much energy among Democrats...Repubs better watch out this November. Fixing voting machines won't work this time as I predict that Dem turnout will overwhelm the Repubs and put a Democrat in the Whitehouse.

Again Craig, keep up the good work and we'll still keep watching you on MSNBC and Olbermann. As a retired government teacher, 90% and above was an "A". I agree with you MORE THAN 90% of the time so you're an "A" in my book.

Jim

kATHERINE, u are such a cry baby please dont choke up and shed a tear like hilliary....here is some tissue to wipe ur weeping eyes, BARACK WINS NEVADA DELEGATES,

JohnR I'm not going there with you.

I don't know whether to feel relieved or jealous that Katy Crack has a new playmate.

sounds like a hambone to me.....

hambone hambone, where you been?

here's something Tweety, Senator Clinton may have planned this trip to the The Abyssinian Baptist Church -because this weekend is the Martin Luther King day weekend...

in all his race baiting using the King remark, that fathead has never paused to honor Dr. King

round the world and back again

I have a deeply religious gop ultra-conservative friend with whom I got into a phone call today.....He ax me if i vote today and I laughed and said you know damn well I dont vote today......who'd you vote for? I figured it would be Huckabee, but nooooo.......he said Fred was the only conservative and Huckabee was a liberal....I ax him but what about the confederate flag and he sputtered for awhile......I said, McCain? "McCainiacs"

oh that was a very fun phone call......I put it on speaker phone and listened with great pleasure.......

Is this Thompson's swan song?

Please let him end with, "this Bud's for you!!"

And so we bid farewell to the wet firecracker, politics' gain is acting's loss.

God Fred, get to the point already, this may be the longest speech he's actually shown up to give in the history of his so called campaign.

Fred was on the tv sounding like he was channeling Dolly Parton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlykSNHzC4

what the heck was that speech about

What is it about Republicans who think working in a political campaign is the same as military service

WTF was that from Thompson???

Ohhhhhh the suspense and drama of it all...

these guys wanna channel the preacher voice so much and they always get to the pitch and then just dont go with it.....it's a tease......

and he's a damned actor from the south......he should KNOW how to break into the "preacher roll"......

It's so apparent most people either don't care, believe or even read Frank Rich.
Frank has kept us apprised of Hillary Clinton and her steadfast resolve to stand by her man, George W. Bush, on the Iraq war.
The most revealing thing I read in all of 2007 was Frank's column on how Clinton had five good occasions to backstep from Iraq, but instead she constantly defended her October, 2002 vote, and all her votes to continue to fund and cheer the war.
Now she says we have to leave Iraq, then clarified that with statements of "of course we need troops there to protect the Embassy , and ...." .
So, I know the war is forgotten as the campaign is the story, and Hillary knocks off the NV Caucuses.
She's now in a position where she isn't going to have to renounce her war vote, and if Insane McCain runs against her in November, watch for HRC to ramp up her aggression for Iraq and try to "out McCain" McCain by sharply bringing the story line about, and turning into a red hot hawk.
It's easy to see now what's it al about...McCain can't "out-patriot" Clinton at all....she was just about the biggest cheerleader for the war in Washington, D.C.!
We can forget that issue and concentrate on domestic issues and the western world's banking crisis, I guess.
We gotta find some way to keep the rogue nation of Iraq in crisis and constant need! It's the true American Way.

Well Well Well......lol

I've been reading for 1 1/2 hours,,,,,thank you very much! lol

All were pretty funny.

Patsi, don't stay away for long. You would be missed.

GORDO is channeling "Fritz"....I'm telling you it is!

If Not, GORDO is his cousin right?

JohnR....I seem to remember you too. I'll Think of it.

Reading for so long, I got to see a longer play on our New Set Of Twins....They are not Identical though. We have a set of Paternal Twins.

Twindle Dee Dee and Twindle Dee Dum

Twindle Dee Dee = GORDO

Twindle Dee Dum = JohnR

By The Way JohnR....Do you Live in Oakland County Mi?

From way up the thread, I think John R needs to be sealed inside Yucca Mountain, under one of those hazard-warning labels carved in stone that will be understood generations from now, when all the known languages of today are dead.

Either that, or hired immediately as an MSNBC analyst.

Just sayin'....

Hi Sheila. Thanks for saving me last night. I thanked you earlier on some other thread.

Shelia, Hawthorne, CA

Lardass- hehehe rofl :)

HI L.A.L.!

Thanks so much! I like being called Sweet. ;0)

You've been a very attractive writer today. Chilvrous as a matter of fact.

I'm in Palm Beach and so I was thinking we might get some of that. I hope not.

Would Like a little more of the sun before heading back north for a few weeks.

"OK, I just spoke with Jill Derby, the head of the Nevada State Democratic Party. Regarding the Obama claim that he’ll actually get more delegates out of this, essentially that’s spin. Derby said that the caucuses are an “expression of the support of Nevadans today.” Around 11,000 delegates were elected today. That will be winnowed down at county conventions and eventually at the state convention in May to the 25 that will go to Denver for the DNC. In 2004, Kerry didn’t win every delegate on Election Day, but most of the delegates that eventually went to the DNC were his. Once there’s a presumptive nominee, the delegate numbers are subject to change. It’s non-binding.

If that makes your head spin, the short version is that this was a beauty contest, and you can’t project delegate numbers at this time.

I just overheard Jill Derby elaborate to someone else, essentially saying:

We didn’t elect any national delegates today and it’s non-binding."

don't count your delegates before they are elected
so Bushian to lose the popular vote but still claim victory

Oh Ho! JohnR can really use Capiptol Letters! There is some play acting with you!

Sheila,

If there are any puddles in your path as you make your way back north, I will gladly lay down my cloak. You are my queen.

--Sir Lardass

Dex,
If it wasn't for that damn war, first graders wouldn't have to send snowflakes to the solders:

http://cbs4denver.com/seenon/snowflakes.Riley.Mers.2.633579.html

And yes JohnR Sheila has two left hands when typing. I'm well known for some very interesting word spells.

So JohnR is your real name? The reason I asked is that in Oakland Country Michigan. One 20 mile long road and a major artery, is named JohnR.

Oooooo....I faint....catch me....... ;0)

I think JohnR is really John Poindexter. And what he is obviously pushing is....

Total Information Awareness.

Wake up people. The devil is at our door!!!

Sheila are you passing out fresh baked goods to go with all this house mother charm you're spreading around?

(looks up over my glasses at sheila emoticon)

LOL Brian. If I could see you I would see your (Laugh Your !@#$ Off EMOTICON)

I think GORDO is Fritz or Fritz' cousin.....

Awesome! I remember Fritz from a couple of years ago!!

He was the spawn of liberal Democrats (and named after Walter Mondale) who was set afloat in a river and then raised by super-conservative Republicans. Hence his bitterness.

KGC -- ""his (McCain's) support is falling through the floor"

Perhaps I got a bit overdramatic in the heat of the moment....

Shelia - lol

Katherine - give a break cry baby u lost the delegate count, barack won, u are just expressing hilliary spin and talking points....if she had won the delegate count she would be bragging about it but seeing she lost they are downplaying it, are u sure u are not chelsea in disguise?

johnr

if you want to live in alternative reality fine...but that is a direc t quote from the chairman of the Nevada Democratic Party

and Al Gore said to tell you the popular vote does mean something

Lardass,

Just wait and see. Watch this puppy for a couple of days and see if there is a reseblance of palgerizing, not reading the posts. Hit and run with just plain blind daftness...

"Perhaps I got a bit overdramatic in the heat of the moment...."
Spike

a number of people have suggested that for my epitaph

when I see the name John R, I can only envision John R and the Hossman on WLAC, Nashville, 50,000 watts.......oh, that was some great musics.......

100 LIVE BABY CHICKS!

Katherine - exactly! hilliary won the the popular vote but barack wins the delegate count which counts the most...

JohnR

better yet, Tell us about your real preferances. Are you Red, Blue, Purple? Are you extreme or strong in your convictions? Do you want the war to stop or keep on going?

Thing is, Sheila...we're all God's children. Even Fritz and people like John R. That's why the only response is love.

John r
try reading what the chairman of the party said

maybe you need to read it a couple of times to understand it....no delegates were assgned today
so you can claim nothing

"OK, I just spoke with Jill Derby, the head of the Nevada State Democratic Party. Regarding the Obama claim that he’ll actually get more delegates out of this, essentially that’s spin. Derby said that the caucuses are an “expression of the support of Nevadans today.” Around 11,000 delegates were elected today. That will be winnowed down at county conventions and eventually at the state convention in May to the 25 that will go to Denver for the DNC. In 2004, Kerry didn’t win every delegate on Election Day, but most of the delegates that eventually went to the DNC were his. Once there’s a presumptive nominee, the delegate numbers are subject to change. It’s non-binding.

KGC,
""Perhaps I got a bit overdramatic in the heat of the moment...."
Spike

a number of people have suggested that for my epitaph"

LOL!!!! I'm getting you some old vine Zin from El Dorado County.

LAL:
"Thing is, Sheila...we're all God's children. Even Fritz and people like John R. That's why the only response is love."

Amen!

Lardass might be on to something.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLxTpsIVzzo

LOL!!!! I'm getting you some old vine Zin from El Dorado County.

Posted by: dnd

I am going to be in Denver during the convention.
I;ll bring some excellent North coast cheeses

Well, Heavens to Betsy!

lardass, your so....so.....{sigh} poetic...

I'm thinking a "Coke Commercial" right about now.

I'd To But The World A Coke and Keep It COmpany! It's The Real Thing...

OMG,,,,,Prediction.

Madow and Buchanon = new Show on MSNBC

Sturg...

Thanks for the props, but unfortunately last weekend I rented the movie about the fur-hat wearing, pistol-wielding asshole who killed John Lennon. You all know his name, but I'm not even going to print it here.

It was a fascinating, depressing movie...but also proof that love doesn't always win. That's why it's so depressing. And it is why the past 7 years under GWB have been so depressing. As far as I'm concerned, he might as well be wearing a fur hat and stalking...Bono...or whomever...around New York. Any symbol of love.

Maybe Eric Clapton.

Love is famous for hardly ever winning......

Ok I just put a batch of oatmeal peanut butter bars in the oven, good for the snark that ails you.

Brian...you really are a good egg. Kindness becomes you.

Shelia - i want this war to end NOW! i was against the invasion and the destruction that has happened in Iraq is disgusting and heartbreaking, and the bush admin are liars, cheats, and criminals. and imo the clintons like the bushes will do anything to get power and keep it. we need a change in this country.

Katherine - that is spin and talking points from hilliary camp, oh by the way call Jill again and ask her which candidate she wholeheartedly supported and worked for during this election....dont be shocked when she tell u who

Lardass,

Brian is a Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Graduate

"Well, Heavens to Betsy!"

LardassLib. Shelia really is our patron saint. Embrace our good fortune.

The Obama campaign is beginning to whine. They are complaining that his record is being distorted by Team Clinton. HELLO! As they say, "politics ain't beanbag". If Obama can not deal with these mild attacks, how could he possibly fight back against the vicious Repubs.

Great JohnR,

So you are voting Democrat this election? Will you vote Dem no matter what this election.

Like me. I am Supporting Obama 100% with a vote in the promary and campainging for him, and monitary Support. But when the Primaries are over and if Clinton gets the NOM in the end, I will be campaigning for her and fighting for her.

I want republicans out more than I want just one candidate. Yea sure it will hurt a bit, but then on with the Cold War!

How do you feel about that?

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
---Dorothy Parker
-

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
----Tom Lehrer

that 's apost from the Washington Post and is being reported other places as well
you are delusional...go ahead count your delegates before they are yours and see where it gets you

and what a bunch of sore losers.so typical of obama supporters..there is always an excuse in NH everyone is a racist and now you have some other craptastic line

LOSER

DND...Oh yes. I remember Sheila well from my earlier sojourn on this board. I understand her moral authority here. She's part of what keeps it so special.

I just wish we could get some of the other old veterans back: Colorado Bob? Julia? MadMustard? Where are you? We need you more than ever now.

And what about BlueNDallas? Where did she go?

Brian,
Please give a few of those oatmeal peanut butter bars to Gordo. Particularly if you put a little of your "secret ingredient" in those bars ;-)

johr
how is life in the? evidence free zone?

Thanks Jim, for your 742p nevada caucus report above. Where's our welcome committee? JIm deserves a shout-out for all that work he did for us

I've reached out to Julia. Haven't heard much of anything from her lately.

Oh LL.....I miss them too!

Mad, as we speak is moving to the East Coast. maybe if he knows you are here, He'll surface.

Julia shows here shiney Emoticon occasionally.

BOB is pissed and won't come back.

But, Maybe there will come back for the general election.

You boys are great for me ego.

Ok here's my riddle for the night.

What do you Barry Bonds and The 2008 Democratic Nevada Caucus have in common? An asterisk.

sorry craig
we were drunk on Huckabees (you have to take a drink everytime someone on msgop brings up Bill Clinton

Jim? I was so busy reading and reading and reading.

SO SORRY JIM! Welcome aboard!

Well Corey,

If you would, tell her she is missed by many people here and the General Election is amost here. its time to come home for a little bit. ;0)

We need to get Colorado Bob back, for God's sake. He's like the Gene Hackman character in The Poseidon Adventure. We can't do without him this year.

Who else among us has the balls to leap across the abyss and grab the steam valve and shut it off by using our own body weight to slowly turn it off! Colorado Bob I say!

Where is he?

LAL,
Blue chimes in in the morning. Love that gal. Mad when it suits 'em. Julia when she feels like it. COBob does his thing on an environmental blog. (somebody help me out here). I really miss him here...

Sheila
Bob is over at newsvine posting on climate change too.
I think he focused on that one topic.

Jim
Thanks for the great report.
It must have been fun to be with so many energized Democrats.

News Vine is a place he still frequents.

Mad still emails him.

Go to His Madmustard Blog to get ahold of him

I have been unable to find a recent post by Bob.....his last post here was
"Who loved ya, C-listers?"

www.madmustard.com I believe.

I have Mads email address but that would be giving away trade secrets..

Oh , I tell her she is missed , Sheila.

Shelia - at this point i cant say i will vote for hilliary if she wins, im leaning toward not voting for her, i want the republicans out desperately been miserable for almost 8 years :) since GW stole the election, but the clintons at this point are such a turn off unless obama is on the ticket i doubt if i vote for her. imo it might be better to control both houses with veto overide and let a republican have the prez than to have hilliary cheat, cry, and whine her way to the white house. this way obama can run 4 years from now and win without the clintons playing the stupid games. they've had their time its time for them to get out the way and let a new generation take over.

Katherine - ive never said NH voters were racist, but the clinton campaign has played the race and gender card. so does that make them racist and sexist? have u called Jill yet? hurry up she goes to bed early on saturdays

Okay. That's good info. But that's like saying "He's in the OTHER cruise ship that has overturned in the middle of the ocean, grabbing some OTHER steam valve to save everyone ELSE's lives. Not ours"

We need him here.

Nevada has traditionally been a conservative state but based on the turn out and interest in the caucuses it looks blue.

I don't know why any Republican looks happy.

Here LL

You'll love this. His Last blog. He quit it, but its great!
http://colorado-bob.blogspot.com/

LAL,
"Who else among us has the balls to leap across the abyss and grab the steam valve and shut it off by using our own body weight to slowly turn it off!"

In Colorado Bob's absence, Dex has been known to leap across the abyss. And he does it on his old bicycle too!

Lots of states will be showing off a bit a color makeover this year KC.

if im in the obama campaign i would bring up the monica issues, jennefer flowers issues, in regards to bill clinton. they ie obama need to play hard ball with bill, bringing up his adultery pass and hilliary knowledge of it but not doing anything about it. this will put them on the defensive. now i would not do it directly but i would let some fringe group do it for me. bill should no longer get a free pass!

johnr
so far so only one flinging the race and gender card here is you

Sir Lardass......were you aware of the Scorpion Bolo tie which Bob sent to CC which he (CC) then wore on TV a couple of times earning him the moniker: The Bolo Pundit?

charming Johnr you obviously have 2020 hindsight
that's old news Obama's minister did that last Sunday

John R.......did all that crap you listed work the last time? Guess what................No.

JohnR,

Katie is right My Dear.

You've tried valiently to defend Obama. But your preaching to the choir here. You should be talking to your neighbor.

Here, you should just can the Clinton Attacks and know that if Obama won, these Hillary people (Who Are MY Friends) would back up and campaign for Obama.

We are all in this together.....Hey didn't someone use there here already? ;0)

Katherine - u used the R word first, u are just like the clintons, u got to be chelsea monitoring this board. u bring up an issue or u the racist word first, then when someone challenges u on it u cry foul and say they brought it up first, u are too funny

Sturg,
CC really needs to wear that scorpion bolo tie more often. Pretty emblematic of the campaigns.

OK Posse, I'm getting extremely tired of watching the clueless talking heads and campaign spinners make total nonsense of the caucus results.

This is PART 1 of how delegates are assigned in the Iowa and Nevada caucuses. I hope it clears up at least some of the confusion....

Iowa and Nevada actually conduct four caucuses: Precinct, County, District, and State. The Precinct caucus is conducted to elect delegates to the County Convention, and the County Convention caucus elects delegates to the District and State Conventions (same delegates for both).

Sturg...

I was not aware of that backstory about the bolo tie. But it's interesting. Thanks.

Meanwhile, based on the information you've all given me here, I've decided to embark on a dangerous mission to find Colorado Bob and bring him back to this board. It may take weeks or months, the road will be perilous, and he may not even remember me when I find him. On the other hand, it may just take a few minutes...or a day or two. Hopefully, if he comes back...the others will follow.

I will do my best. God bless you all.

Lardass.

johnr
you are delusional does the obama campaign pay you by the word..when did I ever bring up race as a tool against obama

Good Luck Sir Lardass and Go wtih God, Good Hunting, and All that Rut!

If you see him, please send my Best Wishes and say that "Sweet Little Sheila" misses him in the morning crew!

Damn I wanted Huckabee to win in SC so bad. Life sucks.

PART 2 -- PRECINCT CAUCUS DELEGATE SELECTION

Prior to the precinct caucuses, each state assigns each precinct a number of delegates to be elected to the County Convention, based on the number of registered Democrats in that Precinct. For instance, in Zoey's precinct in Urbandale, IA, there are approximately 400 registered Democrats, and her precinct is assigned 8 delegates to the County Convention.

At the Precinct caucuses on January 3rd, a NON-BINDING Presidential Preference vote is taken, with attendees signalling their support for a candidate by joining a Presidential preference group.

For that candidate to be deemed viable, it must contain at least 15% of the total number of attendees. If the candidate's group is considered non-viable, people in that group have the option of joining another candidate's preference group, or remaining uncommitted.

At the end of this second alignment, a count is taken of the number of people in each preference group. The proportion of people in each preference group is then compared to the total number of people in viable preference groups. That proportion is then used to determine how many delegates will be apportioned to each candidate for representation to the County Convention.

This delegate count is the one that is commonly reported to the media. These are not national convention delegates. They are only the number of precinct delegates elected to the County Convention from each Presidential Preference group.

In Zoey's precinct, of the 8 delegates available to attend the County Convention, the proportion of Clinton, Obama, and Edwards supporters translated into electing 3 delegates from the Clinton preference group, 3 delegates from the Obama preference group, and 2 delegates from Edwards preference group.

Though these delegates were elected from within each of the candidate's preference group, they are NOT committed to support that candidate at the County Convention.

whichever candidate grabs the ball and runs with it on Feb 5th will be the recipient of Nevada's delegates

BTW,

dnd if your still there? "Bookbinder's Southwestern Style Chipotle Mustard" I am in Love. I am eating it just about everyday. So addictive.

Shelia, i disagree with u, clintons dont know how support anyone other than themselves, thats why their support of Kerry was lukewarm at best. this race is personal and i dont believe what has been done and will be done will motivate the loser supporters to energetically support the winner. i predict things will get ugly and nastier and may destroy our chances of winning the white house. and the sad thing is we may look back and say it didnt have to be that way if we had only ran a civil and respectful campaign and not play the race and gender card.

My dear,

I kindly disagree. We a AMericans before we are Obama Supporters. Heck Obama would want you to take the Dems to Victory.

The only way I wouldn't support Clinton in the General Election is if Gore became a contestant as an Indie...

Of course, No One here is surprised.....DRAFT GORE 08

Ran so good to see you again and VERY Smart to point that out. The NOM will get all of them, of course.

if we had only ran a civil and respectful campaign and not play the race and gender card.

Posted by: John R, | January 19, 2008 9:42 PM

let it start with you.

The Chef in me wants to share with you all.

http://www.bookbindersfoods.com/Prod_MustSauces.html

I'm taking some back to Michigan.

PART 3 -- COUNTY CONVENTION CAUCUS GROUPS

On February 23rd in Nevada, and on March 15th in Iowa, delegates elected at the precinct caucuses will attend conventions held in each county of the state. At this time, another 2-round NON-BINDING Presidential Preference caucus will be held.

The procedure for the county caucus is exactly the same as the precinct caucus. The number of delegates to the District and State Conventions are assigned using a similar method as the precinct calculation based on the number of registered Democrats in the county compared to the number registered in the congressional district in which the county lies.

Using the same viability rules, the number of District Convention delegates are apportioned based on the number of people in a candidate's preference group compared to the number of people in viable preference groups.

From within each viable preference group, delegates are elected to the District and State conventions.

Katherine - u are trying to change the issue which is a clinton technique, i said u use the R word in reference to obama supporters syaing we called NH racist because he lost, u did say that? the media suggested that NH might be racist because they couldnt figure out why the polls were wrong but supporters never said that.

these were the words u type Katherine- "and what a bunch of sore losers.so typical of obama supporters..there is always an excuse in NH everyone is a racist and now you have some other craptastic line"

liar liar pants on fire :)

So , can I assume that the culinary workers didn't come through for Obama? Of course , we all know the only culinary worker who matters is Sheila. :)

heya Chef!! good to see you too

on the other hand

I said something smart?

nah, couldn't have been me

Let me add something to Spike's post about my county convention delegates. If we do not have a nominee by Mid-March when the county conventions are held, Obama is going to have a hard time getting his delegates to the convention. Many will have returned to their former registrations and I believe, based on what I saw at my caucus, many others will no longer be motivated to attend the conventions. It will be Hillary and Edwards delegates who attend, with probably the majority going to Edwards.

Latest info I have is that Gennifer Flowers was leaning toward a Hillary endorsement. She lives in Las Vegas. Wonder if she voted today.

see John you live in an evidence free zone
Obama supporters did raise the Bradley effect

You both crack me up!

I can believe why McCain is winning considering the other choices.

Hey John R......cheer up.....if you dont know right now whether you will or will not vote for whomever becomes the democratic nominee regardless of circumstances.........you may already be a republican......aint that good news?

GORDO...I mean Fritz! Is that you?

just one more cow........

fritz! HE's the reason my name is Tylenol! EVERY time i read his posts I got a headache!

Sturgeone - rofl, i hope not

Katherine - Gene Washington of the washington post was the first to raise the possible bradley effect, he has never come across as an obama supporter. where do u get ur info from?

Hi Ty,

just read back posts and see if there is some deep resemblence.

Cindy mccain great dress, she looks great!

they promised McCain........in 2000.......they promised......if he would suck it up and support GW.....(can you imagine what it took for McCain to "forgive and forget" and give the big bearhug while Der Mussolini gives the high sign over his shoulder?).......yep....they promised him.....support this guy now, and you will be president in 8..........and he gave the bearhug and parroted the party line along with the rest of them.....
and now..........

Mac is back............

hmmmm Cindy brought out the good pearl