The 2008 presidential field at-a-glance

[AGDee]

Well, I finally decided, as I walked into the polling place to go with the Uncommitted on the Democrat ballot. It feels like a non-vote, but it does the best job at saying "I am most likely going to vote for a Democrat but Hillary isn't my first choice"

ETA: Romney won in Michigan, along with Clinton .. still waiting to hear the percentage for "Uncommitted"

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Well, I finally decided, as I walked into the polling place to go with the Uncommitted on the Democrat ballot. It feels like a non-vote, but it does the best job at saying "I am most likely going to vote for a Democrat but Hillary isn't my first choice"

ETA: Romney won in Michigan, along with Clinton .. still waiting to hear the percentage for "Uncommitted"

I wondered what you decided to do. I saw something today, and didn't it shake out that although she was the only name on the ballot, Hillary only got 45% of the vote and Uncommitted got 40%? I think those were the stats I saw. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I wondered what you decided to do. I saw something today, and didn't it shake out that although she was the only name on the ballot, Hillary only got 45% of the vote and Uncommitted got 40%? I think those were the stats I saw. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/pri...ults/state/#MI

Apparently she got 55% (still not really a ringing endorsement).

[AGDee]

Well, there was a big grass roots effort to get people to go for "uncommitted" due to the circumstances. I seriously considered not voting at all. But, my family was very into voting... my great-grandmother was a sufragette. I have a great aunt who was the president of the Michigan League of Women Voters, my grandma was once president of the Detroit League and my mom was the president of the Warren (MI) League when I was a kid. When my mom was in the hospital in 2006 and we didn't know whether she would make it, her biggest concern was getting her absentee ballot done and turned in. When I thought about not voting, I thought "My mother would roll over in her grave if I don't vote". Then I realized.. she doesn't have a grave, she was cremated and I still have my portion of her cremains in my house because it's been too cold to spread them where she wants them. So, I didn't think I could NOT vote while she's still in my house.

That's crazy, but it made me vote. It felt kind of Grey's Anatomy.

[DaemonSeid]

Bob Johnson apologizes to ObamaPosted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:18 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Tom Lea and Mark Murray
Four days after he made an unmistakable allusion to Obama's teenage drug use and even referred to him as Sidney Poitier, Clinton supporter Bob Johnson apologized to Obama for those remarks.

"I'm writing to apologize to you and your family personally for the un-called-for comments I made at a recent Clinton event," Johnson said in a statement. "In my zeal to support Senator Clinton, I made some very inappropriate remarks for which I am truly sorry. I hope that you will accept this apology. Good luck on the campaign trail."

On Sunday at a campaign event for Clinton in South Carolina


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archi...gory/1208.aspx

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Bob Johnson apologizes to ObamaPosted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:18 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Tom Lea and Mark Murray
Four days after he made an unmistakable allusion to Obama's teenage drug use and even referred to him as Sidney Poitier, Clinton supporter Bob Johnson apologized to Obama for those remarks.

"I'm writing to apologize to you and your family personally for the un-called-for comments I made at a recent Clinton event," Johnson said in a statement. "In my zeal to support Senator Clinton, I made some very inappropriate remarks for which I am truly sorry. I hope that you will accept this apology. Good luck on the campaign trail."

On Sunday at a campaign event for Clinton in South Carolina


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archi...gory/1208.aspx

I'm glad. That needed to be done. I don't understand why the people associated with the Clinton campaign keep coming back to Obama's teenage drug use. Is that all they've got on him?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by scbelle

I'm glad. That needed to be done. I don't understand why the people associated with the Clinton campaign keep coming back to Obama's teenage drug use. Is that all they've got on him?

Apparently yes. Or nor really but they're trying to play "nice." Or something.

Oh and for whoever was asking me about Obama's work with Republicans, there's a lovely article in a recent newsweek that talks about his tenure in Illinois

http://www.newsweek.com/id/91755/output/print

a lot of this is the stuff I was thinking of but couldn't put words to at the time. YMM of course V

[nittanyalum]

Sorry, UGAAlum, your guy's calling it quits... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7203575.stm