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It's Over, Who Won?
ecthompsonmd May 31, 2008

Although it’s not the end of the Democratic nomination race, the Rules and By-Laws Committee have concluded their business. So, who won? I’m not sure that anyone won or lost. I think it was a draw. Senator Barack Obama had a significant lead in the delegate count. Because of this, he could afford to be “generous” in compromising something. He offered to have the delegations of Florida and Michigan seated so their votes would only count half as much. In order for Senator Hillary Clinton’s camp to have any chance of convincing superdelegates that she is the One, she needed to

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Which Way to Reality?
ecthompsonmd April 24, 2008

Senator Hillary Clinton and her camp have thrown a ton of information at us. They would like us to believe that she is ahead in the popular vote. Okay. They would like us to believe that Clinton is more electable because she won more big states. Finally, we have been told that Clinton should be the democratic nominee because she has won states with a lot of electoral votes. Those are the arguments. Do you buy ’em? Let’s start with the last argument first because it is the most ridiculous. Is there a Democrat alive that doesn’t believe that Obama will

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