10 states vote for the Dems nominee tomorrow. This morning driving to work, I saw a Kucinich supporter with posters...he looked kinda lonely. I rolled down my window and yelled "Good luck tomorrow"...he looked a little startled and replied "Thanks".
Some Edwards people bombed my neighborhood in Brooklyn last night. Posters were on lampposts and trees everywhere. I find the R in the thread title amusing.
Georgia also votes on the state flag tomorrow. Since Georgia has an open primary, the influx of voters on the flag issues from both parties could help Edwards, who is trailing in the polls here (and everywhere else, apparently).
You know, I don't know. I haven't seen any polls on it. Some people are expecting some voters to treat it like a referendum on Perdue, while there's still a segment who's pissed that the '56 flag isn't an option. The latter will likely stay away from the polls. There's been a recent shift of some black leaders on the flag issue. State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (who is black), who is credited in pary with leading the fight against the '56 flag, has pushed for the new flag (with the state seal in the corner, but based on some other Confederate flag, albeit loosely). When it was being pushed, most of the black leaders in the General Assembly supported this new flag as a compromise. Now, however, the Georgia NAACP has thrown its support behind the ugly Roy Barnes flag (with the flag history at the bottom), because the other "new" flag being similar to a Confederate flag doesn't seem right to them. Interestingly enough, this is always what bothered me about the new flag. I assumed it would be voted in, and everyone would be fine with it for a few years, until someone deemed it racist, and then we start this whole mess over again. However, the Barnes flag is too ugly to look at it. So, obviously, I'm torn. One other note: There was a huge protest in front of the Capitol today, with supporters of the anti-gay marriage amendment and those opposed to the amendment having it out. My favorite sign was one held by one of the supporters of the amendment: "I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU PERVERT & PERVERT". Sometimes, the wackos do indeed come up with funny lines, I have to say. Later, there was supposed to be a protest in support of Marcus Dixon. If you don't know the Marcus Dixon story, look it up.
I'll be going to my local Democratic caucus tommorrow. Caucuses blow. In 2000 I attended the Green Party caucus and was stuck listening to some woman; who was kicked out of the Independence party caucus earlier that night, complain about how too many metro area residents were driving north to their cabins in the summer. She then went into a tangent about minorities stealinig here taxes. The lady was hopped up on some perscription drug cocktail. As of tonight I'm uncertain who'll I be voting for, either Kucinich or Sharpton.
Some yahoo came in to the bar last week with a stack of newpaper things wanting to leave them for customers. I said, "What are they for?" "Dennis Kucinich." "Heh heh. Wow, I thought that guy dropped out a long time ago."
Re: Re: Super Tuesday March 2 [R] This corner of southeastern Ohio is still lousy with Kucinich supporters. I've been fending off more handoffs of those newspapery things and placards than I care to count.
Re: Re: Re: Super Tuesday March 2 [R] My wife drives thru Yellow Springs every day and says the place is plastered with Kucinich stuff. Can't say I'm surprised, but considering it was plastered with Nader stuff 4 years ago, I don't think Nader's going to be a factor...
Since I was running late this morning and am playing indoor soccer at the other end of town in the evening, I haven't voted and probably won't. Somehow, I don't think Kerry will miss my vote today. The only signs I saw were a few Dean posters outside a polling place.
That's why they play the game. Vote for who you think is the best candidate, NOT for who the media has coronated after Iowa. That being said, I think Bigsoccer's Politics forum has a much wider spectrum percentage wise than the rest of the country.
A strong second place isn't necessarily the worst place for Edwards at this point in the process. Yes, I know superdave will have some words about the above statement.
Between the Hurricanes losing to the RedWings 2 seasons ago, Clay Aiken losing to Ruben, the Panthers losing to the Patriots, and Edwards losing to Kerry, we're getting pretty used to this 2nd place s*** around here.
We're way beyond that point. He's helped himself for 2008 or 2012, but I don't see the point of staying in the race any longer.
1. The longer he stays in and the more delegates he accumulates (especially in swing and southern states) the stronger claim he can make to the vice presidency (ducks from superdave) 2. The longer he stays in and stays strong, the more press attention the Democrats get (nobody wants to cover a one-horse race) 3. The longer he stays in and stays strong, the less concentrated fire the Bush slime machine can focus on Kerry 4. Very few southern states have voted yet. I don't think he's going anywhere until at least March 9 when a number of southern states pull the lever.