Comments on: DNCC 2008: When History Speaks…

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:52:47 +0000

My daughter’s high school, located in suburban VA just outside DC, brings fabulous people to speak. During her time there, John Lewis came. He was fantastic. It was great to see the girls getting an up-close history lesson.

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:30:41 +0000

Hope so…

By: sunshine

sunshine — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:29:46 +0000

It doesn’t surprise me. Remember the primaries, we had many more Dems turn out, in some states twice as many. I posted this around May 27.

These numbers were taken from CNN’s Political web site. The Dem’s had a much greater turn out in the primaries than the GOP, nearly double for many states. The only three states that had more GOP’s voters was Alabama, Arizona (McCaint’s) and Utah. I believe the GOP will have extremely low turn out for the general election. Watch the crowds that show up for McCaint’s campaign, will they be small?

The States that have no numbers had caucus and I didn’t have the numbers for total votes.
Jan 3 Iowa Dems GOP 118,691
Jan 3 Joseph Biden and Chris Dodd withdrew

Jan 8 New Hamp. Dems 284,104 GOP 233,381

Jan 9 Nevada Dems GOP

Jan 10 Bill Richardson withdrew

Jan 22 Fred Thompson withdrew

Jan 24 Dennis Kucinich withdrew

Jan 26 S. Carolina Dems 530,322 GOP 442,918

Jan 30 John Edwards suspended his campaign
Jan 30 Rudy Giuliani withdrew

Feb 5 Alabama Dems 539,925 GOP 564,016
Feb 5 Alaska Dems Delegates GOP Delegates
Feb 5 Arizona Dems 443,426 GOP 476,638
Feb 5 Arkansas Dems 307,318 GOP 224,581
Feb 5 California Dems 4,375,496 GOP 2,514,047
Feb 5 Colorado Dems 119,184 GOP 55,845
Feb 5 Connecticut Dems 350,595 GOP 150,159
Feb 5 Delaware Dems 95,979 GOP 50,062
Feb 5 Georgia Dems 1,046,485 GOP 954,462
Feb 5 Idaho Dems Delegates GOP Votes May 27
Feb 5 Kansas Dems Delegates GOP Delegates
Feb 5 Mass Dems 1,244,133 GOP 496,171
Feb 5 Missouri Dems 820,453 GOP 584,618
Feb 5 Minnesota Dems Delegates GOP Delegates
Feb 5 New Jersey Dems 1,109,369 GOP 556,855
Feb 5 New Mexico Dems 148,404 GOP Votes June 3
Feb 5 New York Dems 1,721,262 GOP 602,747
Feb 5 North Dakota Dems Delegates GOP Delegates
Feb 5 Oklahoma Dems 401,230 GOP 329,843
Feb 5 Tenn Dems 614,096 GOP 547,614
Feb 5 Utah Dems 122,617 GOP 283,759

Feb 6 Illinois Dems 2,003,800 GOP 885,009

Feb 7 Mitt Romney withdrew

Feb 9 Louisiana Dems 357,547 GOP 156,101
Feb 9 Nebraska Dems Delegates GOP Votes May 13

Feb 10 Maine

By: Cujo359

Cujo359 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:26:18 +0000

Hi Christy - you’re up late.

Yes, this is a historic thing that’s happened. Not only did a black man win one of the major party’s nominations for President, but his principal opponent was a woman. From that perspective, it’s a great day no matter what.

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:15:44 +0000

OK, shoot me - I went over to No Quarter just to see…
Reading Johnson’s begrudging respect for the night was like listening to someone describing shitting a baby grand.
And he quotes Krauthammer.
Surprise.

By: rwcole

rwcole — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:14:25 +0000

what sort of name is “Krat Hammer”? Did his ancestors pound pickled cabbage?

By: rwcole

rwcole — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:13:27 +0000

As a side point- Kraut-Hammer has the distinction of having features that could well have been fashioned by a broad axe- in the hands of a psychopath.

By: rwcole

rwcole — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:11:29 +0000

Charles Krauthammer gives his response to Obama at WaPo

Short version-

Pay no attention to that man on yer teevee- Obama has no accomplishments.

By: Blub

Blub — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:08:48 +0000

Alas.. just checked the wires.. RNC bigwigs appear to have started talking about delay 5 hours ago. Maybe the mere fear of Obama’s speech was sufficient…

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:05:20 +0000

moxie
This isn’t tiddly-winks.