I actually wasn't aware that she had more votes, I was just going to by delegates, so thanks for that information. So now I feel a little less irritated by her and the media calling Texas a win for her. It is still a win for Obama in terms of delegates, but it is a win for her in terms of votes. And yeah, I'm not denying she did well in Texas, because she did. I just think it's kind of stupid to use winning the state as justification for giving her the nomination since I would be shocked if either she or Obama won it in the general election.
Honestly, I find the caucus system totally ridiculous, and it does favor Obama over Clinton. I wasn't even aware that they had caucuses before this primary season. However, they are in place, so they do count, and it annoys me when Clinton treats caucuses as they don't count. I think that the system does need to be reformated, but this system is already place, and it's not like we can just change it in the middle of the primaries (not that I'm saying that she's saying that at all). I think the whole voting system needs to be redone, though (awarding delegates proportionately kind of makes no sense when the general election isn't by proportion. Actually, I'd rather that electoral votes in the general election be awarded proportionately, or, even better, just go on the popular vote alone, with no electoral system. But that's an entirely different topic).
Heh, well, I'm glad you don't hate me. And I haven't fallen in love with the Obama campaign, I don't think. I don't know. For a long time, I was really undecided and kind of switched back and forth between them frequently. I mean, I voted for Clinton in my primary (way back in late January; the primary was on Super Tuesday, but we had early voting in my area, so I did that), and I don't think she would be a terrible president; she would certainly be a better president than Bush is or McCain would be. At the time, I voted for her because I thought she would have a better chance in the general election than Obama; recently, though, I saw a national poll that showed both of them beating McCain, but Obama by a slightly greater margin, so that's influenced me just a bit in switching to support Obama. And I know that polls change (a year or two ago, the same poll had Obama winning only Massachusetts against McCain, so obviously things can change drastically, and it's a long way till November), so that's not the best basis to make a decision, but it has influenced me. But mostly I feel like a lot of comments Clinton's been making (like I already talked about in that other post about McCain being a better commander-in-chief than Obama) are only going to serve to hurt the Democrats in November no matter who the nominee is.
Anyways, even though I am irritated with a lot of things related to the Clinton campaign right now, I will vot for her if she gets the nomination. I honestly don't feel like Obama's and Clinton's policies are very different, and my reaction right now is mostly just a reaction to, well, what I stated in the previous paragraphs.
(Oh god, sorry, this is a ridiculously long comment.)
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Date: 2008-03-13 12:09 am (UTC)Honestly, I find the caucus system totally ridiculous, and it does favor Obama over Clinton. I wasn't even aware that they had caucuses before this primary season. However, they are in place, so they do count, and it annoys me when Clinton treats caucuses as they don't count. I think that the system does need to be reformated, but this system is already place, and it's not like we can just change it in the middle of the primaries (not that I'm saying that she's saying that at all). I think the whole voting system needs to be redone, though (awarding delegates proportionately kind of makes no sense when the general election isn't by proportion. Actually, I'd rather that electoral votes in the general election be awarded proportionately, or, even better, just go on the popular vote alone, with no electoral system. But that's an entirely different topic).
Heh, well, I'm glad you don't hate me. And I haven't fallen in love with the Obama campaign, I don't think. I don't know. For a long time, I was really undecided and kind of switched back and forth between them frequently. I mean, I voted for Clinton in my primary (way back in late January; the primary was on Super Tuesday, but we had early voting in my area, so I did that), and I don't think she would be a terrible president; she would certainly be a better president than Bush is or McCain would be. At the time, I voted for her because I thought she would have a better chance in the general election than Obama; recently, though, I saw a national poll that showed both of them beating McCain, but Obama by a slightly greater margin, so that's influenced me just a bit in switching to support Obama. And I know that polls change (a year or two ago, the same poll had Obama winning only Massachusetts against McCain, so obviously things can change drastically, and it's a long way till November), so that's not the best basis to make a decision, but it has influenced me. But mostly I feel like a lot of comments Clinton's been making (like I already talked about in that other post about McCain being a better commander-in-chief than Obama) are only going to serve to hurt the Democrats in November no matter who the nominee is.
Anyways, even though I am irritated with a lot of things related to the Clinton campaign right now, I will vot for her if she gets the nomination. I honestly don't feel like Obama's and Clinton's policies are very different, and my reaction right now is mostly just a reaction to, well, what I stated in the previous paragraphs.
(Oh god, sorry, this is a ridiculously long comment.)