Comments on: West Virginia minus one week http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/ Reflections on the Miracle of Democracy at Work in the Greatest Nation on Earth Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:18:21 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: William Bowe http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151821 William Bowe Tue, 13 May 2008 15:19:44 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151821 <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/856" rel="nofollow">New thread up</a>. New thread up.

]]> By: Catrina http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151820 Catrina Tue, 13 May 2008 15:13:36 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151820 Minor update - Roy Romor was a member of the uncommitted supers in the Pelosi club, but with this endorsement we need to update the Pelosi factor (otherwise we are counting him twice). There are the correct numbers. Obama: 289 (283+6) Clinton: 269.5 (270.5-1) Minor update – Roy Romor was a member of the uncommitted supers in the Pelosi club, but with this endorsement we need to update the Pelosi factor (otherwise we are counting him twice). There are the correct numbers.

Obama: 289 (283+6)
Clinton: 269.5 (270.5-1)

]]> By: Catrina http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151819 Catrina Tue, 13 May 2008 15:06:50 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151819 Two new superdelegates for Obama. DPL Roy Romer (CO) and DNC Anita Bonds (DC) step out of the closet. Obama: 290 (283+7) Clinton: 269.5 (270.5-1) This brings the number of superdelgate out in the cold down to 458.5 of which Obama would need 31% and Clinton would need 96%. Two new superdelegates for Obama.
DPL Roy Romer (CO) and DNC Anita Bonds (DC) step out of the closet.

Obama: 290 (283+7)
Clinton: 269.5 (270.5-1)

This brings the number of superdelgate out in the cold down to 458.5 of which Obama would need 31% and Clinton would need 96%.

]]> By: Catrina http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151818 Catrina Tue, 13 May 2008 14:34:28 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151818 Robert Bollard at 1477 <blockquote>may (Ron) have interesting adventures with syntax and your various obsessions while I dream of tenure and socialism</blockquote> Love the line - sleep tight - dream well. Robert Bollard at 1477

may (Ron) have interesting adventures with syntax and your various obsessions while I dream of tenure and socialism

Love the line – sleep tight – dream well.

]]> By: Robert Bollard http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151816 Robert Bollard Tue, 13 May 2008 14:28:50 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151816 Oh, just as I was about to slip into the arms of Morpheus, Ron replies. And, as he dislikes me sleeping when he wants to discharge his pithy bon mots, I'll answer as succinctly as I can. Yes I'm a socialist Ron. I'm a Marxist no less. I am willing to admit that this makes me far to the left of normal Australian political discourse. If, as you contend, this makes my arguments invalid then it should be easy to spot the invalidity in the arguments. They should be flawed by my foolish extremism. But the name of the game is spotting, exposing, and arguing against said flaws. Simply saying "oh he's a socialist so he must be wrong", while to be expected of a Tory like your mate ESJ, is surely not enough for someone who claims to belong to the broad church of the Labor movement. But for you it's apparently enough, along with my (apparently equal) sin of being an "academic" - though, to be honest, I am merely a sessional slave. Good night Ron, and may you have interesting adventures with syntax and your various obsessions while I dream of tenure and socialism. Oh, just as I was about to slip into the arms of Morpheus, Ron replies. And, as he dislikes me sleeping when he wants to discharge his pithy bon mots, I’ll answer as succinctly as I can. Yes I’m a socialist Ron. I’m a Marxist no less. I am willing to admit that this makes me far to the left of normal Australian political discourse. If, as you contend, this makes my arguments invalid then it should be easy to spot the invalidity in the arguments. They should be flawed by my foolish extremism.
But the name of the game is spotting, exposing, and arguing against said flaws. Simply saying “oh he’s a socialist so he must be wrong”, while to be expected of a Tory like your mate ESJ, is surely not enough for someone who claims to belong to the broad church of the Labor movement. But for you it’s apparently enough, along with my (apparently equal) sin of being an “academic” – though, to be honest, I am merely a sessional slave.
Good night Ron, and may you have interesting adventures with syntax and your various obsessions while I dream of tenure and socialism.

]]> By: Ron http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151814 Ron Tue, 13 May 2008 14:21:08 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151814 No , yous are the butterfly pixy variety No , yous are the butterfly pixy variety

]]> By: Catrina http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151813 Catrina Tue, 13 May 2008 14:20:04 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151813 Goodnight KR! Goodnight KR!

]]> By: Kirribilli Removals http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151812 Kirribilli Removals Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:51 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151812 Night Ron, and don't forget to put out the butterflies, or they'll keep you awake all night with their incessant flapping! Night Ron, and don’t forget to put out the butterflies, or they’ll keep you awake all night with their incessant flapping!

]]> By: Ron http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151811 Ron Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:13 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151811 Yes Robert , you do have a habit of leaving early after a comment Yes Robert , you do have a habit of leaving early after a comment

]]> By: Kirribilli Removals http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/05/08/west-virginia-minus-one-week/comment-page-30/#comment-151810 Kirribilli Removals Tue, 13 May 2008 14:15:58 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/853#comment-151810 "too" “too”

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