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Matt, NY, NY — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:31:01 GMT

It's a pretty big concession when Hillary gains a net of 19 votes from where she stands right now. Duh!

You know, from the position that Harold Ickes and all the other 12 Hillary supporters on the RBC voted for last time the RBC met.

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KRoss, Umatilla,FL — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:33:06 GMT

Dear MSNBC (anyone and everyone):
You need to quit trying to shove Barack Obama down everyones throat! Give it up! It's ridiculous! Stand up for what's right for the voters. You are so paranoid about..."Oh no Barack Obama might not win"...that's all you care about.

My vote matters...my WHOLE vote matters!

Among the most precious rights and responsibilities of a citizen in a democracy is the right to vote. My vote does count and if it doesn’t then all those who died for our right to vote, died in vain.

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
---A Hillary Clinton Supporter from Florida

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voter — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:33:38 GMT

Harold Ickes should be quiet. Initally, he agreed to strip the delegates in FL and MI. Second, this is different than the 2000 election in which votes for Al Gore was not counted. Some of the voting polls did not open on time etc as Donna Brazile said. The current situation is different in that FL and MI had an opportunity to hold another election and refused. This is their fault. Voters were not disenfranchised. It is important to put in consideration the thousands and millions of people who did not vote believing their votes did not count. Third, hillary does not have the popular vote. She is not counting the caucus states which is disenfranchsing voters in those states.

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Why bother — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:33:45 GMT

I am so enrage, why even televise it if you were going to cut away with your commentary....

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Mark Thieme — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:36:17 GMT

Yeah,

It is better than 50-50 that Hillary Clinton is skinned muskrat right now and it is beginning to sink in.

The lunch break that lanced a running boil and changed an election.

Every moment is history, some are just more so.

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Gregory Peek, Birmingham, Alabama — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:36:42 GMT

If Ickes continues as present, Michigan and Florida may not be seated at all.

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BJ, CA — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:37:22 GMT

Back to the Democratic Open

Advantage Obama
Duece
Advantage Clinton
Duece
Advantage Obama
Duece

I hope they run out of balls soon...

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Richard, Chicago — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:37:34 GMT

Ickes sounds like a little dog barking at passing cars. If this goes all the way to the convention, you'll find all of Hillary's supporters within the DNCC gone. And SD's that supported Hillary will find themselves in fighting for their political lives come re-election.

If Hillary wants to be embarrassed on national tv come August, so be it. Obama will be the nominee.

Obama 08

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nuanced — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:37:38 GMT

no superdelegates. They should have known better and didn't speak up and may have been complicit. that is where the punishment should be not the voters.

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Go to CSPAN for the Actual Coverage — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:38:37 GMT

Hey MSNBC

Next time give an update that you won’t actually be covering the proceeding. Lets us know that is more important to interrupt coverage so we can hear your opinions, then we can turn to CSPAN and watch some real coverage of the “ACTUAL" proceeding

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Virtus, Albany NY — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:39:13 GMT

Whatever the decision (though I believe a 50/50 MI split is fair) BOTH candidates must publicly aggree to it on TV in writing and signed!

The Clinton camp is being disgustingly unmovable or willing to compromise on anything. Haven't we seen this type of leadership before?

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RAC, Calumet City, IL — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:40:53 GMT

Not that it is anything new, but Chris Matthews and Nora O"Donnell both straight up lied and misrepresented Howard Dean"s Al Gore story. They claimed that Gore told him is was about what was good for the "party". The real quote by Gore, and as told by Dean, about what was good for the "Country".

I know these Chris and Nora are often far less than honest, but I felt this particular, blatant, and seemingly intentional, piece of BS had to be called on.

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We've Given You Too Many Breaks — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:42:19 GMT

Harold Ickes is the black rotting heart of that campaign. HOW DARE HE express outrage - HE VOTED FOR THIS STUPID PUNISHMENT. Has he ever apologized for his vote? Nope. Just like Clinton never apologized for her Iraq vote.

"Give me a break."

No, we won't Harold, Hillary and the rest of your crew. We've given you TOO MANY breaks. You should have packed your bags and left in February...

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BJ, CA — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:42:34 GMT

Back to the Democratic Open

Advantage Obama
Duece
Advantage Clinton
Duece
Advantage Obama
Duece

I hope they run out of balls soon...

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Leander, Albany NY — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:43:38 GMT

Obama isn't the one blocking the MI delegate seating. MI itself has offered solutions to the problem each of which has been REJECTED by the Clinton camp. We know who, how, and what the obstacles to seating MI are and we know what their motivation is as well.

Clinton is looking for an excuse to take this to the convention floor. She doesn't care how much she damages the Democratic party or its chances of winning the white house.

She must think a Democrat taking the whitehouse is inevitable. Wait didn't she think something else was inevitable?

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Cross in Margate, FL — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:44:14 GMT

Ok. So we know who the real dividers of this country are. Clinton and Ickes. They were meant for each other.

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Steve — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:44:31 GMT

Make your reservations, now. We're gonna spend late August in Denver.

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Gregory Peek, Birmingham, Alabama — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:44:50 GMT

If Florida and Michigan end up without any delegates, the voters in those states will now know to blame Ickes and Clinton. They will no longer be deceived into blaming the Obama campaign.