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Daf
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

DK!
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Iheartthed
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

quote:

Uncommitted 10
Kucinich 9
Clinton 3



I really hope for the true results to reflect this "poll"... I would surely go to bed happy tonight if more people voted uncommitted or Kucinich than for Clinton.

ETA: That would also surely put Michigan on the front page of every major newspaper in the country tomorrow morning.

(Message edited by iheartthed on January 15, 2008)
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Gazhekwe
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well, I don't know what they expect if we don't have full choice. I am not willing to entrust my vote to someone else.
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Matt_the_deuce
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Uncommitted
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kucinich.
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Downtownguy
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm on a Granholm email list. I just got an email from her 30 minutes ago urging me to vote tomorrow. Funny, but the polls were open today when I went. Do I get a second vote if I go tomorrow?

I'm actually an Edwards supporter, but as a protest to the way the Dems screwed the whole primary, I voted for Kucinich. It's also my protest against the media's making it a two-horse race from the get go. Maybe if Kucinich does well enough in a race without the top two media picks, they'll take notice.
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Fury13
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:54 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Exactly my thinking, Downtownguy. I'm for Edwards too.
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 3:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Uncommitted
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Zulu_warrior
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 4:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kucinich 13
Uncommitted 12
Clinton 3
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Sylvester Peaks
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Carptrash
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 4:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


kucinich for Pres
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 4:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

kucinich
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 5:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kucinich!!

Only 92 voters showed at my polling station at Butzel Junior High as of 4:30.
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Clinton
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Sbradke
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Uncommitted!
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kucinich
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Terryh
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 7:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kucinich. Considered crossing over and voting for Mcain.
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Everydayislikesunday
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clinton.
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uncommitted.
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Terryh
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As of 5PM only 200 voted in Ferndale. Oldredfordette and Pam surprised me with their votes. I expected Hillary votes from them.
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Jimaz
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8:08 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How were the lines?

I only had to wait for one or two people and they even apologized for that meager delay! That was at about 11:00.
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In and out at the community center in Ferndale.
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Uncommitted.
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uncommitted
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 9:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I was voter 46 around 10:30 this morning, husband was #56 an hour later. No waiting except for really pokey poll worker. Boy, she took that picture ID really seriously, even though the other workers all knew me by name. She still had to match that name up in the book before I could fill out a ballot request.
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Oladub
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 9:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

1) The Democratic Party takes away Michigan delegate votes.
2) The Democratic Party suggests that Democrats come out to vote anyway and vote for 'uncommitted'.
3) This is the funny part. Democrats actually did come and vote for nothing.
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Gazhekwe
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 10:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

From the Freep:

President - Dem Primary
Michigan - 2782 of 5385 Precincts Reporting - 52%

Clinton , Hillary 59%
Uncommitted 36%
Kucinich , Dennis 4%
Dodd , Chris 1%
Gravel , Mike 0%
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Kucinich 18
Uncommitted 16
Clinton 5
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Jimaz
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Free Press: Click here for continuously updated vote tallies
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Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 11:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Clinton
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quote:

Oldredfordette and Pam surprised me with their votes. I expected Hillary votes from them.



Shows how much you know! Hillary supported the war. Kucinich did not and is generally more progressive.



(Message edited by Pam on January 16, 2008)
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andylinn: Kucinich
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Oldredfordette
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I voted uncommitted specifically to stop Hillary. She's dreadful, a republican in lipstick. Oh wait, that's Guiliani.
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Downtownguy
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That's hilarious, Oldredfordette!

I thought this observation in the Detroit News today was interesting:

"But in what could prove a problem later, Clinton got shellacked in Detroit by a better than 2-to-1 margin."

I guess the DY poll proves that out.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 3:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

uncommitted - obama
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Oladub
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He's vague, but I don't think Obama needs to be committed. Maybe if he could just be a little more specific about what changes we are supposed to be hoping for.
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Gazhekwe
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Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 7:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just heard this expression, in an interview:

Hillary Clinton is a machine politician. That could be so, and impairing her ability to build trust.

Sorry I can't recall who said it.

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