Those of us who support Obama just have to work harder now :-)
At 5:23 PM -0600 3/5/08, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote: >Message From a Obama Supporter: > >Our projections show the most likely outcome of yesterday's elections will >be that Hillary Clinton gained 187 delegates, and we gained 183. > >That's a net gain of 4 delegates out of more than 370 delegates available >from all the states that voted. > >For comparison, that's less than half our net gain of 9 delegates from the >District of Columbia alone. It's also less than our net gain of 8 from >Nebraska, or 12 from Washington State. And it's considerably less than our >net gain of 33 delegates from Georgia. > >The task for the Clinton campaign yesterday was clear. In order to have a >plausible path to the nomination, they needed to score huge delegate >victories and cut into our lead. > >They failed. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world" ><assam@assamnet.org> >Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:51 PM >Subject: Re: [Assam] Caucusing In Texas > > >> >Its a mess! >> >> >> *** That is the understatement of the day Ram :-). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>You are welcome C'da. >>>Amlan is correct - supposedly there was a mad rush in some precincts to be >>>the first one to grap the 'register' becomes the captain. >>> >>>It seems that even with all this trouble, the Dems have bigger problems >>>ahead. >>> >>>The person that can be nominated must (repeat must) have 2025 (revised to >>>2024) delegates, including the 'Super Delegates'. >>> >>>The problem is neither Clinton nor Obama can garner this magic number - >>>even >>>if one or the other can win all the remaining states. They will still be >>>shy >>>of the the magic number. >>> >>>So, what can they do? >>> >>>The party leaders could weigh in on one or the other candidate to give up. >>>They could impress upon the Super Delegates to switch sides (at the Dem >>>Convention). Not that easy from what I understand. >>> >>>Or they could have a primary in Florida & Michigan and count their >>>delegates. If they don't give either Florida/Michigan this chance and >>>dis-enfranchise the voters in these two states, there will be further >>>problems in November. >>>Many Dems in these states have said they would vote for McCain in >>>November. >>> >>>Both Michigan/Florida favor Clinton. >>>Obama is ahead (right now) in the delegate count, and Clinton has won the >>>big states (that matter) that the Dems must win in November. >>> >>>Maybe Pureto Rico (I think in June) will be the deciding factor. >>> >>>Its a mess! >>> >>>-- Ram >>> >>> >>> >>>On 3/5/08, amlan saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Here is another - as per the dem state election manual, in answer to >>>> the >>>> question "who conducts the caucuses?", it says that - well, the >>>> precinct >>>> captains do but if the precinct captain fails to turn up at the >>>> predesignated caucus center on time, whoever (voters) reaches there >>>> first >>>> becomes the precinct captain and takes charge. >>>> >>>> This on top of being able to vote effectively twice in the same >>>> election. >>>> >>>> I love honky tonk land :-) >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Thanks for enlightening us yet another amazing Texan trait , Ram. >>>> > >>>> > I know weird is everywhere. But this certainly stands out :-) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > At 11:33 AM -0600 3/5/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >>>> > >Very few people in Texas have voted in the primaries and much less >>>> in >>>> the >>>> > >Democratic primaries. >>>> > >And boy, was it an experience. >>>> > > >>>> > >For those who are not familiar with the process, Texas has, what >>>> they >>>> > call, >>>> > >a "two-step' process for the Democrats. The Republican, don't go >>>> thru > >>> > that >>>> > >process in the Primaries - its the regular 'vote your candidate' >>>> process. >>>> > > >>>> > >The first part is to vote for the particular Democratic Party >>>> candidate >>>> , >>>> > >and a certain number of 'committed delegates' are given >>>> proportionally >>>> to >>>> > >the the candidates. >>>> > > >>>> > >The second part is what is called the "Caucus". Now, this is easier >>>> said >>>> > >than explained. But basically, from what I understand: >>>> > >After the last person in line (at 7 PM) has voted, the Caucus begin. >>>> In >>>> > the >>>> > >Caucus, people are supposed to 'influence and cajole' voters who >>>> don't >>>> > >support your candidate, form a goup and elect delegates to the >>>> > State/Central >>>> > >convention who will, in turn represent your candidate and cast their >>>> > ballots >>>> > >in his/favor. >>>> > > >>>> > >Confused? Well, so am I, and everyone I know is too. >>>> > > >>>> > >What really happened: from start to finish - it took about 5 hours. >>>> There >>>> > >were just 6 machines, 3 people to register, and a bunch of other >>>> > volunteers >>>> > >giving you wrong information from time to time. >>>> > > >>>> > >But we did get to vote, and then stood in line for caucusing (if >>>> thats >>>> a >>>> > >word). After an eternity, they basically told us to separate into >>>> lines >>>> > (one >>>> > >for Hillary and the other for Obama). The Hillary line had only a >>>> few >>>> > >people, the Obama line was long in the precinct we voted. In the >>> > > Caucusing >>>> > >part, we had to write our names/address etc on a form. Thats it. >>>> > > >>>> > >There was no 'caucusing' in the cacus. They could have just cut to >>>> the >>>> > >chase, and kept a form next to the ballot machines and people could >>>> have >>>> > >done the same thing. >>>> > > >>>> > >On the whole, it was fun, and exciting to have taken part in a >>>> process >>>> > that >>>> > >certainly seems important.. >>>> > > >>>> > >Hope y'all enjoyed this. >>>> > > >>>> > >Well, that much for politics - at least as its done in Texas. >>>> > > >>>> > >--Ram >>>> > >_______________________________________________ >>>> > >assam mailing list >>>> > >assam@assamnet.org >>>> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > assam mailing list >>>> > assam@assamnet.org >>>> > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> assam mailing list >>>> assam@assamnet.org >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>assam mailing list >>>assam@assamnet.org >>>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> > > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
