[AGL] follow up to social notes, etc.

[Connie Clark]

Gerrys is a good summary of the neck-in-neck delegate
race as well as prospects for what could happen in the
next couple of months.

I just want a dem to win in November - real bad, and I
can't quite tell whether it would be Hillary or
Barack.

Connie


--- Gerry <mesmo at gilanet.com> wrote:

> 

> Superdelegates can go either way (that's why they

> are called that). So any polls including them are

> misleading. If Obama gets a lot of momentum going

> they are likely to vote for him. Also misleading are

> the caucus counts, they are only estimates of how

> the delegate counts will wind up. At present it is a

> dead heat but Obama's ground forces seem to be

> producing.

> 

> George Will reported today that the reason Hillary

> carried California was that large numbers of her

> supporters voted early (absentee) and thus were not

> able to change their votes when Obama was surging at

> the end. But another interpretation is that the

> Mexican vote carried her and that he has little

> appeal to that group. I don't know, he did pretty

> with that group in NM. 

> G

> 

>   ----- Original Message ----- 

>   From: Fontaine Maverick 

>   To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto

> Daze in the 60s 

>   Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:34 PM

>   Subject: Re: [AGL] follow up to social notes, etc.

> 

> 

>   Gerry,

>   That's the second time today I have heard the

> statement that McCain is crazy as a loon. I've not

> been tuned into stories of his unpredictabilty, and

> would like to hear a little more. 

>   Arguments have been raging for days on the other

> list about Hillary and Obama; I have finally decided

> that I want to go with he who pulls the formerly

> disenfranchised - the young, especially. I've never

> seen them so excited and engaged, and I expect that

> he can pull a huge turnout. I worry about the

> Clintons roping in those superdelegates, winning the

> nomination and then losing the general to John

> McCain.

>   Font

>     ----- Original Message ----- 

>     From: Gerry 

>     To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto

> Daze in the 60s 

>     Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:44 AM

>     Subject: Re: [AGL] follow up to social notes,

> etc.

> 

> 

>     McCain is crazy as a loon, very unpredictable,

> long history of bizarre behavior, wait until the

> Demos get ahold of his record. As for Huck, a

> Southern Baptist preacher, what else to say? Did you

> note that when McCain started bringing his

> overdressed trophy wife to all the rallies his

> ratings went up? Hard to find him on TV without her

> included in the frame. I guess she can talk, no sign

> of it yet...and, of course, she can smile well.

> Wonder is she is/was a professional actress?

> 

>     Obama campaign sent a pro organizer (young

> woman) to nearby Silver City about one week before

> the vote . She got on the local progressive web site

> and started to work, held some rallies, etc. (I

> presume that she rallied the 9 blacks who live in

> the county.) Obama carried the half Hispanic county

> in a close one. You have to wonder how many other

> towns of 10,000 warranted such attention. Good,

> solid politics. That's the way to spend campaign

> cash. 

> 

>     No final count on the NM vote yet but it doesn't

> really matter. One gets 12 delegates and the other

> 13. This is a victory for Obama who was unknown here

> a year ago.

> 

>     Looks like Susan and Bill Smith get the nod for

> an Austin realtor. If, for some reason, they don't

> work out I would recommend Robin McCall who is a

> Westlake Hills/West Austin specialist (or was back

> when she helped me out 20 years ago). 

>     G

> 

> 

>       ----- Original Message ----- 

>       From: Jon Ford 

>       To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin

> Ghetto Daze in the 60s 

>       Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:51 PM

>       Subject: Re: [AGL] follow up to social notes,

> etc.

> 

> 

>       McCain-Hickabee? Very scary indeed, but

> unlikely. My concern would be that his VP be sane,

> as McCain is pretty old and a cancer survivor.

> 

>       Jon

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

>

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>       > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:59:26 -0800

>       > To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

>       > From: globe at zipcon.net

>       > Subject: Re: [AGL] follow up to social

> notes, etc.

>       > 

>       > Quoting Michael Eisenstadt

> <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>:

>       > 

>       > > > am in Trinidad, plans for future totally

> uncertain

>       > > 

>       > > > I am in MOscow, these people wear a lot

> of fur.

>       > > 

>       > "Maybe they are not really 'people'...."

>       > 

>       > 

>       > > I forgot to quote the emails.

>       > > 

>       > > 

>       > >

>       > 

>       > I have an email for you.. .How does the

> thought of a McCain-Huckabuck ticket

>       > have for you? Last night while we were

> listening to the returns this scary

>       > thought hit us both. John thinks that if he

> utters these thoughts out loud it

>       > will not happen. He is that superstitious.

> However we were both overwhelmed with

>       > the dread. The feeling Huckabuck will carry

> the pod people's vote (read

>       > Christian right).

>       > Did you ever read an essay by V S Naipaul

> which came out in the 70's about his

>       > attending the Republican Convention which

> was held in Dallas? Being Naipaul he

>       > rented an un-air-conditioned car to drive

> from Fort Worth- Dallas Airport in 100

>       > + degree weather. Well the reason I mention

> this is that he some interesting

>       > comments on the Christian right and why... I

> feel we under-estimate their power.

>       > Carolyn

>       > 

>       > 

>       > 

> 

> 

>

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