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  •  Re: Waiting (3.75 / 4)

    I'm wondering if there are a lot of people like me, who do not want to fall in love with a candidate just to have to break it off later (breaking up is such a hard thing to do).  Because I am in a late primary state, I think the candidate will have been chosen by the time I have the opportunity to vote.  So, I'm waiting to see who that will be. I lean toward some candidates more that others, but if polled, I would probably fall into the undecided category. Once a candidate is chosen, I will accept the arranged marriage and learn to love that candidate so I can willingly do his bidding (campaign on his behalf).  

    by pacifica on Fri Jan 02, 2004 at 09:28:07 PM PDT

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    •  Re: Waiting (none / 0)

      Why are you undecided at this point?

      It seems impossible to me,  but voila, right before my eyes is one of those people I have been speculating about:  YOU.

      Please, please, tell me about it ...  What would change your mind?  Do you even know?  Are you really going to show up (or mail) on E-DAY?

      Walter L Battaglia

      by WalterB on Fri Jan 02, 2004 at 10:39:10 PM PDT

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        Walter, as I stated above, I reside in a late primary state.  People in the know believe that our candidate will be chosen in March. (Super Tuesday?) Our primary is in the middle of May.  I will most definitely vote on primary day, as I have for the last thirty years. There are qualities I like and I dislike in all (well most) of the Democratic candidates.  It's obvious that there is no perfect candidate.  However, Clark and Dean would be at the top of my list of people who would be easiest for me to support. If another candidate gets the majority of delegates before our primary, I will decide at that time whether or not to vote for that person (in the primary). Much depends what happens in the campaign between now and May.  I'm watching...

        by pacifica on Fri Jan 02, 2004 at 11:22:27 PM PDT

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        •  Re: Waiting (none / 0)

          This just doesn't sound enthusiastic.

          Since I consider Oregon a swing state - and Karl Rove has you on his list - it's going to be hot, hot, hot this summer in the Northwets.

          Is there something that would get you out of the doldrums,  regardless of the May primary?

          Walter L Battaglia

          by WalterB on Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 12:00:22 AM PDT

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            Is there something that would get you out of the doldrums,  regardless of the May primary?

            Wow, I wasn't aware I was in the doldrums!  And, anyway, my fight is with Bush, not the Democrats...except for maybe, Lieberman.

            This just doesn't sound enthusiastic.

            Well, you just don't see me...right now I'm jumping up and down and shouting very enthusiastically!

            by pacifica on Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 12:24:40 AM PDT

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    •  Re: Waiting (none / 0)

      This was always me. I never wanted to get too committed or give money because the guy I liked was never going to make.

      Then last June, it finally dawned on me that I was letting everyone else make the decision for me,a nd those decisions were usually not great. I'm smart. I can do research. I have great judgment. After looking at all the candidates, I decided that Dean was not only the candidate whose positions were closest to my own, but that he had the best chance to beat Bush. I thought some more and realized that I could be a player in the so-called invisible primary by donating and then backing up my investment by volunteering.

      Guess I wasn't alone.

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      by Grassroots Mom on Fri Jan 02, 2004 at 11:34:07 PM PDT

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