Little people

Submitted by James Protzman on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 9:34am

Leslie's great post about the role of super delegates reminded me of a Dome story about a governor who apparently considers himself wiser than the people who elected him.

Gov. Mike Easley will not base his endorsement on the state vote. At a meeting of the National Governors Association, Easley said he did not expect super delegates to decide the Democratic nomination, according to Media General News Service.

But if they do, he said he will not base his vote at the Democratic national convention for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton on how North Carolina Democrats vote in the primary.

"I don't know how my state's going to vote, but listen, I had to run and get the votes of a majority of the voters out of a state of 9 million people to get my vote, so I'm going to vote like I want to," he told a reporter.

More than a decade ago, Mike Easley stood on my back porch and spoke to hundreds of people who came to see him and contribute to his campaign for Attorney General. He told us all how he'd work hard to represent every citizen in North Carolina. Guess he forgot about all us little people.

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Super delegates

Submitted by TrueMeckDem on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:10am.

I am sure several of ya'll got the same email I got from one of NC's super delegates asking our advice on how he should vote. I have a problem with the whole concept of super delegates but I do appreciatte him asking our opinion.

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Sure hope Mike handles this decision better than

Submitted by James Protzman on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:13am.

he handled this decision.

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This gives me some pause...

Submitted by Token Conservative on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:16am.

I wonder what Easley is thinking. I have a few ideas, though.

1. His non-endorsement of Obama is a tacit endorsement of Clinton. In other words, since he is not publically getting on the Obama bandwagon he is signifying that he still supports Clinton.

2. His non-endorsement is meant to signify to either that should either be elected in November, he would like a position in their cabinets. So, by not committing to one specifically, he is showing that he can work with either. He is a uniter, not a dividerer.

Easley is a lame-duck governor. The Perdue-Moore race has already oversahdowed him, and the sheer number and weight of offices being voted on this year will completely remove him from the public eye.

Being coy about his endorsement is away to remain relevant.

Interesting analysis

Submitted by James Protzman on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:28am.

I often forget the human side of things. When you've been a big deal for a long time and now you're on the way to political oblivion, I suppose all sorts of weird things can happen. But the truth is, I don't care who he "endorses." I just want him to vote the will of the people. I'm an Obama supporter, but if Clinton were to get a majority of NC voters, I'd want him to cast his vote for her.

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FAILED Attempt at Voter Suppression

Submitted by Jerimee on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:24am.

Nice try Texas GOP, maybe next time.

(from Huff Post, originally from the Field)

Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M is a historically black university in Prairie View, Texas. The school is home to about eight thousand students, who study in a range of fields - most notably engineering, nursing and agriculture - and they have a famous marching band called the Marching Storm (which, as you'll soon see, is pretty appropriate).

As you might suspect, the student body represents a large constituency of Democratic party voters, and, that being the case, they don't have it easy. Texas Republicans, who run the electoral show, have historically gone out of their way to stymie Democratic voters. The whole state was gerrymandered out the yin-yang (if you recall, back in 2003, statehouse Democrats were forced to flee to Oklahoma in a futile attempt to block the GOP's redistricting plan) back in 2003.

For the students of Prairie View, the Republicans in the state located their "early-polling place more than seven miles from the school." As it turned out, this was just a minor inconvenience to a student body well-taught by their own Marching Storm.

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The GOP will try to suppress the vote in 2008.

Inspiring!

Submitted by James Protzman on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:48am.

Thanks, Jerimee.

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:) That is amazing, beautiful, encouraging

Submitted by Leslie H on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 12:29pm.

and many levels past inspiring ...

Looks like the powers that be in Texas thought they were being slick, but their tricksy little scheme came around and bit 'em in the shorts. :) That makes my day.

One thing I'll bet ... there's an early voting location closer to campus the next election. :)

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Are my ears playing a trick on me?

Submitted by LiberalNC on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 1:26pm.

I think I can hear somebody yell "who are you voting for?" and then hear the students yell back "Oooobaama!".

Maybe I'm just hearing what I want to hear... :-)

Whoo!

Submitted by Linda on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 6:42pm.

If I were 20 years younger, I would have wanted to be in that crowd. I loved it.

And yes, LiberalNC, I heard it, too.

Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi

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Mike Easley

Submitted by panningforgold on Fri, 02/29/2008 - 12:52am.

would get my vote for governor in 2008 (if it were possible).
When Ted Kennedy proposed super delegates he did not have in mind those chosen few would make their decision based on the popular vote, because what would be the purpose.
Ted should endorse an amendment at the DNC to keep super delegates...then it will lose.

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