what are we talking about, 10, maybe 15 whole voters? come on now, people are lazy as hell. nobody is switching registrations just to vote for hillary in the penn primary. get off the rocks.

Before anyone incorrectly comments on that statement with something like “More Republicans think they can beat Clinton easier than they think they can beat Obama” I’ll beat them to the punch and tell them to read the last sentence in #7 again (maybe a little slower this time) so they can see I said “many conservatives” not “all conservatives” or even “most conservatives”… Even a few % of Republicans voting for Clinton in the Dem’s primary will not only increase her winning % in Pennsylvania. Just as importantly, it will also help close the gap in the Nat’l popular vote.

That’s exactly what I was talking about so there’s nothing “quite different” about it. The “overall” ramifications are “the unique opportunity to stop Hillary” which would obviously stop “the nomination fight dragging on till the convention”. If the “on the fence” Clinton/Obama voters haven’t already been considering this (for many weeks) maybe they should just stay on the fence because their brains aren’t working…

“Reading comprehension issues? ”

I actually prefer not to “go there” (infer someone else has issues) but since you brought it up… My first comment was clearly referring to the last sentence of your post (since I copy/pasted it). In that sentence of you were clearly referring to the very point you just “re-wrote” in #3 (in the first paragraph starting with “it is quite another for someone to be…”). Therefore, my first post was obviously “already” speaking to the very points you simply restated in post #3. That should’ve been crystal clear the first time you read post #1&2…

“The universally acknowledged reason why Republicans prefer to face Hillary rather than Obama is that they regard her as easier to beat.”

Oh yes, “universally acknowledged”. First, the polls (that you seem to like watching & citing) have actually gone back and forth on who wins (Clinton or Obama) and by how much vs. McCain. Second, for the record, polls are next to worthless and change like the wind based on who conducts them as well as numerous sampling error factors that make them extremely unreliable. Third, I’ve listened to good arguments as to why McCain may have a better chance against Obama.

BTW, since you like polls, I’m sure you’ve read a few polls over the past few weeks that said more Clinton supporters would vote for McCain over Obama than Obama supporters who would vote for McCain over Clinton. I’ve actually seen a few polls saying the exact opposite as well but generally the numbers were much closer to par in the polls that favored Obama. Again, people should realize that polls are meaningless & the only reason I even mention them is because I know you like them. Personally, I’m a long time Democratic voter who will vote for McCain vs. Obama.

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No kidding, it’s closed?..

I know that. The voters needed to change their voter registration by a date March. Some of the widely listened to Republican talk radio shows urged Republicans to do exactly that and many people called in acknowledging that they had done so. Like I said before, many conservatives are worried that they may lose against “either Dem candidate” but they definitely do not want Obama because he’s seen as even more liberal than Clinton.

thank heavens for that.

pennsylvania is a closed primary, so that would require republicans changing their voter registration to dem just to vote for hillary. i doubt that will be a significant issue.

For people to be “thinking about the overall ramifications of an Obama win in Pennsylvania” is one thing; it is quite another for someone to be systematically pitching the proposition to Pennsylvania voters that they have the unique opportunity to stop Hillary. That even if they find they prefer Hillary to Obama, they should still ask themselves: “How concerned am I about the nomination fight dragging on till the convention?”

So Hillary is a liberal and Obama is an ultra liberal? Really?

The universally acknowledged reason why Republicans prefer to face Hillary rather than Obama is that they regard her as easier to beat. For reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with relative liberalness.

“Especially if someone starts putting it to them in these terms between now and April 22.”