# Handicap next Tuesday's "Potomac Primary" (VA, DC, MD) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725 "2008-02-07T21:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/101 "2008-02-13T02:39:33Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] Oh and **Shayna** I agree - we’re going to have to start disagreeing on things soon… For Instance, I think Obama should get a dog before entering the white house…you? [/QUOTE] A _dog_?? A _ **DOG** _?! Oh _hell_ no. Obama is _definitely_ a cat man. ::shakes head, muttering:: A dog. What is he smoking? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/102 "2008-02-13T02:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] A _dog_?? A _ **DOG** _?! Oh _hell_ no. Obama is _definitely_ a cat man. ::shakes head, muttering:: A dog. What is he smoking? 😃 [/QUOTE] LOL!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/103 "2008-02-13T02:59:44Z")
Don’t you understand? Obama will bring the cat people and the dog people together. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KhuZxXoiiAs/hqdefault.jpg "Pets for Obama") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhuZxXoiiAs) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/104 "2008-02-13T03:07:34Z")
[QUOTE=cricetus] Don’t you understand? Obama will bring the cat people and the dog people together. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KhuZxXoiiAs/hqdefault.jpg "Pets for Obama") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhuZxXoiiAs) [/QUOTE] BWAAAHAHAHAHA!!! \ OMG, can’t breathe here. ::wipes tears:: Whew! I’m glad we resolved _that_ one so easily! See? Obama really _can_ unite the world. 🙂 Oh, and he can kick some ass in Maryland, too. According to my husband, the pie chart looks like Pac Man! 72% to 26%. Yes We Can! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/105 "2008-02-13T03:57:49Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] A _dog_?? A _ **DOG** _?! Oh _hell_ no. Obama is _definitely_ a cat man. ::shakes head, muttering:: A dog. What is he smoking? 😃 [/QUOTE] Considering who else won tonight, I suggest that Obama get his family a 15" beagle. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/106 "2008-02-13T03:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > See? Obama really can unite the world. Maybe, but he runs the danger of rendering all of us irrelevant. > **[Nobody Scores! A little comic about inevitable disaster](http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=175)** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/107 "2008-02-13T05:22:52Z")
[MD for Obama, 60% to 36%, with 59% of precincts reporting.](http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MD) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/108 "2008-02-13T05:24:14Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] Considering who else won tonight, I suggest that Obama get his family a 15" beagle. [/QUOTE] 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725/109 "2008-02-13T05:28:11Z")
Relates to the Westminster Kennel Club see [here.](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aDmYhc8XvC_8&refer=muse) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-next-tuesdays-potomac-primary-va-dc-md/436725.md?page=5)