Turn 40
3 Power Ted Cruz Scandal
Jeb Bush endorsed by dad
+14 Momentum in Texas
Turn 41
3 Power Clinton Scandal
3 Power Cruz Scandal
+5 Iowa Momentum
Footsoldier in Nevada complete and Texas now officially a Target state.
Ramping up organization strength in Texas and ordering a foot soldier there, because if we can capture a big fish like that on Super Tuesday, we'll be in great shape.
Turn 42
+4 Momentum in Texas
Yeah I know. Back in Texas. But that's where the big momentum is for Warren right now. Massachusetts is getting added to the target state tally, because we can't lose the home state, damn it.
With no real momentum to capitalize on in states we haven't visited so much lately, we'll start work on producing ads for Iowa and New Hampshire.
Turn 44
Clinton completes ad on Warren/Government
I'm getting an eerie feeling...
Turn 45
3 Profile Clinton Attack Ad on Warren
+4 Iowa Momentum
That attack ad is really killing our momentum in a lot of states, but we'll just hunker down, work on our Issue Knowledge and Debate Prep, and weather the storm.
Turn 46
3 Profile Republicans ahead of Democrats in Polls
Previously it'd been tied. No doubt due to the attack on Hillary.
Martin O'Malley States
Iowa - 14.4%. We're second with 13.4% and slender momentum
Mark Warner States
Texas - 18.8%. We're up to 2nd with 13.2%, but our momentum is at -8.9. Ouch.
Brian Schweitzer States
Nevada - 14.8%, Biden second with 13.6%. We just can not get anything going here.
Andrew Cuomo States
New York - 25.9%. Hillary with 17.8% and falling momentum. We increase slightly, to just over 11%.
Tim Kaine States
Virginia - 21.4%, Warner second with 16.7%
Elizabeth Warren States
New Hampshire - 18.6% with Cuomo second at 15.7%
Whiteboard States
Wyoming - Hillary at 16.4% and negative momentum, Kaine at 16.1%
Turn 47
Tom Harkin endorses Alan Grayson
Clinton completes National Ads on Warren
WTF? Get off my ass, bitch!
Iowa ad is okay - Power 7. We'll keep it in reserve, I guess.
Turn 48
Cory Booker endorsed by Al Gore
+3 Missouri momentum
Mass is now a target state.
Turn 49
Clinton completes attack ad on Warren
I supremely hate that bitch right now.
Turn 50
3 Power Clinton Scandal
Jeb Bush gives Stirring Speech
Turn 51
3 Power Cuomo Scandal
+3 Momentum in Texas
Clinton completes ad on Warren
Turn 52
+5 Momentum in Virginia
Cuomo completes ad on Warren
Missouri's getting added as a target state. But I hate that everyone's now coming after me even if they haven't released the ads.
Turn 53
3 Power Clinton Scandal
4 Power Attack ad on Cuomo in New Hampshire via Super PAC
State Flips
Ohio - Amy Klobuchar with 13.9% to Clinton's 10.9% but they're both with huge negative momentums, so it's anybody's game
New Jersey - Whiteboard - O'Malley 12.1%, Hickenlooper 12%
North Carolina - Whiteboard - Warner 14.8%, Clinton 14%
Iowa - Whiteboard - Us and O'Malley at 14.1%, but we've momentum
Colorado - Andrew Cuomo 15.8%, Clinton 13.3% and crashing hard
Wyoming - Tim Kaine - 16.2%, Cuomo 13%
Nevada - Whiteboard - Schweitzer 13.4%, Biden 12.6%
Arizona - Whiteboard - Clinton 23.2%, Cuomo 22.5%
Turn 55
5 Power Warren Triumphs in Debate!
O'Malley releases Attack Ad On Clinton
Couldn't have gone any better!
Biden and Klobuchar, you guys are on my shit list. Although this only shows the Top 8 finishers in the debate (the game designer is aware of this), you can see how Warren magically imploded last game - low Issue Familiarity (IF) and Debate Prep combined with what were likely TONS of attacks, doomed her.
This game, I amped up my Issue Knowledge and Debate Prep and kept it high. Hopefully that can have the same reversal effects winning the last debate did.
To put it in perspective, that is a MASSIVE debate win. Worst performance? Hillary, who netted a score of 1, very close to the negative score that gives the Debate Meltdown headline (see last game).
Sure enough, a bunch of +2 Momentums have cropped up when I look at the Strategy screen. Can't take advantage right now though because of CP being spent on Infrastructure, unless I'm willing to take endurance hits, which, let's be honest... I am!
But before then - the New Hampshire ad is a Power 6. It got delayed initially, which is why it didn't show up with the Iowa ad. I probably won't even need to run it, the way things are going there right now, but we'll see.
Lot of thinking to do about my next move. Next debate's in 27 days, by the way, but the Iowa caucuses are in 25.