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That's what I used to think after my years in MS, but I wonder if Beck has tempered anti-Mormon sentiment on the right.
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LMAO...teach me to post something without looking to see what the underlying source was. Guess that could also be seen as a testament to the fact that that's not so improbable though (trying to spin).
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06-17-2011, 12:44 AM | #157 | |
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With all due respect, Obama will be unelectable by next summer. I would be shocked if he does not pull out of the race by the convention. Just watch Romney's "bump in the road" add. It's the "economy stupid" and Obama blew it. Whom ever the Republicans nominate will be the next president, god help us all.
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Are you serious? What kind of odds are you willing to give on that bet? Cuz I'll put cash money down that Obama will still be in the race after the convention.
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Things didn't look good in 1982, but the economy improved consistently up until election day - there was no doubt we were out of the woods and things were getting better in a hurry by 1984. And if that's the case again in 2012, obviously Obama will dominate. If we double-dip, he's in big trouble. If things are basically stagnant, I still think Obama wins because most of the Republicans are too scary. Good enough spot to be in I guess - really there's nothing good/bad that's going to distinguish him. His failings have been relative to his claimed liberal agenda, but that won't hurt him with Democrats, and conservative moderates and independents are probably a lot more comfortable with him now than they were in 2008. Last edited by molson : 06-17-2011 at 08:19 AM. |
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Well, sure, I was just responding to the overreaction that bad economy now = Obama dropping out of the race. As for the good/bad, while the Bin Laden thing isn't a slam dunk for him, it does change the nature of the foreign policy debate and reduces the advantage that the GOP has in that area.
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And/or significantly less comfortable with the Republican Party than in 2008. I wouldn't vote for this bunch of jokers on a dare. Huntsman, maybe, but he'll never get that close. |
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The more I see of Cain, the more I'm convinced he will say anything to be the "tea party" candidate, which is amazing because he was anything but a tea party kind of guy until about 18 months ago. I think he's trying to run the 2008 McCain campaign. Quote:
Or they hear him talking about how he wants to "correct" the housing market by clearing out the housing market and letting prices drop further. That collective gasp you hear is the 65% of households who own their home and just heard Ron Paul say he wants to give them a $50,000 haircut. Last edited by kcchief19 : 06-17-2011 at 11:39 PM. |
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The piece on Bachmann in Rolling Stone was brutal.
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Not really all that brutal. She makes Palin look like the rational one.
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Bachmann is falling nicely into the gap left by Palin's inability/lack-of-desire to do the hard work needed to run a national campaign. Palin set the table, and Bachmann's sitting down to dinner.
And I am impressed. A couple years ago, Bachmann was the crazy woman with the crazier eyes who would get on TV sometimes to compare the President to Hitler or Stalin or whatever. Now, she's running strong in Iowa and Nate Silver has her in the solid first-tier of GOP candidates. Whatever one might thing of her personality and positions, one has to be impressed by her instincts (seeing the opportunity presented by Palin) and her willingness to take this seriously and work hard for it. She's not going away on her own. Someone is going to have to beat her. |
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You just can't keep the crazy tied down and under wraps for an extended period of time. It always breaks free and shows up at inopportune times. The implosion is eminent, it's just a matter of when. Bachmann will defeat Bachmann.
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And she's coming to Myrtle Beach tomorrow, and they've had to shelve the original plans to host it in a restaurant because they are expecting a bigger crowd now that she's a presidential candidate. So they are having it now in front of the Myrtle Beach Aquarium. Is it wrong of me to hope that a shark somehow gets loose while she is here?
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Haha! Not wrong at all. However, the shark might possibly lose IQ points for having that much stupidity inside it.
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I see her streak of errors in geography continue.
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I have a friend on facebook who thinks she can do no wrong. I haven't said anything yet, but, I've been dying to ask this person if they've ever read or heard anything she's actually said during a non photo op. Michelle Bachmann is only one of two things (possibly both): 1. She's crazy or 2. She is in fact, THAT stupid. If it wasn't for the invention of the tea party, she'd just be another obscure Minnesota politician.
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Nate Silver's odds on the GOP field...
Romney 3-2 Pawlenty 9-2 Perry 7-1 Bachmann 15-2 Palin 30-1 Huntsman 30-1 Cain 35-1 I'd definitely take a flyer on Palin at that number. I stay away from Pawlenty and Bachmann.
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I think Bachmann would be worth a flyer. Simply because I think she's going to win Iowa and maybe that forces the conservative candidates/voters to back her.
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How does she win over the independents and moderates? She's far too extreme. If the GOP knows what they're doing, she would not be the person they give the nomination to. Though, I'm sure the democratic party is keeping their fingers crossed that there will be enough dumb voters to vote for her.
A bit of artistic licensing here, but, if she wins the GOP nomination, it's going to be like Reagan in 84. Except, it will be Obama on the winning side of it.
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Not at 15:2. If she were a bit higher like Palin, then I'd consider it. Barring major developments, I think Romney has this in the bag and I'd put a bunch of money on 3:2. However, there is a chance the tea party could dominate the Presidential primary just like they did in the midterms. If that happens, then I think they go for Palin (if she runs).
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It isn't likely, but I could see the following all working in her favor: (1) The base GOP voters feel that the GOP lost because McCain was too moderate and did not energize the base. They do not want to repeat that mistake. (2) President Obama looks very beatable with ~10% unemployment, so this is the chance to nominate the candidate you want instead of the candidate you think has the best chance of winning over moderates in a general election. (3) The moderate/establishment/safe candidate folks end up splitting their support among Romney, Pawlenty, and Huntsman. By the time they sort that out, Bachmann has managed to gain enough votes/momentum to be unstoppable. (4) Along with #3, Bachmann manages to portray the GOP establishment as part of the "problem with Washington" and turns some of the base's populist anger against Romney et al., using their support from establishment figures against them. Now, personally, I think that #3 is where she trips up. I think that the GOP establishment sees her as enough of a threat that it will quickly turn the nomination into a two-horse race if it sees her with strength going into Iowa. And she loses a two-horse race against Romney/Pawlenty/Huntsman. |
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Straight from the Team Bachmann playbook.
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I think based on Silver's numbers, I'd put some money down on Perry and might put a couple of bucks on Cain for a longshot sleeper.
I still think Romney is the most organized and most prepared to sweep the primaries. But he's going to pull out of Iowa, his going to get beat in South Carolina and I don't see how he can win New Hampshire the way he needs to win it. He needs a blowout win there, and I don't think he'll get it. Perry may not jump in ... but I think this race is going to get more and more attractive to him. I don't see anyone in the race that I think can both win the nomination and give Obama a race. |
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The question - and a reason for any hope I have really - is whether the establishment has enough power over the voters to do that. Assuming that's the tactic, they would be well advised to move as quickly as possible rather than giving her a chance to build additional momentum. At some point gravity/physics/et al can take over & things have to run their natural course.
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Very minor story in the grand scheme, but it seemed worth a quick link because of the whole establishment vs Bachman angle under discussion. When you're causing FNC to backpedal, you're probably still on the upswing.
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The correct answer is "yes, she's a flake, but asking her that when her demographic coincides neatly with FNC's own was probably a dumbass move."
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Yikes. If they thought it was McCain that lost it, that party is more off its rocker than I thought it was. If they don't want to repeat the mistake, you need to take the Palins/O'Donnells/Bachmanns out of the equation. Quote:
This is definitely a wild card. It would be their Kirk Gibson vs Dennis Eckersley World Series moment. Quote:
Now correct me if I'm wrong (because I think I may be), even though people vote in the preliminaries, don't the delegates actually choose who gets the win for that state? So even if the votes have been split and Bachmann had the majority, they could still decide to give the nomination to the candidate they think has the better chance of winning? Quote:
Yup, and I think that's where the party would turn their backs on her and not give her the nomination. It's the whole 'don't bite the hand that feeds you' moral.
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It is a potential situation that could come true. It's hard enough to get people to vote in the general election, it's even harder to get them to vote in the primaries.
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Someone may have to correct me on this myself, but I think that varies from state to state.
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Republican Primaries are generally winner takes all IIRC. A large amount of candidates generally can allow a fringe candidate to do well. The sensible base of the party needs to pick their candidate or she might even win.
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That actually makes more sense than what I said. EDIT: And stevew as well.
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Eh, what you said made sense okay enough I think, it just happens to be something that's accounted for in the rules for some (many? most?) states.
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The actual delegates do the voting, but they are picked from people that are pledged to the candidate that won them, much like the electors for the electoral college. It's all a formality because once a candidate has won a majority, everyone else usually concedes. The actual convention voting doesn't matter unless there's a floor fight.
The delegates could definitely switch sides if that happened. I know with the electoral college, some states passed a law saying electors couldn't change their votes. No such restriction (that I know of) exists for delegates.
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From that wording, I would think that most are at least committed legally through the first round. That also kind of matches my recollection of how it works after having my memory jogged by this. It's why getting the nomination on the first ballot is so important. I stumbled across that as source material listed for this link (and I checked, the State Dept stuff is indeed straight from them). HowStuffWorks "Delegates"
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