National Presidential Election contest thread

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Obama won Iowa by a 9.5 percent margin in 2008 against John McCain.

He also quite surprisingly trounced Hillary Clinton there in the 2008 primary.

Romney got crushed by Mike Huckabee and John McCain in Iowa in 2008 and didn't even beat Rick Santorum there in the 2012 primary even though Santorum's campaign was almost non-existent before Iowa.

Iowa borders Illinois. Obama gets out the vote there. He always does better than the polls say in that state.

They aren't passionate about Mormons in Iowa.

If Romney wins Iowa, this thing is going to be an absolute landslide victory for him. Obama will get out the vote there. The Romney turnout is very shaky there.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

He also quite surprisingly trounced Hillary Clinton there in the 2008 primary.

Romney got crushed by Mike Huckabee and John McCain in Iowa in 2008 and didn't even beat Rick Santorum there in the 2012 primary even though Santorum's campaign was almost non-existent before Iowa.

Iowa borders Illinois. Obama gets out the vote there. He always does better than the polls say in that state.

They aren't passionate about Mormons in Iowa.

If Romney wins Iowa, this thing is going to be an absolute landslide victory for him. Obama will get out the vote there. The Romney turnout is very shaky there.

He totally schooled Hillary in Iowa. She ran a dreadful campaign, full of negativity, then ran out of cash. Her campaign managers - in my opinion, figured it was a slam dunk based on race and religion( still a lot of confusion back then based on whether he was truly a Muslim or not, if you can believe it) and didn't take the state seriously enough. That and he was running primarily on ending the wars while she was still very much hawkish. An anomaly.

[joeydb]

Romney 311 - Obama 227

[Clip-Clop]

269-269

Romney is given the election due to superior cash.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

269-269

Romney is given the election due to superior cash.

i was just thinking about the scenario if neither candidate got to 270. it's happened in the past, but because of having more than two candidates. for instance, when john quincy adams became president, his opponents jackson and clay both also received electoral votes. clay and his 'corrupt bargain' with adams ended the issue, and jackson and his supporters were left in the cold (and jackson had received the most popular votes). four years later, andy got his revenge.

the issue would be decided by the house of representatives that take their seats in january.
but the vp, in case of a tie...chosen by the senate. so, we could actually end up with a president from one party, a vp from another, for the first time in a long time!
my gosh, can you imagine if this actually went to congress? yikes.

Obama - 287 (but I'm secretly hoping for the 269-269 scenario).

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

269-269

Romney is given the election due to superior cash.

In that case.

Congress chooses the President and the Senate the Vice President

Romney/Biden?

Romney/Obama? LMAO

Personally I'd like to see Ryan/Jackson with Jackson occupying the Mayo Clinic

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

In that case.

Congress chooses the President and the Senate the Vice President

Romney/Biden?

Romney/Obama? LMAO

Personally I'd like to see Ryan/Jackson with Jackson occupying the Mayo Clinic

In that case... the House picks Romney

and the GOP in the Senate will require a supermajority, in turn, nobody recieves 60 votes and the speaker of the house will be the new vice president.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

In that case... the House picks Romney

and the GOP in the Senate will require a supermajority, in turn, nobody recieves 60 votes and the speaker of the house will be the new vice president.

Different than what I had reported earlier this morn but for obvious reasons makes much more sense. Need to stop watching WGN in the morning I guess?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

In that case... the House picks Romney

and the GOP in the Senate will require a supermajority, in turn, nobody recieves 60 votes and the speaker of the house will be the new vice president.

no supermajority needed. in case of a tie, biden would break it. so you potentially could have romney as prez, biden as vice.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Romney 311 - Obama 227

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9y1vGxPVAA

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by jms62

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9y1vGxPVAA

Thanks for the video...that's my girl, love her...Have a cd of hers i got after watching the movie True Crime...she sang 'why should i care' at the end when running the credits...

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

He totally schooled Hillary in Iowa. She ran a dreadful campaign, full of negativity, then ran out of cash. Her campaign managers - in my opinion, figured it was a slam dunk based on race and religion( still a lot of confusion back then based on whether he was truly a Muslim or not, if you can believe it)

Do you realize that the entire source of the "Is Obama a Muslim?" thing was completely made up and started by a Hillary secondary campaign worker, who sent it out in an e-mail from the campaign? And Hillary had a fit about it, and ordered it stopped.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Rasmussen’s polling (all conducted during the past week except for in Pennsylvania) shows Romney ahead in Florida (by 5 percentage points), Virginia (by 3 points), Colorado (by 4 points), and New Hampshire (by 2 points). It shows Obama ahead in Pennsylvania (by 5 points), Wisconsin (by 2 points), and Nevada (by 2 points). It shows Ohio and Iowa tied.


http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...53_657575.html

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

http://www.examiner.com/article/wedn...-3-4-new-polls

see ya later riot...

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

http://www.examiner.com/article/wedn...-3-4-new-polls

see ya later riot...

The nation has gotten wind of Riot's impending banishment and is responding in force!

[Riot]

Let's look at the polls Hooves posted:

Gallup: Romney falling, drops 1, Obama rising, up 1

Ras: holding

UPI: Obama rising, continuing rise; Romney continues trend drop

ABC: Romney ahead by 1/2 point.

Don't worry, Hooves - on the evening of November 6, you'll be grateful I offered you the alternative deal to only leave Politics and not all of Derby Trail in 13 days, out of my sympathy for your friends and handicapping here