# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=267 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 268 --- ## [So, should we get used to saying, Inmate Christie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-should-we-get-used-to-saying-inmate-christie/679234)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-should-we-get-used-to-saying-inmate-christie/679234 "2014-02-01T23:22:24Z")
Just asking. It appears that right now that fate is just as likely as him becoming President. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1904](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1904/679513)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1904/679513 "2014-02-01T03:17:25Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1904 Definitely voting for Teddy Roosevelt. --- ## [What Is Your Political Typology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-political-typology/679821)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-political-typology/679821 "2014-01-29T16:23:19Z")
http://www.people-press.org/typology/quiz/?src=typology-report Got New Coalition Democrat Please close this thread as I forgot to include a poll in it --- ## [Speaker John Boehner on the Tonight Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-john-boehner-on-the-tonight-show/679647)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-john-boehner-on-the-tonight-show/679647 "2014-01-29T07:06:29Z")
It’s the first time I’ve seen him in a relaxed interview. Leno got in some interesting questions about the shutdown and Obama Care. Boehner was pretty candid about the shutdown. That it was a mistake and he told his cauc… --- ## [Trump for New York governor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409 "2014-01-29T02:38:54Z")
The Republicans, in what I can only imagine is some sort of last-ditch effort to completely tank their party, are going to try to draft The Donald to run against Cuomo. You can’t make this sort of comedy gold up. I can… --- ## [Mr Michelle Kwan for Gov of RI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-michelle-kwan-for-gov-of-ri/679883)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-michelle-kwan-for-gov-of-ri/679883 "2014-01-28T20:19:04Z")
Clay Pell is apparently running for RI governor! They’ll have the most beautiful 1st Lady in the nation! --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1792](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1792/679512)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1792/679512 "2014-01-26T19:53:07Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792\_US\_Presidential\_Election Once again voting for Federalist electors. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1789](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1789/678757)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1789/678757 "2014-01-26T09:17:36Z")
Starting a new weekly series, with two elections per week. Would have voted for the Federalists since at this point the anti-Federalists were simply anti-Constitution. --- ## [Why was Ross Perot so popular in 1992?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-ross-perot-so-popular-in-1992/679573)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-ross-perot-so-popular-in-1992/679573 "2014-01-26T03:40:36Z")
People went nuts over this guy for a while, but I didn’t understand it then, and don’t now either when looking back on it. His platform was really not all that interesting and he could probably have comfortably fit into… --- ## [Who do you think will succeed Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-succeed-obama/674677)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-succeed-obama/674677 "2014-01-22T18:41:15Z")
Not who do you want\*\* to succeed Obama, but who do you think will\*\* succeed him, regardless of your political biases? Who do you think is most likely? Although I expressed dislike for his policies in my other thread, Chr… --- ## [So, we should get used to saying "President Christie?" Yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-should-get-used-to-saying-president-christie-yea-or-nay/674448)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-should-get-used-to-saying-president-christie-yea-or-nay/674448 "2014-01-22T04:22:57Z")
I was at a family party just recently and as the party was coming to an end, one of the last things to be brought up in discussion was politics. Just before he left to go back home, one of my family members commented tha… --- ## [Michigan passes "rape insurance" bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-passes-rape-insurance-bill/676262)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-passes-rape-insurance-bill/676262 "2014-01-20T12:10:05Z")
Didn’t see a thread about this. Link What the fuck? I’m not sure I even understand; women have to buy separate additional insurance to cover the cost of an abortion in cases of rape? Or does this apply to all aborti… --- ## [Bridgegate question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridgegate-question/678880)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridgegate-question/678880 "2014-01-19T15:03:02Z")
I know there are other threads about the fiasco and I’ve read most of them but I haven’t seen one question addressed. Assuming the closing of the lanes was intended as some sort of punishment/retaliation - what is the lo… --- ## [Paul Ryan Opens the 2016 Presidential Campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-opens-the-2016-presidential-campaign/676250)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-opens-the-2016-presidential-campaign/676250 "2014-01-18T11:13:08Z")
When the books are written in 2017, the image of Paul Ryan standing with Patty Murphy to announce a budget deal will be considered the true start to the presidential race. Sure, campaigns start the day after the electio… --- ## [Pennsylvania voter ID law struck down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-voter-id-law-struck-down/679099)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-voter-id-law-struck-down/679099 "2014-01-18T04:25:36Z")
Story. I hope this is the first of many repudiations of the right’s attempts to suppress the vote. --- ## [Your political leanings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-political-leanings/671808)
**Author:** [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-political-leanings/671808 "2013-11-06T19:37:44Z")
I got this link to a quiz from a colleague that asks a series of questions and based on the responses, determines which US political party one might identify with. Since it was raining too hard to go for my lunchtime wal… --- ## [An alternate motive for the Fort Lee traffic jam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-alternate-motive-for-the-fort-lee-traffic-jam/678421)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-alternate-motive-for-the-fort-lee-traffic-jam/678421 "2014-01-11T02:15:02Z")
Rachel Maddow proposed a possible alternate reason for Christie and/or his staff (allegedly) causing the Fort Lee traffic jam. There had been an ongoing political war between Christie and NJ State Senate Democrats over s… --- ## [Syria: Huge (and quiet) success for the White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-huge-and-quiet-success-for-the-white-house/672764)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-huge-and-quiet-success-for-the-white-house/672764 "2014-01-10T04:12:29Z")
According to this, all chemical weapon facilities in Syria have been destroyed and verified by international watchdogs. To me, this seems like the best possible resolution of the chemical weapons crisis in Syria- even i… --- ## [Obama a Surpreme Court Justice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-a-surpreme-court-justice/677583)
**Author:** [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-a-surpreme-court-justice/677583 "2014-01-09T08:46:43Z")
What are the chances that some future Democratic President would nominate Barak Obama to the SCOTUS if a seat opened up? Does his experience as a Constitutional Law proffessor qualify him for the position? Would he wan… --- ## [What's up with Liz Cheney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-liz-cheney/663965)
**Author:** [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-liz-cheney/663965 "2014-01-08T18:49:12Z")
I should start off by saying I’m neither a conservative nor from Wyoming, but I didn’t think that Mike Enzi had done anything to encourage a primary challenger. When I heard Liz Cheney was announcing a Senate bid, I tho… --- ## [How did things turn out? - Romney/Ryan 1 year later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-things-turn-out-romney-ryan-1-year-later/677415)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-things-turn-out-romney-ryan-1-year-later/677415 "2014-01-04T06:52:28Z")
This is a thread dedicated to pure speculation, so if it doesn’t belong on this board, feel free to move it to another… Basically, in an alternate reality, we would be approaching the end of the first year of Romney’s P… --- ## [What's changed within the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-changed-within-the-gop/676238)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-changed-within-the-gop/676238 "2013-12-29T22:32:40Z")
I know there’s a looming sense that the GOP needs to change with the times or else risk becoming an absolutely antiquated institution. They’ve known this since the Romney Autopsy but have continued their obstructionist t… --- ## [Banana Republic coming soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-republic-coming-soon/670160)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-republic-coming-soon/670160 "2013-12-26T21:49:26Z")
No, not a new store. I’m thinking of the US turning into one. The thought just occurred to me today after seeing this headline: NOT that it’s all on Obama. The shutdown sort of reminds me of the general strikes that … --- ## [McAuliffe Virginia's new Governor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcauliffe-virginias-new-governor/673216 "2013-12-21T19:31:55Z")
McAuliffe won the Virginia Governor’s race. Thank goodness. The fact that he won by only 2% of the vote is terrifying to me. What are the women of the Commonwealth thinking? So Cuccinelli is out, and he gave up h… --- ## [Lobbying Firms that are actually half-decent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobbying-firms-that-are-actually-half-decent/674063)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobbying-firms-that-are-actually-half-decent/674063 "2013-12-19T00:19:54Z")
We all hear about lobbying firms or think tanks that are the scum of the earth, to put it bluntly. From gun lobbies to big banking lobbies, they’ve pretty much earned the negative stigma that goes with their name now. Ar… --- ## [What's the craziest thing you heard at your Thanksgiving gathering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-craziest-thing-you-heard-at-your-thanksgiving-gathering/675045)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-craziest-thing-you-heard-at-your-thanksgiving-gathering/675045 "2013-12-17T19:50:10Z")
Well, we’ve returned from visiting my wife’s family for Thanksgiving. They are all quite nice to me and we get along great (we’ve been married for twenty years – whatever animosity there was went away a long time ago). … --- ## [Speaker Eleanor Holmes Norton 2014!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-eleanor-holmes-norton-2014/675881)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-eleanor-holmes-norton-2014/675881 "2013-12-16T20:03:25Z")
I think an historic campaign to elect the first African-American Speaker of the House of Representatives is just the thing to improve the fortunes of the Democratic Party in the House. The politics are right. Republicans… --- ## [White republican wins election by fooling black voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-republican-wins-election-by-fooling-black-voters/673667)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-republican-wins-election-by-fooling-black-voters/673667 "2013-12-15T21:38:22Z")
Here’s the story: http://gawker.com/white-republican-wins-election-by-convincing-voters-he-1462172659 On the one hand, this is scummy as hell. On the other hand I have to admire his ballsiness, especially when it come… --- ## [New Poll Shows Democratic Incumbents in Big Trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poll-shows-democratic-incumbents-in-big-trouble/672902)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poll-shows-democratic-incumbents-in-big-trouble/672902 "2013-12-14T01:16:58Z")
Today brings a new poll from Democracy Corps titled “Revolt against DC and the Republican Congress.” And it’s true: their polling shows that even in Republican districts, the GOP’s brand has taken a beating. But once … --- ## [Finally...a break for the Romney campaign!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-break-for-the-romney-campaign/674258)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-break-for-the-romney-campaign/674258 "2013-12-13T12:10:00Z")
Looks like things just got interesting in the 2012 presidential race. How will things end up at the ballot box between Obama and Romney? Only history holds the answer, but the Romney team has to be especially happy this … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=268)