# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=271 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 272 --- ## [Why can't Fox be easily detected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-fox-be-easily-detected/662584)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-fox-be-easily-detected/662584 "2013-08-31T20:31:12Z")
Every time I pass by a TV with news on, occasionally I will wonder why it is blasting such idiotic things. I wish there were something, ideally in the lower left hand corner of the screen, that would let me know what ch… --- ## [Who will the Republican nominee be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-the-republican-nominee-be/665273)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-the-republican-nominee-be/665273 "2013-08-30T20:50:54Z")
I thought about putting this question in GQ, but figured since it’s election related and all… --- ## [Will the Fort Hood trial have a political effect on President Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666 "2013-08-29T02:18:02Z")
The “Fort Hood shooter” is on trial in a military court in Fort Hood. If he is convicted, he may receive the death penalty. Since this sentence would be carried out upon a member of the military and assigned by a milit… --- ## [Will Democrats figure out and fix why they're losing locally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-democrats-figure-out-and-fix-why-theyre-losing-locally/665948)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-democrats-figure-out-and-fix-why-theyre-losing-locally/665948 "2013-08-24T03:42:04Z")
A long overdue companion to \[thread=676834\]this thread here\[/thread\]. The Dems may have a winning trend at the Presidential level, and they look good on paper for the next POTUS election cycle. But they are in danger of … --- ## [Iowa caucuses 2016: Still relevant or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-caucuses-2016-still-relevant-or-not/665504)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-caucuses-2016-still-relevant-or-not/665504 "2013-08-23T13:55:34Z")
What’s the current situation with Iowa and their caucuses? Every year, there is talk that Iowa shouldn’t go first, the state isn’t at all representative of the United States and the Republican Party turnout tends to be d… --- ## [RNC wants friendly moderators for GOP primary debates. Think 2012 debates badly damaged candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-wants-friendly-moderators-for-gop-primary-debates-think-2012-debates-badly-damaged-candidates/666492)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-wants-friendly-moderators-for-gop-primary-debates-think-2012-debates-badly-damaged-candidates/666492 "2013-08-22T15:02:46Z")
This was on CSPAN and also in this article. They have explicitly indicated they think the 2012 primary debates did huge damage to the GOP candidates and do not want questions on poverty, evolution or a host of other non… --- ## [Projecting the Electoral College for 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/projecting-the-electoral-college-for-2024/664787)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/projecting-the-electoral-college-for-2024/664787 "2013-07-30T04:27:33Z")
I realize we’re 12 years out, but humor me. What states are projected to 1)Move over 3 EV 2)Fall to 3 EV 3)Move over 10 EV 4)Fall under 10 EV --- ## [Change within your lifetime of the Democratic and Republican party.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-within-your-lifetime-of-the-democratic-and-republican-party/663451)
**Author:** [@JackDorseyJR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackDorseyJR)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-within-your-lifetime-of-the-democratic-and-republican-party/663451 "2013-07-23T01:19:44Z")
Was viewing the thread about whether or not the Rep. party is aware of the reasons why they lost '12 when I thought about this question… It seems to me, as a youngin’ in this political world, that the Republican party i… --- ## [Am I the only one who sees Obama as a Huge Media Whore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550)
**Author:** [@Reidh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reidh)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-sees-obama-as-a-huge-media-whore/663550 "2013-07-22T23:15:14Z")
Is it just me? he has too much to say about local news -issues, trevon, Arizona Firefighters, Blah Blah Blah, Things covered well by local news etc. But Nothing to say about IRS scandal? Benghazi murder coverup? Piece of… --- ## [Rice blamed "extremists w/ heavy weapons" not protesters, crowds or movie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-blamed-extremists-w-heavy-weapons-not-protesters-crowds-or-movie/658717)
**Author:** [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-blamed-extremists-w-heavy-weapons-not-protesters-crowds-or-movie/658717 "2013-07-19T17:05:25Z")
The right wing propaganda machine took early control of the narrative about the attacks and response by the White House - and they certainly distorted it drastically to get the theme they wanted… BLAME THE MOVIE. Troub… --- ## [What effect would Bill Clinton's sudden/surprising death have on Hillary's election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-would-bill-clintons-sudden-surprising-death-have-on-hillarys-election/658010)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-would-bill-clintons-sudden-surprising-death-have-on-hillarys-election/658010 "2013-07-17T20:54:31Z")
I was thinking something the other day and wanted to get your thoughts. Assume for the sake of this thread that as of today, Hillary is 100% sure that she is going to run for president in 2016. Now, consider the followin… --- ## [Will the Republicans keep beating the abortion drum after this year's election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-keep-beating-the-abortion-drum-after-this-years-election/640214)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-keep-beating-the-abortion-drum-after-this-years-election/640214 "2013-07-14T12:19:47Z")
The GOP lost two Senates seats that should have been easy wins for them, in large part because their candidates got hamstrung by their own anti-abortion rhetoric. It seems that the Republicans are slowly realizing that … --- ## [Sarah Palin may leave Republican Party.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-may-leave-republican-party/662291 "2013-07-14T00:49:49Z")
Don’t Let the Door Hit Your Ass on the Way Out. I’ll never forgive McCain for inflicting this witch on America. Maybe the Republicans national embarrassment is coming to an end? The sooner she’s gone the better. --- ## [Christie Lied to Sandy Victims about Rebuilding Reimbursement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-lied-to-sandy-victims-about-rebuilding-reimbursement/663287)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-lied-to-sandy-victims-about-rebuilding-reimbursement/663287 "2013-07-13T16:20:07Z")
"(He) was satisfied with one answer he heard: If you build now, you will be reimbursed, Christie said. So Appleby, who is unemployed, went ahead with rebuilding his home. But now, more than three months later, reimburse… --- ## [Fighting fire with water hoses, not candles: a metaphor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-fire-with-water-hoses-not-candles-a-metaphor/662983)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-fire-with-water-hoses-not-candles-a-metaphor/662983 "2013-07-10T17:49:07Z")
BrainGlutton, sheltered soul that he is, is talking about GOP “overreach” possibly costing them future elections. I admit that I see no likelihood of future Democratic legislative-election victories until (at the earlies… --- ## [GOP plan to appeal to millennials: “Make abortion funny”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-plan-to-appeal-to-millennials-make-abortion-funny/661317)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-plan-to-appeal-to-millennials-make-abortion-funny/661317 "2013-07-07T03:14:31Z")
The article is about more than just abortion, it also talks about same sex marriage, for example. To be fair, the article title is a bit misleading. There are Republicans who want to move the party in another directi… --- ## [Prop 8 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prop-8-question/661056)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prop-8-question/661056 "2013-07-06T20:22:53Z")
If the Court strikes down Prop 8, will it apply to the entire 9th Circuit or just CA? If the latter, why? I thought the case went before the 9th originally. --- ## [So what's all this about Romney's tax returns being hacked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-all-this-about-romneys-tax-returns-being-hacked/633796)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-all-this-about-romneys-tax-returns-being-hacked/633796 "2013-07-02T18:18:41Z")
Supposedly an anonymous person or persons talked themselves into an office at Price Waterhouse Coopers and copied files containing a bunch of Mitt Romney’s tax returns. They claim that encrypted drives have been sent to … --- ## [Rubio won't back his own immigration bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubio-wont-back-his-own-immigration-bill/660242)
**Author:** [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubio-wont-back-his-own-immigration-bill/660242 "2013-06-28T18:06:26Z")
Florida Senator Marco Rubio has positioned himself as an emerging GOP leader, largely by championing immigration reform as a way to improve his own (and his party’s) image with the electorate. He basically led the “Gang… --- ## [Voting is useless!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-is-useless/661956)
**Author:** [@olfu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/olfu)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-is-useless/661956 "2013-06-27T22:23:14Z")
Yes, I know most of you will be unhappy with this idea but my life experience shows me that voting is useless. Try to prove opposite. --- ## [Don't you think Obama is making a huge mistake in pissing off all the wrong people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-obama-is-making-a-huge-mistake-in-pissing-off-all-the-wrong-people/658296)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-obama-is-making-a-huge-mistake-in-pissing-off-all-the-wrong-people/658296 "2013-06-27T18:29:37Z")
. . . and I don’t mean Republicans. They’re a given, I suppose, and provably ineffectual without unforced errors. No, I mean the fact that Obama and company are at least trending toward: (1) Throwing Hillary under the b… --- ## [Practical effects of Shelby County v. Holder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-effects-of-shelby-county-v-holder/661878)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-effects-of-shelby-county-v-holder/661878 "2013-06-26T22:55:45Z")
Supporters of the Voting Rights act think that the recent Supreme Court decision on it “guts” it, and that the ruling “will usher in a new generation of grandfather clauses, poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.” (This is la… --- ## [The Second Mitt Romney Memorial Massachusetts Special Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-mitt-romney-memorial-massachusetts-special-election/661862)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-mitt-romney-memorial-massachusetts-special-election/661862 "2013-06-26T22:19:09Z")
Today is the Massachusetts special senatorial election to replace John Kerry, and after the multitude of threads spawned by Scott Brown’s victory 3 years ago, it seemed fitting to start a thread on this one. Clearly hav… --- ## [The Dream Ticket for 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dream-ticket-for-2016/661699)
**Author:** [@David\_H\_Singanas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_H_Singanas)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dream-ticket-for-2016/661699 "2013-06-26T14:25:47Z")
\[Dreamticket2016~62313.rtf\] Now that the 2008 Herald of Change has brought us a giant step closer to ACA national health care and one baby step closer to Big Brother government, let’s catch our breath and take stock o… --- ## [British Columbia Liberals Re-Elected with Majority, Minus Premier, Who loses her seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-columbia-liberals-re-elected-with-majority-minus-premier-who-loses-her-seat/658428)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-columbia-liberals-re-elected-with-majority-minus-premier-who-loses-her-seat/658428 "2013-06-21T12:17:18Z")
Yesterday, the governing Liberal Party of British Columbia was re-elected, winning 50 seats in the 84 seat Legislature, with the New Democratic Party winning 33 seats and the Greens 1 seat. The Liberals actually increas… --- ## [Is Republican noise about Susan Rice just a ploy to get Scott Brown back into the Senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-republican-noise-about-susan-rice-just-a-ploy-to-get-scott-brown-back-into-the-senate/642166)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-republican-noise-about-susan-rice-just-a-ploy-to-get-scott-brown-back-into-the-senate/642166 "2013-06-20T15:35:49Z")
Susan Rice seems to be Obama’s preferred choice to take over for Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. However, Republicans in the Senate, led by the usually-more-reasonable John McCain and Lindsey Graham, have threaten… --- ## [poll for Dems in 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-dems-in-2016/655014)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-dems-in-2016/655014 "2013-06-18T13:08:11Z")
Okay I’m going to try to post my little poll. Imagine you’ve got $100 cyberbucks, no more, no less. You’re betting on who you think will be the Democratic nominee. The poll (if I do this right) has my own odds on various… --- ## [Michele Bachmann Not To Run For Reelection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613 "2013-06-18T04:22:21Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/us/politics/michele-bachmann-wont-seek-re-election-next-year.html?ref=politics&\_r=0 I’m mildly surprised but I can’t say I’m displeased. --- ## [The Bank On Students Loan Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bank-on-students-loan-act/659679)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bank-on-students-loan-act/659679 "2013-06-13T14:52:41Z")
This is Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s first piece of legislation to address the doubling of interest rate from 3.4 to 6.8. Elizabeth Warren wants to float the student loan interest rate to the discount market rate. You can l… --- ## ["Obama has made himself a lame duck" and the politics of the chained CPI.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-made-himself-a-lame-duck-and-the-politics-of-the-chained-cpi/655533)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-made-himself-a-lame-duck-and-the-politics-of-the-chained-cpi/655533 "2013-06-11T04:04:37Z")
That’s what one diary on a well known progressive liberal message board opined on the President’s proposal of the chained CPI, and the (assumed by the poster) necessity of Democrats to reject/run away from that proposal … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=272)