# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=279 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 280 --- ## [Can the obstructionism end, now, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-obstructionism-end-now-please/640250)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-obstructionism-end-now-please/640250 "2012-11-13T21:39:26Z")
Mitch McConnell declared in January 2009 that henceforth the Congressional Pubs’ first priority would be to make sure Obama would be a one-term POTUS. And since then, their apparent strategy/policy has been to stonewall… --- ## [Wife runs over husband for not voting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-runs-over-husband-for-not-voting/640898)
**Author:** [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-runs-over-husband-for-not-voting/640898 "2012-11-13T18:57:23Z")
I guess this is a pretty compelling reason to vote. :eek: --- ## [Will the House spend the next 4 years fishing for a White House scandals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-house-spend-the-next-4-years-fishing-for-a-white-house-scandals/640757)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-house-spend-the-next-4-years-fishing-for-a-white-house-scandals/640757 "2012-11-13T17:16:33Z")
Of course, they’ve already tried (without success) to gin the Benghazi attack into a scandal. Now Petraeus diddles his biographer, and the headlines blare: Congress wants answers on Petraeus affair! So is this what we … --- ## [Should there be a law against employers threatening employees on how to vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-law-against-employers-threatening-employees-on-how-to-vote/639966)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-law-against-employers-threatening-employees-on-how-to-vote/639966 "2012-11-13T17:12:21Z")
There have been several cases where employers have come out and threatened their employees with ramifications if they did not vote in a manner they proscribed. Major Wisconsin employer warns workers of ‘personal consequ… --- ## [What was the net effect on this election of voter-ID laws, "True the Vote" pollwatchers, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-net-effect-on-this-election-of-voter-id-laws-true-the-vote-pollwatchers-etc/640797)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-net-effect-on-this-election-of-voter-id-laws-true-the-vote-pollwatchers-etc/640797 "2012-11-13T16:12:20Z")
I have not seen any stats yet. Has anyone compiled any? --- ## [The 2012 Election Schadenfreude thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156 "2012-11-13T14:40:06Z")
Not sure if this is more appropriate for Elections or the Pit, so mods, feel free to move it. I want to see the gnashing of the teeth, taste the sweet tears of dismay, and listen to the wailing of the sky-is-falling typ… --- ## [Obama will not have a Lewinsky scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-will-not-have-a-lewinsky-scandal/588699)
**Author:** [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-will-not-have-a-lewinsky-scandal/588699 "2012-11-13T12:03:48Z")
What will be the effect of this hypothetical for the 2012 election? Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are both Democrats, both are Presidents who contended with economic policy, both had political battles with Republicans; … --- ## [A libertarian republican goes nuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-libertarian-republican-goes-nuts/640452)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-libertarian-republican-goes-nuts/640452 "2012-11-13T06:26:23Z")
Eric Dondero, writer at Libertarianrepublican.net decides to take a personal boycott of Democrats. He will, as he’s said in his own words: I’m sure that if he actually had friends or relatives who are Democrats, knowi… --- ## [Something I still don't understand \[Obama vs. Romney on the economy\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-still-dont-understand-obama-vs-romney-on-the-economy/640236)
**Author:** [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-still-dont-understand-obama-vs-romney-on-the-economy/640236 "2012-11-13T04:03:05Z")
Maybe the exit polls say differently, but last I saw: Romney polled better at handling the economy than Obama. The majority of those polled said the economy was the dominant issue. A minority of those polled said they… --- ## [Buchanan: "White America died" election night \[satire\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buchanan-white-america-died-election-night-satire/640746)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buchanan-white-america-died-election-night-satire/640746 "2012-11-13T03:03:25Z")
Dude got to be too much even for G. Gordon Liddy. (Don’t tell him the Arabs discovered algebra and the Chinese invented paper.) --- ## [Predictions for the future of the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-the-future-of-the-gop/640354)
**Author:** [@MDKSquared](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MDKSquared)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-the-future-of-the-gop/640354 "2012-11-13T00:17:50Z")
Not what you think they SHOULD do, but what you think they WILL do. How do you predict they will act going forward? What do you predict for the 2016 election and beyond? Any other predictions? --- ## [Were conservative media outlets trying to make it sound like Romney was winning the popular vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-conservative-media-outlets-trying-to-make-it-sound-like-romney-was-winning-the-popular-vote/640729)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-conservative-media-outlets-trying-to-make-it-sound-like-romney-was-winning-the-popular-vote/640729 "2012-11-12T22:57:11Z")
I don’t have cable, and I fell asleep before all the results were in on election day (my faith in Nate Silver is strong). However I have seen some things since the election that imply this was a serious thought among so… --- ## [Things A Smart Republican Would Do Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-smart-republican-would-do-now/640247)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-smart-republican-would-do-now/640247 "2012-11-12T22:08:06Z")
Now that Obama has won, and I am resting after doing many happy dances, I figure maybe it is time to calculate what the smart Republican would do to increase their chances to win next time. I think it is time they got… --- ## [The Republican Electoral College Deficit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-electoral-college-deficit/640477)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-electoral-college-deficit/640477 "2012-11-12T19:34:29Z")
Several posters have commented that they heard on CNN that the Democrats have a 19 state advantage in the electoral college based on voting patterns over the past 20 years (last 6 elections). I heard it as well, and was… --- ## [Possibly the least Christian response to the election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-least-christian-response-to-the-election/640518)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-least-christian-response-to-the-election/640518 "2012-11-12T18:05:46Z")
CEO prays to Jesus to forgive America and then fires a bunch of his workers. Compare to: I know there’s this newfangled idea among Christians that you can just pick and choose the parts of the Bible you want to liste… --- ## [When do you think we'll know for sure who gets elected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-know-for-sure-who-gets-elected/640025)
**Author:** [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-know-for-sure-who-gets-elected/640025 "2012-11-12T18:00:48Z")
I’m predicting Nov 20th, after the re-counts and court challenges. --- ## [Voter fraud allegations in FL - "141% turnout"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-fraud-allegations-in-fl-141-turnout/640661)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-fraud-allegations-in-fl-141-turnout/640661 "2012-11-12T17:27:07Z")
This seems to be the latest right-wing talking point right now. And indeed the link on the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections site appears to show more “cards cast” than “reg. voters”. What’s up with this? --- ## [Twitter Stupidity! or I want to be a felon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-stupidity-or-i-want-to-be-a-felon/640446)
**Author:** [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-stupidity-or-i-want-to-be-a-felon/640446 "2012-11-12T01:44:55Z")
Are these people stupid? Do they want the secret service knocking on their door?? (if this is in the wrong forum, please move it) --- ## [Tammy Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tammy-baldwin/640706)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tammy-baldwin/640706 "2012-11-11T20:12:52Z")
When she intially ran for the House, was she “out”? --- ## [2004 hypothetical: If Kerry wins, does Edwards still cheat on his wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-hypothetical-if-kerry-wins-does-edwards-still-cheat-on-his-wife/640687)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-hypothetical-if-kerry-wins-does-edwards-still-cheat-on-his-wife/640687 "2012-11-11T17:49:59Z")
Assume Kerry/Edwards win Ohio in 2004 and thus the presidency. Does John Edwards still cheat on his wife while he’s Vice President? If so, what happens? My guess is yes, Edwards would still cheat. It seems to have been … --- ## [How is your state implementing the health care law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-state-implementing-the-health-care-law/640614)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-state-implementing-the-health-care-law/640614 "2012-11-11T16:37:08Z")
As of now, the future of the health care law has been cemented in place because it managed to clear the two hurdles that could’ve derailed it: (1) it was upheld by the Supreme Court, and (2) Obama won reelection and the … --- ## [Thread for Furriners to comment on the US election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-furriners-to-comment-on-the-us-election/640201)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-furriners-to-comment-on-the-us-election/640201 "2012-11-11T09:12:47Z")
I have been following just about every election thread with quite a lot of interest. I didn’t join in on any because … well I thought it inappropriate. Obviously I had my hopes for the outcome. And finally you US dude… --- ## [IS there any way to find out if Romney amends his tax deductions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-find-out-if-romney-amends-his-tax-deductions/640269)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-find-out-if-romney-amends-his-tax-deductions/640269 "2012-11-11T07:55:59Z")
You know, the ones he didn’t file for in order to keep his tax rates where he’d claimed they were? It was common wisdom that he would amend them once he’d lost (or even if he’d won) but I’m thinking that we may never kno… --- ## [Elections are Fun but Governing is Boring -or- Handicapping 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-are-fun-but-governing-is-boring-or-handicapping-2016/640543)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-are-fun-but-governing-is-boring-or-handicapping-2016/640543 "2012-11-11T03:18:46Z")
It’s never too early, so we have been doing in in dribs and drabs all over, but let’s organize it in one place. I’ll start with some poorly-defended positions. Hillary will be 69 in 2016. While 70 is the new 30, esp… --- ## [Why would the owner of a business put campaign signs out front?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-owner-of-a-business-put-campaign-signs-out-front/640447)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-owner-of-a-business-put-campaign-signs-out-front/640447 "2012-11-11T03:12:29Z")
Yeah, “freedom of speech,” “you can vote with your pocketbook,” yadda, yadda, yadda, but unless you are in an area that is nearly 100% for one party that seems like bad business. Even then you are pushing the remaining … --- ## ["FL, VA, and NC are Romney for sure. We are no longer polling there."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fl-va-and-nc-are-romney-for-sure-we-are-no-longer-polling-there/637321)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fl-va-and-nc-are-romney-for-sure-we-are-no-longer-polling-there/637321 "2012-11-11T03:04:33Z")
That, apparently, is what the Suffolk University Political Research Center thinks. That’s a pretty confident assessment to make. Is this borne out by any other polls in those states? --- ## [The official election day 2012 thread: 11/6/12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 968\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045 "2012-11-11T02:41:04Z")
Well it’s finally here. All the long months of debate, gaffes, PACs and robo-calls… all come down to this. So this is the thread to post your election day experiences, and I guess it will probably be where people follo… --- ## [Obama's victory was Sandy's fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-victory-was-sandys-fault/640494)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-victory-was-sandys-fault/640494 "2012-11-10T23:31:34Z")
And therefore God’s will, as far as I can tell. Fox is busy trying to spin Romney’s colossal failure on the storm, saying that it interrupted his momentum. Since the right is all about God punishing the evil liberals b… --- ## [Let's examine why the GOP chose Romney in the first place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-examine-why-the-gop-chose-romney-in-the-first-place/640468)
**Author:** [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-examine-why-the-gop-chose-romney-in-the-first-place/640468 "2012-11-10T23:21:25Z")
My theory: Out of all the possible candidates he did the best Reagan impersonation, and he evinced a willingness to tout the Party line over his personal beliefs. What do you think? --- ## [What happened to the Evangelical vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-evangelical-vote/640242)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-evangelical-vote/640242 "2012-11-10T23:07:51Z")
Supposedly the Republican base - of which has included Evangelicals since the days Ronald Reagan courted them - was winning the enthusiasm gap. Evangelicals were always said to have magic powers to sway elections. Hel… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=278) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=280)