# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=305 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 306 --- ## [Should Obama use "Born in the USA" as a re-elect theme song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obama-use-born-in-the-usa-as-a-re-elect-theme-song/622297)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obama-use-born-in-the-usa-as-a-re-elect-theme-song/622297 "2012-05-25T15:49:49Z")
I think it would be clever on several levels, but mainly on the level of “Here’s a guy with confidence to play up what only his worst idiot opponents take seriously as an issue,” and I don’t think the Boss would mind, t… --- ## [Trival Pursuit: Kenyan Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trival-pursuit-kenyan-edition/622328)
**Author:** [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trival-pursuit-kenyan-edition/622328 "2012-05-25T03:10:47Z")
IANAB, but it is entertaining. Promotional booklets produced in 1991 by Barack Obama’s then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, states that Obama was “born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii”, because… A) he w… --- ## [John Hunstman leaving the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hunstman-leaving-the-gop/619830)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hunstman-leaving-the-gop/619830 "2012-05-25T00:30:50Z")
Proof once again that John Huntsman was the smartest of the GOP candidates for President, this article says that he is considering leaving the Republican party. Look especially at the last quote in the article. At his … --- ## [Romney's biggest problem, IMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-biggest-problem-imo/622854)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-biggest-problem-imo/622854 "2012-05-24T16:50:09Z")
While the polls are close now (even though the EC favors Obama far more), I see a big problem for Romney going forward, his personality. Romney’s awkward, somewhat robotic and unrelatable personality is not going to play… --- ## [Potential for Bias on Sunday Political Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-for-bias-on-sunday-political-shows/621767)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-for-bias-on-sunday-political-shows/621767 "2012-05-23T00:19:52Z")
Here’s a rundown on today’s lineup. It appears that there are guests from both sides of any argument. Does that make a show fair and balanced? Who are the hosts for each… the people who get to ask the questions? •NBC… --- ## [NAACP: "SSM AOK" \[effect on elections\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naacp-ssm-aok-effect-on-elections/622502)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naacp-ssm-aok-effect-on-elections/622502 "2012-05-21T14:41:50Z")
Linky. Will this have an effect on the upcoming US election? It could, if it can get some socially conservative black people to the polls who would have otherwise stayed home due to Obama’s support for same sex marriag… --- ## [May cooler heads prevail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-cooler-heads-prevail/619983)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-cooler-heads-prevail/619983 "2012-05-20T17:15:11Z")
Barack Obama slow jams the news. Is there a credible, non-partisan argument for not keeping student loans cheap? --- ## [New twist on Birtherism: Obama's real father was an American (Communist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-on-birtherism-obamas-real-father-was-an-american-communist/622289)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-on-birtherism-obamas-real-father-was-an-american-communist/622289 "2012-05-19T05:32:13Z")
Joel Gilbert tries to prove that in his new direct-to-DVD notumentary Dreams from My Real Father: (If Frank Marshall Davis was a Communist, the more we have of them the better.) And now WND’s Jerome Corsi (author of T… --- ## [Conservative Super PAC considers race baiting as campaign tactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-super-pac-considers-race-baiting-as-campaign-tactic/622220)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-super-pac-considers-race-baiting-as-campaign-tactic/622220 "2012-05-18T18:35:54Z")
Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s 15 minutes may get an extension this summer, if Chicago Cubs owner, former TD Ameritrade CEO and anti-government-spending Super PACker Joe Ricketts has his way. Link: Frankly I welcome this raci… --- ## [Obama supports same sex marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-supports-same-sex-marriage/621415)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-supports-same-sex-marriage/621415 "2012-05-17T22:43:44Z")
So in the last few days both Joe Biden and President Obama have come out (tee hee) in favor of same-sex marriage. Will this have an effect on the national dialog on the issue? Will it affect the election in November? … --- ## [Condoleezza Rice for VP with Romney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoleezza-rice-for-vp-with-romney/621813)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoleezza-rice-for-vp-with-romney/621813 "2012-05-17T21:12:27Z")
I can’t think of anyone with better credentials for VP. She’s so well respected and would be a huge asset for Romney. Condi was the only positive thing I ever saw in the Bush administration. The big question is… Can the… --- ## [Former Navy SEAL takes aim at Obama over bin Laden killing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-navy-seal-takes-aim-at-obama-over-bin-laden-killing/621745)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-navy-seal-takes-aim-at-obama-over-bin-laden-killing/621745 "2012-05-17T00:22:33Z")
And he’s pretty damned vocal about it. I wouldn’t doubt that many of you have read this letter already, as it has apparently been circulating throughout the internet over the past few days. One of my family members, wh… --- ## [anyone think anonymous could uses their forces for good rather than evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-think-anonymous-could-uses-their-forces-for-good-rather-than-evil/618056)
**Author:** [@elbravoiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbravoiv)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-think-anonymous-could-uses-their-forces-for-good-rather-than-evil/618056 "2012-05-16T09:05:39Z")
I’m wondering why anonymous doesn’t try to endorse a 3rd party candidate and get them exposed. This could actually be the one chance to get things changed… yet they seem too busy trying to fight for civil liberties by ha… --- ## [Why Can't Obama Bring Wall Street to Justice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-obama-bring-wall-street-to-justice/621677)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-obama-bring-wall-street-to-justice/621677 "2012-05-15T16:58:00Z")
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/06/why-can-t-obama-bring-wall-street-to-justice.html Since most Dopers generally lean toward the left, as far as I’ve noticed, I’m hoping there would be less dime-a-dozen re… --- ## [Has a candidate ever been elected president while losing his home state? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-candidate-ever-been-elected-president-while-losing-his-home-state-edited-title/620189)
**Author:** [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-candidate-ever-been-elected-president-while-losing-his-home-state-edited-title/620189 "2012-05-15T06:04:39Z")
I didn’t see a thread on this specifically, and this might be more appropriate in GQ. Most current polls show Mitt Romney well behind Obama in his home state of Massachusetts. Has any candidate ever won the presidency … --- ## [Richard Lugar loses Senate primary -- one less sane Republican in congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lugar-loses-senate-primary-one-less-sane-republican-in-congress/621339)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lugar-loses-senate-primary-one-less-sane-republican-in-congress/621339 "2012-05-14T22:10:33Z")
NY Times story here. The Tea Party has kicked another moderate to the street. I don’t know if the new guy is so kooky that he will give Dems a reasonable shot at taking the seat in the general. --- ## [Romney: If I Offended Anyone by Torturing Him, I Apologize"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-if-i-offended-anyone-by-torturing-him-i-apologize/621553)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-if-i-offended-anyone-by-torturing-him-i-apologize/621553 "2012-05-13T13:01:23Z")
Admittedly not an exact quote, but that’s the gist. This story broke: about Romney leading a gang of bullies to hold down a non-conformist kid, and forcibly cut his hair as he was screaming for help. Asked about it t… --- ## [Would a pro-gay marriage stance cost Obama the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-pro-gay-marriage-stance-cost-obama-the-election/621313)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-pro-gay-marriage-stance-cost-obama-the-election/621313 "2012-05-10T14:35:38Z")
That’s pretty much what some people are saying: that he only is fudging on the issue because he’s afraid that gay-hating Obama-lovers will flee rightward. Me, I think Obama is genuinely uncomfortable with equal rights… --- ## [Amendment One Passes in NC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-one-passes-in-nc/621345)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-one-passes-in-nc/621345 "2012-05-10T05:15:49Z")
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/08/2052643/marriage-amendment-latest-results.html Weeping and gnashing of teeth to follow on the SDMB… --- ## [Why doesn't the League of Women Voters do something like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-league-of-women-voters-do-something-like-this/621254)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-league-of-women-voters-do-something-like-this/621254 "2012-05-09T20:19:35Z")
The Mexican Presidential candidates were having a televised debate and apparently they do things a little differently down there. Check out the outfit this woman is wearing as she hands out some paperwork. The woman is … --- ## [US Presidential political hypothesis- the more charismatic guy ALWAYS wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-presidential-political-hypothesis-the-more-charismatic-guy-always-wins/620992)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-presidential-political-hypothesis-the-more-charismatic-guy-always-wins/620992 "2012-05-09T03:26:43Z")
This may be a little confirmation bias (after the fact, the winners are thought of as more charismatic because they won)- but looking back, does this hypothesis fail? Obama was more charismatic than McCain, Bush II was … --- ## [Why no Korean vets became POTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-korean-vets-became-potus/621053)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-korean-vets-became-potus/621053 "2012-05-08T16:08:41Z")
It’s the only U.S. to that point that never produced a veteran. Any guesses why no Korean vets ever became President? --- ## [Obama joke at the WH Press Corps Dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-joke-at-the-wh-press-corps-dinner/620408)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-joke-at-the-wh-press-corps-dinner/620408 "2012-05-08T11:58:12Z")
Did anyone see Obama’s speech to the WH Press Corps this weekend? I thought it was freaking hilarious, but I didn’t get one of his jokes…The difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom…a pit bull is delicious. I get… --- ## [Ron Paul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-paul/617427)
**Author:** [@TelecasterLPGTop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelecasterLPGTop)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-paul/617427 "2012-05-07T19:46:34Z")
Electoral fraud is rife in the US. Ron Paul is way ahead in all the straw polls yet the corporate controlled media are ignoring him. It’s bizarre and criminal yet the sleeping mainstream simply believe their corrupt medi… --- ## [London Elections, 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-elections-2012/616386)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-elections-2012/616386 "2012-05-07T17:33:54Z")
A perhaps interesting diversion from all that American election stuff going on, anybody following the London elections? For the Mayor, it’s clearly going to be a close-run race between Boris Johnson (Conservative incumb… --- ## [Obama's Ad on bin Laden, Romney: Fair or Foul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ad-on-bin-laden-romney-fair-or-foul/620415)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ad-on-bin-laden-romney-fair-or-foul/620415 "2012-05-07T05:56:38Z")
There’s a new ad where Obama brags about bin Laden’s assassination, and questions whether Romney would have been able to order the hit. Do you think this is fair tactics in the election race? Arianna Huffington is one w… --- ## [Iranian parliamentary election 03/02/12: More interesting than you might think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-parliamentary-election-03-02-12-more-interesting-than-you-might-think/614408)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-parliamentary-election-03-02-12-more-interesting-than-you-might-think/614408 "2012-05-06T03:28:31Z")
Even though all reformist opposition has been put down hard, and kept off the ballots: Dig it. This is a political world where Ahmadinejad is the liberal. And the level of voter turnout also will be significant: Al… --- ## [Documenting the downfall of Newt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documenting-the-downfall-of-newt/612077)
**Author:** [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documenting-the-downfall-of-newt/612077 "2012-05-06T02:14:03Z")
I think it’s pretty clear–barring some spectacular twist of fate–that Newt Gingrich is not going to be the Republican nominee. However I’ll admit that his shameless pandering and deluded sense of self-importance–both at… --- ## [Robert Draper: GOP decided to oppose Obama in everything on Jan 20, 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-draper-gop-decided-to-oppose-obama-in-everything-on-jan-20-2009/619984)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-draper-gop-decided-to-oppose-obama-in-everything-on-jan-20-2009/619984 "2012-05-06T01:18:34Z")
In his revelatory new book, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives”, Robert Draper describes a meeting in which GOP leaders decide to oppose the new president in absolutely everything. Ob… --- ## [What would happen if Romney won, then died b4 Jan. 20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-romney-won-then-died-b4-jan-20/620346)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-romney-won-then-died-b4-jan-20/620346 "2012-05-04T18:39:07Z")
Who would become President if, hypothetically Romney won, then died in an avalanche while on a ski trip over Christmas? I assume his VP is automatically elevated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=304) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=306)