# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=315 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 316 --- ## [Number of Non-Republican Candidates Represented in Your Local Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-non-republican-candidates-represented-in-your-local-elections/602530)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-non-republican-candidates-represented-in-your-local-elections/602530 "2011-11-12T16:03:35Z")
I am mainly interested in non-large metropolitan areas, ie, suburbs, small cities, and rural areas as I would assume all parties represent themselves as well as they can in large cities. My Carolina uncle and aunt have … --- ## [Cain and "The Journalistic Code of Ethics"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cain-and-the-journalistic-code-of-ethics/602165)
**Author:** [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cain-and-the-journalistic-code-of-ethics/602165 "2011-11-09T18:46:41Z")
After a recent campaign event in Texas, Herman Cain was asked about the allegations of sexual harassment at which point he refused to answer and instructed his chief of staff to send the reporter a copy of “the journalis… --- ## [Joe the Plumber running for Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-running-for-congress/599222)
**Author:** [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-running-for-congress/599222 "2011-11-07T16:25:30Z")
He has apparently filed to challenge for a seat in Ohio’s 9th. I don’t know Ohio politics, but I can’t imagine he has a chance in hell. Has there been a bigger joke candidate since the Rent is Too Damn High guy? --- ## [Cain: "I am the Koch brothers' brother from another mother!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cain-i-am-the-koch-brothers-brother-from-another-mother/601896)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cain-i-am-the-koch-brothers-brother-from-another-mother/601896 "2011-11-05T17:29:08Z")
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2011/11/04/8637464-cain-im-very-proud-to-know-the-koch-brothers Cain embraces his relationship to the Koch brothers in defense of allegations of campaign wrongdoing associated with t… --- ## [Which supercommittee member is most likely to defect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-supercommittee-member-is-most-likely-to-defect/601782)
**Author:** [@miragesyzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miragesyzygy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-supercommittee-member-is-most-likely-to-defect/601782 "2011-11-04T20:07:15Z")
I’ve seen Baucus vote favorably to the Bush Administration’s economic policies. However, would he have appointed by Reid if the party leadership thought Baucus would be the easiest to pry? Any other likely candidates? --- ## [Perry's flat tax: "Cut, Balance and Grow"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perrys-flat-tax-cut-balance-and-grow/600733)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perrys-flat-tax-cut-balance-and-grow/600733 "2011-11-04T19:47:50Z")
So Rick Perry is rolling out his new platform which he calls “Cut, Balance ad Grow”. In the proposal is a plan to institute a 20% flat tax rate for individuals, although he says they could keep their current rate if the… --- ## [Bachmann announces she's running](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 606\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382 "2011-11-03T17:17:53Z")
“Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday at the CNN debate that she had filed paperwork to enter the presidential race and said she plans to make a formal announcement of her candidacy “soon.”” I would think there w… --- ## [Rant: It's over a YEAR until the election...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-its-over-a-year-until-the-election/601278)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-its-over-a-year-until-the-election/601278 "2011-11-03T04:56:08Z")
… and we’re already drenched in “political” news. Cain gains 2% points over Romney! Can Obama win? I mean, HOLY CRAP. It wasn’t that long ago that the candidates were decided at the conventions (in July or early August) … --- ## [Should unions push for divided government rather than democratic majorities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-unions-push-for-divided-government-rather-than-democratic-majorities/601706)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-unions-push-for-divided-government-rather-than-democratic-majorities/601706 "2011-11-03T04:25:25Z")
When the GOP took over Ohio’s state government one of their big agenda policies was to restrict the power of organized labor (since organized labor is generally hostile to the political interests of the GOP and the inter… --- ## [Do all presidential campaign posters, websites and logos have to be red, white and blue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-presidential-campaign-posters-websites-and-logos-have-to-be-red-white-and-blue/601122)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-presidential-campaign-posters-websites-and-logos-have-to-be-red-white-and-blue/601122 "2011-11-03T02:15:40Z")
Not as a matter of law of course, but as a matter of custom. Every candidate, Democrat or Republican, always uses red, white and blue as the colors of their campaign materials. When was the last time a candidate in a maj… --- ## [GOP plan - Romney/Cain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-plan-romney-cain/600201)
**Author:** [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-plan-romney-cain/600201 "2011-11-02T17:59:50Z")
I suppose they will accept Perry/Cain, but I really get the feeling that the plan is for Romney to out middle-of-the road Obama and Cain to split the black vote with him. I know I am being cynical and possibly even raci… --- ## [Nuclear Option](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-option/599529)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-option/599529 "2011-11-02T13:07:50Z")
How is what Harry Reid did a week ago different than the maneuver that Republicans threatened in the past? Have the rules changed forever now ? --- ## [Cain's campaign manager kinda seedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056 "2011-10-31T16:06:57Z")
Sounds like he and Atwater would have gotten along just fine. \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_CAIN\_CAMPAIGN\_MANAGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-28-50) Will any of this matt… --- ## [Pat Robertson Criticizes GOP Extremenism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-criticizes-gop-extremenism/600802)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-criticizes-gop-extremenism/600802 "2011-10-30T16:47:24Z")
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/25/pat-robertson-comments-gop\_n\_1030534.html A bit surprising --- ## [electorial votes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electorial-votes/601240)
**Author:** [@jackedmondson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackedmondson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electorial-votes/601240 "2011-10-30T14:07:06Z")
if it takes 270 electorial votes to elect a presedet If FDR was elected four times he would have had the most electorial votes. Which presedent recceived the least amount of total votes? --- ## [The most bizarre campaign ad EVER!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-campaign-ad-ever/600829)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-campaign-ad-ever/600829 "2011-10-30T11:47:29Z")
THIS is f\*cked up! First Cains chief of staff babbles about how their a day closer to the white house. Then he takes a drag off a cigarette, exhales a bit of smoke out of the corner of his mouth and then blows the rest … --- ## [Explain Obama's Job Approval Rating to Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-obamas-job-approval-rating-to-me/600284)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-obamas-job-approval-rating-to-me/600284 "2011-10-29T13:00:50Z")
A brief list of Obama’s accomplishments so far: avoided a second Great Depression presided over massive private sector job growth, adding well over a million net private jobs since the Stimulus, more than George Bu… --- ## [Most bizarre ad? No. Most AWESOME](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-ad-no-most-awesome/600856)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-ad-no-most-awesome/600856 "2011-10-28T13:13:11Z")
OK, this is by way of offering a response to the inherent weirdness of Herman Cain’s ad. Ed Lee’s Re-election ad or at least one put together to support him. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see it. Lee is the inte… --- ## [Herman Cain: Action Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain-action-hero/595947)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain-action-hero/595947 "2011-10-27T14:17:16Z")
You can watch Herman Cain’s new campaign ad here. I have nothing to say, because my jaw is still busy dropping. The comments there say it for me though. Politico is not a left-wing site, BTW. --- ## [Failed Democrat Pol Sues Critics Over Election Loss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-democrat-pol-sues-critics-over-election-loss/600757)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-democrat-pol-sues-critics-over-election-loss/600757 "2011-10-26T21:32:29Z")
Oh this is hilarious. "When voters in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District threw Democrat Steve Driehaus out of office after only one term, he did not bow out gracefully. No, he decided to get even. So he did what anyo… --- ## [Which candidate would make the worst president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-would-make-the-worst-president/593149)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidate-would-make-the-worst-president/593149 "2011-10-25T05:02:38Z")
Of all the candidates who have announced their intent to run for president in 2012, which would be the worst for the country? So far, I think Obama is doing pretty badly, but his failures are in the “not fixing stuff” c… --- ## [Bachmann losing staff in NH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-losing-staff-in-nh/600423)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-losing-staff-in-nh/600423 "2011-10-25T04:54:28Z")
The other Bachmann threads are hopelessly out of date or just plain silly (much like the candidate herself), so I decided this news could use it’s own thread. \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_BACHMANN\_NEW… --- ## [Unemployment and the regulation equation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-and-the-regulation-equation/600169)
**Author:** [@Da\_Mikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_Mikster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-and-the-regulation-equation/600169 "2011-10-25T04:05:49Z")
Maybe it should be in debates, but since it’s being pushed as an election platform I’ll put it here. GOP argument. Excess intrusive regulation inhibits corporation innovation and profitibility, plus the fair housing ac… --- ## [What's wrong with Ron Paul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-ron-paul/600153)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-ron-paul/600153 "2011-10-25T03:38:09Z")
Why is he always so censored? Does he know what he’s talking about? Would you vote for him? --- ## [Are there any interesting state ballot measures which could influence the Get out the Vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-interesting-state-ballot-measures-which-could-influence-the-get-out-the-vote/600469)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-interesting-state-ballot-measures-which-could-influence-the-get-out-the-vote/600469 "2011-10-24T22:59:38Z")
George W Bush got a gift when the Massachusetts Supreme court legalized same sex marriage. Many states had ballot initiatives banning same sex marriage in 2004, including Ohio. There’s no doubt that helped Bush win Ohio … --- ## [The Dread Governor Rupert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-governor-rupert/600592)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-governor-rupert/600592 "2011-10-24T00:45:26Z")
Rupert Boneham, who deputed on Survivor\*'s ‘pirate’ episode, is looking to run for governor of Indiana on the Libertarian ticket. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45000462/ns/politics/#.TqSz\_UZ51FM --- ## [Did Herman Cain on Meet the Press help or hinder Herman Cain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-herman-cain-on-meet-the-press-help-or-hinder-herman-cain/599975)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-herman-cain-on-meet-the-press-help-or-hinder-herman-cain/599975 "2011-10-23T17:13:05Z")
I saw some of the interview. The thing that stood out the most (of what I saw) was that the interviewer really seemed to be softballing Cain, which I thought was odd for Meet the Press. But does this match others’ impr… --- ## [Effect of Occupy Wall Street on the 2012 elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-occupy-wall-street-on-the-2012-elections/599697)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-occupy-wall-street-on-the-2012-elections/599697 "2011-10-23T01:08:50Z")
It would have seemed impossible a year ago, with the Tea Party and all, that there would be a massive grassroots protest movement in America from what amounts to Obama’s left, but here it is. But, is it starting too lat… --- ## [Which GOP candidate right now scares democratic strategists the most (for 2012, not their policies)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-gop-candidate-right-now-scares-democratic-strategists-the-most-for-2012-not-their-policies/600360)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-gop-candidate-right-now-scares-democratic-strategists-the-most-for-2012-not-their-policies/600360 "2011-10-22T22:06:21Z")
A mention in The Weekly Standard I think, of a generally mildly anti-Huntsman article, was from an anonymous Democratic pollster (this was the only good thing said about Huntsman) who said that all of the current GOP can… --- ## [Huntsman's Non Debate Appearance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntsmans-non-debate-appearance/600358)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntsmans-non-debate-appearance/600358 "2011-10-22T18:00:41Z")
Dick Morris said Huntsman was the biggest loser in the last debate because he no showed on a pretense of going to New Hampshire to deal with the primary timetable issue. Morris called it naked pandering. So anyone able … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=314) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=316)