# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=316 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 317 --- ## [Republican Debate 10/18 thread \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-10-18-thread-edited-title/600077)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-10-18-thread-edited-title/600077 "2011-10-22T17:56:08Z")
From an e-mail from Team Obama: GOP Debate Watch Sort of like a drinking game, but you pledge money instead of drinking (or you could do it the other way, too). If I could afford it (and if I could stomach watching Re… --- ## [Hypothetical: Would Obama throwing Geithner under the bus help or hurt him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-would-obama-throwing-geithner-under-the-bus-help-or-hurt-him/600046)
**Author:** [@Da\_Mikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_Mikster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-would-obama-throwing-geithner-under-the-bus-help-or-hurt-him/600046 "2011-10-22T04:36:09Z")
No, I have no evidence he’s even considering it. Only fond hopes. At this late date, would a change of course to a more populist tack, and a sacrificial goat in getting rid of old Timmy to symbolically signal that, help… --- ## [Hillary-Obama: a fanciful scenario but the only one that would worry me at this point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-obama-a-fanciful-scenario-but-the-only-one-that-would-worry-me-at-this-point/599407)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-obama-a-fanciful-scenario-but-the-only-one-that-would-worry-me-at-this-point/599407 "2011-10-19T21:43:56Z")
In threads I’ve started in the past, half the posts seem to have been wasted on accusations that I’m somehow Betraying the Cause :confused:, so I thought I’d be explicit up front this time: I once liked Obama but now con… --- ## [I'm calling it: Romney will be the nominee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-it-romney-will-be-the-nominee/589515)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-it-romney-will-be-the-nominee/589515 "2011-10-18T18:35:44Z")
Have I done this yet? Well, he will be. The GOP has not changed enough that someone else can beat the hair apparent. --- ## [Rebublican use of the term "class warfare"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebublican-use-of-the-term-class-warfare/596727)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebublican-use-of-the-term-class-warfare/596727 "2011-10-16T01:20:37Z")
Obama’s new proposed tax on those making over $1,000,000\* seems to have Upset some in the Republican party: Do the Republicans want to open this can of worms? I think that they can then fairly be accused of “Class war… --- ## [Romney jobs plan: Cut taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-jobs-plan-cut-taxes/595440)
**Author:** [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Deal_Democrat)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-jobs-plan-cut-taxes/595440 "2011-10-14T18:32:13Z")
By KASIE HUNT updated 1 hour 28 minutes ago 2011-09-06T20:48:58 Print Font: ±NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, in a wide-ranging bid to create jobs, proposed Tuesday to reduce regulat… --- ## [Latest status on contributions and 2012 campaign of Obama from Organizing America.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-status-on-contributions-and-2012-campaign-of-obama-from-organizing-america/599569)
**Author:** [@Cyclone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyclone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-status-on-contributions-and-2012-campaign-of-obama-from-organizing-america/599569 "2011-10-13T20:24:44Z")
Email from Organizing America, October 13, 2011 to members. Friend – Remember that deadline we kept emailing you about a couple weeks ago? Here’s what you should know about what we’ll report to the FEC tomorrow: -- I… --- ## [Bloomberg Republican debate 10/11/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloomberg-republican-debate-10-11-11/599380)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloomberg-republican-debate-10-11-11/599380 "2011-10-13T13:54:06Z")
I didn’t have a chance to watch this but Michelle Bachmann apparently managed to get a couple of lovely crazy remarks out - in knocking Cain’s 9-9-9 plan she said “You turn the 9-9-9 plan upside down, and the devil’s in… --- ## [The left's massively dishonest criticism of Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lefts-massively-dishonest-criticism-of-obama/596905)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lefts-massively-dishonest-criticism-of-obama/596905 "2011-10-12T01:46:22Z")
Victor Davis Hanson shows Obama is the strongest and most effective president–and the most partisan and brutal to his Republican opponents–that the Democrats have had since Lyndon Johnson pushed through the Great Society… --- ## [If Romney wins the GOP nomination, who will be his running mate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-romney-wins-the-gop-nomination-who-will-be-his-running-mate/598928)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-romney-wins-the-gop-nomination-who-will-be-his-running-mate/598928 "2011-10-11T23:10:05Z")
If he’s the GOP nominee, Romney needs to pick a veep who won’t be this year’s Sarah Palin, but who will get the wingnuts at least somewhat motivated to help out with the ground game. So is there anyone out there who fil… --- ## [Swing States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-states/599025)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-states/599025 "2011-10-11T00:45:18Z")
What states will be “swing states” this time around? --- ## [Is this real and is it normal? \[Ron Paul coverage\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-and-is-it-normal-ron-paul-coverage/592889)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-and-is-it-normal-ron-paul-coverage/592889 "2011-10-10T01:05:23Z")
I’ve heard about the massive biases of fox news, but being in Australia, I’ve never seen it firsthand. Is this Jon Stewart video true or comically exagerated. If so, why is it like this? --- ## [Palin's out. Anyone surprised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-out-anyone-surprised/598730)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-out-anyone-surprised/598730 "2011-10-09T15:32:05Z")
Palin has announced she’s not running. Is anyone surprised? Does it mean anything for any of the extant candidates? Maybe a sigh of relief for Perry? --- ## [Somebody please explain why states' would schedule a primary so early and lose their delegates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-please-explain-why-states-would-schedule-a-primary-so-early-and-lose-their-delegates/598454)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-please-explain-why-states-would-schedule-a-primary-so-early-and-lose-their-delegates/598454 "2011-10-09T07:23:26Z")
Is having the publicity and resulting influence on future state primaries really that important to any particular state? Hell, with primaries and caucuses now being scheduled in January for a November general election, … --- ## [Ontario 2011 provincial election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-2011-provincial-election/596953)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-2011-provincial-election/596953 "2011-10-08T12:29:20Z")
Anyone have any comments to make about the upcoming (Oct 2011) Ontario provincial election? Personally, I’m not very excited about it, but I’m slightly baffled by the Conservatives TV ads. Does their entire platform co… --- ## [A presidential Candidate So Tone-Deaf That He Leases A Ranch Called Niggerhead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-candidate-so-tone-deaf-that-he-leases-a-ranch-called-niggerhead/598389)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-candidate-so-tone-deaf-that-he-leases-a-ranch-called-niggerhead/598389 "2011-10-06T20:48:25Z")
I thought it must be a joke, but apparently Rick Perry, Governor of Texas really has a ranch that for years had the name “Niggerhead” painted on it’s entrance. How did the voters of Texas not take notice of this? Is th… --- ## [What would happen if Hillary runs for 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hillary-runs-for-2012/596684)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hillary-runs-for-2012/596684 "2011-10-05T21:31:25Z")
Is it even possible? Assuming she’s even considering it, would the party ask her not to? Is it set in stone nowadays that the sitting president gets the party nomination? For those that know more about inside politics…… --- ## [Jumping the gun on primary states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-the-gun-on-primary-states/597925)
**Author:** [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-the-gun-on-primary-states/597925 "2011-10-04T06:08:01Z")
It seems that Florida is likely to move its primary ballot up to January 31st, while Arizona has already set it’s primary for Feb 28th, the same day as South Carolina. National committees have bent over backwards to acc… --- ## [How much, if at all, will the primary process hurt the Republican Presidential nominee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-if-at-all-will-the-primary-process-hurt-the-republican-presidential-nominee/598332)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-if-at-all-will-the-primary-process-hurt-the-republican-presidential-nominee/598332 "2011-10-03T16:57:44Z")
It occurred to me reading recently that the competitiveness of the Republican primary field could be a factor in the election. The thing that made me think of this, of course, is the sight of Mitt Romney and Rick Perry,… --- ## [The Invisible Primary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invisible-primary/598257)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invisible-primary/598257 "2011-10-02T23:22:18Z")
I’m bit reluctant to post this link, since it’s to Mother Jones and I know how that’s considered. But I found it through a series of links myself and the actual content is quoting a book by political scientists on the pr… --- ## [Fallout from Rick Perry's "Debate Performance"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-from-rick-perrys-debate-performance/597407)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-from-rick-perrys-debate-performance/597407 "2011-10-02T18:25:54Z")
I haven’t watched the debate myself yet of course, but reviews & discussion ranging from the Los Angeles Times to the Huffington Postare painting this in rather dire tones. And yet, the SDMB elections forum is oddly quie… --- ## [Will Sarah Palin try to get nominated from the floor of the RNC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sarah-palin-try-to-get-nominated-from-the-floor-of-the-rnc/588598)
**Author:** [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sarah-palin-try-to-get-nominated-from-the-floor-of-the-rnc/588598 "2011-09-30T06:28:37Z")
The other threads about Palin are hijacked to hell and back so I thought I’d start a new one to ask a simple question: what’s the likelihood that Sarah Palin tries to get nominated from the floor of the Republican Nation… --- ## [Mitch Daniels Calls For More Honest Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-daniels-calls-for-more-honest-debate/596781)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-daniels-calls-for-more-honest-debate/596781 "2011-09-29T23:58:13Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/us/politics/mitch-daniels-calls-for-a-more-honest-campaign-debate.html?hp The Republican party and its nominee-whoever it may be-must not forget these words: And I assume here he mea… --- ## [Divide the federal budget by districts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-the-federal-budget-by-districts/597868)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-the-federal-budget-by-districts/597868 "2011-09-28T20:58:19Z")
Let’s make this election have real consequences! It’s easy to vote a given way, knowing that other people in other districts will vote a different way. But what if we really had to live with the results of our votes? H… --- ## [Putin To Run Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-to-run-again/597508)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-to-run-again/597508 "2011-09-28T18:21:04Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/world/europe/medvedev-says-putin-will-seek-russian-presidency-in-2012.html?\_r=1&hp I’m glad quite frankly Putin is in charge of Russia. He is not a liberal (in the classical or American… --- ## [Who the hell is Gary Johnson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-gary-johnson/583526)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-gary-johnson/583526 "2011-09-27T23:59:10Z")
Anyone who listened to Wait Wait over the last couple of weeks will know that they don’t know this guy, but really…who is he? And as someone who normally votes Democratic why don’t I like him? Because I have to admit, on… --- ## [Breaking news: Thaddeus McCotter out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-thaddeus-mccotter-out/597264)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-thaddeus-mccotter-out/597264 "2011-09-25T20:12:23Z")
OK not even news worthy but figured I’d let people know in case they were hoping he made some bizarre leap forward in the polls. Guess he’ll just have to settle for making bizarre guitar solo’s. He also has thrown in … --- ## [Palin/Rice Innuendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-rice-innuendo/596572)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-rice-innuendo/596572 "2011-09-25T18:58:27Z")
The thread about this was closed before I was aware it had started, so please indulge me. The recent revelations about Sarah Palin in Joe McGinnis’s book The Rogue (I haven’t read it, just the excerpts in Doonesbury) go… --- ## [Do you think if Bristol Palin or Meghan McCain went to Wall Street the MSM would cover it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-if-bristol-palin-or-meghan-mccain-went-to-wall-street-the-msm-would-cover-it/597492)
**Author:** [@Novealphtang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novealphtang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-if-bristol-palin-or-meghan-mccain-went-to-wall-street-the-msm-would-cover-it/597492 "2011-09-24T22:23:25Z")
With the power of a Palin, do you think the media would all of a sudden swarm like flies to the Wall Street protests? --- ## [Electoral College- time to get rid of it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-time-to-get-rid-of-it/587886)
**Author:** [@Recovering\_Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recovering_Republican)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-time-to-get-rid-of-it/587886 "2011-09-24T10:23:18Z")
Should we get rid of the electoral college. I say yes. Besides the possibility of electing someone who lost the popular vote (which has happened four times since the current system was set up by the 12th Amendment) it … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=317)