# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=320 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 321 --- ## [Will we see another serious Presidential candidacy from a Vice President anytime soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-see-another-serious-presidential-candidacy-from-a-vice-president-anytime-soon/584424)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-see-another-serious-presidential-candidacy-from-a-vice-president-anytime-soon/584424 "2011-06-10T23:32:41Z")
Dick Cheney wasn’t considered a serious candidate for the Presidency during George W Bush’s administration. I don’t think too many people think Joe Biden is going to run for President in 2016. This breaks a long string.… --- ## [Is Cain's popularity because of his low name recognition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cains-popularity-because-of-his-low-name-recognition/583586)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cains-popularity-because-of-his-low-name-recognition/583586 "2011-06-10T03:11:48Z")
The esteemed Nate Silver has been arguing for taking Herman Cain seriously because, despite his low name recognition of only about 30%, he’s still polling at around 10%. But I have an alternate hypothesis: What if his … --- ## [Ed Rollins, Bachmann strategist slams Palin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-rollins-bachmann-strategist-slams-palin/584652)
**Author:** [@JimH52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimH52)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-rollins-bachmann-strategist-slams-palin/584652 "2011-06-09T23:52:23Z")
CAPTAIN, IS THAT BLOOD IN THE WATER? --- ## [Whither Kucinich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-kucinich/583578)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-kucinich/583578 "2011-06-09T03:47:26Z")
Dennis Kucinich, the most famous left-liberal in Congress (but not the most leftiest member – that would be Bernie Sanders), is losing his Ohio seat to post-Census redistricting. So he is thinking of moving to Washingto… --- ## [Is Mitt the new Hillary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mitt-the-new-hillary/584188)
**Author:** [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mitt-the-new-hillary/584188 "2011-06-08T11:01:44Z")
You remember Hillary? She had the money, organization and political support to make her nomination all but inevitable. Except for one thing–an intense personal dislike of the voting public. Seems to me Romney is in t… --- ## [The Israel controversy (?) and '12...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-israel-controversy-and-12/583116)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-israel-controversy-and-12/583116 "2011-06-06T23:31:35Z")
This article’s discussion is seen by at least one conservative pundit as evidence that “a slew of former… supporters \[are\] abandoning him” and thus hurts his reelection prospects. True or no? Whether or not the Preside… --- ## [Something I wonder, re: '12 Presidential election and economic numbers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-wonder-re-12-presidential-election-and-economic-numbers/583507)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-wonder-re-12-presidential-election-and-economic-numbers/583507 "2011-06-06T15:56:41Z")
All the talk about how Obama will win or lose based on the economy got me thinking: Would it be possible, at any time in 2012, to simply look at one or a few or some economic numbers (e.g. unemployment, wages, whatever)… --- ## [Does Haley Barbour have a serious chance of becoming president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-haley-barbour-have-a-serious-chance-of-becoming-president/575612)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-haley-barbour-have-a-serious-chance-of-becoming-president/575612 "2011-06-02T16:57:35Z")
Interesting profile of him from the New York Times yesterday: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/us/politics/22barbour.html?\_r=1 Personally, I don’t see it happening. Let’s face it, politics these days is as much about … --- ## [Election Night Coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-night-coverage/559303)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-night-coverage/559303 "2010-11-25T16:54:58Z")
What do you think of the election night coverage you’ve seen? Good, bad, indifferent? I have been watching MSNBC. Two things annoyed me. Early on, LONG before the polls closed, even the Central time zone polls, they … --- ## [The Huckster's out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hucksters-out/581952)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hucksters-out/581952 "2011-05-26T17:50:09Z")
He seemed like such a personable guy but the talk about his links to Reconstructionist and Dominionist types scared me. --- ## [Why isn't Immigration a plank of the US Democratic Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-immigration-a-plank-of-the-us-democratic-party/580245)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-immigration-a-plank-of-the-us-democratic-party/580245 "2011-05-26T03:08:30Z")
I consider my self a Democrat, but I am probably closer to Libertarian. There is a problem with people living in the USA that are not here legally. Democrats apparently could care less. \* \*\* \*\*Why? \*\* Could / Couldn… --- ## [NY-26. Will the teaparty kill the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-26-will-the-teaparty-kill-the-gop/583135)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-26-will-the-teaparty-kill-the-gop/583135 "2011-05-25T21:24:45Z")
This district went for McCain in the presidential election. I do believe that polling showed that it wasn’t the Tea Party candidate that did the Republican in but Paul Ryan’s budget that the staunchly red voters couldn’… --- ## [The Scottish Parliament Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scottish-parliament-election/580979)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scottish-parliament-election/580979 "2011-05-24T10:30:40Z")
Well, someone else on the Dope might be interested. The results here in Scotland are truly astonishing. The Scottish National Party have exceeded even the most optimistic of forecasts, and have absolutely swept the boar… --- ## [Could Mitch Daniels appeal to broader GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-mitch-daniels-appeal-to-broader-gop/580164)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-mitch-daniels-appeal-to-broader-gop/580164 "2011-05-23T01:30:13Z")
Mitch Daniels, governor ® of Indiana, is a name that is popping up more and more as a potential GOP candidate in 2012. He has tackled Indiana’s budget problems, while increasing funding for schools and promising tax ref… --- ## [How will "super PACs" and corporate cash in general affect 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-super-pacs-and-corporate-cash-in-general-affect-2012/582359)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-super-pacs-and-corporate-cash-in-general-affect-2012/582359 "2011-05-21T13:12:07Z")
There’s been a lot of concern about this ever since that Supreme Court decision. The “super PAC” thing is new to me, and I still don’t quite understand it, but I’ve seen it pop up online of late, especially in relation … --- ## [Will the Ryan Plan be the GOP's Achilles heel in 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-ryan-plan-be-the-gops-achilles-heel-in-2012/582643)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-ryan-plan-be-the-gops-achilles-heel-in-2012/582643 "2011-05-21T11:53:33Z")
John Stewart made the point last night that all the Republican candidates are supporting the Ryan budget plan, which guts Medicare and turns it into a voucher plan for private insurance with no guaranteed benefits. Yet t… --- ## [Newt Gingrich to run for president - has he got a snowball's chance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-gingrich-to-run-for-president-has-he-got-a-snowballs-chance/581290)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-gingrich-to-run-for-president-has-he-got-a-snowballs-chance/581290 "2011-05-20T16:42:49Z")
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2011/05/09/6611425-gingrich-to-make-run-official-wednesday- Newt Gingrich is throwing his hat into the ring to make a try for GOP nominee for president. On the one hand he’s got lot… --- ## [Smacking down the "Dems weak on defense" meme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smacking-down-the-dems-weak-on-defense-meme/580658)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smacking-down-the-dems-weak-on-defense-meme/580658 "2011-05-19T20:26:30Z")
It’s no secret that for decades the Right has demonized Democrats as soft on defense, unable or unwilling to protect the nation, even traitors and enemies to the country. It’s been a viciously effective line of attack, … --- ## [New Pew Political Typology Released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pew-political-typology-released/581172)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pew-political-typology-released/581172 "2011-05-17T22:39:01Z")
Every few years the Pew Research Center does a massive survey and tries to identify the coherent belief blocs in America. This year’s Political Typology has just been released. It’s near book length (OK, not really, but… --- ## [aw! poor wittle Donald had his feelings hurt by those mean jokes \[Trump out of 2012 race\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-poor-wittle-donald-had-his-feelings-hurt-by-those-mean-jokes-trump-out-of-2012-race/581625)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-poor-wittle-donald-had-his-feelings-hurt-by-those-mean-jokes-trump-out-of-2012-race/581625 "2011-05-17T06:25:22Z")
Sounds like the Donald is pulling out, because he just can’t take the vicious \[del\]insults\[/del\] jokes that have been coming his way since he started inching towards a presidential run: Trump says public scorn greater t… --- ## [The Canadian Election Thread. (Or maybe not...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 1235\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419 "2011-05-16T03:10:16Z")
At the time of writing this, it is not by any means certain that there will be Canadian election any time soon. So maybe I’ll be wrong - it won’t be the first time, and I’m sure it won’t be the last time that I make a p… --- ## [Based on these political positions, would you call me a conservative, a liberal, or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/based-on-these-political-positions-would-you-call-me-a-conservative-a-liberal-or-something-else/579676)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/based-on-these-political-positions-would-you-call-me-a-conservative-a-liberal-or-something-else/579676 "2011-05-14T04:11:48Z")
I am against gun control. The Second Amendment means what it says, in my opinion, and if people oppose its provisions they should work to repeal that amendment, not pretend it means something else. I’m very tempted to s… --- ## [Give up, Pubbies, and Change the Game...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-pubbies-and-change-the-game/581043)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-pubbies-and-change-the-game/581043 "2011-05-12T20:37:04Z")
Not right now, but say Obama does make a little headway with the economy, and continues to get better and better poll numbers over the next year–here’s what I think the Republicans should do, in their own long-term best… --- ## [UK Referendum on 5th May](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-referendum-on-5th-may/574037)
**Author:** [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-referendum-on-5th-may/574037 "2011-05-12T15:14:59Z")
So with two months to go before a referendum on the voting system it seems that some campaigning is starting up. The BBC has a couple of articles outlining some of the no and the yes arguments. The question has been rel… --- ## [Northern Ireland Assembly elections May 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-may-2011/581106)
**Author:** [@A.Gwilliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Gwilliam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-may-2011/581106 "2011-05-10T00:22:26Z")
I looked for a thread here for the recent Stormont elections, but didn’t find one. Assuming my eyesight not even worse than I’d realised, is this another sign that politics in Northern Ireland is becoming “normal”? Res… --- ## [Could Gary Johnson appeal to broader GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-gary-johnson-appeal-to-broader-gop/580609)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-gary-johnson-appeal-to-broader-gop/580609 "2011-05-09T19:36:16Z")
Gary Johnson, former governor ® of New Mexico, declared his candidacy for POTUS a little over a week ago. He slashed New Mexico’s budget and left it with a healty surplus when leaving office. He also campaigned for the… --- ## [Progressive Plan for the 2012 Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-plan-for-the-2012-election/581079)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-plan-for-the-2012-election/581079 "2011-05-07T18:44:04Z")
In another thread, I suggested that progressive Dems should mount a serious challenge to Obama in the primaries, because the centrists are going to take the progressive vote for granted unless they fear that the progress… --- ## [First debate of the 2012 presidential campaign tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-debate-of-the-2012-presidential-campaign-tonight/580848)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-debate-of-the-2012-presidential-campaign-tonight/580848 "2011-05-06T14:14:47Z")
Thursday, May 5, sponsored by Fox News Channel. It’s five Republican hopefuls, none of which I’d really call top-tier except possibly Pawlenty. Herman Cain Gary Johnson (I did a “who?” double take) Ron Paul Tim Pawl… --- ## [Scenarios for the next election and beyond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenarios-for-the-next-election-and-beyond/556007)
**Author:** [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Deal_Democrat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenarios-for-the-next-election-and-beyond/556007 "2010-10-04T20:38:24Z")
It looks like the Democrats are going to do badly in the next election. The only real questions are: how badly? and what comes next? I can think of four scenarios for the future, and solicit comments on them. The R… --- ## [Will Trump apologize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-apologize/579885)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-apologize/579885 "2011-05-04T02:21:56Z")
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss\_viewer/birth-certificate-long-form.pdf So will this finally put that conspiracy theory to rest? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=321)