# A guy named Pataki?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351 "2015-09-23T23:17:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351/21 "2015-12-31T06:05:47Z")

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Suggested Onion Headline:

**Nation Surprised to Learn that Pataki Didn’t Drop Out Months Ago**

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**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351/22 "2015-12-31T16:02:45Z")

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I suspect that the only reason that Pataki joined the race was because he thought he could wind up as the only viable moderate/establishment candidate (assuming Jeb Bush decided against running or fizzled), and could slip in as a consensus choice if all of the hard right candidates ate each other. Either that, or he was running for Vice President.

Well, as it turned out, Jeb actually ran (Pataki joined the race during the long period when Jeb appeared to be dithering), and though he certainly has fizzled, no substantial group of voters has shown any apparent interest in getting behind a non-Jeb moderate. No moneyed interests seem to be lining up for him, and he hasn’t made enough of a splash to put himself on any Veep lists.

I’m not sure why he stayed on this long, other than inertia.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351/23 "2015-12-31T19:09:42Z")

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> [@ITR\_champion](#):
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> Suggested Onion Headline:
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> **Nation Surprised to Learn that Pataki Didn’t Drop Out Months Ago**

Pataki announces surprise end of campaign in area Subway  
Announcement received with surprise by employee who just wanted to know if he wanted avocados.

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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351/24 "2016-01-01T02:50:32Z")

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The next POTUS will not have a non-silent vowel at the end of his/her name. Obama was an anomaly. I don’t support this notion, but it certainly exists.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351/25 "2016-01-01T03:12:06Z")

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Someone should tell Marco.

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-pataki/732351/26 "2016-01-02T23:43:35Z")

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Sad he dropped out, the GOP best chance of a moderate candidate.

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