# Some (simple) US election build-up questions...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-simple-us-election-build-up-questions/605126>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 5, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-simple-us-election-build-up-questions/605126 "2011-12-05T14:03:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-simple-us-election-build-up-questions/605126/21 "2011-12-06T01:46:18Z")

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> [@Crawlspace](#):
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> You’d have to think Andrew Cuomo will run.
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> 2016 might be a bit too soon, but keep your eye on Newark’s Mayor [Cory Booker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker).

Ooh boy. Not sure about two tie-dye candidates in a row, but worth considering.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-simple-us-election-build-up-questions/605126/22 "2011-12-06T03:03:03Z")

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Obama is a tie-dye candidate?

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-simple-us-election-build-up-questions/605126/23 "2011-12-07T00:13:06Z")

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I should have just said “black.”

I was going for, “mixed-race, identifies as black, partial product of white community.” Black to the racists, but kind of white. The description “tie-dye” comes from the sitcom “Happy Endings.”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-simple-us-election-build-up-questions/605126/24 "2011-12-07T04:28:31Z")

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Oh, I thought it meant “hippie”.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-simple-us-election-build-up-questions/605126/25 "2011-12-07T06:40:56Z")

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Yeah, it was a stupid choice of words.

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