The temporary U.S. Election 2010 forum discussed here:
… will open on or about June 1, 2010, the Hon. Marley presiding.
…and that’s where we’ll discuss how Marley was unanimously elected for the position. 
NOT A QUOTE FROM THE Obnoxious Wombat - but should have been
…and that’s where we’ll discuss how Marley was unanimously railroaded for the position.
Fixed that for you, Gary.
That poor poor Marley… Let us remember him as he would like to be remembered- Pre-The Election Thread…
:faint echos of Buffalo Springfield begins to play:
Thank you.
Hopefully this will cut down on the amount of election [del]crap[/del] discussion in other forums. And if not, well, at least you tried.
Good luck, Marley. Modding that forum is going to be a challenge. Might also be interesting to experiment with “Duel Threads” like was discussed here some time ago. Poster A vs Poster B, Issue X. All others stay out of it.
Or not.
Enjoy moving threads, kiddo. I see a lot of it in the future.
Gosh, I feel like I’m watching my own funeral. … thanks?
We’re going to try to keep that to a minimum just so I’m not doing it all day.
Ed could you please address the questioned asked in post 109 of the ‘re: closure of the Big T thread’.
None of the mods seem to want to tackle them, though they are very valid questions that deserve answers.
They have been asked, repeatedly, in the correct forum, in a polite fashion, yet continue to be roundly ignored.
Thank you for your time.
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Elbows, don’t drag your issues into threads on unrelated topics. This thread is about the Election forum, not about BigT or Twickster.
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Since Mr. Zotti has an email address available in his profile, you could always petition him in that manner. Probably more effective.
Hmmmmmmm? Let’s see. Marley. I know it’s here somewhere. Ah!
How much more can we say than SAVE YOURSELF!.
I’m very sorry, I was simply growing frustrated with not having my questions answered in the thread where they were asked.
Thank you, but I have already done exactly that, to no avail.
You’re both mods, maybe you could answer them? Then I wouldn’t need to ask the extremely busy Ed Zotti, at all.
Will we win a prize for starting the first thread?
What are going to be the ground rules? Will we have to be polite, or can we call the other side a bunch of lying scumbags?
Standard Great Debates rules apply. If you want to flame someone for his politics, put it in the Pit.
What if he’s a she? 
I really want to keep the side discussions to a minimum here, so I’ve placed my response in a new thread. Let’s leave this one to discussion of the Election forum only.
Thanks.
We’ve all heard all of the political arguments already. To save us from having to wade through them again, can we number the topics to make it easier to post?
In other words, instead of posting some worn-out variation of “I support the Democrats and oppose the Republicans,” one could just post “1.A.” Someone making the opposite statement would post “1.B.” Other parties could have other letters.
To refer to a particular Senate or House race, one would post “1.A (AR)” or “1.B (VA-8).”
Issues could be given little numbers. Abortion could be “i”, gun control “ii”, campaign finance “iii”, immigration “iv”, etc.
Thus, one might post “1.B.(ii, iii) (AZ)”
Predictions about the overall numbers could be accommodated. If you think the Republican will pick up 15 seats in the House, you would post: “2.B (House) +15”
So could issues in general: If you think immigration will hurt the Republicans in the Senate, you would post: “B (Sen.) -(iv).”
If you think the election will help Obama: “3.A.” If it hurt him: “3.b”
Old joke==
Guy goes to prison. He hears random prisoners call out seemingly random numbers. “87.” Most of the prisoners laugh. “33.” More prisoners laugh.
He asks “what’s going on.” Old timer says that most of the jokes are old ones, so to shorten up the telling, they’ve adopted a system–numbering them. That way, you just shout out the number. Guy learns what they are and decides to give it a try.
He shouts out “58.” No laughs. He asks “why?” Cellmate says–
Some guys just can’t tell a joke.