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American Election Megathread - It's Over
Max White:
Looks like the circus has rolled onto the world stage! Hold on folks, this shit is topical!
Leafsnail:
Doesn't Herman Cain deserve a spot on the "people who've given up" list? It's a pretty awesome summary though.
Is it still the case that "generic Republican" (ie a poll of Obama vs unnamed Republican candidate) would do far better than any of the actual candidates?
Aqizzar:
--- Quote from: Leafsnail on December 30, 2011, 06:34:10 pm ---Doesn't Herman Cain deserve a spot on the "people who've given up" list? It's a pretty awesome summary though.
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Aw Hell no, I knew I forgot somebody. How could I have possibly overlooked the Hermanator? I mean, I've still got his book sitting on my desk.
And I guess Sarah Palin deserves mention too, since she was theoretically a candidate until around May or so.
--- Quote from: Leafsnail on December 30, 2011, 06:34:10 pm ---Is it still the case that "generic Republican" (ie a poll of Obama vs unnamed Republican candidate) would do far better than any of the actual candidates?
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Until recently yes, opinion polls (in which I have little faith) typically showed a "generic Republican" beating Obama for reelection by more than the margin of error, but any particular candidate considerably lower. I think the latest Gallup polls and such actually show Obama beating a generic Republican, but especially this far out that's basically meaningless.
Karlito:
Herman Cain was (in my opinion) the most delightfully crazy of the bunch. From quoting a song from a Pokemon movie during a speech to his Sim City tax plan he's provided plenty of laughs over the last couple months. Of course, his campaign was probably just a publicity stunt designed to sell his copies of his book, and never genuine to begin with. He even used money raised from campaign contributions to buy copies of his book, helping it to jump up the bestseller lists.
palsch:
--- Quote from: Aqizzar on December 30, 2011, 06:35:32 pm ---And I guess Sarah Palin deserves mention too, since she was theoretically a candidate until around May or so.
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Nah, she never announced. She just raised funds by pretending she might run. There was never actually any risk of that though. Way more profitable and less work this way.
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