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2012-02-09 -Election 2012

Santorum trifecta rattles White House race

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Posted by Fred 2012-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I've been telling locals that the GOP race agz the Bammer was still wide open despite Mitt's early wins, ala NEWT-VS-MICHELLE'S-BOYZ.

Marquette sounds surprised - don't know why.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-02-09 00:32|| 2012-02-09 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 George Washington would have a difficult time running agains the Food Stamp President. I fear we have four more years of the Manchurian. I am planning for the worst.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-02-09 03:13|| 2012-02-09 03:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Ok. I will say it. From a Canuck perspective looking over our Southern border, the US electoral system seems, well, a bit weird - like it was designed by Constantly Nattering Ninnies (CNN) to sell "news". LIke John King whining when he had his short one slapped -not really news but there it is. Rather than afulsome airing of conservative views, it looks like each of the conserv runners are trying to take each other out at the knees, or going hi-lo on each other. The demos do not need an advertising campaign. They can just do reruns of the slammers against whoever is the last man standing for the Republicans. Maybe I just dont get it.

Posted by Northern Cousin 2012-02-09 05:17|| 2012-02-09 05:17|| Front Page Top

#4 From a Canuck perspective looking over our Southern border, the US electoral system seems, well, a bit weird

Seems that way from here, too. But consider the ability of folks to travel back when it was developed in the late 1700s. Also, just imagine what would happen if the popular vote alone decided the race. They would run in the big cities and that would be the end of it. Liberals would love the popular vote. At least this way the votes in flyover country aren't ignored.

Posted by gorb 2012-02-09 08:05|| 2012-02-09 08:05|| Front Page Top

#5 The biggest changes happened in about the '60s. It used to be that the party organization picked the candidate with just a few primaries to see what kind of chops the candidate had. JFK basically won the nod on the basis of the West VA primary.

The primary process has devolved now to the point where it's a popularity contest with very limited gravitas. The idea of anyone Dem or Repub voting in any primary is bizarre in the extreme.

Posted by AlanC 2012-02-09 08:24|| 2012-02-09 08:24|| Front Page Top

#6 From a Canuck perspective looking over our Southern border, the US electoral system seems, well, a bit weird

That's because so many ignore the name "United States". How do you get 13 former colonies, now autonomous governments to agree to a federal system? You certainly don't do it by arranging things that allow a couple of them to dominate all of them. That still applies today. As gorb points out, other than the usual suspects, no one wants 10 states with major metro areas to tell everyone else how to live. Buried in the contract, the Constitution, is the escape clause by State's Convention which permits 3/4ths of the states to tell the remaining 1/4th with all those metro areas to stick it if they push a centralized autocratic agenda too far.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-02-09 09:28|| 2012-02-09 09:28|| Front Page Top

#7 From a purely practical perspective, the primary system could use some tweaking. Any process that could produce nominees like Dole, McCain and Romney when 40% of the electorate self-describes as conservative is either malfunctioning or designed to be something other than what it appears to be. One obvious indication of the latter is the VA GOP changing the rules at the last minute so that only Romney appears on the ballot (Paul was approved before the rule change).

Posted by Iblis 2012-02-09 10:17|| 2012-02-09 10:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Santorum has a quality missing from the rest. He has Character. I would not worry if he could make it to the Whitehouse.

Posted by newc 2012-02-09 13:04|| 2012-02-09 13:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Gallup did a mid-year poll in 2010 which found that 42% of those polled were conservative, 35% moderate, and 20% liberal. This poll is fairly consistent with other polls.

One would think that we would get a conservative POTUS and Congress more frequently. All I can figure is that a high percentage of moderates vote with the liberals. Or people have distorted views of what they claim to be. Or that there are more liberals out there and they are ashamed to claim being liberals.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-02-09 15:42|| 2012-02-09 15:42|| Front Page Top

#10 I'll vote for whomever the Pubs nominate (including a syphilitic camel). We've GOT to get rid of Bambi.

Posted by Barbara 2012-02-09 16:10|| 2012-02-09 16:10|| Front Page Top

#11 What's the difference between Zero and a syphylitic camel?
You can cure syphillis.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-02-09 17:08|| 2012-02-09 17:08|| Front Page Top

#12 Any process that could produce nominees like Dole, McCain and Romney when 40% of the electorate self-describes as conservative is either malfunctioning or designed to be something other than what it appears to be.

One major problem is that the nominee often isn't really the choice of the Majority. Often smaller states (IOWA, NH) are given a far greater amount of influence over the nomination process while other,often much larger, states get none.

In addition, due to the long, drawn out process, the media is allowed to practically pick the winner by attacking real conservatives (like we've seen this season).

And, IMHO, it is designed that way by the republican leadership.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-02-09 18:26|| 2012-02-09 18:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Conservative. The problem is... You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Posted by OldSpook 2012-02-09 21:12|| 2012-02-09 21:12|| Front Page Top

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