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Lots of people voted in round 2

LtNOWIS — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:26:29 GMT

Before the vote totals were officially announced. I knew who had been eliminated, but not the ranking of the candidates.

Presumably jumping on the bandwagon?

LtNOWIS — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:23:47 GMT

Granted, I haven't heard anything about it on the floor besides rumor.People at home with working internet probably know more than me at this point.

Presumably jumping on the bandwagon?

LtNOWIS — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:23:02 GMT

Granted, I haven't heard anything about it on the floor besides rumor.n People at home with working internet probably know more than me at this point.

why did Davis endorse him then?

DLD — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:57:39 GMT

She was moderate?

Please not Jackson!

GerGOP — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:47:21 GMT

Don't do it, VA!

I'm of the firm belief that he'd be an albatross around Cooch's neck and we don't need that. The "Republicans are extremists" is a line that works well enough, even if it's not true. There is no need to add oil to it by nominating a TP candidate for Lt.Gov.

RPV

TheCallofDuty — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:34:13 GMT

I keep having to correct myself that we're not talking about Rancho Palos Verdes. California Problems

Real discussion question though. Should E.W. Jackson win the Lt. Gov nomination will it be a "right-wing" albatross around Cooch's neck or could it fire up some conservatives (perhaps even blacks, though I may be reaching) to vote R?

You would think so.

Son_of_the_South — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:28:36 GMT

Brazil's parties probably have large ones as well.

I wonder what Indian conventions are like

shamlet — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:25:35 GMT

I imagine the INC and BJP have pretty big ones too.

That's just what Cooch told us when he spoke last semester.

Son_of_the_South — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:47 GMT

He made the point that the Chinese communist party has bigger conventions, but the voting is a foregone conclusion.

I can't remember the number of delegates Texas gets

Daniel Surman — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:12 GMT

But I know it is normally in the thousands.

Gov. Scott Walker

TheCallofDuty — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:22 GMT

has no college degree either

NY-Corruptuon: An Honest Pol!

izengabe — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:01 GMT

Only in NY would an honest elected official be a man bites dog story:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/l...

New York Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer helps bust a developer who offered him a bribe. The developer must have been shocked to find out that you could get arrested for doing what everyone in NY considers business as usual.

Supposedly, this is the biggest political convention

Son_of_the_South — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:02:28 GMT

in the free world.

What are those percentages for legislators under 50?

jessejames — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:25:38 GMT

I think that's the issue.

Voting continues

LtNOWIS — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:17 GMT

Paper ballots with ID check,

Answers

Ryan_in_SEPA — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:49:26 GMT

1) I see myself running for Twp. supervisor or Borough Council with the next 5 to 10 years.

2) I have voted for the occasional Democrats for local and state offices. I voted for McChord last year and Wagner in 2008. I voted for some local Democrats in 2009.

Mitch McConnell

Left Coast Libertarian — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:35:19 GMT

I don't remember McConnell ever saying he'll do whatever he can to ensure Obama's failure nor do his actions indicate he's gone out of his way to make that happen. Actually, McConnell has been Obama's best Republican ally on the hill. Obama has had a contentious relationship with John Boehner and House Republicans, so much so that he rarely engages them.

If not for Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell, two men who worked together for years, a lot of things wouldn't even get started. Remember that it was McConnell and Biden that developed the tax deal in December and that McConnell was key in developing the Budget Control Act.

Yes, Republicans do filibuster senate bills, but that's largely because Harry Reid won't let Republican bills come to the floor and has most bills that do come with limited or no amendments. In the past, most majority leaders have shown a willingness of give and take with the minority. Harry Reid never has.

I don't think Republicans are going to put up more of a fight for the next Obama appointee than they have the last two. Ginsberg is pretty far to the left so it won't change the make-up of the court. If a Republican justice were to be replaced, however, then there could be an issue.

Nominating Bell

Jon Henrik Gilhuus — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:30:47 GMT

wouldn't that undermine Cuccinelli from the start? Stwange.

Davis, Jackson, now Stimpson

LtNOWIS — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 GMT

Davis's was pretty workmanlike. An odd part was Darrel Issa supporting her in her introductary video.

Jackson was indeed spectacular.

Stimpson's doing well but it's a tough act to follow.

Candidates

ncgop — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:27:06 GMT

Why do you think the nonincumbent statewide R candidates were generally terrible? Maybe better potential candidates decided not to run because of so many D incumbents running. I thought more state legislators would've ran. I think only Dale Folwell was a state legislator who ran statewide and he didn't make it to a runoff. (His campaign didn't function like I thought it would've and I think Dan Forest's grassroots support proved to be the difference in the LG race.) Probably having 2 year terms in the General Assembly makes it less likely for legislators to run statewide because they can't keep their office if they lose like in states with 4 year terms for legislators. Even with the incumbent D's running, I thought more decent R's would run because McCrory was at the top of the ticket and he wound up winning by a sizable margin.