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[MoriNoRyu]

It's Super Tuesday!


Santorum is projected to win Tennessee / North Dakota / Oklahoma
Romney is projected to win Vermont / Massachusetts / Virginia / Idaho
Gingrich is projected to win Georgia
Ron Paul is projected to be continually ignored by the media
and...
Ohio is a tossup though Romney leads by a slim margin currently
and...
I can see Russia from my house.

Thoughts/opinions?

I can't decide if I want Santorum to win and then for Obama to crush him... but the possibility of Santorum being president is scary.
Or if i want Romney to win, then I wouldn't mind so much who wins the general election.
I'm also curious if there are any republicans on codex as it seems that most everyone appears to be very liberal.
And another thing, are you going to vote? If so for whom?

Edited by MoriNoRyu, 06 March 2012 - 08:51 PM.

[TamerVirus]

Gingrich and Paul should throw in the towel. Its hopeless at this point.

[MoriNoRyu]

Gingrich and Paul should throw in the towel. Its hopeless at this point.

Paul's not planning to win, hes just hoping to influence the platform which I do respect.
Gingrich... I don't know what he's trying to do maybe hes a massive troll... That wouldn't be unbelievable.

[NapisaurusRex]

I voted for Cain in the Missouri primaries (and I'm registered Dem.)

I don't GAF if he's been off the ballots forever, I'm not impressed with any of them right now.

As an ex-Oklahoman, though, I think if I lived there still I wouldn't vote at all. Santorum got Oklahoma, what I heard.

[Bone]

I'm pretty sure the "Ron Paul is being ignored by the media" shtick is a myth perpetuated by the media.

Romney is going to win the nomination after a bloody, dirty, prolonged, fight. Then Obama is going to sweep the general election. I never though the evangelical rednecks would come in handy, but they're going to be reluctant to vote for Romney (haha Mormon). In swing states, they're generally in favor of Santorum, anyways.

I predict a low turnout overall, but again Obama will do a superior job of mobilizing his voter base compared to the anti-Obama Republican ticket.

I voted for Cain in the Missouri primaries (and I'm registered Dem.)

I don't GAF if he's been off the ballots forever, I'm not impressed with any of them right now.

As an ex-Oklahoman, though, I think if I lived there still I wouldn't vote at all. Santorum got Oklahoma, what I heard.

If you voted Cain as part of a sabotage mission, you missed the memo. Santorum is the target.

If you voted Cain because you thought he should be the president, you're either woefully ignorant or fucking insane.

Either way, you wasted your vote.

[MoriNoRyu]

If you voted Cain as part of a sabotage mission, you missed the memo. Santorum is the target.

If you voted Cain because you thought he should be the president, you're either woefully ignorant or fucking insane.

Either way, you wasted your vote.

He didn't get the memo about Colbert dropping out ofc.

[redlion]

I'm pretty sure the "Ron Paul is being ignored by the media" shtick is a myth perpetuated by the media.

Does it matter? If they are the ones perpetuating such a stereotype, then they're talking about their own agency. And I mean that in the sense that they are talking about and reinforcing in our minds their own unwillingness to treat him as a viable candidate. They are disparaging their own status as media agents as well as Paul's status as a political agent.

The thing is, each of the candidates besides Romney has a strong base, and none of those bases is likely to contribute finances or time to the campaigns of the other candidates. Paul's people won't vote for any of the others, Gingrich's crowd seem determined to stick their heads in the sand and vote on a single issue (oil), Santorum's folks are evangelicals that won't vote for Romney because they're scared of the Mormons baptizing Anne Frank posthumously, and Romney's people only care about 'electability' and not a platform or ideology.

They're almost mutually exclusive.

[MoriNoRyu]

Looks like Ohio is projected to go to Romney by 1%
And Also Alaska. Alliteration is Awesome.
That leaves Romney with 6 states Santorum with 3 and Gingrich with 1.
Yay?

Edited by MoriNoRyu, 06 March 2012 - 11:33 PM.

[Nymh]

I can see Russia from my house.

Gingrich... I don't know what he's trying to do maybe hes a massive troll...

He didn't get the memo about Colbert dropping out ofc.

And Also Alaska. Alliteration is Awesome.

Mori, I appreciate you more with every post. Please start being more active

[Waser Lave]

Ron Paul is projected to be continually ignored by the media

His main problem is that he's continually ignored by most voters.

[redlion]

His main problem is that he's continually ignored by most voters.

Not that he wants to abolish both our central bank and our federal tax service?

[Waser Lave]

Not that he wants to abolish both our central bank and our federal tax service?

Hence why he's ignored by most voters. His policies aren't populist so he can only hope to attract a small minority of voters.

[redlion]

Hence why he's ignored by most voters. His policies aren't populist so he can only hope to attract a small minority of voters.

I suppose there is a tie-in, but abolishing the IRS is populist on a certain level. It would mean the end of federal taxes. That's something everyone can get behind.

[Bone]

I suppose there is a tie-in, but abolishing the IRS is populist on a certain level. It would mean the end of federal taxes. That's something everyone can get behind.

When you say 'everyone', I guess people who like public services are excluded?

[Waser Lave]

I suppose there is a tie-in, but abolishing the IRS is populist on a certain level. It would mean the end of federal taxes. That's something everyone can get behind.

I can't really comment on that, I still can't comprehend how so many lower income Americans are against universal healthcare systems so the subject of federal taxation can also be confusing to outsiders.

[redlion]

When you say 'everyone', I guess people who like public services are excluded?

Ignorant people are more populous than people that recognize the benefits of government in my experience.

[NapisaurusRex]

If you voted Cain as part of a sabotage mission, you missed the memo. Santorum is the target.

If you voted Cain because you thought he should be the president, you're either woefully ignorant or fucking insane.

Either way, you wasted your vote.

See previous: I don't GAF. That was the disclaimer.
I know I wasted my vote. I contemplated and pondered and made the decision slowly.




I'm OK with it.

Edited by Napiform, 07 March 2012 - 04:45 PM.

[redlion]

I can't really comment on that, I still can't comprehend how so many lower income Americans are against universal healthcare systems so the subject of federal taxation can also be confusing to outsiders.

I don't think lower income americans are against universal health care. I think mostly it's media outlets that claim so, based on circumstantial evidence. They interview one working class woman who is insecure about taking a 'handout' and then extrapolate from that interview that all working class people feel the same, all the while forgetting that the interviewer asked leading questions and used biased language, including calling it a handout, an entitlement, or obamacare.

These republicans promise to cut taxes (because no one likes losing half their check to the government) without telling how they're still going to fund their huge military expenditure programs. Apparently the biggest military in the world (6 times bigger than the next country) to police the rest of the world is more important than basic health care for our own citizens. Ugh.

[WharfRat]

I'm overly unimpressed with the entire GOP field. Yes, Ron Paul is a bit closer to my views... but he's a bit too libertarian even for me. (I mean this in the sense that I appreciate Libertarianism as a pure theory, but I believe that our world would not allow for such a government system in its absolute form to truly exist. I feel similarly about communism.)

Who will I vote for? Given the current field and the almost undoubted victory of Mitt Romney, probably for Obama.... I hate Rick Santorum with a passion. Newt Gingrich, while very intelligent, is also just full of gas and has no true substance to his character nor to his policies. It's nothing more than to rally his base in attempt at getting the vote.

I'll likely vote for Ron Paul in the primary simply because he at least is consistent in what he says and doesn't change his message in accordance with current poll results.

I'm really over this whole political season, tbh... I love politics but this whole cycle has me just feeling "blah." Obama will get his second term. Now let's just hope that all of this ridiculous rhetoric doesn't actually get us involved in any further military complications overseas.

/rant

-Cody

P.s. Hey Codex! Long time no see!

I saw this comment by Christopher Hahn in the Politico Arena earlier and thought this was well said enough for me to quote it.

Here's the question Newt and Rick should answer. If you can't figure out ballot rules, how can you be trusted to figure out our military policy in the Middle East?

Rick can't take all the Ohio delegates because he failed to file paperwork. In Virginia only Romney and Paul qualified. Last night would have been a different story had Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich been serious well organized candidates. They're not. Organization is what separates a serious presidential campaign from a book tour or road show.

It's hard to see any path to the nomination for anyone other than Romney.