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Actually, HRH is running for Senate and the Presidency.
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Relevant election races to look at would be 1976 (3 Federalists, 4 Democratic Republicans), 1824 (4 Democratic Republicans), 1836 (1 Democrat, 4 Whigs), and 1860. I predict we may see some more along those lines in the near future as the Democratic and probably the Republican party fall apart.
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That explains a lot. I knew presidential elections were every four years, and I was very confused. I forgot some of the very significant differences between the Canadian and American systems of government.
Like, you elect your president independently, while our PM is an elected Member of Parliment who is also the leader of the party who wins the most seats. Oops. Don't worry GreyMouser, I don't make fun of Americans that much anyway. Making fun of the Bush administration is too easy, I like to go for slightly more difficult targets like the <strike>Mighty</strike>Ducks and the Florida Panthers, as well as participants in the softwood lumber dispute. (BTW can we have our $1.2 billion dollars back? kthx bai! ) Quote:
How would this affect the current system of government? If there were three parties, it would be possible to have a minority government, right? (Except isn't there another rule that stops Americans from electing a minority government?)
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I've considered voting for all three, but it's unlikely. I don't think there's a currently existing party that supports my politics.
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Tenn Senate Race Update: Corker ahead of Ford jr again. ...Ford is getting too desperate; he burst in on one of Corker's formal speaches and looked a fool. That never works does it? God bless Ford jr, but this race is going to Corker.
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I hate predictions as much as anyone, but I've just got to put my two cents in...
Corker's wind is basically a given, with a ten-point lead (according to a Zogby poll). My guess for Virginia's Senate Race? I think Allen will beat Webb by a bigger margin than is predicted. I think the Reps are in for a swooping win. I know that sounds weird with everyone saying "the Democrats are going to win" just because they've articulated the people's disgust with Republican performance. It doesn't mean anything. Remember Bush and Kerry were supposedly tied? Bush won the popular vote by a pretty sizable margin, though the Electoral votes were pretty close...
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Do you guys think that if the Democrats gain a majority in the Senate, George Bush could be impeached?
I read somewhere that 36 seats are very competitive, and the Democrats need to win 15 to gain a majority. (These numbers imply that there's a number of seats that favour Democrats very strongly, so it's possible the Democrats would need more than 15 of the competetive seats to gain a majority.) More on topic, what sorts of issues do you think people are basing their vote on? Local issues, or national issues like the debt of over $1 trillion? Do you think the handling of Hurricane Katrina will play any part in this? Quote:
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The issues are definitely Iraq, with people divided over whether pulling out is a good idea. People may very well be fed up with the Democrat-like Republicans, but they aren't about to give power over to the Real Thing when it's what they hate in the first place...that's why I don't buy this "Dems Win!!!" stuff circulating. The Democrats can't exactly harp on the economy anymore... Raising taxes is also a very big deal.
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Tuesday we elect govenor, shrieff lt. Gov. and several other folks. Thee has been soooooo much mud slinging between the gov'ner candidates that I'm surprised they don't need a bath. The republian candidate is getting desperate. I say this judging by the fact he used kids in one of his ads the attack the democrat candidate. Sheesh could they at least tone down the mudslinging. It's getting pathetic.
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The Guv'nership is an open race? Hadn't thought of it...I suppose it bodes well for Huckabee, he can concentrate on his master plan for the White House
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Prediction : House, Democrats gain 23 (and control)
Senate, Dems pick up 4; total (if my math is right): 51 Repubs, 47 Dems, 2 Independents - America's first socialist Senator, Bernie Sanders from Vermont, who will vote with the Democrats -Lieberman in Connecticut, who will vote with the highest bidder. Last edited by GreyMouser : 11-06-2006 at 11:36 PM. |
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The House is pretty much a gimme for the Democrats. The Senate is a much tougher affair. But no matter what happens in the end we are guaranteed a much more limited role by Bush over the next two years as far as legislative impact which is a wonderful thing.
As far as impeaching Bush no I don’t think you will see that (unless something truly nefarious is discovered post election) but what you will probably see is hearings on the handling of the war and they’ll go after Cheney about his secret energy task force group that he has refused to disclose. In fact a democratically controlled congress is a nightmare situation for Cheney and Rumsfeld since the democrats will get to control all committees and what gets investigated and what doesn’t. The republicans have pulled out all the stops in the past couple weeks in a desperate attempt to keep power what with Cheney sneering about a vote for the democrats is a vote for the terrorists. In Maryland they have used reverse race politics to try to trick blacks into voting for the republican candidate. They’ve also made deceptive campaign flyers designed to trick people into thinking certain candidates are supported when they aren’t and they have been making robo-calls to democrats late at night that seem to endorse democratic canididates but just weakly so that democrats get infuriated at being woken up and don’t vote. In Virginia they are pushing the gay marriage ban hard to increase conservative turn out. The truly sad thing is that Virginia already has a man – woman definition in its constitution already so its totally unnecessary. Nevermind that its completely discriminatory. It actually takes AWAY rights that unmarried couples already have. An unbelievably heartless and meanspirited amendment that will take us backwards a half century. But it will pass and it will help Allen of course as it is designed to. And then it will eventually be challenged in court and overturned because its clearly unconstitutional. What a waste of tax payers money…
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