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[mainiac]

There is a new thread to discussing fraking.  Please move your post to it.

[nenjin]

There is a new thread to discussing fraking.  Please get the frak over there.

FTFY.

[Sirus]

There is a new thread to discussing fraking.  Please get the frak over there.

FTFY.

I honestly lol'd

Any new election coverage? Or is this just a slow part of the campaign?
The news around here mostly just talks about Whitney Houston. Again. And again. And again.

[RedKing]

Slow part of the campaign. Last primary was on Feb. 6, next ones aren't until the 28th. After that, it picks up appreciably though. March 6th, there will be 10 states on one day (scroll up a few posts and see my post about how WTF the variety of electoral apportionment schemes there are).

I think after "Super Tuesday", we may see the field narrow to 3. Unless Ron Paul wins a state outright (and best odds of that at the moment are probably North Dakota, which is non-binding anyways), I don't see how he rationally presses ahead with his campaign. Of course, this is Ron Paul. He might just drop out and seek the Reform party nomination. Or the Libertarian nomination.

If Gingrich doesn't win Georgia or any other state, I think he might finally drop out as well, and quite possibly back Santorum. Which *could* be a game-changer. Uniting behind a single anti-Romney might give the hard Right the edge it needs to put Romney away for good. At least until the power brokers in the party get most of those unpledged delegates to vote Romney at the convention in return for future favors....

[penguinofhonor]

I think after "Super Tuesday", we may see the field narrow to 3. Unless Ron Paul wins a state outright (and best odds of that at the moment are probably North Dakota, which is non-binding anyways), I don't see how he rationally presses ahead with his campaign. Of course, this is Ron Paul. He might just drop out and seek the Reform party nomination. Or the Libertarian nomination.

Ron Paul just wants the attention, mostly. The small chance of getting elected is just a bonus. Honestly, he's been successful in having more popularity and influence this year than ever before. I don't see him winning this one, but the next time he tries he'll be a little closer.

[lemon10]

Ron Paul never came into this with the belief that he had a chance of winning.
He is just trying to raise awareness for his libertarian cause, even though he knows he will lose, and he won't drop out for sure (since he has done the same thing a few times already and didn't drop out).

But I am unsure about Gingrich dropping out even if he loses pretty badly, I guess we will see what happens.

[RedKing]

Ron Paul just wants the attention, mostly. The small chance of getting elected is just a bonus. Honestly, he's been successful in having more popularity and influence this year than ever before. I don't see him winning this one, but the next time he tries he'll be a little closer.

A little closer to 80. If he's taking the "incremental build" approach to campaigning, he either has a grossly over-optimistic sense of his own mortality, or he knows something we don't. Has anyone checked to see if there are bodies drained of blood found after his campaign stops? 

[PTTG??]

Well, there is one, but it's the same guy at all the stops.

[nenjin]

Add another absurd Gingrich campaign promise: $2.50 gas under his presidency. He's swiftly running out of things to promise. Anymore, and all he's going to have left is promising to resurrect Jesus the day after the inauguration.

[RedKing]

He'll promise a free tax break for every third marriage. You even get one of those punch cards to keep track.

[mainiac]

Add another absurd Gingrich campaign promise: $2.50 gas under his presidency. He's swiftly running out of things to promise. Anymore, and all he's going to have left is promising to resurrect Jesus the day after the inauguration.

Well that promise is pretty easy to keep.  Push the red button.

[nenjin]

You even get one of those punch cards to keep track.

The real question is, which days AREN'T double punch days in Gingrich's world.

[RedKing]

Add another absurd Gingrich campaign promise: $2.50 gas under his presidency. He's swiftly running out of things to promise. Anymore, and all he's going to have left is promising to resurrect Jesus the day after the inauguration.

Well that promise is pretty easy to keep.  Push the red button.

My hope would be that he would do this, only to find that for safety's sake, they rewired the nuclear football decades ago to zap whoever pushes the button with 40,000 volts.

[Sirus]

Add another absurd Gingrich campaign promise: $2.50 gas under his presidency. He's swiftly running out of things to promise. Anymore, and all he's going to have left is promising to resurrect Jesus the day after the inauguration.

Well that promise is pretty easy to keep.  Push the red button.

My hope would be that he would do this, only to find that for safety's sake, they rewired the nuclear football decades ago to zap whoever pushes the button with 40,000 volts.

How does nuking shit make gas prices drop? Surely they'd spike instead?

[Frumple]

The latter promise, not former.