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[Nadaka]

I hope my prediction that people will burst out of the woodwork to vote against Santorum comes true. I cannot imagine my college years being filled with Santorum jokes.

Santorum is surging after riding high on three polls... I had to do it.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

The religious right loves Santorum. Everyone else is scared of him, including some of the conservatives. If he gets nominated it'll kill the GOP's campaign this year.

Now, granted, Ron Paul is going to spin off like he always does when he runs and ensure Obama gets re-elected anyway, but Santorum being nominated will just make it worse.

[Aqizzar]

By the way, I completely forgot, but Maine held its primary today.  Mitt Romney "won" by 194 votes over Ron Paul, as already certified and sanctified by the Maine state Republican party.  Even though three counties turned in zero votes because of various weird circumstances, one precinct had more ballots than voters, and at least one other county had electronic results significantly differing from exit polls, wherein a Romney appointee was in charge of transferring paper ballots to the computer system.

So yeah, that happened.  OP to be updated.

[Sirus]

By the way, I completely forgot, but Maine held its primary today.  Mitt Romney "won" by 194 votes over Ron Paul, as already certified and sanctified by the Maine state Republican party.  Even though three counties turned in zero votes because of various weird circumstances, one precinct had more ballots than voters, and at least one other county had electronic results significantly differing from exit polls, wherein a Romney appointee was in charge of transferring paper ballots to the computer system.

So yeah, that happened.  OP to be updated.

Gee, that's subtle.

...where's that sarcasm marker, again?

[MaximumZero]

I...what. Cannot comprehend such corruption so openly...something. ARGH!

[Frumple]

S'kind of amusing how little confidence these so-called supporters have in their candidate, if they feel they have to cheat the system to try to get the win. Honestly, it's quite insulting to the person you're nominally supporting.

Assuming it's not a double-blind or something.

But anyway, yeah. Here's hoping they get all this corruption out of their systems before an actual election goes down. I'm just kinda' glad the primaries don't actually directly put anyone in a position of power at this point. Of course, the fact that there's so much shit stirring going down for something that doesn't really matter, well...

[ECrownofFire]

Does the Maine Republican Party even have to listen to the polls?

There's got to be some kind of loophole where they could just send a bunch of people that ("officially" or not) would vote for Romney/whoever.

[Deadmeat1471]

I've seen all the major debates, but as a Brit I dont get bombarded with american news, hows the race going?

Romney still in for a easy win?

[jester]

I've seen all the major debates, but as a Brit I dont get bombarded with american news, hows the race going?

Romney still in for a easy win?

By the way, I completely forgot, but Maine held its primary today.  Mitt Romney "won" by 194 votes over Ron Paul, as already certified and sanctified by the Maine state Republican party.  Even though three counties turned in zero votes because of various weird circumstances, one precinct had more ballots than voters, and at least one other county had electronic results significantly differing from exit polls, wherein a Romney appointee was in charge of transferring paper ballots to the computer system.

So yeah, that happened.  OP to be updated.

By as much as he wants too apparently, scary stuff

[nenjin]

Romney still in for a easy win?

Easy? Probably not. Win? Still pretty likely IMO. Remember that with American political coverage, every day's outcomes distort the overall picture. Heisenberg would be proud of America. Right now everyone is again talking about Santorum as an actual threat to Romney.

[Deadmeat1471]

Romney still in for a easy win?

Easy? Probably not. Win? Still pretty likely IMO. Remember that with American political coverage, every day's outcomes distort the overall picture. Heisenberg would be proud of America. Right now everyone is again talking about Santorum as an actual threat to Romney.

Yeah I was surprised how quickly peoples opinions changed in favor of santorum. It's almost as if voters don't know what the hell they're doing 

[RedKing]

Not so much that they don't know what they're doing as they don't really have any candidates they can truly support, so they're looking for somebody to pop out of the mix and become a rallying point. Problem is, they've had multiple rally point candidates, all of whom then invariably shoot themselves in the foot by playing grabass (Cain), looking like a deer in the headlights (Perry), reminding people that they're an utterly abominbale human being (Gingrich...twice), or just coming across as utterly batshit insane (Bachmann, and Santorum to some extent).

I think Santorum actually has a bit more of a shot than his predecessors on the Bartertown Wheel of GOP candidates. He has a lot less baggage when it comes to personal issues, and while he comes across as utterly batshit insane to *us*, he looks like a good, diehard Christian conservative to the base. And they're convinced that the silent majority of voters in the US are secretly Christian conservatives too, who are just too intimidated by the Great Liberal Establishment to speak their minds.

[MaximumZero]

I wish to join this "Great Liberal Establishment". How do I get in? Is there a membership fee?

[Deadmeat1471]

I wish to join this "Great Liberal Establishment". How do I get in? Is there a membership fee?

REJECTED, you have to be a figment of conservative unthought. You exist, thus we dont like your kind around heee

[Andrew425]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOaCemmsnNk&feature=player_embedded

I watched that and thought it mostly true.

And i'm fairly sure that is why he got fired.