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22 Jan 2012, 9:52 am

Good question.

I'm posting from Massachusetts right now.

There's nothing here but beer and snow.

Go Ravens!

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22 Jan 2012, 11:29 am

Boston Clam Chowdah.

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22 Jan 2012, 1:52 pm

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I lose sleep over the notion of him getting sworn in.

I HAD to do that. It was just too inviting.

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22 Jan 2012, 2:01 pm

ruveyn wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

If Romney were still the guy he had been as Massachusetts governor, I wouldn't be worried for America if he did beat Obama. But as he's sold his soul by throwing away everything he used to believe in for the chance to become president, I lose sleep over the notion of him getting sworn in.

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What he believed in? He believed in winning the election for governnor.

ruveyn

Probably true.

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22 Jan 2012, 2:03 pm

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Baked Beans.

Massachusetts should marry whoever invented potato salad.

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22 Jan 2012, 2:07 pm

scubasteve wrote:

Good question.

I'm posting from Massachusetts right now.

There's nothing here but beer and snow.

Go Ravens!

You "Northerners" need to come to Winnipeg to see REAL winter.

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22 Jan 2012, 2:27 pm

Massachusetts is the home of MIT. That is contribution enough.

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22 Jan 2012, 2:32 pm

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Massachusetts is the home of MIT. That is contribution enough.

ruveyn

Oh. So THAT'S where his parents got that name.

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22 Jan 2012, 2:50 pm

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/0 ... GILL/story.

I really hope Scott Brown starts attacking Newt Gingrich.

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22 Jan 2012, 2:59 pm

I'd like to thank Newt Gingrich for hurting Scott Brown's chances or re-election.

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22 Jan 2012, 3:05 pm

Newt Gingrich wearing buttless leather chaps filled with baked beans and a wet MIT shirt...

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22 Jan 2012, 3:23 pm

pandabear wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

Massachusetts is the home of MIT. That is contribution enough.

ruveyn

Oh. So THAT'S where his parents got that name.

But actually, his real first name is Willard. I suppose Mitt is a middle name, or even a nick name.

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22 Jan 2012, 3:26 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:

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I wonder why he thinks that a "Massachusetts Moderate" cannot beat Barack Obama?

I would think that an obnoxious hard-core "conservative" would have even less of a change against President Obama.

To be fair, he might have a point. Relative "soft-line" conservatives like George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, and John McCain don't fare as well as outright a-hole conservatives like Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

Doesn't median voter theory actually tend to promote the idea that soft-line politicians are more likely to succeed?

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22 Jan 2012, 3:27 pm

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Doesn't median voter theory actually tend to promote the idea that soft-line politicians are more likely to succeed?

Last night, inspired by Pandabear's post, I was actually going to post a thread about how Median voter theory is a crock of sh*t, but I ended up lazying out.

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22 Jan 2012, 3:32 pm

What exactly is the meaning of "conservative", and what makes Gingrich a more "conservative" candidate? Does "conservative" just mean loud, obnoxious and hypocritical?

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22 Jan 2012, 3:52 pm

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Does "conservative" just mean loud, obnoxious and hypocritical

I think you have us confused with liberals......

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