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mk  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are your predictions for 2012? Presidential elections, protests, the EU...
My reasoning for Romney is that I think the Americans Elect candidate will primarily split the Dem ticket, because I am guessing that he/she will be a social liberal. In my dream, AE gets a great candidate, and they win.




thenewgreen  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·  
If there was ever an environment that AE could actually win, this is it. It's all about the candidate now. I've heard some people mention Elizabeth Warren in some forums.
mk  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·  
There's no reason right now why I wouldn't vote for Warren. But, she would totally split the Dem ticket and help Romney.
b_b  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·  
More than split the ticket, she would motivate all GOP supporters to come out to vote. They HATE her. They have done everything in their power to make sure that her consumer protection plans will fail miserably. She is the worst nightmare for greedy pigs.
thenewgreen  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Or perhaps she would win?
mk  ·  4718 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I don't think she has a chance. Repubs think she is a socialist.
thenewgreen  ·  4718 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Why, because she believes in an equitable tax code?
mk  ·  4718 days ago  ·  link  ·  
That sounds like commie talk.

Seriously though, I think that's it. I believe FoxNews hates on her pretty hard, but I don't watch any of that cable 'news' stuff.

I think the best AE candidate would be hard to pin down politically. Although that will be the game to play by the 'news'.

thenewgreen  ·  4717 days ago  ·  link  ·  
That's the problem, right? The kind of person that would run for office would have to be the kind of person that wouldn't mind getting the crap kicked out of them via the cable news jack-offs. Most sensible non-egocentric people don't what that. Congress is an example of the type of people that don't mind that. -Makes me shudder-