***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[essential1]

it's impossible for the electoral vote to be tied.

Actually it isn't

 

[Coupé It]

Actually it isn't

In this election it is. For the electoral vote to be split Democrats would have to start taking republican states and vice versa.

 

[essential1]

Not very likely because of Nevada but

 

[Coupé It]

Not very likely because of Nevada but

Yea. Extremly unlikely.

When you add Nevada to Obama, that's what I actually think is going to be the outcome. Obama - 275 Romney -263.

 

[essential1]

I'm still not sure but I'm thinking it will be

Obama 294 or 303 to Romney 244 or 235

 

[Coupé It]

I'm still not sure but I'm thinking it will be
Obama 294 or 303 to Romney 244 or 235

Let's place bets.

 

[essential1]

Let's place bets.

Bets make me nervous..

But I think Iowa definitely goes Obama.. As does Nevada...

VA he took the lead, and Colorado is the biggest toss up on the board..

 

[Betonblck]

loosening up regulation =/= predatory lending

im sure you're bright enough to know da difference

What? Loosening up the regulations led to the crisis. Predatory lending was only part of the reason for the financial collapse. Banks being over-leveraged was another part. No separation of the retail banking and investment banking was another contributing factor.

I don't know why I waste my time because you just implied that de-regulation was not a reason why this mess happened.

 

[Coupé It]

Bets make me nervous..
But I think Iowa definitely goes Obama.. As does Nevada...
VA he took the lead, and Colorado is the biggest toss up on the board..

Oh wow completely forgot about Iowa, thats def going Obama. So I guess my projection was wrong.

Although I think Obama loses Virginia, Florida, and Colorado. Virginia and Colorado coming down to less than 100,000 votes.

 

[essential1]

Oh wow completely forgot about Iowa, thats def going Obama. So I guess my projection was wrong.
Although I think Obama loses Virginia, Florida, and Colorado. Virginia and Colorado coming down to less than 100,000 votes.

We'll have a better sense in a few days.. Florida is Romney's (only way it isn't is if Hispanic vote is undercounted for Obama)...


VA & CO could go either way..

It's as likely that he gets both as Romney getting both.. So I think they split...

 

[ninjahood]

loosening up regulation =/= predatory lending

im sure you're bright enough to know da difference

What? Loosening up the regulations led to the crisis. Predatory lending was only part of the reason for the financial collapse. Banks being over-leveraged was another part. No separation of the retail banking and investment banking was another contributing factor.

I don't know why I waste my time because you just implied that de-regulation was not a reason why this mess happened.

agreed

but im not just talkin about da financial sector, if you didn't already know, da way obama handles coal makes you feel like he got

a lump of it every xmas.

 

[ninjahood]

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Not very likely because of Nevada but

Yea. Extremly unlikely.

When you add Nevada to Obama, that's what I actually think is going to be the outcome. Obama - 275 Romney -263.

there's no way obama takes Wisconsin & Ohio, they splittin those.

 

[essential1]

there's no way obama takes Wisconsin & Ohio, they splittin those.

Alright Ninjahood I'll take your opinion on it

 

[Coupé It]

there's no way obama takes Wisconsin & Ohio, they splittin those.

Quiere apostar senor?

 

[Nike Jordan]

Barring any major bombshells between now and next Tuesday, this is what I think the final map will look like...

 

[Coupé It]

^^^I think it's too close of an election to be that far apart. How do you save the image from the site? I'm trying to copy and paste the URL but it's not giving me one.

 

[Betonblck]

agreed

but im not just talkin about da financial sector, if you didn't already know, da way obama handles coal makes you feel like he got

a lump of it every xmas.

See, this is why I ask you to be specific. Do you want us to be more like China?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724144431.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/sep/16/pollution-coal-ash-china

Is this what you want? As long as there are jobs, who cares if you can't even go jogging down the street outside because the air quality is so bad.

 

[essential1]

^^^I think it's too close of an election to be that far apart. How do you save the image from the site? I'm trying to copy and paste the URL but it's not giving me one.

Print Screen... Then Paste it..

I have similar to what NikeJordan has... VA is going Obama.. CO I have no idea yet

Also Coupe you're only disagreeing on 2 states.. So it's not really that far apart

 

[i lax bro]

Romney 271-267 or 279-259. Romneys taking OH/WI, FL, NC, VA, CO, and NH
BOOK IT

 

[ninjahood]

agreed

but im not just talkin about da financial sector, if you didn't already know, da way obama handles coal makes you feel like he got

a lump of it every xmas.

See, this is why I ask you to be specific. Do you want us to be more like China?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724144431.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/sep/16/pollution-coal-ash-china

Is this what you want? As long as there are jobs, who cares if you can't even go jogging down the street outside because the air quality is so bad.

i know you're not implying that da way we burn coal and da way china burns coal is on equal footing....

 

[futuremd]

agreed

but im not just talkin about da financial sector, if you didn't already know, da way obama handles coal makes you feel like he got

a lump of it every xmas.

See, this is why I ask you to be specific. Do you want us to be more like China?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724144431.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/sep/16/pollution-coal-ash-china

Is this what you want? As long as there are jobs, who cares if you can't even go jogging down the street outside because the air quality is so bad.

i know you're not implying that da way we burn coal and da way china burns coal is on equal footing....

There is no such thing as "clean coal"

Coal is coal. All you can do is make the process more efficient. 

 

[Nike Jordan]

Romney 271-267 or 279-259. Romneys taking OH/WI, FL, NC, VA, CO, and NH
BOOK IT

http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e...?action=view&current=NicholasCagelaughing.gif

 

[essential1]

Romney effectively running the table on Swing States is unlikely.

Especially NH...

He has very little margin of Error... If Obama takes Ohio & NV.. He'd only need NH to win the election..

Which means any swing state flips to Obama it's over

Romney hasn't lead in Wisconsin or Ohio based on average of polls the entire year.

 

[superblytrife]

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Not very likely because of Nevada but

Yea. Extremly unlikely.

When you add Nevada to Obama, that's what I actually think is going to be the outcome. Obama - 275 Romney -263.

there's no way obama takes Wisconsin & Ohio, they splittin those.

 

You realize that WI and OH are kinda similar, so as one goes, the other tends to go, right?  Of course it isn't written in stone that things happen that way, but many political "experts" have noted the trend.  There's a very good chance whoever gets one state gets the other.  

 

[ninjahood]

agreed

but im not just talkin about da financial sector, if you didn't already know, da way obama handles coal makes you feel like he got

a lump of it every xmas.

See, this is why I ask you to be specific. Do you want us to be more like China?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724144431.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/sep/16/pollution-coal-ash-china

Is this what you want? As long as there are jobs, who cares if you can't even go jogging down the street outside because the air quality is so bad.

i know you're not implying that da way we burn coal and da way china burns coal is on equal footing....

There is no such thing as "clean coal"

Coal is coal. All you can do is make the process more efficient. 

however, there is such a thing as clean coal technology.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/clean-coal.htm

da US is either gonna burn its own coal or its gonna sell its coal to da highest bidder and other countries are gonna burn it, so environmental factors is pretty much nill.

i rather we burn our own coal, we'll keep energy cheap domestically, keep people working, and consume it alot more responsibly then other nations.