Elections - February 2007

Have they been watching too many movies showing black presidents and women bosses? It might be the right time in Hollywood but not in real life. This country is still too conservative. I think they are going to blow it. Just like when the gay marriage thing came out before Bush's last election and probably sunk the Dems. I wish them luck but I can't believe it. Another 30-50 years and it could be OK but not now. They are banking on Bush's badness to let them elect any candidate they want to put up. It is not a shoo in people. It wasn't last time and it won't be this time. The republicans are consistent and the Dems keep trying to fly all this new agenda stuff. Not everyone is " Be as liberal as you can be!". Why dont they just get a firm solid electable candidate?

2007-02-24 04:33:44 · 14 answers · asked by bozomonkey 2

LAST YEAR THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS VOTED TO BUILD A BORDER FECE TO CUT OFF THE US FROM MEXICO. THIS YEAR, AS SOON AS THEY WERE ELECTED, THE DEMOCRAT CONGRESS VOTED TO CUT FUNDING FOR THE FENCE AFTER IT WAS PASSED INTO LAW LAST YEAR!
ARE DEMOCRATS HERE TO HELP OUR COUNTRY? OR SCREW IT OVER?

2007-02-24 04:25:04 · 13 answers · asked by True American 4

Middle Number Votes are where each MP writes down a number and for example of 101 the highest & lowest 50 are thrown out (to determine budget spending levels, prison sentence laws, minimum age requirements, ...)
Lottery Democracy is where either one chamber of parliament is filled with say 100 people who (expressed an interest and were) entered into a lottery that chooses who wins the seats, or one party contesting the election is governed by a panel that is formed in this way

Interselection is where either seats in parliament or the power centre of a party contesting the elections is composed of the winners of a big tournament event where each person who comes is a contestant and a 10+9+8+7...points voter in a secret ballot election held at the end of the day
Other alternative parties include, among others, a panel of the 15 biggest trade-unions, a panel of ethnic minorites or religious groups, or of SMEs. I could go on, but this is not neccessarily part of the question.

2007-02-24 04:23:21 · 3 answers · asked by Wise Kai 3

Who are you going to vote for in 2008? Hilary, Obama, or any other of the known runners?

2007-02-24 04:21:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

In a system where people only have one vote, they often wish they could have voted for the party they wanted most, but feel they had to vote for one of the top two instead.

How about the Triangular Ballot alternative? It ensures each winning MP receives some support & backing from an absolute majority of voters, how?
In Line One the voter ticks either the Labour or Conservative box;
In Line Two, he chooses between Labur & Lib Dem;
In Line Three, he can choose between the Lib Dem & Tory candidates.
And in Line Four, he writes the three letter code of one of the 40-100 other parties (a full lamented list of all these is available at each booth, along with 20 mission statement words from each).

The winner has beaten both main alternatives outright.
The second place (won 1, lost 1) and the party getting the most Line 4 votes will be main opponents of the winner at the next election.
The party that has lost against the second placed party, falls into the Line 4 list.

2007-02-24 04:11:38 · 5 answers · asked by Wise Kai 3

2007-02-24 04:11:00 · 2 answers · asked by tom the plumber 3

After all Bush was elected twice to the Presidency. And the best their candidates managed to do is come in second. What does it say about a Party that can't manage to outsmart an idiot?

2007-02-24 03:45:38 · 11 answers · asked by namsaev 6

Examples of Anti-War Canidates include Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama. Anti-War Presidential Canidates such as George McGovern and John Kerry have never won the election.

2007-02-24 02:51:45 · 12 answers · asked by thundershark 2

Sorry I know this has probably been posted before but I've just been listen to a podcast and got me thinking how thick he is. Has there been head-of-states more stupid than Bush? Tony Blair looks like Steven Hawkins when he is standing next to him.

Dont get me wrong, Im not one of these anti-war nutters. I get the impression Bush is an idiot.

2007-02-24 02:35:41 · 44 answers · asked by lister_larger 3

BJP was about to lanch a severe compqaign against UPA on the extrodinary rise in prices of common commodities making the life of common man miserable. Sensing this the congress has raised the bogey of quttarocchi detained inArgentina with the help of media friendly to congress,to divert the attention of BJP. If the BJP had any sense it would have realised that till Sonia Gandhi is alive Quttarocchi will be never broguht to india.

2007-02-24 02:07:29 · 7 answers · asked by Brahmanda 7

2007-02-24 01:38:32 · 13 answers · asked by Isaac R 1

2007-02-24 01:14:32 · 7 answers · asked by Frank G 1

2007-02-24 01:13:04 · 4 answers · asked by John16 5

2007-02-24 01:06:09 · 7 answers · asked by raja h 1

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY:

I absolutely demand one or two more Scallia like conservatives on the Supreme Court so we can start reversing all this bad case law like McConnell V McCain and Kelo.

Who fits that bill and is electable?

2007-02-24 00:28:47 · 4 answers · asked by John16 5

When I hear him speak, he sounds terrific!

2007-02-23 21:19:49 · 4 answers · asked by V-Starion 5

I believe this is what Hillery is facing...

She was representing the stated wishes of the people in her district... that is what a "representitive" does...

If anyone should apologize... it's the deceivers !!! Not the deceived...

Now that you have thought about it for a solid second... can you figure out why the focus was on her non-apology and not the reason we went to begin with ?

2007-02-23 21:13:18 · 3 answers · asked by Jesus H. Zeitgeist 3

2007-02-23 19:38:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the 2004 election I heard little to nothing about the 3rd party candidates, if we live in a country of choice, shouldn't the 3rd party candidates be allowed in the Presidential debates? If they only allow a Republican and a Democrat, wouldn't that just mean it is a 2 party dictatorship where nothing is ever really changing. As of 2008, Ron Paul is the best one for the office of President. Look at his voting record. It will speak for itself.

2007-02-23 17:58:03 · 14 answers · asked by SickandTired 2

What makes a band wagon gather speed better than any other wagon?

2007-02-23 17:46:37 · 2 answers · asked by MBK 7

a bad v.p. could be damaging to our future too?

2007-02-23 15:53:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-23 15:35:37 · 15 answers · asked by Edgar B 1

2007-02-23 15:31:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-23 14:38:35 · 18 answers · asked by Barack Obama 1

2007-02-23 14:21:59 · 20 answers · asked by blank 3

2007-02-23 14:19:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there anything in the Constitution preventing it?

(I know that the Vice-President breaks the tie when it's 50-50, but it that case the Senator in question could vote again to break the tie, like on the Weakest Link.)

2007-02-23 14:06:58 · 13 answers · asked by M. B 2

What do you think of having 2 new prereguisites for voting:
1: You must pass a simple IQ test, so at least we know that you're bright enough to make up their own minds

2. Should the vote of a welfare cow who pays no taxes count as much as, well, anyone who pays taxes. In other words, the more you pay in taxes the more votes you get.


I know these might not be very popular, but why should stupid people be able to vote themselves more welfare benefits, but then again we don't want anybody voting for whomever gets them the most stuff.

2007-02-23 14:03:12 · 6 answers · asked by macruadhi 3

2007-02-23 13:17:54 · 19 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1

yes or no simple question

2007-02-23 13:10:10 · 21 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2