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Offline Grey Wolf

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The actual reason was the "Domino syndrome". Dean and the other front runner managed to fairly well gut each other during the debates leading up to the Iowa primary, severely hurting their voter base. The people these voters ended up voting for instead were Edwards and Kerry. Edwards' campaign just sort of fell apart, and people just tended to vote for Kerry after that since they felt "since he's doing so well in the primaries so far, he can beat Dubya!"
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Offline ionia23

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Face facts, Kerry can't win.  Not against George "We Got Him" ****.  You just watch the announce of the capture of a certain You-Know-Who just before election time.  He got the last one rigged, no reason he won't do likewise again.

Don't get me wrong, I rather like the guy's platform and will probably vote for him (Kerry, that is), but his views aren't exactly popular with..oh, say, the wealthy and "patrio-zealot-trotic".
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Never said he could. I was just stating people's rationale for voting for him in the primaries.
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Offline karajorma

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Pity they don't have primaries for the sitting president then. It would have been quite funny to watch **** lose :D
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Offline Rictor

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So do only Democrats get to vote in the primaries or does everyone? It seems kinda of wierd to have Republicans voting for who the Democratic candidate is going to be....

 

Offline Grey Wolf

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In most states, only Democrats can vote. In others, like New Hampshire, Democrats and people who are not registered in either party can vote. In some really messed up states, everyone can vote.
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But how do they know you're a democrat? What was to stop you from saying you're one as soon as **** got elected so you could lie in wait for the primaries 4 years later?
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Offline Grey Wolf

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You register for a political party.
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Pity they don't have primaries for the sitting president then.
They do.  Gerald Ford had to fight off a strong primary challenge from Ronald Reagan in 1976.

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you can change party afiliations the night of the primaries, then change back the next day
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They do.  Gerald Ford had to fight off a strong primary challenge from Ronald Reagan in 1976.


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you can change party afiliations the night of the primaries, then change back the next day


Okay. Now I'm confused. Why didn't the "anybody but ****" mob get organised and kick him out then? Surely they'd be plently of people who would vote for that even?
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Offline Kazan

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because there is no republican primary this year since they have an incumbent president
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Offline Goober5000

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There have been Republican primaries this year... I've seen one or two articles about some obscure people trying to run against Bush.

I'm sure that they have systems in place to ensure people can't switch parties for only the day of the primary.

 

Offline Kazan

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Goober5000: you're explictly ALLOWED to switch parties the day of the primary

i know one republican professor who does it, and then switches right back because he enjoys being present at the democractic caucuses here in iowa - he finds them interesting, and he abstains from picking a candidate

he switches back immediately
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That's interesting.  Wish that was more widely known... we might have been able to get Howard Dean nominated.  Now that campaign would have been fun. :)

 

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Then here's the plan for electoral reform in the states. It's too late for this one but next election why not get everyone who hates both parties to elect the most useless candidate possible for both the republicans and the democrats. Then the third parties suddenly have a chance :D
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Because the most useless candidate possible is George W **** ;)

 

Offline karajorma

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Yeah. But he can't run next time :D And by useless I mean someone that the party faithful would never vote for. There were all to many idiots willing to vote for ****
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karajorma: if he doesn't get elected this fall he can run again at some other time
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karajorma: if he doesn't get elected this fall he can run again at some other time


True but I don't remember any president doing that successfully in living memory. Let's hope it stays that way :)
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