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Hawaii Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:26 AM
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Interesting take on electoral vote site from yesterday's results
http://electoral-vote.com/

"After disappointing results, Sen. Joe Biden and Sen. Chris Dodd both dropped out last night to go back to their cushy day jobs as U.S. senators. It's indoor work, you get $165,200, and there is no heavy lifting involved. However, Rudy Giuliani is staying in the race, despite coming in 6th and being beaten almost 3 to 1 by maverick Ron Paul.

What does this all mean? The media are licking their collective chops at the prospect of the new, clean politics of an Obama-Huckabee race. Ain't gonna happen. To quote Shakespeare: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." If we look at all the polls since the middle of December, Huckabee is running about 10-12%, far behind Romney and McCain. While Iowa may give Huckabee a boost, the demographics of New Hampshire work against him. Too many crusty old farmers, telecommuting yuppie bankers, Dartmouth professors, free-spirited artists, and not enough evangelicals. The race in the granite state is between Romney and McCain and the Republican establishment and right-wing blogosphere are going to attack Huckabee mightily this week".
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:29 AM
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1. What a fucking idiot. First, he does need to insult Dodd and Biden.
Second, what he lists is a congressman's pay, not a senator.

So, I think I will stop there and ignore the rest of his post. If it is as well informed as the first paragraph, it would be a loss of time.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:48 AM
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3. IIRC, Senators and Representatives get the same pay
except for Congressional Officers like the Speaker of the House and President pro tempore of the Senate, they get a little more.

But, that doesn't mean the guy's not an idiot anyway........
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:32 AM
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2. Yeah, why Iowa. Why not Delaware?
Delaware has been a bellweather state for many many elections - unless you count 2000 and 2004 ;(

You get a good cross section here - You have the farmers, the yuppies, the blue collar workers, etc. I do think Biden and Dodd caved too early considering where this caucus was located.
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