tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post2402127959651986486..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: IT'S PROBABLY A MOOT POINT NOW, BUT WOULD THE "THROW THE RACE INTO THE HOUSE" STRATEGY EVEN WORK?Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33810477339084740502016-03-25T12:21:20.928-04:002016-03-25T12:21:20.928-04:00We can take it as a given that at the end Marie An...We can take it as a given that at the end Marie Antoinette had a pretty good idea that the rabble didn't plan to <i>hang</i> her. Erickson's grasp of history is about as keen as his understanding of politics.Rand Careagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993454654652802173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-60379978129459732722016-03-25T08:21:13.977-04:002016-03-25T08:21:13.977-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-91694829442490026622016-03-25T08:18:52.436-04:002016-03-25T08:18:52.436-04:00More to the point, Rand, Marie Antoinette and her ...More to the point, Rand, Marie Antoinette and her cohort had no idea what was coming.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-15490690851601853302016-03-24T22:17:22.061-04:002016-03-24T22:17:22.061-04:00From Erickson's closing paragraph: "Robes...From Erickson's closing paragraph: "Robespierre was led to the gallows of his own making." Gallows? <i>Gallows??</i> Rand Careagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993454654652802173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-89472800881018351782016-03-24T21:55:56.656-04:002016-03-24T21:55:56.656-04:00I never understood this "scenario" ... a...I never understood this "scenario" ... and still don't.<br /><br />Initially Ewick son of Ewick volunteered Rick Perry to be the Replicant Establishment savior... Perry would win Texas, thereby denying Hillary 270 EC votes, toss the election into the House ... which would then elect Perry with what, 40 EC votes? 50? vs. Hillary with 269 and Drumpf with 220.<br /><br />There'd be blood in the streets and House GOP Congresscritters dangling from lampposts. (Of course Drumpf won't incite his followers to lynch them blah blah blah [yawns])<br /><br />Oh, but wait! Texas isn't in the DemonCrapic column under <i>any</i> circumstances, so why does Perry winning Texas throw the election into the House?<br /><br />This does not compute.<br /><br />This confabulation further fell apart when Rick Perry advanced two steps to the rear, proving that he's smarter than Ewick son of Ewick.<br /><br />OK, so now it's (say) Kasich running 3rd party and winning Ohio and no other state in the Union, tossing the election into the House which elects Kasich.<br /><br />Same thing goes with "blood in the streets". Or at least a nationwide general strike like Belgium circa 1950.<br /><br />But waitaminnit. Kasich is a very conservative Replicant. Is he <i>really</i> going to pull votes from the DemonCraps? It seems far more likely that he'd pull votes nationwide from Drumpf and turn a few purple states blue, so that in exchange for Ohio the DemonCraps win states they wouldn't win in a Drumpf on Hillary (ugh, I can't believe I said that!) face-off.<br /><br />So that doesn't work either.<br /><br />But now NoMoreMrNiceBlog sez that the House GOP would elect Drumpf, not Kasich.<br /><br />My head just 'sploded. The same objections apply, but it's even more bizarro.<br /><br />Think about it for a minute.<br /><br />If Drumpf alone can't reach 270 EC votes, is it truly plausible that Drumpf + Kasich together can get at least 270 EC votes?<br /><br />So if the Replicants have a losing hand with Drumpf, then they should run a *second* Replicant, because a DemonCrap will run weaker with two Replicants in the race than with one.<br /><br />You could call this the Gillette Theory of Shaving EC Votes: the more Replicants running in the general, the weaker the DemonCrap will run.<br /><br />I call shenanigans.<br /><br />To second CH: "Or am I missing something (a not-unprecedented occurrence)?"Jim Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683702294178406033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-41643046581720116072016-03-24T18:01:23.770-04:002016-03-24T18:01:23.770-04:00@Unknown
Oh, a contested RNC will be even more cal...@Unknown<br />Oh, a contested RNC will be even more calamitous than a contested election in the constipated House.retiredenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693405694592881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-44067173451703505382016-03-24T17:59:19.265-04:002016-03-24T17:59:19.265-04:00The House can't pass friggin' gas. How the...The House can't pass friggin' gas. How the hell are they going to pull off a contested election?retiredenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693405694592881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-26111957581361468452016-03-24T17:56:19.785-04:002016-03-24T17:56:19.785-04:00In the unlikely event that the GOP establishment e...In the unlikely event that the GOP establishment ever found the courage to declare open war on Trumpism, why would they not simply steal the nomination at the convention by rigging the rules committee? The Republican brand may have lost a lot of market value but it's still worth enough in ballot access alone that they wouldn't want to simply walk away from it.<br /><br />It's true that there would be a riot outside the convention center and maybe even fisticuffs inside. But these aren't people who care much about public safety.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05493939044872288977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-39476754637282926122016-03-24T15:34:09.661-04:002016-03-24T15:34:09.661-04:00It's not REMOTELY A "slam dunk". It&...It's not REMOTELY A "slam dunk". It's not even a very sound Hail MNary.<br /><br />In a Hail Mary, you're already lost by orthodox play - which isn't necessarily the case here - plus there's always next week or even next year. There's NO DOWN SIDE to a Hail Mary. <br /><br />But there's tons of potential downside for the GOP here, right up and down their entire rationale for even existing.<br /><br />Plus even ignoring the fact that the game's still afoot and the downside potential is disastrous, the odds against pulling this off are way worse than a Hail Mary. HRC or Benie could STILL get to 270, if states like Utah and Georgia resort to blue for just this election. Ohio is a problem, not necessarily any 'solution.<br /><br />And then even the House, well - talk about your constitutional crisis. This would be likely taking Watergate, deep frying it in a tub of 2000 presidential election lard, and dousing the mess with Civil War sauce. It would be to risk the entire "full credit" status on which Hamilton designed the American banking system and economy and financial viability of the several states to function.Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79338242258569672332016-03-24T14:55:25.160-04:002016-03-24T14:55:25.160-04:00Ah, but... as is always dutifully chorused when ye...Ah, but... as is always dutifully chorused when yet another national poll shows Sanders beating Trump/Cruz by a wider margin than Clinton, "nationwide polls this early mean nothing". If that is indeed so, and for all I know it may be, then the cited Bloomberg poll showing Clinton "crushing" Trump means the same nothing, no? Or am I missing something (a not-unprecedented occurrence)? CHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409212720220729669noreply@blogger.com