us elections

us elections

im a political junkie so the wall to wall coverage on fox from iowa and new hampshire has been magic. go on pick your nominees and your president for me its obama and romney

without sounding racist  i think America is more ready for a black president than a woman president 

 Obama is ahead in the polls for N.H and looks likely to take it out 13% lead in most polls and first time he's taken a double digit lead, that would mean two defeats for Hilary ?  and more than likely mean she'll bow out of the race. 
giddyup2008-01-08 18:37:45

i disagree, i dont think shell bow out, too much money and energy in it. i think that may be her saving grace that she will be able to stick in to the end. the crying was interesting today. if edawrds takes a beating tommorow and a beating in michigan he might pull out and i think hell endorse obama

i don't think edwards will take such a beating,but, if it is close, it will make it more interesting to watch that's for sure.
I see early voting has already started, so should i guess know the result when thursday a.m ?

Go the black guy!

mid wednesday i would imagine, wednesday night maybe. its tuesday american time

The Democratic race has galvanised US. The top three democrats are everyones top three candidates overall. The voting figures for Democrats in New Hampshire is an all time record with voting papers running out halfway through the day.   Obama to win on crest from Iowa with Hilary second and Edwards third. None of these three will pull out.

Little real interest or affection for any republican candidates who are all seen as deeply flawed and not believable. McCain to win narrowly over Romney (but who really cares?).

Democrats will walk Nov election by a landslide.

Listening to the beeb yesterday following an elderly couple who have voted for the Democrats all their lives.  The wife said Hilary was "bought and paid for" and the husband said "cold single issue bitch".  I wonder if that is a general perception that she's an interest group junkie, a bit like Aunty Helen, and not that interested in the general population.

last i heard in most national polls clinton who was at the time the fron runner wasnt running that far ahead of guiliani nationally, whether guiliani can get the nomination is a different story though

i always thought the 1st black president would be Bill Cosby...GO THE DEMOS!!

combining two of my passions here, politics and chanting i am quite impressed by the chanting being exhibited by the john mcain supportes, some good off the cuff stuff. power. its good chanting, shame its all wanky american bullsh*t and john mccain has the personallity of a goalpost

Hilary Clinton wins  N.H

big result. massive turn up. its funny watching the talking heads having to retract everything theyve been saying for the last 48 hours

bloody close race though only 3% in it

oh yeah and john mccain won the republican vote

this s going to be an interesting year for politics its quite entertaining watching americans wasting their money after they  lose

obama should change his last name its a bit to close to osama

The Republican candidates scare me especially Romney. I can almost feel the CIA in him. "I can smell the uranium on your breath"

[QUOTE=Orpewise]I can almost feel the CIA in him. QUOTE]

Shouldn't this thread be called the Brazilian elections because when a new President is found, there won't be any Bush in the White House.

Yes the CIA are usually painful. (I hope they are not monitoring this website.....)

If the Democrats are to win the election later this year I hope Obama is president and not Clinton, however, I'm supporting the Republicans and would like to see Huckabee as the next President.loyalgunner2008-01-13 00:05:13

huckabee? really? i respect your right to your own opinion but huckabee? hed make george bush look simply progressive and forward thinking

The world cannot survive another Republican president. Those people are nuts! Which poor country will they want to invade next? From the debates it will probably be Mexico to stop illegal immigrants!!!

Clinton knows how to manage all the plutocrats - Obama is a generational change - either would do me.

I support the Republicans because I think they are more likely to at least try to stall the moral decay that is rampant in their country and in the western world. I'm not saying Democrat politicians aren't good at their jobs, it's just that a lot of them are not conservative enough.

In response to the last comment about Republican Presidents invading other countries, Presidents do have advisors who they get their information from, they don't just come to decisions by themselves, so they shouldn't be forced to take all the flak for the decisions that go wrong if their advisors are wrong (they should still take some responsibility though).loyalgunner2008-01-13 17:29:30

I didn't say the Republicans will stop it, but often they are more conservative than Democrats, and if the USA get a Republican President then hopefully (depending on the individual obviously) the President will try to slow down the moral decay.loyalgunner2008-01-13 18:44:09

can you explain to me what moral decay is? it sounds like a buzz campaign term, like change, hope that sorta stuff. i would have thought the more worrying traits coming from america are lying governments and feelings of self righteous moral superiority. all which has become more prevalent under a republican president

By moral decay I mean laws that I think are immoral, such as euthanasia, abortion etc.

euthanasia isnt federally legal, i dont even think its legal in any of the states

Euthanasia is legal in Oregon.

"moral decay" isn't going to be stopped by Republicans...and religion should be at least partially removed from politics in a democracy, otherwise you have a theocracy, which is a bit hypocritical coming from a governmnent so determined to democracise everyone

and a republican president cant do anything about laws in the states, nor can a president overturn a decision of the supreme court thus roe v wade stands as the law

.loyalgunner2008-02-02 14:13:38

The President can veto laws coming in, and the President can appoint people to the supreme court (correct me if I'm wrong on that).loyalgunner2008-01-13 23:49:08

do you know anything about how america was founded? individual liberties and freedom, the most important of which was the freedom to worship. these people are leaving europe where there freedom to worship who they chose was severely limited.