us elections

what does God have to do with the US, I know they claim to be a "Godfearing" country and their so called government runs in a moral way - but you have to be kidding me, the only time God comes into their worl is when they need an excuse for killing another million people - that's if "God" even exists.

romney wins michigan, its like the hillary commision are rigging the republican primareis. every1 gets a turn to win

Romney would lie to his wife about toothpaste purchases. I would not trust him with 10cents. The Republicans have no frontrunner so with any luck they will tear each other to pieces and make themselves unelectable (if they are not already).

US and god? They all have to pretend to be godfearing - what candidate in history has ever had the guts to say they are not?

yeah there'll be a black president, a woman president, even a black-woman president before there'll be an athiest president
Cosimo2008-01-17 10:00:16

Or at least an openly atheist president.

Pretty sad state of affairs really.

South carolina will be interesting - which will will African Americans vote? Clinton (establishment) or Obama (new wave).

i dont think the dems are in sc is for a couple of weeks, theyre in nevada tommorow and the repubs are in sc

Yep. Im not sure Nevada is that important overall. Apart from momentum.

clinton and romney win nevada. seems romney was the only republican to make any effort. south carolina is the big one today, polls have huckabee and mccain goin at it. fred thompson has made south carolina his alamo so will be interesting to see how he goes

Yeh Thompson is an unusual candidate in many ways! Very unpredictable in SC for Republicans. Huckabee now wants constitution to reflect the Bible more closely!    

now down to two horse races in both parties. if mccain comes out anywhere near even on tuesday and plays well in the big states it would be hard to see romeny stopping his momentum. it seems like he would have the cross over appeal that he could really challenge hillary. if obama gets nomination i cant see anyone coming close

Hilary versus John election - all over. (Stuff Romney!)

By time of election in November, both candidates will be unpopular!! This in part due to the fact that I don't believe the US media and the parties can stop this being an even worse negative slanging match than before. Billions will be spent telling (dumb, under educated) US voters how bad both candidates are. This is the end result of a cultural decline in standards of public life over a couple of decades. The election will be decided by a mix of prejudice and misinformation. Save us all!!

If Obama won, it might be a case of obama V osama in the war against terror!

the GOP only chance of victory in the general election is if they choose Jonny Mac.  He has the best chance of gaining independent and some dem's votes. 

If McCain wins the Republican nomination, he'll be the next US President - both Obama and Hilary are way too polarising to defeat a guy who has a much broader appeal to the average American.
McCain's main problem is that many ultra-conservative Republicans don't like him - not conservative enough for them. If Romney wins the nomination, whoever the Democrat candidate is (probably Hilary I'd say) will probably win, as Romney hasn't been able to galvanise anyone...but he's got sh*tloads of money, there are a lot of people in the US who don't like Hilary, and Obama is clearly vulnerable as well. So I wouldn't be writing Republicans off at all at this stage.

I wouldn't say obama is polarising.  Most of his speakes are pretty powerful.  Generally the US media don't like hilalry (mainly to do with Bill) so i can see I lot of Hillary bashing happening if she gets the nomination.

What you have to remember that Obama's preaching to the choir at the moment, and he's still having problems overtaking Hilary (for now anyway), who herself is far from a beloved figure in the US, even among the Democrats. In a general election, Obama will be even more exposed - the US is still a nation with a lot of prejudiced people in it, and it'd be interesting to see if Obama can overcome that.

As for Fox News, it's the best comedy on TV right now. Sean Hannity always cracks me up...sometimes I have to pinch myself to remind me he's for real. And the saddest thing? Fox News is the most watched news channel in the US, they're killing everyone else in the ratings.

it is a worry.  I think Hannity has far overtaken O'reilly as the most biased broadcaster.  Atleast O'reilly is subtle about it. I was lover the Edwards VS O'reilly faceoff  Shame Edwards dropped out. 

Can anyone believe anything that a US politican says! Its all poll driven and mainly attacks on everyone else!

I am sorry Edwards is out - at least he was trying to speak up for the poor and disadvantaged.

Didn't realise that Super Tuesday falls on Waitangi Day so looks like I'll coma out on the couch tomorrow and watch the coverage

FLASH FLASH special news "this is FOX news" lol I swear they have some hidden code brainwashing people to join the army, its inprinted during 1 of those urgent news flash updates FOX= no haha

haha its a bit ridiculous. Everything seems to be breaking new over there.

 

Does anyone watch the daily show on C4?

Absolutely... crucial viewing.

ands its actually the best political coverage around.  Which is a worry.  Wish we got the Cobert Report as well

i dont mind fox so much, at least there not trying to hide there bias. i find there commentary and contributors better than cnn, really enjoyed karl rove yesterday.

and Jonny mack is home and hosed. eeeww karl rove? Fox loves that guy even thou hes a lying cheating SOB

hillary has more substance than obama, well she uses less flowery language anyway.

I find it funny how all the republication claim to be like ronald Reagan.  There comes a time when that party just needs move past him. 

Just goes to show that politicians the world over prove that they are society's biggest dipsh*ts and it's not restricted to New Zealand after all.

Romney officially out of the GOP race.

Bit of a suprise really. Guess hes had enough of throwing his own money away.  opens the gate for Ron Paul to take the nomination

probably really clears the way for huckabee to take the vp spot aswell. lg have you ever got a nice thing to say about anyone?

Reckon will stay in for the next two or three primarys to see if the converstive will flock to him.  If its doesnt look like he will get out...and probaly get the VP.

wouldnt suprise me if the ultra conservative vote stayed at home if mccain gets nomination, i think it really will be a battle for the independent vote. especially if obama gets nod

No, they're just using that as threat in order to get McCain to make concessions and pander to them a bit, especially on illegal immigration.
No way they'd let either Hilary or Obama to become President just like that.

It's good to watch a mix I reckon..: CNN, Daily Show, fox, Late night Letterman, BBC to get the different bias that each has. Letterman's not really media but he always something to say re the elections. Should be easy for when the regular presidential elections come round - all the muds been slung in the primaries, they just need to show all the old clips.