Luck 0 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 We can do better than making this a debate, people. Just roll a dice on the integrity rating, really. It isn't a big deal of course, but it's fun to debate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ellchicago 353 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 An attack on US could have cost President Obama the election. Why didn't the President of the United States and his administration get the facts wrong while Senator John McCain got it right. That merits an investigation. Did they try to cover up the attack? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
European Qoheleth (SANC) 32 Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Romney never had a chance. Only 4 years before his party was heavily beaten in the same year that the recession started and naturally they were in power so they got the blame. I have never read of a general election where the party who won a landslide the last time didn't win again by one margin or another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 513 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Romney never had a chance. Only 4 years before his party was heavily beaten in the same year that the recession started and naturally they were in power so they got the blame. I have never read of a general election where the party who won a landslide the last time didn't win again by one margin or another. Herbert Hoover: won by a landslide in 1928, lost under a landslide in 1932. Just pointing that out to keep you honest in you're blanket statement of no candidate who won by a landslide not winning the next time in US history. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mahaadoxyz 9 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Also George H.W. Bush. In fairness it may never have happened that a party takes power from the opposing party with a substantial victory and then lost four years later. The only occasions I can think of when the out-party has won by a substantial margin are 2008, 1992, 1980, 1952, 1932, 1920, 1912, 1860, 1840 (okay, that might be a counter-example), 1828, and 1800. Of those only 1840 featured a reversal four years later, and it featured a slightly narrower popular-vote margin than Obama '08. Still, I think it's clearly not true that the circumstances of the 2012 election made it a priori impossible for Romney to win. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Repubican 35 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 are you still working on it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Os Davis 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I have the same question as Tom Filurin ... is this still in process? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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