2012 US Presidential Election Megathread!

[Sheilbh]

I though Mitch Daniels was Boosh' OMB director.  This guy too?  What office does he hold?

Daniels was between 2001-03, Portman 06-07.  He's now Senator in Ohio.

[CountDeMoney]

I dunno, that chick guv from South Carolina seems to have a sharp head on her shoulders.

[Sheilbh]

I dunno, that chick guv from South Carolina seems to have a sharp head on her shoulders.

She campaigned very hard for him before the primary.  But I think she's got bad ratings in SC and in the primary more Republicans said they were motivated to vote against Romney after her endorsement than for him.

I think she maybe had more of a chance last year.

[CountDeMoney]

Well, it is South Carolina.  Not exactly the most thriving state.  Then again, you can only work with what you've got.

But I like her, she actually seems to know her shit, as opposed to other chick governors we know.

[Caliga]

Also, she's a Hindoo, so that would help them with the whole 'connect with minorities' thingy they're always trying and failing pathetically at.

A Jindal-Haley ticket would have been neat.  Slurpees for some, miniature American flags for others.

[stjaba]

Well, it is South Carolina.  Not exactly the most thriving state.  Then again, you can only work with what you've got.

But I like her, she actually seems to know her shit, as opposed to other chick governors we know.

She does have some baggage. There are have been unproven allegations that she had an extramarital affair. She ruffled some feathers by kicking off a high powered female executive from the USC board of trustees. All together, there are some superficial similarities with Sarah Palin (young, inexperienced, diva-ish) While she does seem to have her shit together, I think the Romney team is going to play it as safe and boring (and opposite of Palin) as possible.

[Ideologue]

I dunno, that chick guv from South Carolina seems to have a sharp head on her shoulders.

I have no idea.  This is kind of embarrassing, but I pay almost no attention to local politics, since nothing I do matters, and it would only make me upset if I did pay attention.  I actually don't even know her name.  In fact, I didn't know we had a female governor.  I mean, I didn't vote for her, so who gives a shit?  (I was aware we had a governor.  I wish we had a military governor.)

[Ideologue]

In 2004, she ran for the South Carolina House of Representatives for a district in Lexington County. She faced incumbent representative Larry Koon in the Republican primary. Koon, who had served since 1975, was the longest-serving member of the House. In the primary election, Haley won 40% of the vote (2,247 votes) to Koon's 42% (2,354 votes), thus forcing a runoff.[19] Her platform was anti-tax and fiscally conservative with an emphasis on education.[20] In the runoff, Haley won with 54.7% (2,928 votes) of the total. She then ran unopposed for the House seat; no Democrat even filed in this heavily Republican district.

Huh.

The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections.

Uh-huh.

No person is eligible for a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives who, at the time of his election, is not a duly qualified elector under this Constitution in the district in which he may be chosen. Senators must be at least twenty-five and Representatives at least twenty-one years of age. A candidate for the Senate or House of Representatives must be a legal resident of the district in which he is a candidate at the time he files for the office. No person who has been convicted of a felony under state or federal law or convicted of tampering with a voting machine, fraudulent registration or voting, bribery at elections, procuring or offering to procure votes by bribery, voting more than once at elections, impersonating a voter, or swearing falsely at elections/taking oath in another's name, or who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to these offenses, is eligible to serve as a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives. However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, this prohibition does not apply to a person who has been pardoned under state or federal law or to a person who files for public office fifteen years or more after the completion date of service of the sentence, including probation and parole time, nor shall any person, serving in office prior to the ratification of this provision, be required to vacate the office to which he is elected. (1966 (54) 2813; 1967 (55) 39; 1997 Act No. 3; 1999 Act No. 12.)

You said felony.  No takebacks.

[Viking]

Also, she's a Hindoo, so that would help them with the whole 'connect with minorities' thingy they're always trying and failing pathetically at.

A Jindal-Haley ticket would have been neat.  Slurpees for some, miniature American flags for others.

Sikh Indian ancestry. She's converted to christianity.

[Razgovory]

Also, she's a Hindoo, so that would help them with the whole 'connect with minorities' thingy they're always trying and failing pathetically at.

A Jindal-Haley ticket would have been neat.  Slurpees for some, miniature American flags for others.

Sikh Indian ancestry. She's converted to christianity.

Doesn't keep her fellow Republicans from calling her a rag head.  http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992209084141467&act=post&pid=11860406103619087

With a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face outside a Columbia bar, Republican S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a "raghead" several times while explaining how he believed she was hiding her true religion from voters.

"She's a f#!king raghead," Knotts said.

He later clarified his statement. He did not mean to use the F-word.

Knotts says he believed Haley has been set up by a network of Sikhs and was programmed to run for governor of South Carolina by outside influences in foreign countries. He claims she is hiding her religion and he wants the voters to know about it.

"We got a raghead in Washington; we don't need one in South Carolina," Knotts said more than once. "She's a raghead that's ashamed of her religion trying to hide it behind being Methodist for political reasons."

Republicans are already suspicious of Romney's Religion.  He doesn't someone to further inflame conservative bigotry and conspiracy theories.

[Caliga]

Sikh Indian ancestry. She's converted to christianity.

Well duh.  Do you think a professed non-Christian could possibly be elected in South Carolina?

[Viking]

Sikh Indian ancestry. She's converted to christianity.

Well duh.  Do you think a professed non-Christian could possibly be elected in South Carolina?

it's just hindu /= sikh

[Caliga]

I know that, and I'd heard that about her before, but forgotten.  Sue me.

[DGuller]

I think it's a worry for Romney.  He doesn't want to be constantly upstaged and have the base more enthused by his VP than him.  Palin casts a long shadow.

The problem is that he can't have a VP more boring than him.  Dead people are not able to assume the presidency immediately, which is Mitt's top requirement.

[DGuller]

Also, she's a Hindoo, so that would help them with the whole 'connect with minorities' thingy they're always trying and failing pathetically at.

A Jindal-Haley ticket would have been neat.  Slurpees for some, miniature American flags for others.

Sikh Indian ancestry. She's converted to christianity.

That doesn't mean much.  Barrack Obama claims to be a Christian as well.