2010 U.S. election

[Publius]

Alright, it's less than a month to the elections, what's your forecast for how they turn out? This isn't meant to be a debate on the merits of the parties/candidates or their ideas, just a chance to polish off your crystal balls and try predicting the final tally.

I'll go first:

Senate 51 D - 49 R (Democrats retain control)
House 228 R - 207 D (Republicans win control)
Governors 30 R - 20 D (Republicans pick up 6)

[ProfessorChaos]

*grabs chair, waits for fireworks*

[BillyRay]

*grabs chair, waits for fireworks*


"Sky flowers don't work no more..."

EDIT:

Apparently Hotlinking doesn't either.

So here's a completely unrelated picture that somehow still applies to the US Electoral-Political Theatre:

http://galadarling.com/images/10/04/bunnyqueen.jpg

[Danny]

*grabs chair, waits for fireworks*

A two party system doesn't work.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/khazrak/1286041135731s.jpg

[AcesandEights]

A two party system doesn't work.

Or so your true masters would have us believe.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/8083025/2/istockphoto_8083025-danger-tipped-red-gasoline-can-spilling-with-fire-near.jpg

This is fun.

[JDFP]

A two party system doesn't work.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/khazrak/1286041135731s.jpg

Minor correction (me thinks): "A two party system doesn't work very well".

But, it's much better than a one party system, that's for certain. That's been done too -- the NSDAP (Nazi) party in Germany and the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. We see how well those one party systems worked (Hey, I'll admit -- they certainly were active in being able to promote their legislation without any issues! :D).

The Democrats help keep Republicans in check from going too far just as the Republicans help keep the Democrats in check from going too far -- checks and balances. Of course, we'll have extremists on both sides -- but the extremists from the other side help keep the ones from the other end in check. For every Michael Moore we have an Anne Coulter helping to balance the equation -- which means we usually end up somewhere in the middle between the two extremes.

As far as November -- the Republican party is going to make some major head-way. I don't want to predict "tremendous" success because if they take too much I think they may try to pull the antithesis of what the liberals have done the last two years -- swing the pendulum in the opposite direction (the '94 "Contract with America" comes immediately to mind) as strongly as the liberals have done swung the pendulum the last few years. And that will only serve to help benefit B. Hussein Obama come Nov. '12 (and my opinion on that is pretty clear for those who know me).

j.p.

[shootemindehead]

Two sides of the same coin.

Nothing changes.

[Publius]

A two party system doesn't work.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/khazrak/1286041135731s.jpg

A two party system can be ideal if it's managed properly. The correct approach is:

Party 1: Party till the sun comes up (aka till the break of day)
Party 2: Party till the sun goes down

Older texts may refer to this system as "rocking around the clock."

B-)

[Rancid Carcass]

"Sky flowers don't work no more..."

They work just fine in Fortune City... :shifty:

[LouCipherr]

Two sides of the same coin.

Nothing changes.

This.