Forward? – A 2012 Election Game (Sign Up and Rules Thread)

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Fletcher isn't doomed, VP choices are basically just endorsements. If he does fall then Walter Jones would surge

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Upton's endorsement might have been closer to a curse than something to help Fletcher's campaign, mainly because Upton is campaigning against Scott Walker and this event that just happened.

The only thing the Upton endorsement did was help Fletcher get a delegate in New Hampshire. With Upton campaigning against Walker, Fletcher wouldn't choose him as VP because that would doom the Walker Campaign

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Upton hates Scott Walker for a reason.

I don't understand why he endorsed Flethcer if he hates Walker since both have similar views

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Hillary skipping the debate is totally going to hurt her.

I refuse to recognize it is a real, DNC sanctioned debate since it's not from Lumine.

This might kill your chances at winning SC

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When is the South Carolina results going to be up?

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is anybody going to play?

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Lincoln Chaffe could run in the 2016 game

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Man why do I keep getting the cold shoulder when it comes to endorsements?

Donald Trump didn't get any big name endorsements in 2016 either because people like to stick with the establishment candidates

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I'm sorry to hear that, Blair, and thank you for playing.

Now that we've lost both Spiral and Blair though we're in a bit of a problem, I might say. Since there are just six players left (Clinton, Biden, Clark, Carolla, Fletcher, and Paul), I'd like to put the question to the surviving players: should the game continue?

I don't play but I don't see how this survives

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Looks like the race is effectively Fletcher vs. Paul unless someone else joins

Maybe Christie endorses Carolla and then this race will really get crazy

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The Christie issue has been addressed, this turn ends in three hours. The next one will begin Friday night, and I will be allowing two or three (at most) new Republican candidates as late entries to the primary. They'll have to be plausible candidates, so no celebrities or excessively obscure requests, please.

(of course, the remaining candidates will retain the initial advantage, the "white knight" dynamic is not meant to be unfair to them)

Can I be Carly Fiorina?

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Can I be Carly Fiorina?

Sorry, Fiorina is just coming off from a tough defeat in the Senate election in California, wouldn't be plausible at this point.

how about Bachmann

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Can I be Carly Fiorina?

Sorry, Fiorina is just coming off from a tough defeat in the Senate election in California, wouldn't be plausible at this point.

how about Bachmann

Certainly, Bachmann is approved then. You can post an announcement speech on the Campaign Thread, and you'll be included in polls (and as a formal part of the game) next turn.

Thank You!
Should I post the announcement now or later?

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Will i be in the Florida primary

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Bob McDonnell, Marco Rubio, John Thune, and John Cornyn are all far more realistic.

Marco Rubio already endorsed Fletcher but he could be Jon Huntsman or Newt Gingrich

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An issue has come up. The electoral calendar I used made a mistake for the Dems, listing their Minnesota caucus in March and actually not listing their Missouri caucus at all, and in OTL both were held on February 7th.

As this concerns both Dkrol and NewYorkExpress I'll put the question to them, do you prefer Minnesota and Missouri to be simulated in the upcoming turn (as it happened in RL, as so far that turn would only include Republican primaries), or should we correct this oversight by placing both on Super Tuesday in March?

Also, a question for all the players:

Next turn will take us from February 1st to February 7th, a date in which several primaries are held. From there on the next contests are on February 26th and 28th, a twenty day gap. Do you prefer a single turn that covers most of February, or two separate turns despite the first one not bringing any results with it?

one turn

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when is the new turn going up?

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when is the new turn going up?

Tomorrow.

I will be gone all weekend and be back Sunday night so that is when my update will come

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Maybe Wesley Clark could join the dem primary

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Maybe Wesley Clark could join the dem primary

I doubt Clark would do that, especially with the Support he's getting.

As of now Carolla will stay till the convention.

Until Santorum steals all of his Supporters

Carolla and Santorum are nothing alike.

Maybe not, but Santorum can just rev up the idea that Carolla is a fraud who doesn't know the first thing about Congress and slowly, Carolla's Supporters will flock to either Santorum or Paul.

Or Bachmann

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If Biden drops out who do you think Hillary should choose as her vice-president

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If Biden drops out who do you think Hillary should choose as her vice-president

Gore just for lolz

For the fifth time, I haven't made a decision yet. It's all speculation at this point.


Also Gore isn't going to help Hillary win and he hates Hillary.

She should pick someone who endorsed Biden...maybe Feingold?

I thought she should pick Obama because why not

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To lurk from beyond the grave, I'm going to love watching the GOP establishment choose between a rampant homophobe, a crooked one-term Governor, Ron Paul and a comedian 

Maybe they should just choose Bachmann

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I don't see Santorum gaining much traction since the Iowa caucus has already happened.

Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee are up for grabs

Bachmann could pick up those rather than Santorum since she is a high profile conservative


Also any new prediction maps?

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I don't see Santorum gaining much traction since the Iowa caucus has already happened.

Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee are up for grabs

While I'd mostly agree with that, I think I have Georgia in the bag at this point. Santorum still has a chance, but I think Brown or Bachmann can better fill the role as the main opponent against Fletcher.

My prediction:

Brown and Paul doing well in NE

Fletcher doing well in South

Bachmann, Santorum and Fletcher doing well in midwest

Bachmann, Carolla and Paul doing well in west