The National Weekly Atlasian

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Here is the National Weekly Atlasian's debate schedule^:

Aug 5-7: District 2 Senatorial Debate (ask a question)
Participants:
*Mr. Moderate

*Candidates have yet to confirm attendance.

I'll confirm.

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Gporter will be very suprised to know that being from Tennessee, he couldn't even if he wanted to!

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   In District 2, it is clear that Mr. Moderate is the frontrunner, but this race will most likely have more than one round. While Mr. Moderate is favored to win, there is still a contest over who gets to face off against Mr. Moderate in the final round. Although Ernest, Senator DWTL, and AndrewCT are all tied in this poll, I would guess that AndrewCT will be the one who makes it to the final round, due to the amount of Republicans in District 2.

I wouldn't have guessed so from the outset, but two consecutive polls kinda have shown that AndrewCT is in a great position by default.  (Even though Ernest, DWTL, and myself have all been outworking him.)

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    In District 2, it is clear that Mr. Moderate is the frontrunner, but this race will most likely have more than one round. While Mr. Moderate is favored to win, there is still a contest over who gets to face off against Mr. Moderate in the final round. Although Ernest, Senator DWTL, and AndrewCT are all tied in this poll, I would guess that AndrewCT will be the one who makes it to the final round, due to the amount of Republicans in District 2.

I wouldn't have guessed so from the outset, but two consecutive polls kinda have shown that AndrewCT is in a great position by default.  (Even though Ernest, DWTL, and myself have all been outworking him.)

It's also pretty ironic, considering that I initially thought it would come down to Ernest and DWTL.

Ah, the power of hard work and ideas!

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Here is what the Straw Poll ballot will look like. I will be updating it up to the Straw Poll. Please save your voting for the actual straw poll.

[  ] Senator Keystone Phil
[  ] Fmr. SoEA Speed of Sound
[  ] Lt. Gov. Sensei
[  ] Senator DWTL
[  ] Attorney General King
[  ] Write-in:__________

Until President Wixted declares his intentions, he will remain a candidate under write-in.

More institutional bias against gporter, I see.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

With that said, DWTL and Ernest's withdrawal makes it almost certain that this race is Mr. Moderate's to lose. Given how well Mr. Moderate has done in recent polling, a defeat in tomorrow's elections would be devastating to his political career.

Lord, no pressure though.

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UPDATE: Senators EarlAW, BrandonH, and Ebowed have been reelected. Mr. Moderate won Senator DWTL's seat, and District 3 is too close to call.

No offense, but isn't a bit premature to call races before the polls close?

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UPDATE: Senators EarlAW, BrandonH, and Ebowed have been reelected. Mr. Moderate won Senator DWTL's seat, and District 3 is too close to call.

No offense, but isn't a bit premature to call races before the polls close?

Well, given the way the votes are going, it seems impossible for EarlAW, you, BrandonH, or Ebowed to lose.

Traditionally, the Dilfer voters are usually the last to show up at the polls.

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Mr. Moderate, EarlAW claim victory; District 3 Headed to Runoff
by South Park Conservative

27 August 2007 - Well, the elections finally happened, and the results surprised many. EarlAW pulled an upset against Verily in District 1, and Mr. Moderate won District 2, as expected. Ebowed and BrandonH both won reelection in their respective districts, to the surprise of no one.
   Perhaps the most interesting senate election of this cycle was the Battle of the Former Presidents in District 3. Whie PBrunsel was thought to be favored to win reelection, as the results came in, it appeared as though Aflietch would win an upset. Due to a last-minute vote by Governor ilikeverin, the end result was a tie, that would be headed to a run-off next weekend.
   Whoever wins the run-off next weekend, this election signifies a significant leftward trend in Atlasia. As of this election, the current makeup of the senate is 5-5, with onservatives and liberals having equal control in the Senate. However, the results of the elections will have the Senate makeup being 6-3, with an additional vote going for whoever wins the runoff.

I guess I'm lumped in with the liberals now?

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Personally, I'd be disinclined to support the lightbulb bill.  Regular lightbulbs are on their way to extinction via the free markets, and they've yet to come up with a dimmable flourescent lightbulb that actually works satisfactorily.  (And believe me, I've tried to find one.)

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Doesn't Governor Fezzy get to appoint Phil's replacement?

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I wonder who'll Fezzy apoint to fill Keystone Phil's Senate seat? I doubt it'll be me, however if it is, I would accept the position. No questions asked.

The first person to come to my mind was AndrewCT.  It's a logical pick, anyway: a Republican replacing a Republican with another Republican.

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AndrewCT would make sense, but he might be too liberal for a guy like Fezzy [very conservative] to appoint. Then, I could be wrong.

I thought of that too, but how many conservatives are left in the Northeast?  Even DWTL moved out.

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AndrewCT would make sense, but he might be too liberal for a guy like Fezzy [very conservative] to appoint. Then, I could be wrong.

I thought of that too, but how many conservatives are left in the Northeast?  Even DWTL moved out.

All I can think of is Rin-chan. He could appoint himself, too, couldn't he?

I don't see why not (other than PR reasons).  Maybe he'll appoint Conan?

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Senator-elect Afleitch will likely be a swing vote in a heavily liberal 21th Senate. [/tt]

The NLC is working very hard to turn that heavily liberal Senate into a heavily moderate one!

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[X]Polnut and Jas

it isnt until the 21st

I intend to go out and vote for GPorter every day up and until the election, for I fear that is the only way he can win—through massive voter fraud.

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Northeast Governor: TOSSUP

It is absolutely outrageous that our "esteemed" governor has chosen to see fit to run for two offices simultaneously when he clearly does not have a handle of the one he holds now.

On the other hand, perhaps this is a good thing.  Instead of pure, concentrated failure in a single realm, now our governor can spread his stink of corruption and incompetence across a couple different offices!

AndrewCT is worse than AIDS.

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You know what, I'm getting sick of these accusations. Find something to back it up, or shut the frick up.

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If you'd prefer more local flavor:

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Speculation now shifts to who will run for PPT of the next senate.  Many speculate that senator-in-waiting DWTL may be eyeing the job, although he has already stated he leans against seeking it.  The paper would personally love to see the job go to NCYankee or Afleitch if they feel they have the time to commit.  The reason the paper does not support Tmth is that he has stated his inability to run for re-election based on availability and does not think adding this responsiblity would be good for him.

Lawl.  Keep eyein' it, baby.