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Title: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: MaC on February 03, 2005, 12:46:00 AM
It seems like the region of the country I come from is ignored when choosing a Presidential candidate.  The only candidates in recent history are Mondale and Ford.  However, if there were a good moderate enough candidate who was from the midwest, they could possibly deliver the "tie-breaking" electoral votes.  We're probably the biggest swing area.  Consider Minnesota which is a longstanding liberal state came close in this election and in 1984.  My home state of Michigan is progressively less liberal (in prez elections) following the trends of '96, '00 and '04.  Iowa was one of three states to change in 2004.  Possible candidates: Evan Bayh, Jim Doyle, and Candice Miller.  Candice is my didstrict's Rep, she just got into it in 2002, but she was previously Secretary of State, she's in her early 50s, and pretty popular.  Any other suggestions for a Midwesterner?


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on February 03, 2005, 03:09:20 AM
Feingold
Vilsack
Obama
and of course, Bayh


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: phk on February 03, 2005, 05:08:02 PM
Feingold, Vilsack, Bayh

and Obama in around 2016-2020-2024.


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: skybridge on February 03, 2005, 05:28:29 PM
Because Obama won ONE election you're considering a presidential candidate? However, for fairness' sake, I will admit that I do not know much about him.


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: phk on February 03, 2005, 05:29:49 PM
I said around 2016-2020-2024.

He needs get re-elected in 2010 by a sizable margin and then go either in 2016-2020-2024.


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: PBrunsel on February 03, 2005, 06:06:19 PM
Well for Republicans there is my hero Senator Grassley of Iowa and soon to be Governor Jim Nussle of Iowa.



Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: George W. Bush on February 03, 2005, 06:09:00 PM
George Voinovich


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: Akno21 on February 03, 2005, 06:20:09 PM
James Trafficant.

Seriously though, Bayh, Fiengold, Doyle, Vilsack, and Blagovech for the Dems, and Pawlenty, Thompson, and Voinovich for the GOP. Wellstone should be among the Dems :(


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: PolitiJunkie on September 09, 2013, 11:38:10 AM
Well for Republicans there is my hero Senator Grassley of Iowa and soon to be Governor Jim Nussle of Iowa.



How'd that work out for you?


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: Bacon King on September 09, 2013, 03:54:09 PM
Protip: this thread was made before even I joined the forum and that says something

If you want to know about PBrunsel though I wrote his biography (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=172717.0) if you care to read it


Title: Re: Midwesterner in 2008
Post by: Bandit3 the Worker on September 26, 2013, 02:34:41 PM
I said around 2016-2020-2024.

He needs get re-elected in 2010 by a sizable margin and then go either in 2016-2020-2024.

Hahahahaha.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Hahahaha.

Funny!