February Presidential (and Senate) Election Discussion Thread - ELECTION TRACKER

[DC Al Fine]

The Midwest field looks pretty set, but I'm interested to see who will enter the other races.

Also, I think it's pretty safe to call North Carolina Yankee a potential candidate. He's been in the Senate for like 4 years straight. I imagine he'll run again.

[DC Al Fine]

JerryArkansas is also running for mideast Senate.

He withdrew.

So did Maxwell apparently

[DC Al Fine]

Bump! I was thinking about the past election and the inevitable similarities with 1968, and I was wondering if the Duke/Reaganfan duel might resemble past challenges against incumbents, like Reagan v. Ford or Bush v. Buchanan.

Also, any ideas on who else might run in the Pacific, Northeast and Mideast?

I'm considering a Mideast Senate run, but I'm waiting until after the regional elections are over to make a decision.

[DC Al Fine]

Still though, it seems like in part the Federalist primary is so tough because a contingent feels like Duke has been the third Labor President, heh.

The close primary is due to Duke being unorthodox on both fiscal and social issues. If he was at least somewhat pro-life he would've gotten Miles & my* vote. If he was a bit more free market he probably would have swung Rooney, Electionsguy & PiT. Since he wasn't either of those things, Reaganfan was able to produce a diverse AnythingButDuke coalition.

* I vastly prefer Duke, both fiscally and stylistically, but abortion is a dealbreaker for me. Duke still gets an enthusiatic vote in the general.