2010 Defeated US House Incumbents Survivor TOM PERRIELLO IS SURVIVOR!

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

Edwards 25
Rodriguez 12
Grayson 2
Space -2
Cao -2
Inglis -5

THE TOP 15:

Joseph Cao (R, LA-2)
Steve Driehaus (D, OH-1) ELIMINATED ROUND 17
Chet Edwards (D, TX-17) ELIMINATED ROUND 24
Bill Foster (D, IL-14) ELIMINATED ROUND 23
Alan Grayson (D, FL-8)
Baron Hill (D, IN-9) ELIMINATED ROUND 22
Bob Inglis (R, SC-4)
Steven Kagen (D, WI-8) ELIMINATED ROUND 18
Patrick Murphy (D, PA-8) ELIMINATED ROUND 21
Scott Murphy (D, NY-20) ELIMINATED ROUND 19
Tom Perriello (D, VA-5)
Earl Pomeroy (D, ND-AL)
Ciro Rodriguez (D, TX-23)
Carol Shea-Porter (D, NH-1) ELIMINATED ROUND 20
Zack Space (D, OH-18)

ROUND 1 RESULTS: Griffith 12, Kilpatrick 8, Taylor 5, Oberstar 2, Hare 1, Bright 1, Skelton 1, Kanjorski 0, Sandlin -1, Minnick -3, Cao -3, Shea-Porter -4
ROUND 2 RESULTS: Mollohan 8, Hare 6, Skelton 5, Ortiz 4, Marshall 2, Boucher 2, Oberstar 2, Bright -1, Sandlin -1, Kanjorski -1, Cao -3, Minnick -3
ROUND 3 RESULTS: Ortiz 9, Oberstar 8, Kanjorski 8, Bright 7, Halvorson 5, Kosmas 2, Marshall 2, Davis 2, Etheridge 1, Grayson 1, Hall -1, Shea-Porter -1, Scott Murphy -1, Perriello -1, Boucher -2, Rodriguez -3, Sandlin -3, Cao -3
ROUND 4 RESULTS: Davis 11, Bright 9, Halvorson 8, Spratt 5, Marshall 4, Boucher 2, Kosmas 2, Etheridge -1, Sandlin -1, Bean -2, Grayson -3, Teague -4, Cao -5
ROUND 5 RESULTS: Spratt 9, Marshall 6, Boucher 5, Bean 4, Kosmas 2, Kratovil 2, McMahon 2, Etheridge 1, Sandlin -1, Teague -1, Hall -2, Minnick -2
ROUND 6 RESULTS: McMahon 12, Nye 8, Kosmas 5 (6 eliminate points in the current round), Kratovil 5 (5 eliminate points in the current round), Childers 2, Sandlin 0, Cao 0, Teague 0, Minnick 0, Etheridge 0, Hall -1, Bean -2, Perriello -4
ROUND 7 RESULTS: Kratovil 13, Childers 6, Teague 5, Bean 3, Minnick 1, Etheridge 1, Rodriguez -2, Cao -3, Sandlin -4
ROUND 8 RESULTS: Minnick 8, Kilroy 8, Sandlin 6, Bean 5, Etheridge 2, Grayson 1, Djou 1, Foster 1, Cao -1, Boccieri -1, Space -4
ROUND 9 RESULTS: Bean 10, Boyd 6, Etheridge 4, Foster 3, Klein 2, Adler 2, Boccieri 1, Djou -1, Cao -7
ROUND 10 RESULTS: Adler 9, Titus 4, Arcuri 4, Boccieri 3, Markey 3, Klein 2, Maffei 2, Hall 1, Scott Murphy 1, Salazar -1, Cao -2, Carney -2, Foster -3, Space -3, Grayson -3
ROUND 11 RESULTS: Markey 7, Boccieri 7, Klein 6, Wilson 4, Maffei 2, Hall 1, Space -1, Cao -1, Salazar -1, Scott Murphy -2, Perriello -2, Foster -5
ROUND 12 RESULTS: Maffei 10, Djou 9, Kirkpatrick 8, Grayson 6, Schauer 3, Wilson 3, Salazar -1, Space -1, Cao -2, Perriello -2, Hall -4, Foster -4
ROUND 13 RESULTS: Wilson 14, Kirkpatrick 11, Schauer 4, Carney 3, Cao -1, Foster -2, Inglis -3, Grayson -6
ROUND 14 RESULTS: Schauer 18, Carney 7, Dahlkemper 4, Grayson 3, Hall 2, Inglis -2, Foster -3, Cao -4
ROUND 15 RESULTS: Dahlkemper 16, Mitchell 4 (4 eliminate points this round, no points in previous rounds), Hall 4 (4 eliminate points this round, -4 points in previous rounds), Patrick Murphy 3, Foster 0, Inglis -1, Grayson -1, Cao -2, Scott Murphy -3
ROUND 16 RESULTS: Hall 15, Salazar 6, Patrick Murphy 5, Scott Murphy 4, Space 4, Kagen 2, Inglis -2, Cao -2, Grayson -12
ROUND 17 RESULTS: Driehaus 10, Patrick Murphy 9, Scott Murphy 7, Kagen 5, Foster 3, Cao -1, Inglis -2, Space -2, Grayson -9
ROUND 18 RESULTS: Kagen 12, Grayson 11, Cao 6, Scott Murphy 5, Patrick Murphy 5, Inglis -2, Space -2, Perriello -5
ROUND 19 RESULTS: Scott Murphy 15, Patrick Murphy 10, Inglis 4, Grayson 4, Cao 2, Pomeroy -2, Rodriguez -3
ROUND 20 RESULTS: Shea-Porter 17, Cao 10, Patrick Murphy 8, Space 2, Inglis 0, Pomeroy -2, Grayson -5
ROUND 21 RESULTS: Patrick Murphy 14, Inglis 12, Cao 8, Hill 1, Grayson -5
ROUND 22 RESULTS: Hill 23, Inglis 3, Cao 2, Edwards 2, Grayson 0
ROUND 23 RESULTS: Foster 10 (22 eliminate points this round), Edwards 10 (17 eliminate points this round), Space 10 (10 eliminate points this round), Inglis 8, Cao -4, Grayson -4
ROUND 24 RESULTS: Edwards 25, Rodriguez 12, Grayson 2, Space -2, Cao -2, Inglis -5

POINTS IN PREVIOUS ROUNDS: Inglis 10, Rodriguez 4, Space 1, Pomeroy -4, Perriello -14, Cao -18, Grayson -20

Round 25 is open, and will close no earlier than 5:30 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 9th. Remember that you have ten “eliminate” points, divided as you choose among ANY NUMBER of defeated incumbents, and five “keep” points, divided as you choose among any number of defeated incumbents. The one with the most points will be eliminated.

[big bad fab]

Bye, bye Chet

Eliminate
7 Rodriguez
3 Grayson

Keep
2 Cao
2 Space
1 Inglis

[Nhoj]

Eliminate
10 Grayson

keep
3 Inglis
2 Joseph Cao

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Eliminate: Grayson 10

Keep: Rodriguez 5

[homelycooking]

Now I have to scramble to save Grayson!

Eliminate

10 Ciro Rodriguez

Keep

5 Alan Grayson

[Edu]

Yeah, i guess Grayson is done this round, considering that Lewis will surely vote to save Ciro. On the other hand i have no idea what JulioMadrid will do.
Well i'm going to try something, hope it works

Eliminate
10 for Bob Inglis

Keep
5 for Alan Grayson

[minionofmidas]

Keep Ciro 5
Eliminate Inglis 9, Grayson 1

[Niemeyerite]

eliminate
10 bob inglis

keep

3 ciro
2 grayson

[big bad fab]

It was an AMAZING achievement, in this forum, to be able to save Inglis for so long.

And, anyway, I would have voted him out just after Rodriguez (and yes, before, Grayson), hadn't he been ousted now.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I would have voted to save Inglis instead of Ciro had I known he would be in danger   I should've seen it coming.  Grayson making it this far is making me very sad

[homelycooking]

I would have voted to save Inglis instead of Ciro had I known he would be in danger   I should've seen it coming.  Grayson making it this far is making me very sad

I know people have ideological problems with Grayson, but otherwise, I am clueless as to why he should be eliminated before comparatively boring guys like Pomeroy and Space. I find him more interesting, controversial, provocative than nearly any other (former) US Representative, and hence I've voted for the past ten rounds or so with the intention of keeping him around.

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

This Survivor seems to be one of the most interesting US-themed ones in a good long while. I'm really glad I started this.



Inglis 25
Grayson 12
Rodriguez 4
Space -2
Cao -4

THE TOP 15:

Joseph Cao (R, LA-2)
Steve Driehaus (D, OH-1) ELIMINATED ROUND 17
Chet Edwards (D, TX-17) ELIMINATED ROUND 24
Bill Foster (D, IL-14) ELIMINATED ROUND 23
Alan Grayson (D, FL-8)
Baron Hill (D, IN-9) ELIMINATED ROUND 22
Bob Inglis (R, SC-4) ELIMINATED ROUND 25
Steven Kagen (D, WI-8) ELIMINATED ROUND 18
Patrick Murphy (D, PA-8) ELIMINATED ROUND 21
Scott Murphy (D, NY-20) ELIMINATED ROUND 19
Tom Perriello (D, VA-5)
Earl Pomeroy (D, ND-AL)
Ciro Rodriguez (D, TX-23)
Carol Shea-Porter (D, NH-1) ELIMINATED ROUND 20
Zack Space (D, OH-18)

ROUND 1 RESULTS: Griffith 12, Kilpatrick 8, Taylor 5, Oberstar 2, Hare 1, Bright 1, Skelton 1, Kanjorski 0, Sandlin -1, Minnick -3, Cao -3, Shea-Porter -4
ROUND 2 RESULTS: Mollohan 8, Hare 6, Skelton 5, Ortiz 4, Marshall 2, Boucher 2, Oberstar 2, Bright -1, Sandlin -1, Kanjorski -1, Cao -3, Minnick -3
ROUND 3 RESULTS: Ortiz 9, Oberstar 8, Kanjorski 8, Bright 7, Halvorson 5, Kosmas 2, Marshall 2, Davis 2, Etheridge 1, Grayson 1, Hall -1, Shea-Porter -1, Scott Murphy -1, Perriello -1, Boucher -2, Rodriguez -3, Sandlin -3, Cao -3
ROUND 4 RESULTS: Davis 11, Bright 9, Halvorson 8, Spratt 5, Marshall 4, Boucher 2, Kosmas 2, Etheridge -1, Sandlin -1, Bean -2, Grayson -3, Teague -4, Cao -5
ROUND 5 RESULTS: Spratt 9, Marshall 6, Boucher 5, Bean 4, Kosmas 2, Kratovil 2, McMahon 2, Etheridge 1, Sandlin -1, Teague -1, Hall -2, Minnick -2
ROUND 6 RESULTS: McMahon 12, Nye 8, Kosmas 5 (6 eliminate points in the current round), Kratovil 5 (5 eliminate points in the current round), Childers 2, Sandlin 0, Cao 0, Teague 0, Minnick 0, Etheridge 0, Hall -1, Bean -2, Perriello -4
ROUND 7 RESULTS: Kratovil 13, Childers 6, Teague 5, Bean 3, Minnick 1, Etheridge 1, Rodriguez -2, Cao -3, Sandlin -4
ROUND 8 RESULTS: Minnick 8, Kilroy 8, Sandlin 6, Bean 5, Etheridge 2, Grayson 1, Djou 1, Foster 1, Cao -1, Boccieri -1, Space -4
ROUND 9 RESULTS: Bean 10, Boyd 6, Etheridge 4, Foster 3, Klein 2, Adler 2, Boccieri 1, Djou -1, Cao -7
ROUND 10 RESULTS: Adler 9, Titus 4, Arcuri 4, Boccieri 3, Markey 3, Klein 2, Maffei 2, Hall 1, Scott Murphy 1, Salazar -1, Cao -2, Carney -2, Foster -3, Space -3, Grayson -3
ROUND 11 RESULTS: Markey 7, Boccieri 7, Klein 6, Wilson 4, Maffei 2, Hall 1, Space -1, Cao -1, Salazar -1, Scott Murphy -2, Perriello -2, Foster -5
ROUND 12 RESULTS: Maffei 10, Djou 9, Kirkpatrick 8, Grayson 6, Schauer 3, Wilson 3, Salazar -1, Space -1, Cao -2, Perriello -2, Hall -4, Foster -4
ROUND 13 RESULTS: Wilson 14, Kirkpatrick 11, Schauer 4, Carney 3, Cao -1, Foster -2, Inglis -3, Grayson -6
ROUND 14 RESULTS: Schauer 18, Carney 7, Dahlkemper 4, Grayson 3, Hall 2, Inglis -2, Foster -3, Cao -4
ROUND 15 RESULTS: Dahlkemper 16, Mitchell 4 (4 eliminate points this round, no points in previous rounds), Hall 4 (4 eliminate points this round, -4 points in previous rounds), Patrick Murphy 3, Foster 0, Inglis -1, Grayson -1, Cao -2, Scott Murphy -3
ROUND 16 RESULTS: Hall 15, Salazar 6, Patrick Murphy 5, Scott Murphy 4, Space 4, Kagen 2, Inglis -2, Cao -2, Grayson -12
ROUND 17 RESULTS: Driehaus 10, Patrick Murphy 9, Scott Murphy 7, Kagen 5, Foster 3, Cao -1, Inglis -2, Space -2, Grayson -9
ROUND 18 RESULTS: Kagen 12, Grayson 11, Cao 6, Scott Murphy 5, Patrick Murphy 5, Inglis -2, Space -2, Perriello -5
ROUND 19 RESULTS: Scott Murphy 15, Patrick Murphy 10, Inglis 4, Grayson 4, Cao 2, Pomeroy -2, Rodriguez -3
ROUND 20 RESULTS: Shea-Porter 17, Cao 10, Patrick Murphy 8, Space 2, Inglis 0, Pomeroy -2, Grayson -5
ROUND 21 RESULTS: Patrick Murphy 14, Inglis 12, Cao 8, Hill 1, Grayson -5
ROUND 22 RESULTS: Hill 23, Inglis 3, Cao 2, Edwards 2, Grayson 0
ROUND 23 RESULTS: Foster 10 (22 eliminate points this round), Edwards 10 (17 eliminate points this round), Space 10 (10 eliminate points this round), Inglis 8, Cao -4, Grayson -4
ROUND 24 RESULTS: Edwards 25, Rodriguez 12, Grayson 2, Space -2, Cao -2, Inglis -5
ROUND 25 RESULTS: Inglis 25, Grayson 12, Rodriguez 4, Space -2, Cao -4

POINTS IN PREVIOUS ROUNDS: Rodriguez 8, Space -1, Pomeroy -4, Grayson -8, Perriello -14, Cao -22
 
Round 26 is open, and will close no earlier than 7:00 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, February 10th. Remember that you have ten “eliminate” points, divided as you choose among ANY NUMBER of defeated incumbents, and five “keep” points, divided as you choose among any number of defeated incumbents. The one with the most points will be eliminated. NOTE: This is the last round in which this method of voting will be used. Next round, you will select the top two from among the top five.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Eliminate: 10 Grayson

Keep: 5 Space

[homelycooking]

Eliminate

10 Earl Pomeroy

Keep

5 Alan Grayson

[Edu]

I would have voted to save Inglis instead of Ciro had I known he would be in danger   I should've seen it coming.  Grayson making it this far is making me very sad

I know people have ideological problems with Grayson, but otherwise, I am clueless as to why he should be eliminated before comparatively boring guys like Pomeroy and Space. I find him more interesting, controversial, provocative than nearly any other (former) US Representative, and hence I've voted for the past ten rounds or so with the intention of keeping him around.

Yeah, I'm trying to save him because he is interesting and with all the Bachmanns and Palins in politics it's actually refreshing to have someone like that for the left (well, the American left at least, he wouldn't be that much out of place here for instance ). It's not like the democratic party is full of people like him and there is an epidemic going on. I think it's interesting to have people like him or Kucinich around and the fact that they get support shows that there is a part of the population that agrees with them and why shouldn't the “crazies” be represented in congress too? And again the democratic party is pretty centrist overall so i don't see how this guy can really present any danger.

Plus he has been criticized for the “Taliban Dan” ad (or whatever they called it), but maybe I'm completely out of touch, but isn't lying or taking quotes out of context a regular feature in political TV Ad's? I'm sure that if you go to any factcheck website you will find plenty of examples of politicians from both parties blatantly lying or exaggerating positions. Why is Grayson so special to receive more hate than others? Especially when it is common in politics all over the world.

And yes, this list has been from the start mostly a grouping of blue dogs and other conservative democrats who are as boring as watching paint dry, but thankfully the survivor has been very interesting so far in regards to the voting and i quite like the top 6 (except Space who has somehow managed to stay till this point )

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I would have voted to save Inglis instead of Ciro had I known he would be in danger   I should've seen it coming.  Grayson making it this far is making me very sad

I know people have ideological problems with Grayson, but otherwise, I am clueless as to why he should be eliminated before comparatively boring guys like Pomeroy and Space. I find him more interesting, controversial, provocative than nearly any other (former) US Representative, and hence I've voted for the past ten rounds or so with the intention of keeping him around.

Yeah, I'm trying to save him because he is interesting and with all the Bachmanns and Palins in politics it's actually refreshing to have someone like that for the left (well, the American left at least, he wouldn't be that much out of place here for instance ). It's not like the democratic party is full of people like him and there is an epidemic going on. I think it's interesting to have people like him or Kucinich around and the fact that they get support shows that there is a part of the population that agrees with them and why shouldn't the “crazies” be represented in congress too? And again the democratic party is pretty centrist overall so i don't see how this guy can really present any danger.

Plus he has been criticized for the “Taliban Dan” ad (or whatever they called it), but maybe I'm completely out of touch, but isn't lying or taking quotes out of context a regular feature in political TV Ad's? I'm sure that if you go to any factcheck website you will find plenty of examples of politicians from both parties blatantly lying or exaggerating positions. Why is Grayson so special to receive more hate than others? Especially when it is common in politics all over the world.

And yes, this list has been from the start mostly a grouping of blue dogs and other conservative democrats who are as boring as watching paint dry, but thankfully the survivor has been very interesting so far in regards to the voting and i quite like the top 6 (except Space who has somehow managed to stay till this point )

As an Ohio resident, I at least have a reason for protecting Space.  Although Space was a conservative Democrat, he was one of the few blue-dogs who always seemed like a genuinely decent guy, as opposed to most of them who are either opportunists or corporate meat puppets.  That makes him interesting, imo.  Grayson deserved to make it far, but he shouldn't have outlasted Bob Inglis, Baron Hill, or Patrick Murphy.  Honestly, I'm pretty indifferent to Ciro, I gave him a sympathy vote last round b/c he got screwed over by both the GOP and Cueller in 2004.  Pomeroy threatened not to run for reelection if the healthcare bill didn't get dropped or passed quickly b/c it was hurting him in North Dakota so he should go soon.  I don't know what on earth Cao is doing here   Perriello deserves to win, imo. 

[Napoleon]

Eliminate Cao 10
Keep Grayson 5

[minionofmidas]

eliminate 10 Space
keep 3 Pomeroy, 2 Cao

[Nhoj]

Eliminate 10 Grayson
Keep 5 Cao

I don't have ideological issues with grayson, i have more style and the fact that he ran a rather poor campaign last year issues.[wasnt just that taliban dan ad, he also had a rather weird one]

[big bad fab]

Eliminate
10 Grayson

Keep
2 Space
3 Pomeroy

[Edu]

Eliminate
10 for Space

Keep
5 for Grayson

[Niemeyerite]

eliminate:
5 grayson
5 cao

keep
4 pomeroy
1 perriello

[Edu]

Bye Bye Grayson

[minionofmidas]

Bye Bye Grayson

You can always pm Red.

[homelycooking]

If someone were to, I don't know, cast all their votes to axe Cao and keep Grayson, Grayson might have a slightly improved chance of surviving.

(Although losing Cao would be a shame, too.)