Who will win Lebanon in 2012?

[Simfan34]

I think Governor Assad would have been a dream candidate for the GOP, had he only ran. Young (46), yet experienced (eleven years as Governor, longer than anyone in the nation). Has attractive wife and is very popular (reelected with 97.6% last time).

That's only because the Dems actually didn't nominate a candidate. He's not running for a fourth term, though.

Any news from Lebanon? No one except Huntsman is in state, the rest are in Iowa. Even he's leaving for NH.

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I think Governor Assad would have been a dream candidate for the GOP, had he only ran. Young (46), yet experienced (eleven years as Governor, longer than anyone in the nation). Has attractive wife and is very popular (reelected with 97.6% last time).

That's only because the Dems actually didn't nominate a candidate.

That's because they knew Assad will massacre them (in election, of course).

[Simfan34]

Huntsman has conceded.

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[Simfan34]

Jumblatt has dropped out.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Is there any truth to the rumor that if this somehow ends up going to convention former Governor Lahoud might be a compromise candidate?

[Simfan34]

Is there any truth to the rumor that if this somehow ends up going to convention former Governor Lahoud might be a compromise candidate?

If Emil Lahoud can overcome the legacy of the '05 crisis, then maybe. His opposition to the independence of  the state organizations- the police, for one, from Syria really hurt his popularity. I'm surprised he wasn't impeached.

I mean, merging them made sense in 1978, but by 2005 it was really pointless and seen as a sign of a "domination" of sorts.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'm not saying Lahoud would be a good compromise candidate; if anything the rumor that he's being considered makes the whole tenor of this primary season even more depressing than it already was.

[Simfan34]

Santorum, by a margin of 1.2%

Santorum 21%
Romney 19%
Huntsman 18%
Paul 12%
Perry 5%
Gingrich 5%

[Simfan34]

I'm calling Lebanon for Romney, 53%.

[The Mikado]

We all knew this would happen, but will he win in the General?  We all remember the Obama 2008 campaign's stealth "Obama is a Muslim" campaign they ran in Lebanon, helping him win big among Sunni businessmen who are usually suspicious of the Democratic Party's loose social policy and hostility towards business interests.  Sad to say, but there are still people in Lebanon who devotedly believe that Obama is a Muslim.  Will this give him enough of an edge to beat Romney?

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Whoever mentioned Reagan the least would probably win.

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Mikado's right. Also remember that Romney's mormonism isn't going to play great among Maronites. They'd be strong for Santorum, but...

[Simfan34]

Obama or Romney?

[Insula Dei]

So sad to see a the last, grim spasms of a dying former glory.

Also, I had already almost succeeded in forgetting Huntsman ever existed.

[Simfan34]

So sad to see a the last, grim spasms of a dying former glory.

Also, I had already almost succeeded in forgetting Huntsman ever existed.

Is this an insult?

[mileslunn]

Lebanon is not part of the US, so the only ones voting there would be US citizens living there otherwise Republicans or Democrats abroad.  On election day, their votes will be counted in the last state they lived in.  Its not like France or Italy where they have electoral districts globally for abroad residents.  Off course the US lets those abroad vote unlike some, for example where I live in Canada, if you are Canadian who has not resided in the country in the past five years you cannot vote.  I am not sure how many other countries follow this although it is a rule I generally support, mind you unlike the US we don't tax citizens living outside the country either.

[Simfan34]

Lebanon is not part of the US, so the only ones voting there would be US citizens living there otherwise Republicans or Democrats abroad.  On election day, their votes will be counted in the last state they lived in.  Its not like France or Italy where they have electoral districts globally for abroad residents.  Off course the US lets those abroad vote unlike some, for example where I live in Canada, if you are Canadian who has not resided in the country in the past five years you cannot vote.  I am not sure how many other countries follow this although it is a rule I generally support, mind you unlike the US we don't tax citizens living outside the country either.

Of course Lebanon is part of the US. So is Syria. With Alaska and Hawaii they are the four states not part of the 48 contiguous states.

[mileslunn]

Lebanon is not part of the US, so the only ones voting there would be US citizens living there otherwise Republicans or Democrats abroad.  On election day, their votes will be counted in the last state they lived in.  Its not like France or Italy where they have electoral districts globally for abroad residents.  Off course the US lets those abroad vote unlike some, for example where I live in Canada, if you are Canadian who has not resided in the country in the past five years you cannot vote.  I am not sure how many other countries follow this although it is a rule I generally support, mind you unlike the US we don't tax citizens living outside the country either.

Of course Lebanon is part of the US. So is Syria. With Alaska and Hawaii they are the four states not part of the 48 contiguous states.

Nonsense.  I don't recall the US invading either country or either country asking to join.  Never mind I doubt the US would want a Muslim majority state, which both are.  Hawaii and Alaska are different as they voluntarily joined the US.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Lebanon is not part of the US, so the only ones voting there would be US citizens living there otherwise Republicans or Democrats abroad.  On election day, their votes will be counted in the last state they lived in.  Its not like France or Italy where they have electoral districts globally for abroad residents.  Off course the US lets those abroad vote unlike some, for example where I live in Canada, if you are Canadian who has not resided in the country in the past five years you cannot vote.  I am not sure how many other countries follow this although it is a rule I generally support, mind you unlike the US we don't tax citizens living outside the country either.

Of course Lebanon is part of the US. So is Syria. With Alaska and Hawaii they are the four states not part of the 48 contiguous states.

Nonsense.  I don't recall the US invading either country or either country asking to join.  Never mind I doubt the US would want a Muslim majority state, which both are.  Hawaii and Alaska are different as they voluntarily joined the US.

I think you've missed the joke...

[minionofmidas]

Maybe if an Israeli newspaper endorsed them.  They are the 51st state afterall.

I thought that was Britain.

While one day, the United States will be London's 57th postal district. (That's from perhaps my favorite movie.)