Forward? – A 2012 Election Game (Sign Up and Rules Thread)

[Lumine]

Oh, okay. Turn ends in 6 hours then, which means I can get all the results done and post Turn 4 this same night.

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

Can the turn not be extended anymore? Just let Biden come in next turn.

I actually kind of agree.

Actually that would be a good idea. It would also be the most realistic thing to happen since Biden wouldn’t jump in just minutes after Obama making this announcement. I’m assuming he made it the last week of a November?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Can the turn not be extended anymore? Just let Biden come in next turn.

I actually kind of agree.

Actually that would be a good idea. It would also be the most realistic thing to happen since Biden wouldn’t jump in just minutes after Obama making this announcement. I’m assuming he made it the last week of a November?

Exactly, if Biden jumped in a day after Obama dropped out, US citizens would think he convinced obama to not run so he instead could be president.

[Bidenworth2020]

Trump continued to campaign in the early primary states and do media interviews, mainly on Fox news. He emphasized populism as a theme of his campaign and emphasized the Obama birther claim.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Trump continued to campaign in the early primary states and do media interviews, mainly on Fox news. He emphasized populism as a theme of his campaign and emphasized the Obama birther claim.

Please post in the Gameplay thread as well as your debate answers for Trump. This thread is for OOC stuff.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

my question is why nobody is choosing Sanders? Wouldn't he be Clinton's biggest threat and thus sink her in the polls in some states?

[NewYorkExpress]

my question is why nobody is choosing Sanders? Wouldn't he be Clinton's biggest threat and thus sink her in the polls in some states?

Eh, I think Biden is a very real threat in his own right, especially as this version of Clinton did not join the Obama Administration... he might even take the lead to start, and he'd certainly be ahead of Feingold and Breseden.

[Jaguar4life]

Is Palin technically out?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

my question is why nobody is choosing Sanders? Wouldn't he be Clinton's biggest threat and thus sink her in the polls in some states?

Eh, I think Biden is a very real threat in his own right, especially as this version of Clinton did not join the Obama Administration... he might even take the lead to start, and he'd certainly be ahead of Feingold and Breseden.

Bredesen is leading in several states and due to him being Obama's VP, Appalachia will consider him on the anti-fossil fuel agenda too so they won't go for him, I can see Biden knocking Hillary down in the south and Midwest enough for Feingold and Bredesen to catch up and be a serious threat to her cause right now, it's not even close. But I think Bernie might suit as her opposite more simply because he is the most liked senator in the country and Hillary would not be able to challenge Sanders' Likability as where Joe can't connect with liberals and progressives as much, Bernie can. There was a major reason why the DEM 2016 primaries were so close.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Is Palin technically out?

By now, I would think so as she really aren't doing anything campaign worthy.

[Lumine]

my question is why nobody is choosing Sanders? Wouldn't he be Clinton's biggest threat and thus sink her in the polls in some states?

Sanders was a factor among progressives, but not among the national electorate until 2015 as far as I can tell. If he was a candidate he wouldn't be polling more than 10% (and with Feingold in he'd poll far less).

Biden, while not as popular as he would become later, would be a far stronger candidate, the strongest possible alternative to Clinton in this context.

[Lumine]

Is Palin technically out?

The Palin player stated he was still on the game, so he has the December turn to catch up. Failure to do so will lead to elimination from the game.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Oh crap, what does Chambliss do now since Obama dropped?

[Jaguar4life]

When does the turn end?

[Lumine]

When does the turn end?

One hour.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Oh crap, what does Chambliss do now since Obama dropped?

He could endorse Phil Bredesen TEE-HEE

[DKrol]

my question is why nobody is choosing Sanders? Wouldn't he be Clinton's biggest threat and thus sink her in the polls in some states?

Sanders was a factor among progressives, but not among the national electorate until 2015 as far as I can tell. If he was a candidate he wouldn't be polling more than 10% (and with Feingold in he'd poll far less).

Biden, while not as popular as he would become later, would be a far stronger candidate, the strongest possible alternative to Clinton in this context.

In September of 2015, after campaigning for nearly six months, polls showed that nearly 40% of Americans didn't know enough about Bernie to make a judgement. Bernie needed a long, drawn-out primary process in order to up his name recognition to levels needed to even come close to challenging Hillary. Bernie would have had to join at the start of the game to have a chance.

[Lumine]

For the record, the Chambliss endorsement of Bredesen is recorded as not having taken place at all (nor will I consider other posts on the matter as having taken place).

[adamevans]

For the record, the Chambliss endorsement of Bredesen is recorded as not having taken place at all (nor will I consider other posts on the matter as having taken place).

Do my debate answers count? I spent like a day on those.

[Jaguar4life]

It’s unfair for a Republican to endorse a Democrat.

[Lumine]

For the record, the Chambliss endorsement of Bredesen is recorded as not having taken place at all (nor will I consider other posts on the matter as having taken place).

Do my debate answers count? I spent like a day on those.

Of course they count, why wouldn't they? There's still half an hour left on the turn.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Lol, that was fun.

[wxtransit]

That Jack Kennedy comment sounds a tad...forced.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

That Jack Kennedy comment sounds a tad...forced.

I really just put it there because it's the one thing Politicians as a whole don't want to hear. Really, while Hillary would be a centrist, she was actually sounding a bit like she thought she was Jack Kennedy. I just felt that it was Bredesen's chance to set her a bit straight.

[DKrol]

I demand my respons to Bredesen be counted despite them being technically late. It is 100% unfair to post a debate rebuttal with literally 9 minutes left in the turn and not allow me to respond.