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« on: March 23, 2020, 08:36:58 PM »

Reportedly, Reid and Schumer tried to get Jeopardy! GOAT Ken Jennings to run against Orrin Hatch in 2006. Could he have made things interesting?
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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2020, 11:58:47 PM »

I hate to say this as a massive Jeopardy! fan because Ken Jennings is literally my deity, but considering Hatch won reelection by over 30 points in real life, I don't see how a Democrat whose sole claim to notoriety was winning millions on Jeopardy! is gonna close that margin of victory.
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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2020, 12:56:53 AM »

I hate to say this as a massive Jeopardy! fan because Ken Jennings is literally my deity, but considering Hatch won reelection by over 30 points in real life, I don't see how a Democrat whose sole claim to notoriety was winning millions on Jeopardy! is gonna close that margin of victory.
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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2020, 09:19:55 PM »

Yeah no.
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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2020, 03:25:42 AM »

Well, Jennings would be able to self-fund (to some extent), and I'm reasonably confident he would be able to fundraise.

That said, it would be very difficult to beat Hatch, even in a D wave.

Also, didn't Jennings live in Washington by 2006?

Orrin Hatch (R) 59%
Ken Jennings (D) 39%

I hate to say this as a massive Jeopardy! fan because Ken Jennings is literally my deity, but considering Hatch won reelection by over 30 points in real life, I don't see how a Democrat whose sole claim to notoriety was winning millions on Jeopardy! is gonna close that margin of victory.

Come on, the only reason Ken won the greatest of all time tournament was because he kept beating James Holzhauer to the daily doubles.
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« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2020, 03:16:08 PM »

Well, Jennings would be able to self-fund (to some extent), and I'm reasonably confident he would be able to fundraise.

That said, it would be very difficult to beat Hatch, even in a D wave.

Also, didn't Jennings live in Washington by 2006?

Orrin Hatch (R) 59%
Ken Jennings (D) 39%

I hate to say this as a massive Jeopardy! fan because Ken Jennings is literally my deity, but considering Hatch won reelection by over 30 points in real life, I don't see how a Democrat whose sole claim to notoriety was winning millions on Jeopardy! is gonna close that margin of victory.

Come on, the only reason Ken won the greatest of all time tournament was because he kept beating James Holzhauer to the daily doubles.

Actually he ultimately won because James blew the Final Jeopardy — surprising since James almost never lost the Final Jeopardy while Ken was weaker at them. Also James’s strategy was all about having a fast trigger finger and hitting those daily doubles before anyone else could, then betting big. That was not Ken’s strategy before, but he adjusted brilliantly. Let’s face it, Ken beat him at his own game.
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« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2020, 03:58:06 PM »

Well, Jennings would be able to self-fund (to some extent), and I'm reasonably confident he would be able to fundraise.

That said, it would be very difficult to beat Hatch, even in a D wave.

Also, didn't Jennings live in Washington by 2006?

Orrin Hatch (R) 59%
Ken Jennings (D) 39%

I hate to say this as a massive Jeopardy! fan because Ken Jennings is literally my deity, but considering Hatch won reelection by over 30 points in real life, I don't see how a Democrat whose sole claim to notoriety was winning millions on Jeopardy! is gonna close that margin of victory.

Come on, the only reason Ken won the greatest of all time tournament was because he kept beating James Holzhauer to the daily doubles.

Actually he ultimately won because James blew the Final Jeopardy — surprising since James almost never lost the Final Jeopardy while Ken was weaker at them. Also James’s strategy was all about having a fast trigger finger and hitting those daily doubles before anyone else could, then betting big. That was not Ken’s strategy before, but he adjusted brilliantly. Let’s face it, Ken beat him at his own game.

This. Ken adapting to James' strategy was not only absolutely scary, but it meant that James lost any advantage he had going into the tourney, which made it all come down to who found the Daily Doubles (which always comes down to luck).
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« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2020, 04:03:10 PM »

to be fair he'd have high name rec but that wouldn't help much. He'd get a respectable result for a Utah D, aka low 40s
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