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« on: January 26, 2009, 08:05:23 PM »
coleman, obviously.  but im not sure the gop is interested in competing outside of jesusland.
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 08:07:50 PM »
Coleman lost to a wrestler and a comedian and only squeaked by statewide once when his opponent died.
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 08:09:48 PM »
ANYONE but Jindal.
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 08:23:12 PM »
Coleman is a joke.  He's an even bigger joke than Jindal.
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 08:24:06 PM »
everybody should stop being so dismissive of Jindal... he's going to shock you one of these years...
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 08:30:27 PM »
Quote from: © Warren Buffett buys groceries on January 26, 2009, 08:24:06 PM
everybody should stop being so dismissive of Jindal... he's going to shock you one of these years...

I never was dismissive of him. I simply despise him and his policies.
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2009, 08:50:34 PM »
Quote from: © Warren Buffett buys groceries on January 26, 2009, 08:07:50 PM
Coleman lost to a wrestler and a comedian and only squeaked by statewide once when his opponent died.

And even the Great Saint Reagan never won Coleman's state. The GOP need not win MN to win nationally.
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 09:37:29 PM »
Jindal is ridiculous but he still isn't tainted in the way that Coleman is. Talk about an embarrassing Win-Loss record.
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2009, 10:37:17 PM »
Jindal is a threat, guys. He can talk like a moderate yet (obviously) govern as a conservative. He can transcend the 'regional' label unlike Huckabee. And he can probably win New Hampshire and enough of the big states such as NY, CA, and IL to secure the nomination despite his skin color and Catholicism being obvious liabilities amongst GOP voters in the south.
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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2009, 12:55:38 AM »
Overall, Coleman, though I think Jindal might have a better chance of actually winning, assuming the environment was good for the GOP. He'd have a much better chance of getting massively landslided also, though.
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2009, 01:06:42 AM »
A Jindal campaign, while unsuccessful, would be considered serious and respected. A Coleman campaign would be unsuccessful and a joke.
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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2009, 02:39:17 AM »
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A Jindal campaign, while unsuccessful, would be considered serious and respected. A Coleman campaign would be unsuccessful and a joke.
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2009, 08:00:41 AM »
It might be fun to see Jinal run, only to see if the base is hypocritical or cruel to non-whites.
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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2009, 12:10:15 PM »
Quote from: © Warren Buffett buys groceries on January 26, 2009, 08:07:50 PM
Coleman lost to a wrestler and a comedian and only squeaked by statewide once when his opponent died.

he beat a former vice president in 2002.
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« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2009, 12:17:11 PM »
Quote from: WalterMitty on January 27, 2009, 12:10:15 PM
Quote from: © Warren Buffett buys groceries on January 26, 2009, 08:07:50 PM
Coleman lost to a wrestler and a comedian and only squeaked by statewide once when his opponent died.

he beat a former vice president in 2002.

a guy who hadn't won a thing in 26 years
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« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2009, 01:36:29 PM »
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Quote from: WalterMitty on January 27, 2009, 12:10:15 PM
Quote from: © Warren Buffett buys groceries on January 26, 2009, 08:07:50 PM
Coleman lost to a wrestler and a comedian and only squeaked by statewide once when his opponent died.

he beat a former vice president in 2002.

a guy who hadn't won a thing in 26 years

Listen, this really does go both ways.

The fact of the matter is that it was looking like Wellstone would beat Coleman anyway and then if you add in the sympathy vote, Coleman should have lost. Not to mention that his new opponent wasn't just a guy who hadn't won a thing in close to three decades but also a Minnesota legend. Of course, we Republicans can all thank Tom Harkin for helping us pick up the seat.
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« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2009, 01:40:05 PM »
The guy who didn't lose an election to Al Franken.
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« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2009, 02:14:29 PM »
I might vote for Coleman; I would never ever vote for Jindal.
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« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2009, 03:21:07 PM »

Why?
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« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2009, 04:38:29 PM »




both of these men beat Norm Coleman.




this man lost to Norm Coleman.
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« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2009, 04:39:11 PM »
you do know that pic of Franken is photoshopped, right?
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« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2009, 04:45:20 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on January 27, 2009, 04:39:11 PM
you do know that pic of Franken is photoshopped, right?

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« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2009, 05:17:14 PM »
If you can't beat a comedian, you defiantly can't beat a popular, incumbment president...

Piyush. He is young, and could provide much needed energy to the Republican party, and hopefully will attract young voters, which will be helpful in future elections. If Obama is popular, I would put Jindal up. Conservatives will be happy, and he will help us look towards the future, even if he loses. If Obama is really struggling, like Carter did, Romney or Guiliani would be better picks.
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« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2009, 06:18:49 PM »
Probably Coleman.
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« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2009, 07:05:04 PM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on January 27, 2009, 01:36:29 PM
Quote from: © Warren Buffett buys groceries on January 27, 2009, 12:17:11 PM
Quote from: WalterMitty on January 27, 2009, 12:10:15 PM
Quote from: © Warren Buffett buys groceries on January 26, 2009, 08:07:50 PM
Coleman lost to a wrestler and a comedian and only squeaked by statewide once when his opponent died.

he beat a former vice president in 2002.

a guy who hadn't won a thing in 26 years

Listen, this really does go both ways.

The fact of the matter is that it was looking like Wellstone would beat Coleman anyway and then if you add in the sympathy vote, Coleman should have lost. Not to mention that his new opponent wasn't just a guy who hadn't won a thing in close to three decades but also a Minnesota legend. Of course, we Republicans can all thank Tom Harkin for helping us pick up the seat.

A Minnesota legend that just barely carried the state against an elderly conservative from California.
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