Clinton/Clark vs. McCain/Watts (2008)
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« on: March 21, 2009, 10:58:29 AM »

Ok...Let's say Obama catches alot more heat from the Rev. White fiasco last year(Maybbe footage emerges of Barack sitting in Service during one of the fiery sermons). And Hillary is able to convince enough Super Delegates to swing her way and she barely clinches the nomination. Many Blacks, feel as if Hillary had stolen the nomination from them and there is a major feer of Carthsis with the Democratic base. However, Clinton refuses the idea of a unity ticket with Barack...and Instead decides to go with shoring up her Foriegn Policy credentials by adding former NATO Commander and 2004 Presdiential Candidate Wesley Clark as her running mate.

McCain, jumps on the oppurtunity to seemingly pull a large portion of disconsolate black votes into the Republican fold. He chooses popular former Congressman J.C. Watts of Oklahoma as his running mate. It is seen as a popular pick, however the economy still sinks as it did IOTL.

So with a comfortable pull of Black voters into the Republican party and no Palin-gaffe's can McCain do better electorally in such an anti-republican enviorment?
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2009, 11:33:05 AM »

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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2009, 11:33:26 AM »

Clinton would of probably won Missouri.
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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2009, 11:41:27 AM »



A Watts pick would have been seen as tokenism of the worst sort. Would have backfired badly.

Hilldawg takes it.
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2009, 12:06:02 PM »

McCain wouldn't win this election even if he picked Jesus Christ as his running mate.
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« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2009, 12:09:07 PM »

McCain wouldn't win this election even if he picked Jesus Christ as his running mate.
Was that sarcasm? Because I think he would
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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2009, 12:27:36 PM »

McCain wouldn't win this election even if he picked Jesus Christ as his running mate.
Was that sarcasm? Because I think he would
Was that sarcasm? It's impossile to have Jesus as a running mate...
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2009, 03:15:24 PM »

McCain wouldn't win this election even if he picked Jesus Christ as his running mate.
Was that sarcasm? Because I think he would
Was that sarcasm? It's impossile to have Jesus as a running mate...

If he came back to Earth...He's done it before. He can do it again
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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2009, 03:30:55 PM »

McCain wouldn't win this election even if he picked Jesus Christ as his running mate.
Was that sarcasm? Because I think he would
Was that sarcasm? It's impossile to have Jesus as a running mate...

If he came back to Earth...He's done it before. He can do it again

"Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office" - Mike Huckabee
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« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2009, 06:49:34 PM »

The Watts pick would be seen as blatant tokenism, nothing more.
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« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2009, 09:47:51 PM »



A Watts pick would have been seen as tokenism of the worst sort. Would have backfired badly.

Hilldawg takes it.

Your right about the pick by McCain.  It wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever.  I also think that your map is right on.  Hillary would not have targeted Indiana or NE 01, and I don't think she would have fared quite as well as Obama did in NC.  I do think she would have fared better than Obama in WV, MO, and AR.  She would have also been competetive in TN & KY, but she would not have been competetive in Montana or the Dakotas.  And I also think her popular vote victory would have been about 6% rathar than 7%, but that's pure speculation on my part.
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