2012 Election Map Prediction Thread

[The Mad Monk]

What the **** is this?

It all started with this.

...which was followed throughon by this:

...and ended up with this:



...how brave are you feeling?

[Al B. Sure!]

nm

[regexcellent]

Not sure what you mean. I've been under the impression that it's basically Iowa and New Hampshire that are the swings here. Take, for instance, Jaguar's map as a baseline. Pick any individual blue state and it becomes a victory for Romney.* Hence I list those states as options. Ohio and Florida, on the other hand, are not options.


*We can reasonably assume that Romney would win a tie (which is absurdly unlikely in any case) because the House of Representatives will probably remain in Republican hands

[DaShi]

You should use my map as the baseline.

[Hauldren Collider]

Not sure what you mean. I've been under the impression that it's basically Iowa and New Hampshire that are the swings here. Take, for instance, Jaguar's map as a baseline. Pick any individual blue state and it becomes a victory for Romney.* Hence I list those states as options. Ohio and Florida, on the other hand, are not options.


*We can reasonably assume that Romney would win a tie (which is absurdly unlikely in any case) because the House of Representatives will probably remain in Republican hands

Pretty sure the lame duck congress elects the president anyway.

[Dinner]

It all started with this.

...which was followed throughon by this:

...and ended up with this:



...how brave are you feeling?

Corn smut is great. They call it Mexican caviar.

[kentonio]

]What is it with the British obsession with Ohio elections that don't affect them?

You ****ers keep cancelling decent TV shows, so we need something to watch.

[Guynemer]

It all started with this.

...which was followed throughon by this:

...and ended up with this:



...how brave are you feeling?

Challenge accepted.

If Romney wins Massachusettes, I shall create and eat this dish, and film it for your amusement.

Granted, may take a while to find the ingredients.

[The Mad Monk]

You, sir, are a man of honor and a gentleman, I don't care what Asher says about you.

[Dinner]

Huitlecoche is pretty easy to find canned though fresh is far better. You can find it one any organic farm which plants corn especially if it has been a rainy year and water got into the ear of corn. Still, here's a place where you can buy it canned:

http://www.huitlacoche.com/

Natto I have only seen at Japanese markets and it's always frozen so you'll have a much harder time finding it. I've never seen it sold in a can. There are online directions on how to make it at home and it looks pretty easy; you just have to ferment soy beans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy11lGOyn_E

[The Mad Monk]

I have eaten natto, and you seriously need a lot of anything else with it. When all descriptions of a food mention it's "traditional" and "healthy" with no mention of "tasty", you know something's up.

I call it Japanese Vegemite.

[Al B. Sure!]

Well now that you mention it, Romney picking Rubio would be like the Miami Dolphins drafting Tannehill in the first round. It's a bit of a reach with someone so inexperienced, a significant risk but with potential long-term boom value. I would argue the Dolphins needed to improve the supporting cast before bringing in an inexperienced sometime QB and Romney has issues with his campaign that he needs to straighten out that won't get magically solved by putting Rubio on the ticket.

I would prefer if Romney improved his team with a safer but lower upside move like Rob Portman.

I said it above and somewhere else on this forum but I'm reiterating yet again it's going to be Rob Portman, a ticket I can definitely stand behind.

[giblets]

Who? Let me guess. He's even more boring than Romney?

[Al B. Sure!]

Who? Let me guess. He's even more boring than Romney?

Is this about governance or a popularity contest? That's the problem with majoritarian politics.

[giblets]

So I should trust a robotic technocrat to boss me around?