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« on: March 24, 2012, 11:40:41 am »
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I think he will surprise some folks.
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2012, 11:42:35 am »
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He'll get 5th place.
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2012, 11:47:11 am »
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Quote from: Coney 2012 on March 24, 2012, 11:42:35 am
He'll get 5th place.
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2012, 11:49:37 am »
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Quote from: politicus on March 24, 2012, 11:47:11 am
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He'll get 5th place.

He'll break 1%, but he'll still come in a distant 5th behind Paul.
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 12:06:17 pm »
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5%. I expect that voters will go to the polls hating all the candidates and see his name on the list and vote for him. They probably did not even know he was running.
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2012, 12:12:58 pm »
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has roemer ever won a republican primary in la?  Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2012, 03:05:13 pm »
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Quote from: WalterMitty on March 24, 2012, 12:12:58 pm
has roemer ever won a republican primary in la?  Smiley

Well, considering they're all Jungle Primaries, this might be his first loss?
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2012, 04:55:25 pm »
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Do most Louisianans even remember Buddy Roemer? He left office 20 years ago.

I'm guessing maybe 2% at most.
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2012, 06:13:32 pm »
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His ceiling is 5% at most.
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« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2012, 06:18:16 pm »
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IIRC, Roemer got more votes than Ron Paul in Puerto Rico, but I doubt he'll have that kind of performance in LA Tongue His ceiling is 4-5% Tongue
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« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2012, 07:24:53 pm »
He'll get maybe 3% from protest votes and a bit of homestate solidarity. Remember, though, he wasn't exactly considered a good governor when he was in office; he lost reelection by coming in third place (behind David Duke and his incredibly corrupt predecessor).
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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2012, 10:58:50 pm »
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He'll get maybe 3% from protest votes and a bit of homestate solidarity. Remember, though, he wasn't exactly considered a good governor when he was in office; he lost reelection by coming in third place (behind David Duke and his incredibly corrupt predecessor).

Give the guy a break. He got elected around the time oil prices collapsed in the late '80s, which wasn't great for the state economy or for generating tax revenue. He also stepped on a lot of toes when he tried to press for tougher environmental quality standards (i.e. the oil companies and the politicians they help elect) and for ethics reform (i.e. pretty much every elected state official other than himself). Other than the fact that he's very ardently anti-abortion, he really has more in common with the kind of good-government center-right Republicans you see in New England and the Midwest than with the good ol' boys that came before and after him.
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« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2012, 11:15:25 pm »
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5th place - 1.17%
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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2012, 11:19:31 pm »
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Quote from: Bacon King, VP on March 24, 2012, 07:24:53 pm
He'll get maybe 3% from protest votes and a bit of homestate solidarity. Remember, though, he wasn't exactly considered a good governor when he was in office; he lost reelection by coming in third place (behind David Duke and his incredibly corrupt predecessor).

Give the guy a break. He got elected around the time oil prices collapsed in the late '80s, which wasn't great for the state economy or for generating tax revenue. He also stepped on a lot of toes when he tried to press for tougher environmental quality standards (i.e. the oil companies and the politicians they help elect) and for ethics reform (i.e. pretty much every elected state official other than himself). Other than the fact that he's very ardently anti-abortion, he really has more in common with the kind of good-government center-right Republicans you see in New England and the Midwest

Of course, I like Roemer. I'm just saying that he people in Louisiana who do remember his governorship probably don't remember it all too fondly.

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than with the good ol' boys that came before and after him.

It was the same good ol' boy that was before and after him, actually Tongue
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