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« on: April 11, 2015, 10:01:10 PM »



There were those who said Hillary was inevitable. They even scoffed at those who dared to challenge her. So when Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat and former Rhode Island Senator and Governor Lincoln Chafee beat her three-to-one in the Iowa Caucus, the political pundits could only respond with shock. Then there was New Hampshire, then Nevada, then South Carolina... ultimately, it was a coronation, but not for the former First Lady. Nay; Lincoln Chafee won every single caucus and primary. He got 80% of the total vote. Hillary, by contrast, barely beat out Vermin Supreme for the second-from-last spot.

At the Democratic National Convention that summer, Chafee was received like a rock star. He selected former Virginia Senator Jim Webb as his running mate, a sort of unity ticket between the right and left wings of the party. Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley gave the soaring keynote address.

He left the convention with polls showing him in a 20-point lead over the Republican nominee Scott Walker and the latter's running mate Marco Rubio.

That lead began to narrow, however, after Iran got the bomb in September. In the first debate in October, Chafee choked. Walker took the polling lead for the first time since early July. The second and third debates went much better for Chafee, and running mate Webb crushed Rubio in the Vice Presidential debate. By Election Day, polls showed the two candidates in dead heat -- each with 48% support, and 4% undecided nationwide. No one rightly knew who would emerge as the victor when all the votes were counted -- no one, that is, save for the Lord in Heaven himself.
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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2015, 10:24:35 PM »

I'm really liking you as a poster so far, JonathanSwift.
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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2015, 10:27:10 PM »

Okay, folks, welcome to Election Night 2016 Coverage. I'm your host, Omar O'Hoolihan. Polls are just closing in six East Coast states. Let's see if we can get the results in.

Georgia is too close to call at this hour.

Indiana we are calling at this time for Midwesterner Scott Walker.

Kentucky is a little too close to call at this hour, although our exit polls show Walker winning by a nose.

South Carolina is also just a bit too close to call, but, as with Kentucky, we expect Walker to pull it out.

Virginia can be called up front for the Chafee-Webb ticket. The state has been trending D for a while now, and native son Jim Webb has helped his party carry it by what we expect will be a ten-point margin, give or take a couple of points.

Finally -- and no surprise here -- Vermont has been carried by the Democratic ticket.



CHAFEE: 16 ELECTORAL VOTES
WALKER: 11 ELECTORAL VOTES
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« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2015, 10:31:26 PM »

I'm really liking you as a poster so far, JonathanSwift.

Thanks.
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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2015, 10:34:31 PM »

Chafee Chafee Chafee!!!

Fresh Ideas for America!!!
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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2015, 10:45:08 PM »

Okay, folks it's 7:30 p.m. Polls are closing in three states. It appears that North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia are all too close too call at the present time. However, as we told you to expect a half hour ago, we are able to call South Carolina for Walker. Kentucky is still too close to call, as is Georgia. The Chafee-Webb campaign had told us that they would improve Obama's margin among white and especially Appalachian and Southern voters. The data we're getting appears to be bearing that out, but whether it will be enough to actually win back any of the Clinton-but-not-Obama states remains to be seen, as does the question of how they will do in other regions of the country.

Vermont, as we told you at the top of the hour, was carried by the Democrats, but exit polling indicates that they got just under 60% there, whereas Obama got nearly 70% in 2012. Chafee has something of an image problem in his native New England, and progressive turnout may be lowered with Webb as the VP, so we'll have to see at 8:00 how he does in the rest of that region.


WALKER: 20
CHAFEE: 16
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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2015, 11:04:50 PM »

Okay, it is currently 8:00 eastern time, and a veritable flock of states are closing their polls as we speak.

At the current time, we can project that former Governor Chafee has carried Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maine's 1st District, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. I guess he isn't doing so badly with the Obama coalition after all. Governor Scott Walker has carried Alabama, Mississippi, and Oklahoma at this hour. At this time, Florida, Maine's 2nd District, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennessee join the list of states that are too close to call, while Georgia and Kentucky have just left that list and been formally called for Republican Scott Walker.

 

CHAFEE: 87
WALKER: 66
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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2015, 11:22:09 PM »

It's now 8:30 p.m. and Arkansas is yet another too close to call state.

It's now 9:00 p.m. on the East Coast, and polls are closing in the middle of the country. We have a heaping helping of new states to call at this time.

Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming have all been called for Scott Walker at this time. New York is being called for Lincoln Chafee. We are also adding Maine's 2nd District to the Democratic column. Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Wisconsin are all too close to call at this hour.

So, it looks like both presidential home states are too close to call, as is Republican VP nominee Rubio's home state. Only Democratic VP nominee Webb's home state of Virginia has been called for its native son.


WALKER: 132
CHAFEE: 117
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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2015, 11:36:56 PM »

It's 10:00 p.m. and four more states are closing their polls. Montana and Utah -- not a huge shocker here folks -- have been carried by the Republican ticket. Iowa and Nevada can not be called just yet, but we are finally ready to make several calls back east. Arizona, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina and Tennessee have been carried by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, while Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Pennsylvania have gone to Lincoln Chafee. Scott Walker's home state of Wisconsin and Lincoln Chafee's home state of Rhode Island are among the several states still too close to call.


WALKER: 217
CHAFEE: 172
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« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2015, 11:38:13 PM »


Thank you.
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2015, 11:48:27 PM »

It's now 11:00 p.m. Polls are closing on America's Left Coast -- er, I mean West Coast. Anyway, we project that California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington will all be carried by Democrat Lincoln Chafee. Idaho, meanwhile, has gone for Scott Walker. Back east, we can make a somewhat surprising announcement -- Arkansas and West Virginia have both gone Democratic for the first time in 20 years. I guess Jim Webb's outreach to the Good Ol' Boys paid some dividends after all.


CHAFEE: 261
WALKER: 221

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« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2015, 11:56:02 PM »

Excellent! Rhode Island is close, as expected.
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2015, 12:02:11 AM »

It's 11:45 p.m. and we have a big announcement. Ohio has been carried by Republican Scott Walker. Repeat: the crucial swing state of Ohio has swung to the right tonight.

It's 12:13 a.m. and we are able to project that Scott Walker has narrowly carried the state of Colorado.

It's now 12:37 a.m. here on the East Coast, and at this time we are calling Wisconsin for native son Scott Walker.

It is currently 12:55 a.m. Polls close in Alaska in just five minutes, and right now we are able to call Iowa for the Republican ticket. We are also going to go ahead and call Nevada for Lincoln Chafee at this time.

It's now 1:00 a.m. and polls are closing in polar bear country. No shocker here, folks: Alaska has been carried by Scott Walker. The two candidates are tied -- repeat, TIED -- with 267 electoral votes each. It all comes down now to Lincoln Chafee's home state of Rhode Island.


CHAFEE: 267
WALKER: 267
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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2015, 12:17:12 AM »

It's 3:27 a.m. EST, and we have an absolutely JAW-DROPPING announcement at this time. Democrat Lincoln Chafee has lost, we repeat LOST his home state of Rhode Island to Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. We say again -- Lincoln Chafee has lost the election to Scott Walker -- Scott Kevin Walker will be the 45th President of these United States of America. Like Al Gore in 2000, Chafee has won the popular vote but narrowly lost the electoral vote to his Republican challenger. This is breaking news, and your heard it here first, folks. LINCOLN CHAFEE HAS LOST RHODE ISLAND TO SCOTT WALKER, AND WITH IT THE ELECTION. Absolutely stunning -- and for Mr. Chafee, devastating we're sure -- news. We've received word that Mr. Chafee has called President-Elect Walker to concede. Republican Scott Walker has been elected President of the United States of America!


WALKER: 271
CHAFEE: 267

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« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2015, 12:22:06 AM »

That's what Democrats get for nominating a ticket consisting of two former Republicans. lol
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« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2015, 12:56:07 AM »

No. Cry

Do we still get the fresh ideas for America?
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« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2015, 01:06:32 AM »

That's what Democrats get for nominating a ticket consisting of two former Republicans. lol

Webb's always been a democrat...
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« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2015, 01:15:39 AM »

That's what Democrats get for nominating a ticket consisting of two former Republicans. lol

Webb's always been a democrat...

Heh, I thought that he was a Republican when he was serving under Reagan, I could be wrong.
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« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2015, 01:33:48 AM »
« Edited: April 12, 2015, 01:46:30 AM by IceSpear »

That's what Democrats get for nominating a ticket consisting of two former Republicans. lol

Webb's always been a democrat...

Source? Every article I've ever read said he was a Republican until relatively recently.

Edit: Yes, he was a Republican.

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« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2015, 01:41:07 AM »

That's what Democrats get for nominating a ticket consisting of two former Republicans. lol

Webb's always been a democrat...

Heh, I thought that he was a Republican when he was serving under Reagan, I could be wrong.

Well even Republicans have the well-qualified/token democratic appointments. I assume Webb was one of those type appointments.
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« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2015, 10:35:43 AM »

That's what Democrats get for nominating a ticket consisting of two former Republicans. lol

You mean like Hillary "Goldwater" Clinton?
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