Kerry vs Sanford

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Two terrible VP picks that would almost certainly not be chosen, so I'll just ignore them.



Sanford 57%, Kerry 40%

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I think he'd squeak out a 51-49 victory or something along those lines.

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A 57-40 race gives Washington to the GOP, most likely.

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lol. Anyone who actually thinks that is nuts.

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What is up with this idea that every election from now on is going to be almost exactly like the last one?

Sanford wins in a landslide because of concern about the deficit, the border situation, his promise to maintain whatever tax reform the GOP gets through Congress, the lack of an unpopular foreign policy situation, and his outsider take-on-the-legislature approach. He's the kind of guy who can get into fights with Republican legislators over spending and promote federalism with credibility.

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Yes.

Kerry is not going to whine about deficit spending while calling for his trillion dollar health care plan, against a guy who has a proven reputation as governor of vetoing even conservative budget items. If he does, go ahead and give Sanford Massachusetts.

Anything Kerry says about cracking down on the border situation is automatically assumed to be a lie by 90% of the sane population.

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Too bad jfern and brtd weren't around (at least on the internet, seeing as it didn't exist) to claim Reagan couldn't win 49 states. And actually he won all 50 but voter fraud put Mondale over in Minnesota.

Is there any evidence of that?