Atlas Campaign 2032

[PBrunsel]

Kramer and Nyman battle it out in Dixie.
By Wallace P. Kueeler, Publisher Emeritus Campaign ‘32

Senator Cosmo Kramer (D-AR) was given a treatment of Southern hospitality mixed with Sherman hospitality as well. Nyman used his front-runner status well as he battled it out in Kramer’s home terrain.

Alabama: 42 Delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 47.7%, 30 delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 33.2%, 12 Delegates
G. Lundregen (MN): 11.4%
L. Longley (WA): 7.3%

H. Bartlett (IA): 0.4%

Kramer was able to easily win a state he was highly favored to win. No news there. That Nyman was able to crack his base of blue-collar workers should send chills up the spine of Kramer. Poor Bartlett was confined to polling less than 1%, due mainly to what I would call “the not campaigning” factor. He has intelligently decided to forgo the South and is now aiming at the West.

Arkansas: 41 Delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 89.3%, 41 Delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 7.9%
G. Lundregen (MN): 2.7%
L. Longley (WA): 0.1%
H. Bartlett (IA): 0%

No one bothered to come to Arkansas because they all knew Kramer would easily win it. Here he nearly takes 90%, moving on…

Georgia: 91 Delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 46.9%,46 Delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 46.5%, 45 Delegates
L. Longley (WA): 3.6%
G. Lundregen (MN): 2.7%
H. Bartlett (IA): 0.3%

Nyman was able to nearly break into the Deep South losing Georgia by just 534 votes. Nyman skillfully was able to put together a large caucus of “white-collar” laborers in Atlanta and Savannah. This was enough to offset Kramer huge support from minimum wage workers and just those who prefer a Southerner on the top of the ticket. Kramer played his southerner card to the fullest, even adopting “Dixie” as his new campaign song. He even was endorsed by popular two-term Senator Dave Hawk (D-GA), thus helping him even more in the state. The Southern Card was enough to give him a narrow win over Nyman who outspent Kramer 4 to 1.

Kentucky: 51 Delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 51%, 30 delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 41.9%, 21 delegates
G. Lundregen (MN): 4.8%
L. Longley (WA): 1.7%
H. Bartlett (IA): 0.6%

Just like Soult, Nyman was able to use his regional sway to make Kentucky a “rust belt” state. Bible-thumping preachers were outvoted by the industrial workers of the Ohio River Valley. Kramer lost “the second Battle of Perryville” to Nyman. This debate at Perryville put Kramer on the spot. He was forced to fess up to a letter that was leaked by “Sore Throat” which was supposedly written by the Senator. In it the Senator used derogatory terms for blacks, gays, and other minority groups. “The Hate Letter” was the central issue of the debate, and Kramer seemed to relay the message that he didn’t care about the letter. Nyman cleverly spun this to mean that Kramer didn’t really care about minorities. Nyman was able to bolster his already huge support amongst minority voters by pointing out how he had had authored several Hate Crimes and Speech acts while serving in the Senate. On primary day a record number of black voters handed Nyman a convincing victory. Wait…I have just received word that “The Hate Letter” is a fake, and that “Sore Throat” has once again cost a candidate victory in a primary.

Louisiana: 97 Delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 46.2%, 53 Delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 43.7%, 44 Delegates
L. Longley (WA): 9.1%
G. Lundregen (MN): 0.7%
H. Bartlett (IA): 0.3%

Kramer took another victory in the Deep South, but this was a surprise. Nyman was polling even with him until about two-hours before the polls began. Vorlon Polling Company showed a swing of undecided voters in favor of Kramer. When the polls closed, Kramer had been able to offset the faked “Hate Letter” and a powerful Nyman Campaign in the suburbs. In surprising news, Longley actually polled well. His strength in the suburbs was not that great, but enough to place him in third place.

Mississippi: 44 Delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 52.2%, 31 delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 43.9%, 13 delegates
G. Lundregen (MN): 3.7%
L. Longley (WA): 0.2%
H. Bartlett (IA): 0%

Kramer’s strong poll numbers in the Deep South gave him victory in Mississippi.  End of story

North Carolina: 76 Delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 44.3%, 41 delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 39.8%, 34 delegates
G. Lundregen (MN): 12.7%, 1 delegate
H. Bartlett (IA): 2%
L. Longley (WA): 1.2%

The politics of the steel mill gave Nyman a strong victory. He was endorsed by the Steel Workers’ Union in Charlotte, giving him an edge in a state where Union activity was surprisingly high this year. Kramer was able to use his Southern drawl to his advantage, but he lacked endorsements from papers, mayors, and county officials. In the end Kramer couldn’t fight City Hall, and was sent packing back to Little Rock. Lundregen did well, but I have no idea why.

Tennessee: 93 Delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 45.1%, 47 delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 45.1%, 46 delegates
G. Lundregen (MN): 8.6%
L. Longley (WA): 1%
H. Bartlett (IA): 0.2%

Nyman won this one by 49 votes, putting a thorn in the side of Kramer’s campaign. Nyman was able to just use tons of more revenue and media attention to offset the Kramer campaign. His support in the northern area of the state was enough to stop Kramer’s strength in the West. The crucial endorsement of Representative and titular head of the Tennessee Democratic Party Tim Cash to Nyman gave him ponderous amounts of votes in the big cites. Minority voters came out in force on primary day, thus giving the man from Michigan a narrow victory over “The Arkansas Traveler.”

Texas: 317 Delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 32.3%, 201 delegates
P. Kramer (AR): 23.7%, 58 delegates
L. Longley (WA): 21.1%, 54 delegates
G. Lundregen (MN): 15.6%, 4 delegates
H. Bartlett (IA): 7.3%

Nyman and Longley were the two surprises here. Kramer’s huge support amongst the working man was offset once again by a combination of skilled craftsmen (for Nyman) and computer technicians (for Longley). Longley performed extremely well in Dallas, placing second behind Nyman. Kramer did well in the small rural counties. Nyman took the rest. This win seems to make him the Democratic nominee over night, He now just needs to win for his expected huge wins in the assorted primaries in two weeks, and he will only have to focus on picking a running-mate.

The Libertarian Primaries in Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee were all for G. Leonard Hobbes except Georgia, which went for Dibble, his running-mate. Hobbes has already rose over $100 million dollars for his campaign.

[Gabu]

Arkansas: 41 Delegates
L. Longley (WA): 0.1%

I want to personally mail each of these people flowers.  They are true freedom fighters.

[Platypus]

I'll be doing the same in Mississippi.

You can't tell me that there isn't a single gay guy in Mississppi-I could at least count on their votes :p

[MasterJedi]

Good update PB!

So who has the delegate totals?

[PBrunsel]

GOP Delegate count:

Ford        449
Brunsel   394
Soult       392
Rights     276
Nichols    195
Smith        56
Craddock  55
Wixted      31
Berger      11

[Josh/Devilman88]

I will Drop out of this race... and give all my 55 delegates to Pbrunsel... if that is what you want to do.

[The Duke]

Texas: 317 Delegates
J. Ford: (CA): 27%, 177 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 24.5%, 122 Delegates
J. Rights (FL): 15.2%, 12 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 13.3%, 6 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 11.5%
C. Wixted (PA): 5.7%
J. Craddock (NC): 2.8%

Don't mess with Texas!

[Gabu]

Texas: 317 Delegates
J. Ford: (CA): 27%, 177 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 24.5%, 122 Delegates
J. Rights (FL): 15.2%, 12 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 13.3%, 6 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 11.5%
C. Wixted (PA): 5.7%
J. Craddock (NC): 2.8%

Don't mess with Texas!

Don't mess with Dallas.  The rest I don't care about.

[12th Doctor]

I will Drop out of this race... and give all my 55 delegates to Pbrunsel... if that is what you want to do.

I need them more than he does. 

[George W. Hobbes]

Better yet, endorse G. Leonard.

(btw PB, anyway you could arrange for my character to officially endorse the FairTax?)

[PBrunsel]

Campaign Update: Southern Candidates call it quits.[/u]
by Wallace Kueeler, publisher emeritus

FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Charlotte, NC and Plant City, FL - Today both the Reverend Joshua Craddock (R-NC) and Senator Jeff Rights (R-FL) dropped out the of the race for President of the United States.

Over his widely viewed Saturday evening television show “The Old Southern Gospel Hour” Craddock told his loyal followers he would no longer be a candidate for president. “The nation has decided against our crusade,” he confessed to the audience, “But the fight shall continue. I endorse Governor Brunsel of Iowa because he is the only candidate who stands up for the Main street values that we have fought for on ‘The Old Southern Gospel Hour” since our founding over ten years ago.” I expect the endorsement of Craddock to do little for Brunsel out west, with the exception of Utah, where Brunsel was expected to win anyway.

The peaceful drop out of Craddock was greatly dwarfed by the angry and belligerent address by an embittered Senator Jeff Rights. Claming that the “giant corporate owning interests” had caused him defeat in the primary as well as, “anti-God and anti-American sissies in this Grand Old Party”, Rights hammered away at the front-runners. He called Soulty and Ford, “Two heads on the same Red Coin.” He declared that he knew the GOP would lose under Brunsel’s, “Herbert Hoover efficiency.”  “My party is on a downward spiral into oblivion,” Rights declared in front of Plant City Town Hall, “That is why I herby declare that I am the candidate of the American Independent Party for the office of President of these United States.”

Reaction to his announcement has been divided. John Ford condemned Rights’s, “Opportunistic and wholly unnecessary run for office.” Chris Soulty also added that his comments about himself and the other two front-runners were, “Entirely uncalled for.” Paul Brunsel did not comment on the announcement, but Governor Chris Verin (D-MN) claimed that Rights’s decision was, “So not the w00t.”

No polling has been taken so the effect Right’s decision has not yet been determined. I feel that the GOP will nominate John Ford for President in an attempt to use foreign policy (something that Soulty and Brunsel have had little experience in) as the main issue of the 2032 Campaign to offset Right’s hold on social conservatives.

[Gabu]

Governor Chris Verin (D-MN) claimed that Rights’s decision was, “So not the w00t.”

Haha, that sounds like Verin all right.

[© Tweed the Younger]

Mayoral Madness
By Samantha Wineman, The New Yorker

NEW YORK, New York- The Big Apple hasn’t seen a mayor like Boss Tweed since, well, Boss Tweed. Easily the most influential mayor since Rudy Giuliani, Tweed has consolidated, and used, his power. Born in New York, Tweed spent his childhood pulling for the Mets and Jets, before heading off to the University of Miami. However, he couldn’t stay in South Beach forever. “I’m a New Yorker,” he says in the famous New York accent. Upon returning to New York, he rose rapidly in the state Democratic party, and was the executioner of a plan to bring the state senate back to Democratic control in 2016. It succeeded, and despite his young age, he became the chairman of the state Democratic party in 2017.

“That was a huge transition for me,” Tweed told The New Yorker “I had to lead.” Lead he did, and despite being a moderate himself, he drew headlines in July of 2018 when he threatened to revoke the party status of a state senator who said he would accept a job in the administration of a Republican Governor. The Democrat won, and Tweed’s power grew even more. In 2021, the Democratic National Committee made him their chairman.

It was potentially a career ending decision for Tweed, to accept the role. His heavy handed ways did not go over well at all in Washington DC. Scaring off donors, alienating voters, and ultimately losing control of the Senate, Tweed resigned after the 2022 election. It seemed as if his career was over. But in 2024, he announced that he would seek the position of Mayor. Many skeptics thought he was too moderate to get the Democratic nomination, but he shocked them all, winning in a divisive primary with only 33% of the vote. However, he unified the base, and won the general election 58-29, surviving a third party challenge.

Everything goes through Tweed these days. Every decision, he has a say in it. And don’t dare argue, or he’ll pull a pink slip out from a drawer, and hand it over. However, he is still very popular among both constituents and government officials, for his ruthless efficiency, and focus on achievement. He’s not on anyone’s side, even his most bitter enemies agree he would never give a job to an unqualified person simply because he had a good relationship with that person.

Easily re-elected in 2029, Tweed’s opponents were virtually powerless. They are angry that Tweed controls so much. He is major of the country’s largest city, he runs the state Democratic party, he has many legislators in his back pocket thanks to favors he’s done for them; he’s become the 21st century symbol of Tammany Hall arrogance and corrupt behavior. His critics may soon may have to add something else to that list: President of the United States.

Hah, that's a beautiful article!  I'd never read it before.

[jokerman]

Setting up for a States/Kramer independent ticket?  Hmm, I wonder.

[MasterJedi]

Governor Chris Verin (D-MN) claimed that Rights’s decision was, “So not the w00t.”

Haha, that sounds like Verin all right.

Ah, good humor, always have to have something funny in these type of things.

[DanielX]

The Smith Campaign would like to ask that the Rights campaign come up with an insightful and witty insult for it!

BTW I'm still running and putting all my energy into the next round of states.

[MasterJedi]

Any chance of seeing anymore of this soon PBrunsel?

[George W. Hobbes]

Indeed, is there?

[Akno21]

Mayoral Madness
By Samantha Wineman, The New Yorker

NEW YORK, New York- The Big Apple hasn’t seen a mayor like Boss Tweed since, well, Boss Tweed. Easily the most influential mayor since Rudy Giuliani, Tweed has consolidated, and used, his power. Born in New York, Tweed spent his childhood pulling for the Mets and Jets, before heading off to the University of Miami. However, he couldn’t stay in South Beach forever. “I’m a New Yorker,” he says in the famous New York accent. Upon returning to New York, he rose rapidly in the state Democratic party, and was the executioner of a plan to bring the state senate back to Democratic control in 2016. It succeeded, and despite his young age, he became the chairman of the state Democratic party in 2017.

“That was a huge transition for me,” Tweed told The New Yorker “I had to lead.” Lead he did, and despite being a moderate himself, he drew headlines in July of 2018 when he threatened to revoke the party status of a state senator who said he would accept a job in the administration of a Republican Governor. The Democrat won, and Tweed’s power grew even more. In 2021, the Democratic National Committee made him their chairman.

It was potentially a career ending decision for Tweed, to accept the role. His heavy handed ways did not go over well at all in Washington DC. Scaring off donors, alienating voters, and ultimately losing control of the Senate, Tweed resigned after the 2022 election. It seemed as if his career was over. But in 2024, he announced that he would seek the position of Mayor. Many skeptics thought he was too moderate to get the Democratic nomination, but he shocked them all, winning in a divisive primary with only 33% of the vote. However, he unified the base, and won the general election 58-29, surviving a third party challenge.

Everything goes through Tweed these days. Every decision, he has a say in it. And don’t dare argue, or he’ll pull a pink slip out from a drawer, and hand it over. However, he is still very popular among both constituents and government officials, for his ruthless efficiency, and focus on achievement. He’s not on anyone’s side, even his most bitter enemies agree he would never give a job to an unqualified person simply because he had a good relationship with that person.

Easily re-elected in 2029, Tweed’s opponents were virtually powerless. They are angry that Tweed controls so much. He is major of the country’s largest city, he runs the state Democratic party, he has many legislators in his back pocket thanks to favors he’s done for them; he’s become the 21st century symbol of Tammany Hall arrogance and corrupt behavior. His critics may soon may have to add something else to that list: President of the United States.

Hah, that's a beautiful article!  I'd never read it before.

Except looking back on it, I made a rather large mistake when I said the real Boss Tweed was a mayor, as he was not.

[PBrunsel]

Update tonight.

[Gabu]

Update tonight.

[PBrunsel]

What i've got done so far (my little sister wants to play the Sims II so I must now leave).

GOP Race Still in the Air as Battle Rages in the Rocky Mountains
By Wallace Kueeler, Publisher Emeritus Campaign ‘32

FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Ford, Soult, and Brunsel are still at each other’s throats in this decisive (but surprisingly inspiring and un-bitter) Republican Primary.

Alaska: 14 Delegates
J. Ford (CA): 33.6%, 6 Delegates
C. Wixted (PA): 21.7%, 4 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 20%, 4 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 18.7%
P. Brunsel (IA): 5.8%
Others: 0.2%

Alaska proved to be the wildcard of this set of primaries. Ford ran ahead in all its polling, and was widely expected to win, but the second and third place spots were the great surprises. The oil man’s interests were most represented in this Arctic libertarian-leaning state. The two former businessmen in this race (Wixted and Smith) had huge appeal amongst the oil industry. Smith released a scathing attack ad on Soulty declaring him, “The Taxing Man’s Candidate” citing the steep rise in the business tax of Pennsylvania while he was governor. The attacks worked enough to reduce Soulty to less than 20%. Brunsel only had appeal amongst the Northern Quaker regions of Alaska, where most were too busy hunting fish with spears and building igloos to vote.

California: 614 Delegates
J. Ford (CA): 40%, 328 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 26.9%, 177 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 15.2%, 87 Delegates
C. Wixted (PA): 9.1%, 22 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 8.7%
Others: .1%

The big one has fallen, and the popular Senator Ford has claimed a big win in his delegate rich home state. He now has 783 Delegates, a large sum. This was not a gift to him on a silver platter, however. Ford spent a considerable amount of his funds on this primary to ensure a big victory. He spent $2 million on running TV advertisements alone the final week of the primary campaign. Soult appealed to blue-collar workers in the big cities, pleading with them to, “Vote for their national interests.” Brunsel enjoyed support from central California, and was endorsed by Operation Reach Out, a Young Conservative Christian action group. Ford will pay for his large spending spree in the future, be assured.

  Hawaii: 36 Delegates

C. Soult (PA): 39.2%, 20 Delegates
J. Ford (CA): 26.9%, 16 Delegates
C. Wixted (PA): 12%
P. Brunsel (IA): 6.8%
D. Smith (WY): 4.8%
Others: 0.3%

The “Land of the Soft Pacific Breezes” was ravaged by a political tsunami for the last few weeks, as Ford and Soulty cut each other down like Palm Trees in a hurricane. Ford told Hawaiians that their protection from the rogue state of North Korea and the increasingly hostile Corporatist Nation of Japan would best be served by Ford’s knowledge of foreign affairs. Brunsel (a man who went to nationals in debate in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking while in High School) declared that Ford “Is playing his darn fear card again.” Soult once again was the favorite amongst the Middle Class, a large voting block in Hawaii. 

Kansas: 41 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 41.1%, 29 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 31.3%, 12 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 18.3%
J. Ford (CA): 6.7%
C. Wixted (PA): 2.3%
Others: 0.3%

Brunsel was able to use the Conservative bias of this state to offset Soult’s endorsement from popular independent populist Governor Jesse Mann. Brunsel crisscrossed the state talking about “Midwestern Values” and church and apple pie, that kind of thing. It worked out in the end, but he didn’t claim much of a win.

Minnesota: 137 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 25.1%, 45 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 24.6%, 44 Delegates
J. Ford (CA): 24.1%, 42 Delegates
C. Wixted (PA): 19.3%, 6 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 6.8%
Others: 0.l%

Senator Colin Wixted ended his campaign for President after the results from Minnesota. He spent a good deal of money on this primary (cleaned out his war chest) and was hoping for a narrow victory like in North Dakota. This was not to be, however. Soult played the populist root well enough to win a narrow victory over Brusnel and Ford.

Nebraska: 37 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 55.0%, 37 Delegates
J. Ford (CA): 18.6%
C. Soult (PA): 17.3%
D. Wixted (WY): 10.1%
C. Wixted (PA): 9.0%

Brunsel won an easy victory because he’s a conservative Midwesterner, end of story. Ford did well amongst military families in Omaha however.

Nevada: 210 Delegates
J. Ford (CA):26%, 61 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 21.3%, 54 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 22.1%, 53 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 15.5%, 21 Delegates
C. Wixted (PA): 15.1%, 21 Delegates

Everyone won delegates this time! The Nevada Primary was a four way race the entire time. Brunsel had the support of the Mormon Counties along the Utah Border, but very few other places in “The Sin State” as his brother “Hawkeye” Brunsel called it. Ford was able to do well amongst Las Vegas voters, as was Smith.

Oregon: 107 Delegates
J. Ford (CA):33%, 43 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 28%, 38 Delegates
D. Smith (WY): 21.3%, 26 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 12.1%
C. Wixted (PA): 5.6%

Ford is establishing himself as the front-runner with a narrow win in Oregon. He spent relatively little in Oregon (at least compared to Soult and Smith). Soult is nearly ruined however with a visit from the infamous “Sore Throat”. He produced that Soult was given electroshock therapy for depression as a young man, and though this is no longer considered odd, Soult handled it poorly. He first went on the attack, declaring that his depression “Is as much am issue in this campaign as what type of coffee Senator Ford drinks.” However the media does not much like Soult, so the major networks began to focus heavily on it. Professor of Sociology Walt Mankind of the University of Oregon in Portland (a Socialist for Bell) ran an article in the Portland Times entitled ”Is Governor Soult Mentally able to be President?” This article claimed that,” Of the thirty psychologists II interviewed, 26 declared that he is not fit in the mind to be President.” “Lincoln also suffered from depression,” Governor Paul Brunsel declared while campaigning in Eugene, “And he didn’t do too badly.” However, Soult did himself in by breaking into tears while making a press report in front of the Oregon State Capitol building.

South Dakota: 37 Delegates
P. Brunsel (IA): 53.6%, 37 Delegates
C. Soult (PA): 21.2%
J. Ford (CA): 16.2%
D. Smith (WY): 6.8%
C. Wixted (PA): 2.2%

Brunsel campaigned hard in South Dakota, stopping by Mount Rushmore no more than 30 times. Needless to say this popular Governor easily beat Soult, who made a few stops. The Governor’s brother Aaron “Hawkeye” Brunsel got into a little argument with some “ingine braves” at the Badlands National Monument, which led to an Indian chief losing three teeth.

While Soult fights off charges of depression and Brunsel deals with his brother, Ford seems to have a clear road to the GOP Nomination. If he can do well in the East in two weeks he can have a first ballot victory.

[ilikeverin]

What i've got done so far (my little sister wants to play the Sims II so I must now leave).

Your little sister is my hero

[jokerman]

Ok, now let's see the Democrats!  I'm focusing a large amount of resources on California, targeting working class voters, rural voters, middle class families, and especially hispanics.  That kind of coalition certainly should earn me a healthy amount of delegates, though I don't expect to outright win.

In Minnesota, I will also put in a lot of effort in much of the same strategy.  Expect me to also put some effort in Kansas and Nebraska, the home state of Bryan.  Those two places I expect to win, and plan to talk about my mainstream social beliefs and religious values, playing up farm and rural issues to rural voters (more aid to family farms, etc.), as well as the usual stuff.

[Colin]

Oh well I did better than I thought I would. How about a Colin Wixted/Daniel Smith third party ticket?