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« on: October 14, 2007, 09:06:36 PM »

2000 proved to be one of the most contentious and closely fought elections in history.

Bush 271, Gore 267

Without Florida and it's 25 EV, Bush would have lost the election. 

Bush would have won the election, however, without Florida, if he had won the following states

Iowa, 7 EV, lost by 0.31%
New Mexico, 5 EV, lost by 0.06%
Oregon, 7 EV, lost by 0.44%
Wisconsin, 11 EV, lost by 0.22%

The election, or course, was George W Bush/Dick Cheney v Al Gore/Joe Lieberman

My question is, would there have been another Vice Presidential nominee that Bush could have picked that would possibly have had enough influence with the electorate in these close states, possibly others, that would have secured Bush an outright, undisputed win in the Electoral College?

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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2007, 04:18:35 PM »

I'm not sure that anyone else would have ensured a Bush win, because I'm not sure that Vice-Presidential candidates have that much influence, but there were plenty of people he could have picked who would have been better candidates and helped him more than Cheney did (if anything, Cheney cost him votes, especially in 2004). But Cheney was more or less forced on Bush, I believe, by those forces in the Republican party who wanted to make sure that their interests were looked after.
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2007, 08:31:55 PM »

Bush wanted Cheney because of his impressive credentials in the foreign policy field, and because Cheney was a political heavyweight as far as experience and capabilities.

He was not going to make the same mistake his father made in picking someone who was perceived to be a political lightweight.
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2007, 04:10:58 PM »

i doubt there is anyone he could have picked that would have locked up those other close gore states.

probably not even colin powell.  im not big on tom ridge either.  he is...well....boring.

i do think the honorable rod grams may have been able to win mn for bush.  Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2007, 04:30:47 PM »


i do think the honorable rod grams may have been able to win mn for bush.  Smiley

No way. Grams lost his Senate race in 2000. You expect him to win the state in a presidential race?!?

Maybe John Danforth perhaps?
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2007, 05:07:38 PM »


i do think the honorable rod grams may have been able to win mn for bush.  Smiley

No way. Grams lost his Senate race in 2000. You expect him to win the state in a presidential race?!?

Maybe John Danforth perhaps?

He's just saying that because he knows BRTD will respond with a post ridiculing him about his past predictions.
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2007, 05:13:33 PM »


i do think the honorable rod grams may have been able to win mn for bush.  Smiley

No way. Grams lost his Senate race in 2000. You expect him to win the state in a presidential race?!?

Maybe John Danforth perhaps?

He's just saying that because he knows BRTD will respond with a post ridiculing him about his past predictions.

no.  it is an inside joke actaully.

it has nothing to do with brtd.

i tire of seeing brtd continually bringing up blackwell.
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2007, 05:20:38 PM »


i do think the honorable rod grams may have been able to win mn for bush.  Smiley

No way. Grams lost his Senate race in 2000. You expect him to win the state in a presidential race?!?

Maybe John Danforth perhaps?

He's just saying that because he knows BRTD will respond with a post ridiculing him about his past predictions.

no.  it is an inside joke actaully.

it has nothing to do with brtd.

i tire of seeing brtd continually bringing up blackwell.

Don't forget Kennedy and Santorum, too. Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2007, 03:33:16 AM »

Domencei, Grassley or Ridge could have edged them closer to a Bush victory.
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2007, 07:37:58 PM »

If he picked some protectionist he'd have been able to get the great lakes states mentioned.
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« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2007, 11:34:05 AM »

John Danforth would have been freakin' awesome.
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