Forward? – A 2012 Election Game (Sign Up and Rules Thread)

[adamevans]

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

Huckabee and Scott have both endorsed me. I want a realistic opponent.

[DKrol]

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

JIM DOUGLAS, FORMER VERMONT GOVERNOR?! A White Knight for the GOP in 2012? LOL

[terp40hitch]

Will i be in the Florida primary

[Huey Long is a Republican]

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

JIM DOUGLAS, FORMER VERMONT GOVERNOR?! A White Knight for the GOP in 2012? LOL

Twas a suggestion, lol.

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

Huckabee and Scott have both endorsed me. I want a realistic opponent.

If Haslam or Santorum isn't, then paint me gray and call me a gray pants

[NewYorkExpress]

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

JIM DOUGLAS, FORMER VERMONT GOVERNOR?! A White Knight for the GOP in 2012? LOL

Twas a suggestion, lol.

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

Huckabee and Scott have both endorsed me. I want a realistic opponent.

If Haslam or Santorum isn't, then paint me gray and call me a gray pants

Still think Romney should jump back in.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

I'd be willing to accept some of those, but I wouldn't call all of them plausible (particularly Sessions and Alexander).
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Why would Alexander be particularly plausible (being a moderate, he has a good following in the GOP and really only the Tea Party hates him).

[Lumine]

Will i be in the Florida primary

No, for obvious reasons.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

JIM DOUGLAS, FORMER VERMONT GOVERNOR?! A White Knight for the GOP in 2012? LOL

Twas a suggestion, lol.

The choices in Lamar Alexander, Mike Huckabee, Jim Douglas, Paul Ryan, George Pataki, Jeff Sessions, Rick Scott, Bill Haslam, or even Rick Santorum are plausible.

Huckabee and Scott have both endorsed me. I want a realistic opponent.

If Haslam or Santorum isn't, then paint me gray and call me a gray pants

Still think Romney should jump back in.

Aw, C'mon man, Don't keep Good Ol' Rocky Top down

[PPT Spiral]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

[NewYorkExpress]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

Couldn't just wait a few turns and have Jones re-enter the race?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

I wish I could jump back in as Haslam or Edwards

[PPT Spiral]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

Couldn't just wait a few turns and have Jones re-enter the race?

He left having been diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer. It wouldn't be the most realistic thing for him to come back so suddenly.

[NewYorkExpress]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

Couldn't just wait a few turns and have Jones re-enter the race?

He left having been diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer. It wouldn't be the most realistic thing for him to come back so suddenly.

Give it like...four turns, and then the cancer is in remission... it's possible.

[Lumine]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

Denied. Brown was literally elected Senator a year ago, making a presidential run very implausible.

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

I wish I could jump back in as Haslam or Edwards

If you want you can enter the GOP Primary, but it must be a plausible candidate.

[adamevans]

Managed to get that debate done. How much time do we have left? I'm going to finish the rest of my ads and put down a GOTV Plan.

[Lumine]

Turn is over. (and this after a rather long extension, so we're ending it now)

[Lumine]

I believed I said the turn was over, so I'm disregarding new posts.

[adamevans]

The Christie issue has been addressed, this turn ends in three hours. The next one will begin Friday night, and I will be allowing two or three (at most) new Republican candidates as late entries to the primary. They'll have to be plausible candidates, so no celebrities or excessively obscure requests, please.

(of course, the remaining candidates will retain the initial advantage, the "white knight" dynamic is not meant to be unfair to them)

You said the turn ends at 10:14 pm tho

[PPT Spiral]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

Denied. Brown was literally elected Senator a year ago, making a presidential run very implausible.

Didn't expect to hear this. Brown was elected to the Senate only two months after Christie was for Governor, and would have served for just about two years now--longer than Christie did when he first started running. Brown also got a bit of speculation really early on. If you'd still like me to find another candidate, I can try looking.

[Lumine]

Alrighty. Jumping back in as Scott Brown.

Denied. Brown was literally elected Senator a year ago, making a presidential run very implausible.

Didn't expect to hear this. Brown was elected to the Senate only two months after Christie was for Governor, and would have served for just about two years now--longer than Christie did when he first started running. Brown also got a bit of speculation really early on. If you'd still like me to find another candidate, I can try looking.

Funny, I confused the years there and thought Brown had been a Senator for less than a year. Approved then.

[Lumine]

As Bachmann and Brown will be joining, I will accept a single more Republican before the next turn begins in a couple of days.

[NewYorkExpress]

As Bachmann and Brown will be joining, I will accept a single more Republican before the next turn begins in a couple of days.

If I wasn't running as Biden, I'd be happy to play as Rick Perry or Jeb Bush...but I'm already Biden, unfortunately.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

As Bachmann and Brown will be joining, I will accept a single more Republican before the next turn begins in a couple of days.

If possible, either Bill Haslam is plausible then I would like to join as him

[Lumine]

As Bachmann and Brown will be joining, I will accept a single more Republican before the next turn begins in a couple of days.

If possible, either Bill Haslam is plausible then I would like to join as him

Haslam has been a Governor for exactly a year, that's pushing it too far.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

As Bachmann and Brown will be joining, I will accept a single more Republican before the next turn begins in a couple of days.

If possible, either Bill Haslam is plausible then I would like to join as him

Haslam has been a Governor for exactly a year, that's pushing it too far.

Then either Lamar Alexander (who ran in both 1996 and 2000 and did well in IA and NH in '96) or Gov. John Kasich (10 years before being governor, he was a rep, so he knows a bit about Washington and has some clout).