US Presidential Election: Tuesday November 6th, 2012

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Bill Clinton's sitting at home thinking "If ever there was an appropriate moment for me to do a campaign sax solo ...Dammit!!"
 
Saliph said:
How anyone can not like Obama is beyond me. Extraordinarily likeable man.
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To be fair, if you put Bush Jnr's policies and reputation aside, you're left with an amicable man with a likeable demeanor.

(I'm not equating Bush to Obama, but you get the idea)
 
RedKaos said:
To be fair, if you put Bush Jnr's policies and reputation aside, you're left with an amicable man with a likeable demeanor.

(I'm not equating Bush to Obama, but you get the idea)
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It's easy to forget just how politically constrained prime ministers and even presidents are in what they can do. If Obama was free to do what he wished, I'm sure you'd like him a lot more.
 
rednev said:
Well, imagine how cringeworthy it would be if it had been Cameron, or Brown...or Blair.
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They'd never find themselves in that position to begin with. I'd take Britain's boring, albeit respectable politics over the embarrassing popularity circus that is the US political scene. Obama does conduct himself very well in public though, its hard to dislike him at face value.
 
rednev said:
It's easy to forget just how politically constrained prime ministers and even presidents are in what they can do. If Obama was free to do what he wished, I'm sure you'd like him a lot more.
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I'm not so naive as to think he has full say in his executive actions. I was just making a point that even the most wretched and borderline-evil heads of state could come across as likeable when it comes to public perception. Mind you I'm not suggesting Obama is an example of such people.
 
evra said:
I would hope DC's advisers would stop him doing anything so undignified if he was stupid enough to agree to it. Although I imagine America eats this kind of nonsense up, never mind the fact that Obama has been an average president at best so far.
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Yup, he came across as real dignified when he was asked on national TV if he'd ever wanked over a picture of Margaret Thatcher. Statesmanlike, in fact.
 
:lol: Yeah, DC's advisers could never have predicted that Jonathan Ross would ask such undignified questions.
 
Big news in the election today, Newt Gingrich has surprised everyone by conceding to Romney and bowing out of the campaign.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is expected to suspend his campaign next week and endorse Mitt Romney, his spokesman has said.

Mr Gingrich now says he expects Mr Romney, who won five primaries on Tuesday, to be the Republican nominee.

The campaigns are said to be working out an orderly endorsement, with Mr Romney keen on Mr Gingrich's support.

He has won only two primaries - South Carolina and Georgia - since the election season began in January.

The Gingrich campaign had indicated it would reassess its future if he did not win the contest in Delaware.

Mr Gingrich will reportedly hold his last campaign event on 1 May in Washington DC.

During a campaign stop in North Carolina on Wednesday, Mr Gingrich all but conceded.

"You have to at some point be honest about what's happening in the real world as opposed to what you would like to have happened," Mr Gingrich told supporters.

He added that Mr Romney "had a very good day yesterday. You have to give him some credit."
The former House Speaker said he would continue to campaign for the next week as a "citizen", adding he would discuss economic issues, such as high unemployment.

"We are going to stay very, very active and we are working out the details of our transition," Mr Gingrich said. "But I am committed to this party. I am committed to defeating Obama."

He was expected to go ahead with several scheduled campaign stops across North Carolina.

Gingrich spokesman RC Hammond said the former House Speaker was planning an event to throw his support behind Mr Romney, after having spoken to him on Wednesday.

He told US media Mr Gingrich would suspend his campaign once an orderly process had been arranged that would maximise the benefits to the Republican party and to Mitt Romney.

"Newt is committed to helping the party stop Barack Obama's second term," Mr Hammond said. "He will do everything he can to make sure that happens."

The former House Speaker had campaigned heavily in Delaware ahead of Tuesday's primary, a state that Mr Romney all but ignored.

But Mr Gingrich still lost the state's vote by 30%.

Bob Walker, a Gingrich adviser and former US representative, said on Tuesday: "I don't think we can lose by 30 points in Delaware and feel good about it."

In December, Mr Gingrich confidently predicted he would become the Republican nominee, and for a time enjoyed high poll ratings.

Although he won his home state of Georgia and nearby South Carolina, Mr Gingrich racked up heavy losses as the primary season continued.

He had vowed to fight on, even as Rick Santorum, Mr Romney's main Republican challenger, suspended his own campaign earlier in April.

Following Tuesday's wins, the Romney campaign will begin formally integrating with the Republican National Committee.

RNC chairman Reince Priebus said on Wednesday he had directed its staff to start communicating with Romney advisers.

Former Massachusetts Governor Romney has an unassailable lead in the race for the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination at the party convention in August.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul is the only other remaining candidate in the race, although he cannot win.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17845674
 
Ubik said:
:lol: Yeah, DC's advisers could never have predicted that Jonathan Ross would ask such undignified questions.
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I think there's a big difference between having a light-hearted conversation on the biggest chat show in the country as a Prime ministerial hopeful, and going on a third rate chat show as President to perform some kind of cheesy side-act.
 
evra said:
I think there's a big difference between having a light-hearted conversation on the biggest chat show in the country as a Prime ministerial hopeful, and going on a third rate chat show as President to perform some kind of cheesy side-act.
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You're right, there is. One of them came across very well, the other got asked if he knocked one off to Thatcher :lol: :lol:
 
A brilliant idea for whoever thought it up. Obama is basically getting a campaign message out to students, who will be a massive voting demographic in November. He's also reinserting himself into pop-culture, just as was done for him by the likes of Oprah and the View four years ago. When candidates are humanized like this, voters tend to feel like they personally know them. Romney would never be able to pull something like this off.
 
Sean Hannity hated it, of course. He's the most miserable, humourless, partisan prick on TV. I'd love to shit on his head.
 
Hannaty used to clamor on about Obama playing basketball while the economy was in tatters. He's a twat of the highest order.
 
Mockney said:
I don't know why that made me crack up but it did :lol:
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:lol:

He does have a very shittable head

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