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ORIGINAL: philosophy

....dunno about McCain/Clinton.......a far better, unlikely combo would be Obama and Powell.........

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ORIGINAL: Thadius

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The last CBS poll I saw showed that 20% of her supports were going to vote for McCain. So I can see the argument made that it is Obama's duty to win those votes.

Political speculation is much safer and cheaper than Oil speculation....

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ORIGINAL: CarrieO

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ORIGINAL: philosophy

....dunno about McCain/Clinton.......a far better, unlikely combo would be Obama and Powell.........

now there's an interesting thought.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

<chuckles softly>

~~~The "Firm", starts the weekend early.~~~

If that happened,I`d eat my hat.

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ORIGINAL: smartalex

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The incumbent is not a sure nominee for the next election, and other candidates are usually around. The lack of competition is fairly recent.

One could draw some comparisons to 1968, for example, if this next administration makes unpopular decisions about an unpopular war. (But then we'd likely have some other creep. Pun intended, for the historically literate.)

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Creep....Committee to Re Elect the President....
          

"Look, the fact is that if Barack Obama's policy on Iraq had been implemented, Barack Obama couldn't go to Iraq today, it wouldn't be safe," Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., told Chris Wallace this morning on "Fox News Sunday."

"Barack Obama, John McCain saw the same difficulty in Iraq," Lieberman argued, "John McCain had the guts to argue against public opinion, to put his whole campaign on the line because, as he says, he'd rather lose an election than lose a war that he thinks is this important to the United States..."

Lieberman continued: "Sen. McCain and I and others want us out of Iraq, sooner rather than later, but want us out in a way that does not compromise all the gains that American and Iraqi forces have made in Iraq ... And frankly, we want to stay there to a victory, because we don't want all those who have served in the American uniform there to have served, or in some cases died, in vain. Remember this, Chris, we wouldn't be having this discussion about how to get out unless the surge, which John McCain courageously fought for, taking on the president of his own party, popular opinion, risking his campaign, and which Sen. Obama opposed, worked. So, that's the good news."

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY

How about a McCain/Lieberman ticket?

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

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I'm not certain of this, and I've just come from a funeral, lots to do and don't have time to research it---

...but didn't we used to independently elect the Prez and VP? That would allow for different parties. I just don't remember. Anyone know?

I DO know that until the turn of the 20th century we didn't even directly elect our U.S. Senators (they were appointed).

Please cite your sources if you have them--I'd like to look into this further, and presumably, so would others.

Thanks!

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Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3 states:

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not lie an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two-thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall choose from them by Ballot the Vice-President.