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The power of Tim Tebow, Colorado, and the 2012 presidential election
October 26, 2011 | techno

Posted on 10/26/2011 9:10:23 PM PDT by techno

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1 posted on 10/26/2011 9:10:25 PM PDT by techno
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To: techno

Romney won’t even be close to Obama.

He’s the only one who is easy to beat.

I agree that with no Sarah in the race, he’s the certain nominee.


2 posted on 10/26/2011 9:15:21 PM PDT by Jim Noble (To live peacefully with credit-based consumption and fiat money, men would have to be angels.)
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To: techno
For those who think I am insane,...

You actually suggested that the Denver Broncos may make the playoffs.

So, yes, you are insane.

3 posted on 10/26/2011 9:16:12 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Jim Noble

Tebow loses 5 straight later this season and they will be calling for his head. Six losses in a row and he will be the political equivalent of Michael Vick in his dog years. America loves a winner. Romney would never be governor in a conservative state. Mass was his liberal home. Maybe Tebow could get Mitt to convert to Christianity?


4 posted on 10/26/2011 9:18:32 PM PDT by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: Flycatcher

I thought my political sanity would be questioned, not my football sanity.

That is a pleasant surprise.

For your info the Chargers lead the division at 4-2 and play the Chiefs on Monday in Kansas City who are now 3-3. The Raiders have the bye.

If KC beats San Diego and the Broncos beat the Detroit Lions on Sunday here are those revised standings in the AFC West:

Chargers 4-3

Raiders 4-3

Chiefs 4-3

Broncos 3-4

If this happens as the saying goes, “It’s a whole new ballgame.”


5 posted on 10/26/2011 9:21:22 PM PDT by techno
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To: techno

I’d like to see Tebow do well because he’s a good kid and so many pundits are dismissive of his chances of being a successful NFL QB, but can’t quite get behind your position that his success will equate to GOP electoral success. ...especially if, God forbid, Romney is the nominee.


6 posted on 10/26/2011 9:21:47 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Exactly. And Obama would have nothing to worry about.


7 posted on 10/26/2011 9:22:17 PM PDT by techno
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To: techno
So we're supposed to root for the Broncos so that Romney wins? I like Tebow, but this would almost be enough to turn me into a Raiders fan.

The premise is so ludicrous that I won't bother.

8 posted on 10/26/2011 9:22:32 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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Of course the premise is based on an individual wanting the GOP nominee to win the presidential election.

Obviously if you don’t, then it doesn’t matter how Tebow does.


9 posted on 10/26/2011 9:24:14 PM PDT by techno
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To: Jim Noble

romney’s the candidate because everyone else steps back? Doubtful. The gop is seeing it’s power wane. The electorate is economically panicking and anything goes. romney is a no sell.


10 posted on 10/26/2011 9:24:36 PM PDT by TwoSwords (Has anyone seen my suspension of disbelief pills?)
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To: techno

True, it’s a pretty weak division. The Chargers probably have the most talent, and they usually get going the 2nd half of the season. The Broncs would have to finish 1st — their wildcard chances are very slim.


11 posted on 10/26/2011 9:24:39 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: techno

very interesting...


12 posted on 10/26/2011 9:31:43 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: techno

We need Colorado no matter who gets the GOP nod. I’m for Cain, and I agree Tebow could make a difference there, if he gets on a win streak.

Politics is strange, whoever thought we’d be rooting for another black man and a quarterback.


13 posted on 10/26/2011 9:33:00 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Fast & Furious: Holder gone by the end of the year.)
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To: techno
Glad to find another football fan.

But, seriously, the Lions are NOT going to lose 3 games in a row. I hope Tebow plays well, but the Lions will "almost certainly" win.

Notice the quotation marks. That means I'm off the hook if the Lions lose.

snort!

14 posted on 10/26/2011 9:38:31 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: techno
The only way Romney would get my vote is if he ran against Obama.

I couldn't ever vote for Obama, unless he was running against Holder. Then hari kari for me?

Perhaps!

15 posted on 10/26/2011 9:38:37 PM PDT by mckenzie7 (Democrats = Trough Sloppers!)
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To: Jim Noble

With Romney as the Republican it doesn’t really matter a whole lot which wins the presidency. If Romney gets it the bureaucracy will not be trimmed and will not be cleansed of its leftist fanatics. New appointments will be leftist pragmatists instead of ignorant fanatics. Romney will have more rapport with the Republican Congress and will do some of the things that Need To Be Done and socialism will advance more than it has since 2008. Actually there will be a difference. Things might not get better under the kenyan domestically but the opposition to his socialism- because he is a Democrat- will keep things from getting worse so fast as they would under Romney. Romney will get socialist and anti life judges on the federal courts, probably on the USSC. The Republicans just might(not likely though) refuse to confirm the same kind of judges if it is the kenyan who proposes them.


16 posted on 10/26/2011 9:39:29 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "EconomicMohamedans.s In One Lesson.")
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To: Flycatcher

I am a Patriots fan. There was no way in hell that I thought the Giants would beat the Pats in the Super Bowl.

And I would lay odds that Tebow has a chance to upset the Detroit Lions this Sunday.

In the words of Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle in the 1988 debate in football language:

Sir, the Detroit Lions are not as good as the NY Giants were a few years ago.


17 posted on 10/26/2011 9:42:26 PM PDT by techno
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To: techno

Romney is not going to be nominated. Problem solved.


18 posted on 10/26/2011 9:42:48 PM PDT by aliquando (A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Theres two colorado Conservatives living in my house in Colorado Springs. hard to believe I know, But a man and his very loving bride. /sarcasm.

Both Left Coast transplants too!


19 posted on 10/26/2011 9:43:01 PM PDT by airplaneguy
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To: techno

I think your assumption that Romney wins the nomination is a little premature (he has nearly 100% name recognition among active Republican voters and can’t break 30% after 5 years of campaigning).

Also, you idea that Georgia will somehow fall to Obama because of an increase in black and hispanic voters is ludicrous. How ludicrous?

John McCain won Georgia by 5% of the vote. That was a 200,000 voter margin. Consider these numbers. Between the census figure of 2000 and 2010, Georgia grew by 1,501,200. On average that was 150,000 a year. If the average trend stayed the same, that would mean that in the last 4 years, Georgia added 600,000 people.

If all 600,000 were old enough to vote, then there would be right at 200,000 more blacks and hispanics (29% of Georgia is black, 5% is hispanic).

But that assumes that Obama gets 50% of the remaining 400,000 whites that would be eligible to vote. Reasonable? Not a chance.

Assuming turn out was about equal regardless of race then 29% of the total vote in Georgia in 2008 would be right at 1,137,925 which we will say represents the black vote. If Obama were to have recieved a very low 90% of the black vote, that would put the number of black votes he recieved at 1,024,133. That means that out of 1,844,123, only 819,990 were from non-black voters.

Assuming McCain drew a very large 10% of the black vote (or 113,792), that means that out of 2,048,759 votes, 1,934,967 were non-black votes.

McCain won the non-black vote by 70% to 30% using those very generous for Obama numbers.

That means if there were 600,000 new voters added to Georgia’s population, and if 1/3 of them were blacks and hispanics that ALL voted for Obama, Obama would still need to swing the new white voters by 20% in order to win Georgia.

Ridiculous.


20 posted on 10/26/2011 9:48:41 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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