Comments on: Canciamilla: Burton doesn’t speak for all Dems

By: Stan D.

Stan D. — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:39:03 +0000

Good for Joe Canciamilla. I wish he were still our representative in the Assembly or State Senate!

By: ted ford

ted ford — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:04:00 +0000

If there is not an electoral majority and it goes to the House of Representatives, I believe each state gets one vote as determined by the state legislatures. You are correct that Sarah Palin would be President in this scenario. Otherwise, in a direct head to head match, I don’t think it possible for her to be elected. Assuming Obama as the Democratic nominee, he automatically gets the entirety of the African-American vote and at least 65% of the Hispanic vote. The immigrant bashing by the Republicans hurts them with this segment. Obama will also again win the under 30 vote. With the remainder of the electorate, i.e. whites over 30, Palin would have to win 65% of the vote to get a popular majority. It’s highly unlikely considering that nearly 70% of the country considers to be unqualified. The Republican establishment fully realizes this is apprehensive. I don’t think Mitt Romney is acceptable to the conservative base. That’s why Chris Christie keeps getting the whispers. The Republicans need to come up with a candidate that both conservatives and moderates can unify around — and that’s not Palin — or Obama is a two-term President.

By: John W

John W — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:27:20 +0000

Bloomberg can afford to do that and obviously is thinking about it. But I don’t think he’ll do it unless he can see a path to victory. In a three-way race, he conceivably might win in popular votes with, say 34%. But getting a majority of electoral votes is another matter. In that scenario, if nobody wins an electoral vote majority on election day, then the party in control in Congress would decide — most likely, the GOP. Say hail to the chief to President Palin!

By: ted ford

ted ford — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:35:32 +0000

Bloomberg is seriously considering a third party run for President in 2012. If Palin were to win the Republican nomination, Bloomberg would likely enter as a third party candidate. He is willing to spend $1 billion to $2 billion of his own money in the race.

By: John W

John W — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:11:35 +0000

That’s interesting about Bloomberg. Guess it’s that mayoral brotherhood thing. I’ll bet nobody told him about Maldonado working across the aisle on the budget and his success in getting the open primary.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:40:06 +0000

Gavin Newsom has been endorsed by the mayor of New York in his campaign for Lite Governor of California!

Now, is that impressive or what?