paj: Alabama looks to have (re?)elected Roy Moore - Link (new window) as their Supreme Court Chief Justice. Yes, the same guy who refused a federal order to remove a 10 commandments monument from the courthouse and then was himself removed from office.

And don't forget, the Alabama attorney general who prosecuted Roy Moore with the whole 10 commandments thing was himself an ultra-conservative Catholic. That's just how far out there Roy Moore is.

Y'know, it's going to be funny when Rachel has her end-of-election clip show and has to include clip after clip of her saying things like this:

December 7, 2011, 27 days before Iowa
I've trimmed Maddow's annoying habit to literally repeat the same thing four times, as well as supporting video for her role-claims

With the most recent alternative to Mr. Romney, Herman Cain now completely out of the race, [...] the Republican field is starting to appear settled. The front-runner position may yet change. Mr. Romney may yet come back. Somebody else may yet have a late surge. Mr. Gingrich may yet fall apart. But with this little time left before the voting starts, we know effectively what role each of the Republican candidates has had in the primary process.

And in most cases, it`s sort of surprising. It`s not what you have thought when the campaign first started. Mitt Romney is the only real non-surprise in the group. Mitt Romney is and has always been the establishment candidate, the obvious next choice, the guy who came in second last time.

Who would have thought that Jon Huntsman`s role in this campaign would have been not really to attract any support from basically any voters anywhere, but rather to be the guy in the race who runs the most effective ads against Mitt Romney?

Similarly, there`s Ron Paul. His role in the campaign this year has not been to galvanize the youth vote, at least so far, or to popularize the gold standard or any of his other Ron Paul stuff. Instead, Ron Paul has turned out to be the guy this year who runs really effective ads against Newt Gingrich.

On paper, Rick Perry was supposed to be winning this race now. He was the game changer the media predicted would turn this race upside-down. Honestly, I also thought that he would turn the race upside-down. In reality, Rick Perry is now polling at 7 percent nationally and 9 percent in Iowa, where he`s trying really hard. Rick Perry has disappeared.

Michele Bachmann has also turned out to be a bit of a surprise. Ms. Bachmann is not in the race this year it turns out to represent the kooky fringe of the conservative movement like a lot of people thought she would. Michele Bachmann is here instead to give the rest of the country useful, practical information about crazy stuff the Republican base believes. When Michele Bachmann says she`s worried about Hezbollah in Cuba, turns out it`s not just comic relief. She is playing a useful role here. She`s giving the country fair warning that the Republican base is actually worried about something they have made up about Hezbollah in Cuba. Thank you for letting me know.

Rick Santorum also has a role in this year`s race. His role is -- oh, I`m sorry, that was actually my own typo. Rick Santorum does not have a role. He`s just Rick Santorum.

If Santorum wins the nomination, I strongly feel Rachel Maddow may (a) die of laughter, and (b) never make another political prediction again.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Santorum wins the south but Romney will probably win Hawaii and American Samoa AND get more delegates over all.

It's ironic that the "leftie liberal" islands will give him the ultimate win over the deep south.

lots of mormon missionaries been out in the islands for years. i'm not saying that mormons will automatically vote for romney, but the mormons will automatically vote for romney, even though most mormons I've known are pretty darn poor. all those kids to feed and 10% of your income to the church, you know.

HeartBurnKid: Somacandra: So does this settle it?

Is it Rich Asshole versus Dominionist Theocrat?

Or does Adulterous Doughboy still have any relevancy?

Well, one thing's for sure; Confederate Goldbug is out of the race altogether.

Oh no, he's not done parting gullible college libertarians from their fiat currency yet.

bobbette: paj: Alabama looks to have (re?)elected Roy Moore - Link (new window) as their Supreme Court Chief Justice. Yes, the same guy who refused a federal order to remove a 10 commandments monument from the courthouse and then was himself removed from office.

That's... I have no words

What is this, Saudi Alabama?

Yeah... the Southeast is full of assholes. I'm perfectly OK with cutting off my "states visited" count somewhere around 44, with Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, the Dakotas, and Alaska states I feel no urge to ever actually visit.
Hawaii I'll want to get to.

bobbette: In Rachel Maddow's defence, I think she has always and frequently discounted her abilities as a pundit.

I don't think any pundits have a decent track record in this race, though. Remember when they all said Herman Cain was looking good this year?

Besides, did anybody seriously think that Rick Santorum was going to be anything other than a fringe vanity candidate? I don't think any pundits saw him coming.

RminusQ: bobbette: paj: Alabama looks to have (re?)elected Roy Moore - Link (new window) as their Supreme Court Chief Justice. Yes, the same guy who refused a federal order to remove a 10 commandments monument from the courthouse and then was himself removed from office.

That's... I have no words

What is this, Saudi Alabama?

Yeah... the Southeast is full of assholes. I'm perfectly OK with cutting off my "states visited" count somewhere around 44, with Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, the Dakotas, and Alaska states I feel no urge to ever actually visit.
Hawaii I'll want to get to.

no, they are worth visiting and there's plenty of good people in those states. just not enough of them.

RminusQ: bobbette: paj: Alabama looks to have (re?)elected Roy Moore - Link (new window) as their Supreme Court Chief Justice. Yes, the same guy who refused a federal order to remove a 10 commandments monument from the courthouse and then was himself removed from office.

That's... I have no words

What is this, Saudi Alabama?

Yeah... the Southeast is full of assholes. I'm perfectly OK with cutting off my "states visited" count somewhere around 44, with Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, the Dakotas, and Alaska states I feel no urge to ever actually visit.
Hawaii I'll want to get to.

From what I hear though, you definitely need to get out to Michigan. I have good word that the trees are just the right height.

bobbette: In Rachel Maddow's defence, I think she has always and frequently discounted her abilities as a pundit.

I don't think any pundits have a decent track record in this race, though. Remember when they all said Herman Cain was looking good this year?

Oh I concur, but there's still levels of wrong. There's "W has no chance at a second term", then there's Gary's famous "statisticals", then there's Dick Morris "2008 will be Hillary vs Condi, I guarantee".

RminusQ: then there's Gary's famous "statisticals",.

Anyone seen PDX lately?

2000ants: Lando Lincoln: dletter: Next Tuesday: Illinois (69).... Romney has a 4 point lead right now, but, it could be interesting.

There's a shiat-ton of moronic rednecks down in southern Illinois. I think Santorum is going to do well.

They also like to tell you about how they "handled" Joseph Smith around 'dhem' parts. Romney wont do well South of I-80 at all.

The good old Illinois-Mormon wars. We kicked the mormons out of this state by massacring them in the 1800's. Now they want to come back.

culebra: 2wolves: RminusQ: then there's Gary's famous "statisticals",.

Anyone seen PDX lately?

He's no longer a farker.

Is this one of those things we don't speak of?

sethstorm: RminusQ: Yeah... the Southeast is full of assholes. I'm perfectly OK with cutting off my "states visited" count somewhere around 44, with Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, the Dakotas, and Alaska states I feel no urge to ever actually visit.

I'd think you might want to include Georgia, given that it can't create jobs - even if it regularly steals a steady supply of large companies from other states. It's like a black hole for jobs up north and craziness in the rest of the state.

That's already checked off. Quiz bowl national championship in Atlanta, last May. That gave me 32 legitimately visited states, with only 5 technicalities.

2wolves: culebra: 2wolves: RminusQ: then there's Gary's famous "statisticals",.

Anyone seen PDX lately?

He's no longer a farker.

Is this one of those things we don't speak of?

I've never heard a reason, so I think it's a verboten topic.

I think we can all agree here that, no matter the outcome of these primaries, Elizabeth Santorum has a Gulper Eels' jaw and a drunken, single male could find uses for that.

Clowns are a Ten: ... Florida voted for the black guy too!

YOUR CONCEPT IS IN SHAMBLES!

Florida is its own little microcosm.

rynthetyn: 2wolves: culebra: 2wolves: RminusQ: then there's Gary's famous "statisticals",.

Anyone seen PDX lately?

He's no longer a farker.

Is this one of those things we don't speak of?

I've never heard a reason, so I think it's a verboten topic.

So it goes.

sethstorm: PScooter63: Asethstorm:

That's not a death sentence or career limiting move down there?

Actually, a long time ago, and at a completely different job, I was indeed asked about my choice for President, and my (honest) answer was not well received. It didn't lead to anything serious, but there was sort of an "outsider" vibe from then on.

Thank goodness it is a secret ballot down there.

If this week's primary is any judge, things haven't changed. The only thing tonight that was being measured is how much derp is a candidate going to bring to their state. Romney just isn't going to bring derp, and thus was rejected.

But what if he picks derp for VP? How would a Romney/Santorum ticket do?