And the Winner Is.....
...actually, kind of hard to figure out.
We had two winners, really. Actually, to be totally fair, we had three. No one nailed it -- most of the Ricochet membership was a little too optimistic, which is a wonderful trait in life and love, but has certain drawbacks when it comes to making cold political calculations.
We're using the RCP numbers as our benchmark:
Senate +6, House +61, Governors +6
And our tie-breakers: Dingell, Boxer, and RCP has the Delaware spread at 16.6%.
So the final winners were Adam Freedman, Kenneth, and Pilgrim. The breakdown was:
1. The number of GOP House net pickups; +60
2. The number of GOP Senate net pickups. +6
3. Tiebreaker #1: The number of GOP governor pickups. +8
4. Tiebreaker #2: Steele or Dingell? Dingell (I'm a pessimist)
5. Tiebreaker #3: Boxer or Fiorina? Boxer (see above)
6. Tiebreaker #4: The percentage spread between O'Donnell and Coons: 12%
1. House + 63
2. Senate pickup will be 6.
3. Plus 7 Governors.
4. Dingell
5. Boxer
6. Coons over O'Donnell by 14
1. House: 61
2.Senate: 8
3.Governors: 8
4.Dingell
5.Boxer
6. 3.9%
Adam, of course, is a contributor and is therefore prohibited by the complicated Ricochet by-laws to receive prizes or other things of value from any Ricochet-based wagering. He'll be getting a hearty handshake and a clap on the back.
Kenneth and Pilgrim will make an appearance on an upcoming Ricochet podcast. And they, of course, can lord it over the rest of us for the next, say, seven days.
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May '10
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Rob,
Can you get these guys to do stock market picks for us? Since BernieM retired I'm at a loss for good advice.
May '10
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Darned misoptimistic jerks. At least we don't have to see their toes. Jeepers.
Jul '10
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Congratulations!
Jul '10
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Hay Kenneth, where do I send the money?
And do You accept post-dated two-party out-of-state checks?
Sep '10
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Congratulations to Adam Freedman and a big bouquet of passive-aggressive feline indifference to Kenneth and Pilgrim. I assume I can count on you, Pilgrim, to work in some type of benign reference to single malt scotch in your podcast appearance. Rob Long informs me that there may be an extra podcast appearance if you can work in a smooth way to bring up the movie Brannigan, but I promise nothing.
Jun '10
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All Right! Strike off bucket list #16. Does anyone know a good source to bone up on Star Trek trivia?
Sep '10
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Just reread every Corner post Jonah Goldberg has ever made.
May '10
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I'm gonna keep chanting sahWING battta batta at you and Kenneth, just to throw you off balance.
Oh, and here is all you need to know of Star Trek. Jeri Ryan was a Borg named "Seven of Nine". She also was hawt. Her husband was supposed to be Obama's opponent, but he had some Chicago ops dig up their divorce records and publish them.
It err, was unflattering. Alls I'm sayin. But that's as much as you need, buddy.
Edited on Nov 4, 2010 at 6:58amJul '10
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Well done gents.
Hey, does anyone know why it takes WA three years to count the votes? Tons of absentee voters? Some weird system? Poor math skills?
Jun '10
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Palaeologus: .
Hey, does anyone know why it takes WA three years to count the votes? Tons of absentee voters? Some weird system? Poor math skills? · Nov 4 at 7:11am
Well, its a total vote-by-mail system so you have to open all of those envelopes and then dig the holes to bury the King County (Seattle) ballots you are not going to count. Takes time.
May '10
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I hope their voices match their pictures. If "Pilgrim" doesn't come across as the Duke... well, at least I hope Kenneth passes as an acceptable Orson Welles.
Jun '10
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This is closer to the mark
Jul '10
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Jimmy Carter: Hay Kenneth, where do I send the money?
And do You accept post-dated two-party out-of-state checks? · Nov 4 at 4:33am
Dear Friend:
Excellent news! I have just now information that Assistant Minister of Mines in country of Botswana has need of trustful person to assist in transfer of 7 and half millions US dollar to safe banking in US.
Add to the 100 dollar you owe to honorable Kenneth only 3 thousands more that are needed for process of transfers and soon as the 7 and half millions come by the wires your commission shall be 20 percent....
Edited on Nov 4, 2010 at 10:03amMay '10
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Pilgrim! Chill Wills? How about Slim Pickens (in a Blazing Saddles mood)?
Jul '10
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outstripp: Rob,
Can you get these guys to do stock market picks for us? Since BernieM retired I'm at a loss for good advice. · Nov 4 at 1:06am
Well, I did recommend silver to the community back in July. It's up 40% since then....
Jun '10
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I can do that!
♫ ♪ ♫ De Camptown ladies sing dis song, Doo-dah! doo-dah!
De Camptown race-track five miles long, Oh, doo-dah day!
Gwine to run all night! Gwine to run all day! I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag, Somebody bet on de bay...
Aug '10
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I have exit polls that show their negative forecasts suppressed Republican votes and resulted in fewer pick-ups. Rather than give them a prize I move that we ban them from Ricochet!
Jun '10
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Pilgrim
Palaeologus: .
Hey, does anyone know why it takes WA three years to count the votes? Tons of absentee voters? Some weird system? Poor math skills? · Nov 4 at 7:11am
Well, its a total vote-by-mail system so you have to open all of those envelopes and then dig the holes to bury the King County (Seattle) ballots you are not going to count. Takes time. · Nov 4 at 7:19am
And I assume they call this progress.
Jun '10
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Oh man, that's cold!
Edited on Nov 4, 2010 at 3:22pmJul '10
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I bet a hundred and lost that hundred. If You ain't interested in having it, it's going Here:
https://www.cookchildrens.org/Pages/default.aspx
"On behalf of Kenneth Ricochet"
Edited on Nov 4, 2010 at 5:18pm