What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
Pat Sajak ·
March 14, 2012 at 5:56pm
Why lie? I have no idea.
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Comments:
Dec '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
My take is we have "generic" candidates. They will be affective but are copies of the real thing. They will get the job done but lack the fancy packaging and pr that we love with brand name products.
Can we get over the primaries and talk about something important like the weather?
Pat Sajak do you know anyone who could lead us in such a topic. I am not talking about global warming but the run of the mill meteorological memes.
Apr '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
dittoheadadt
Well, then, Hugh Hewitt don't know golf. If Rick's "six down with five to play," the match is both de jure and de facto over, and the boys leave the course. Mitt's won.
Since Rick stillcanwin, he's more like "five down with six to play," to use Hugh's metaphor. And if that's not inevitable enough, then he's "eight down with nine to play." That's as close to inevitable a match play match can be (without being dormie). ·
The problem with golf as a metaphor is that there's no draws, but Rick can't win. He could take us to a brokered convention, and if he pulls off consistent big wins from now on, including in difficult states, he could be a contender there.
Apr '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
Doesn't anyone else think that a long campaign will benefit the eventual winner, probably Mitt? I realize it costs them money that they would like to use for the general but I think it also sharpens their campaign skills.
Mr. Robinson was so unimpressed by Romney's announcement to run that he said he thought it was over before it even got off the ground, yet he is the front-runner. You would have to say the process has helped him.
Let's be honest, McCain's poor performance handed Obama the last election. We need a candidate who has worked all the kinks out before November.
Obama is extremely vulnerable because of his poor record but he will still be difficult to beat as a sitting president with the help of the Left-wing media and Unions. There will be money for whoever wins the nomination to take on Obama but that money needs to be spent on a seasoned nominee who understands the task at hand and is willing to fight. Our candidate last time had neither of those qualities.
Apr '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
dittoheadadt
Well, then, Hugh Hewitt don't know golf. If Rick's "six down with five to play," the match is both de jure and de facto over, and the boys leave the course. Mitt's won.
Since Rick still canwin, he's more like "five down with six to play," to use Hugh's metaphor. And if that's not inevitable enough, then he's "eight down with nine to play." That's as close to inevitable a match play match can be (without being dormie). · 19 minutes ago
Or how about 243 down with 1358 left to play?
Feb '12
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
10 cent cup of coffee: My take is we have"generic" candidates. They will be affective but are copies of the real thing. They will get the job done butlack the fancy packaging and pr that we love with brand name products.
Can we get over the primaries and talk about something important like theweather?
Pat Sajak do you know anyone who could lead usin such a topic. I am not talking about global warming but the run of the mill meteorological memes. · 1 minute ago
You want a prediction?
Apr '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
dittoheadadt
Well, then, Hugh Hewitt don't know golf. If Rick's "six down with five to play," the match is both de jure and de facto over, and the boys leave the course. Mitt's won.
Since Rick still canwin, he's more like "five down with six to play," to use Hugh's metaphor. And if that's not inevitable enough, then he's "eight down with nine to play." That's as close to inevitable a match play match can be (without being dormie). · 36 minutes ago
More like 9 down with 9 to play. Santorum needs to win out and take the match to extra holes (a.k.a. brokered convention).
Apr '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
Once again, Santorum got a losing draw when he needed a big win. Once again, this was reported as a big win for Santorum. What happened was that we edged slightly closer to the point when the media stops behaving as if there's a race. Not a lot closer; assuming Santorum wins Illinois, the race should continue until April 24th, and longer if he also wins New York.
It meant that Santorum missed one of his best chances to catch up on delegates, and that fundraising from informed fundraisers will be harder.
It meant that delegate math predictors like Sean Trende, based on a lockout in the South, a tie in the islands, and a near tie in Hawaii, were revealed to be consistently underestimating Romney by 10 points or more (except in Kansas). Trende predicted a Romney win, btw, assuming you ignore the headline.
Sep '10
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
To me, it means we wait to see if Newt will drop out and endorse Rick. If he does, Rick has a chance to rack up some impressive wins going forward and can make a case at a brokered convention. If Newt doesn't drop out, he hands the nomination to Romney.
Feb '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
Unfortunately, it means we continue on this Bataan Death March to the convention and multiple ballots. Tell me again, whose bright idea was it to add all these "debates" and put in proportional delegates for the convention? ...Especially with a heavily media-favored incumbent Chicago politician? Brilliant...
The only good thing is that if we do win in November, it will have been no thanks to our side, but rather a vote against Obama. And that means there are still enough sensible folks in the country who can see through the lies, distortions, mis-directions and hype of the Democrat-Union-Media Complex. Imagine how much can be accomplished to right the ship of state for the long haul if we don't hobble ourselves and give unintended aid to the Left?
Edited on March 14, 2012 at 10:38pmSep '10
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
It means Marquette will face BYU tomorrow in the 3/14 game of the West regional.
Jun '10
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gfD134ED54
It doesn't happen often, but it happens.
Feb '12
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
James Of England
Once again, Santorum got a losing draw when he needed a big win. Once again, this was reported as a big win for Santorum. What happened was that we edged slightly closer to the point when the media stops behaving as if there's a race...
It meant that Santorum missed one of his best chances to catch up on delegates...
James, you speak as if the Romney and Santorum campaigns are equivalent in resources. The Santorum group is barely a campaign at all by comparison to Romney's: Santorum has no more than one-fifth the money to spend (most of which was raised the day before), and its organization is mainly a handful of dedicated volunteers.
So when Santorum wins anywhere that Romney competed, it's a big deal.
Santorum did not even make the ballot in three Ohio congressional districts because he hadn't had the men and money to make it happen before the deadline. In other words, Santorum could not gather votes in one-sixth (about 17%) of the state. Yet he came within 11,000 votes of winning the state. Effectively, the Ohio primary was a catastrophic loss for Romney.
Jun '10
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
Leporello
You want a prediction?
42 minutes ago
Groundhog Day--one of history's great movies.
Feb '12
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
tabula rasa
Leporello
You want a prediction?
42 minutes ago
Groundhog Day--one of history's great movies. · 0 minutes ago
Well, I agree with 10 cent cup of coffee: we should talk about the weather (and not just make chit chat).
Oct '10
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
Diego Sun Devil
dittoheadadt
Well, then, Hugh Hewitt don't know golf. If Rick's "six down with five to play," the match is both de jure and de facto over, and the boys leave the course. Mitt's won.
Since Rick still can win, he's more like "five down with six to play," to use Hugh's metaphor. And if that's not inevitable enough, then he's "eight down with nine to play." That's as close to inevitable a match play match can be (without being dormie).
More like 9 down with 9 to play. Santorum needs to win out and take the match to extra holes (a.k.a. brokered convention).
No, that's not right, because if Rick's 9 down with 9 to play he can't win outright, he can only win at a brokered convention. But in fact he CAN win outright, just that it's very unlikely. Or, 8 down with 9 to play. As someone previously said.
Dec '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
Leporello
Leporello that sounds like a Democratic Party result of their sunny predictions. Obama got elected on the slogan "Hope and Change". He has delivered the change. But to remember an old commercial with the tag line, "Where's the beef?", "Where the hope?". We should be upbeat because with a change of president there will be hope. May be we should have a counter slogan No Change No Hope.
Let's face it. Pat Sajak is a genius. He made Southern California weather forecasting interesting. He made a game of Hangman a must see. Of course he could not make Hollywood Stars interesting on his talk show because.even genius has it limits. But given a bland enough subject he will succeed every time.
Pat this is your challenge. With your good nature, charm, and wit get us through this primary season. Your country and party needs you. Beside if Chuck Woolery can do it you can do it as well or maybe even better.
Aug '10
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I don't know what it means either, Pat, but it's 75 degrees in Minneapolis today and my BYU Cougars came back from a 25 pt deficit last night in the NCAA tournament so I don't particularly care about the primary right now!
Aug '10
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
I'm a BYU fan but I picked Marquette in my bracket - I may be a homer but I'm not crazy!
Edited on March 14, 2012 at 8:53pmApr '11
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
I don't know if all the debates were part of the plan but Michael Steele is taking credit for a possible brokered convention.
May '10
Re: What Do Tuesday's Results Mean?
James Of England
Once again, Santorum got a losing draw when he needed a big win. Once again, this was reported as a big win for Santorum. What happened was that we edged slightly closer to the point when the media stops behaving as if there's a race. Not a lot closer; assuming Santorum wins Illinois, the race should continue until April 24th, and longer if he also wins New York.
It meant that Santorum missed one of his best chances to catch up on delegates, and that fundraising from informed fundraisers will be harder.
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Not quite as easy as that, since Santorum has already lost 10 delegates in Illinois, having missed the deadline to field a slate at all in 10 districts.
Organization still means something- in both the primaries and the general. I sort of like people who can manage things competently in a plodding way.