The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012

By Nick Baumann

If Pennsylvania Republicans and their buddies in other states execute a plan to change election rules, Obama has a one-way ticket to Losertown.

Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing a scheme that, if GOPers in other states follow their lead, could cause President Barack Obama to lose the 2012 election—not because of the vote count, but because of new rules. That's not all: There's no legal way for Democrats to stop them.

The problem for Obama, and the opportunity for Republicans, is the electoral college. Every political junkie knows that the presidential election isn't a truly national contest; it's a state-by-state fight, and each state is worth a number of electoral votes equal to the size of the state's congressional delegation. (The District of Columbia also gets three votes.) There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs; win 270, and you're the president.

Here's the rub, though: Each state gets to determine how its electoral votes are allocated. Currently, 48 states and DC use a winner-take-all system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in the state gets all of its electoral votes. Under the Republican plan—which has been endorsed by top GOPers in both houses of the state Legislature, as well as the governor, Tom Corbett—Pennsylvania would change from this system to one where each congressional district gets its own electoral vote. (Two electoral votes—one for each of the state's two senators—would go to the statewide winner.)
More: The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012 | Mother Jones

Nice story from a Liberal Wed Site, that sites no evidence at all, and is based entirely on the Speculation of the Liberal Writing it.

Funny.
Any Lib site is infinitely more credible than all CON$ervative sites combined.

Here are some Right-Wingnut sites with the same story.

Pennsylvania considering Electoral College split | RedState

PA GOP Pushing Plan to Award Electoral College Votes by Congressional District | The Weekly Standard
 
Here's the strategy

Are you better off now then you were 3 years ago?
yes, bush and Cheney are out of office.. everything else is cake.

oh so we had record numbers of people getting food stamps record number of people below the poverty level, high unemployment rate 16 trillion dollar debt? Who would have known?
your point? all of that began before Obama was president. instead of whining why not put your big boy pants on and stop holding things up in Washington.
 
yes, bush and Cheney are out of office.. everything else is cake.

oh so we had record numbers of people getting food stamps record number of people below the poverty level, high unemployment rate 16 trillion dollar debt? Who would have known?
your point? all of that began before Obama was president. instead of whining why not put your big boy pants on and stop holding things up in Washington.
That's because there are some with thier 'big boy pants on' precisely and by design holding up Obama and the Statists doing any more damage to this Republic, The private sector and individuals.

Get it ACE?
 
By Nick Baumann

If Pennsylvania Republicans and their buddies in other states execute a plan to change election rules, Obama has a one-way ticket to Losertown.

Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing a scheme that, if GOPers in other states follow their lead, could cause President Barack Obama to lose the 2012 election—not because of the vote count, but because of new rules. That's not all: There's no legal way for Democrats to stop them.

The problem for Obama, and the opportunity for Republicans, is the electoral college. Every political junkie knows that the presidential election isn't a truly national contest; it's a state-by-state fight, and each state is worth a number of electoral votes equal to the size of the state's congressional delegation. (The District of Columbia also gets three votes.) There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs; win 270, and you're the president.

Here's the rub, though: Each state gets to determine how its electoral votes are allocated. Currently, 48 states and DC use a winner-take-all system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in the state gets all of its electoral votes. Under the Republican plan—which has been endorsed by top GOPers in both houses of the state Legislature, as well as the governor, Tom Corbett—Pennsylvania would change from this system to one where each congressional district gets its own electoral vote. (Two electoral votes—one for each of the state's two senators—would go to the statewide winner.)

More: The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012 | Mother Jones



Ladies and Gentlemen, TM and Rdean's love child has arrived at USMB ........:clap2:
 
The GOP's "genius" plan to defeat Obama is simply to talk about Obama's abysmal economic record.
Obviously the GOP does not believe that crap even for a nanosecond!!!
The fear that drives them to change the electoral college is proof of that!
 
yes, bush and Cheney are out of office.. everything else is cake.

oh so we had record numbers of people getting food stamps record number of people below the poverty level, high unemployment rate 16 trillion dollar debt? Who would have known?
your point? all of that began before Obama was president. instead of whining why not put your big boy pants on and stop holding things up in Washington.

My point?

ok I'll play are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?
Holding things up? it's a good thing to not allow spending drunks behind the wheel of the economy engine they tend to run things off the cliff. It's a good thing to do nothing when you know the plan is a failure before it begins.
 
I am still trying to find the one ONE jobs bill the republicans even attempted to pass.

ONE!
??

Stop looking for Spending Bills. The GOP house has passed 12 Bills that they say will help the Private Sector Create Jobs. All of which have been tabled by the Senate.

Seems some of you liberals think a Jobs bill is only a Jobs bill if it is a Spending Bill.
 
I am still trying to find the one ONE jobs bill the republicans even attempted to pass.

ONE!
??


Liberal Dictionary:
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Jobs bill - pork spending for the benefit of parasites sucking on the government tit.
 
or you folks could just steal it like you did in 2000.

And 2004...

ROFLMAO

Bush won with a sizable majority in 2004. The First person to get over 50% of the vote since Reagan.

You guys are ridicules. YOu live in such a delusion filled world. Where the only possible way your ideas can lose, is if the other side Cheats.

Democrats are going to get their asses handed to them in 2012, I can't wait to see you in here claiming they stole all the Elections. Will be good for a laugh I am sure.
 
You guys just lost a seat that has been safely Democrat for 90 Years, By 11 points.

I don't think we even need a plan to Defeat Obama, his star has fallen.

and last year the repubs lost NY 23 which was solidly republican. and a month ago, they lost two seats in a recall election in the WI state senate.

your point?

Take from it what you want Jillian. NY23 was not nearly as solid Republican as NY9 Was Solid Democrat. No Republican has won that seat in 90 Years.

You guys go ahead and keep dismissing it. Will make it that much more satisfying to watch you guys react in 2012.
 
Kerry won Ohio in 2004.
Right...The Bushies knew ahead of time exactly which voting machines that they and their minions from Diebold needed to manipulate. :rolleyes:

Don't the wackaloon conspiracy theories ever get a tad old?

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