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Old 09-15-2006, 12:56 PM   #20 (permalink)
Tonio
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Originally Posted by vraiblonde
Tonio, ANYONE can get their name on the ballot - JPC proved that beyond a doubt. But you can't expect, say, the Republicans to throw the same support behind Dan the Wig Man as they did Mike Steele. Steele has a good chance of winning in the General - the Wig Man would get slaughtered.
I agree. I was mostly responding to Luther's point. I had in mind a scenario where three or four strong candidates were pursuing their party's nomination, which would seem to make it harder for supporters to back the winner after the primary. Do you think that's the case? It seems to be less of a problem when there are only two strong candidates, like Bush and McCain in 2000, or Ben Cardin and Toshiro Mifune.
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