Can Obama win re-election?

[Nitro Express]

I wish it was that easy to hack a Diebold ATM machine. That company makes those too.

[Unchainme]

But, I'll be nice to the Doctor and toss my few cents in.

Obama can, and probably will win re-election

The GOP would need to find a candidate somehow that would have more charisma and just name recognition than the POTUS, and that would also not be batshit insane to win the presidency at this point. I clearly don't see that at the moment.

[FORD]

In the US the counties are in charge of the voting process not the US Federal Government. So what type of voting device used and the ballot varies county to county. I like the way our county does the voting. They use the Scantron system. No hanging chads and you have a hand filled in original ballot card to count. Most everyone has filled a Scantron card out in school taking tests so people are used to the system.

I never liked pressing a computer screen to vote. That's too easy to tamper with. With the Scantron system your card has your voter registration number assigned to it and it was filled out by you. If something goes wrong with the electronic system, there still can be a physical count of the votes off the cards themselves.

The optical scan system does have the actual ballots to fall back on, but if the votes are still tabulated by a central database, then it's just as vulnerable as the video above shows. In most jurisdictions, a mandatory recount doesn't happen unless the margin is under 1%, and even then, they always go with a machine recount first. They won't count physical ballots unless they absolutely have to, and when that fails, they bring in BCE appointed judicial felons to decide the election.

[FORD]

I wish it was that easy to hack a Diebold ATM machine. That company makes those too.

The Diebold ATM at least produces an instant paper record, and the bank databases are a little more secure than their voting tabulators. And that's probably only the case because of cheesy movies in the 80's where hackers got into bank networks and downloaded all the half cents to a phantom account and stole millions. Richard Pryor did it in Superman IV, but there was at least one other movie (which escapes me at the moment) that had that as a major plot point as well. I was actually tempted at the time to try it myself, but the shitty 2400 baud modem I had for my Commodore 64 wouldn't have been capable of keeping a connection long enough to set up the account.

[Unchainme]

The Diebold ATM at least produces an instant paper record.

uhh...the diebold machines too have paper records.

[BigBadBrian]

Pawlenty doesn't have a chance in Hell. In a country where roads and bridges are falling apart daily, thanks to Repuke budget cuts, the asshole who actually let one collapse and kill 13 people doesn't have a prayer. And should the KKKoch Brothers somehow buy him the nomination, I'll personally make sure nobody forgets Timmy's greatest "accomplishment".....

Hey dumbass, that was an interstate bridge, maintained by the US Dept of Transportation. The vast majority of the American public, or least the ones that keep their financial house in order, realize budget cuts are necessary. It was also the Democratically-controlled House that held the government wallet when this happened.

"I'll personally make sure nobody forgets Timmy's greatest "accomplishment"...you must think you actually matter in life, to anyone.

[BigBadBrian]

Can he win? Possibly.

Will he? It's like binnie and kb said, it's all a product of the US economy and how it's doing along with approval ratings. The Presidential election is about how the public perceives things...the actual campaign makes little difference other than how the liberal State-Run Media (MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, NYT, WashPo, etc.) spins things.

[kwame k]

Well, you can always get the truth from Fox, Rush and BecKKK, Forrest

[BigBadBrian]

Well, you can always get the truth from Fox, Rush and BecKKK, Forrest

Sometimes I actually enjoy a good stinging comeback by Lounge, Nick, Guitar Shark, Ford, or even KKKristy.

Not with you.

You post the same lame, tired shit time after time. You're boring.

You didn't do too well in creative writing, did you? Thought not.

[Guitar Shark]

Can he win? Possibly.

Will he? It's like binnie and kb said, it's all a product of the US economy and how it's doing along with approval ratings. The Presidential election is about how the public perceives things...

In addition to this, never underestimate the power of the incumbency. Just by virtue of being President, Obama will have the advantage of being in the spotlight constantly for both official and unofficial functions. The sitting president always gets more media coverage than any challenger.

[chefcraig]

In addition to this, never underestimate the power of the incumbency. Just by virtue of being President, Obama will have the advantage of being in the spotlight constantly for both official and unofficial functions. The sitting president always gets more media coverage than any challenger.

The sitting president needs to act upon these opportunities in order to make them work. Don't forget, Jimmy Carter stayed away from campaigning for a second term, using what was referred to at the time as his "Rose Garden" strategy, focusing instead on the situation in Iran. Whether this was an expedient move designed to leave the White House by default or not, it delivered Ronald Reagan as the 40th President of the United States and made him (Reagan) the first full two-term president since fucking Eisenhower.

[Guitar Shark]

I think Reagan would have won that election regardless, but I agree with your point, Craig.

[kwame k]

Sometimes I actually enjoy a good stinging comeback by Lounge, Nick, Guitar Shark, Ford, or even KKKristy.

Not with you.

You post the same lame, tired shit time after time. You're boring.

You didn't do too well in creative writing, did you? Thought not.

Now what Op-Ed piece told you that, Forrest?

[jacksmar]

He’s off to a great start. The muzzie Kenyan Houseboy is looking to a race pimp for help.

President Obama looks to Rev. Al Sharpton for help in 2012 reelection bid

BY Jonathan Lemire
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...#ixzz1IlASeAQU

Maybe the Diamond Merchants will throw some dollars Ubama's way. Al Socialist Shittongue and Ubama make quite the ticket since Ubama likes tax cheats, liars, and drug users.

[Seshmeister]

But am I not right in saying that this assumes that you have admin access to each of hundreds of these. And that anyone that did get caught doing it would get a horrendous federal sentence?

I'm not sayin there isn't scope for abuse and it should be made better but I doubt it happens much if at all.

Fortunately it doesn't matter a whole lot of fuck which of them gets in anyway.

There are probably more abuses with postal votes, we have had terrible problems with those here.