OK, simply because there was no Syracuse football game this weekend, that doesn't mean I don't get to rehash the material I have posted when I want on a Sunday. So here again are the questions for the US Mid-term election pool:
- Name the total number of seats in the US Senate that the Democrats, Republicans and Independents have...not win as not all are up for election. You are ranked by your deviation from the result and win your inverse of the rank. So if five play and you are the #1 closest, you get five points.
- Same for the total seats in the US House of Representatives.
- After the 2004 election, President Bush stated: "Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style." Did he spend it well? Did you like his style? Write an essay of under 100 words in response. Extra points for haiku. Even more points for Shakespearean sonnet.
- By how many points does the Democratic candidate for NY Governor smoke the Republican? Again, you are ranked by your deviation from the result and win your inverse of the rank.
- To the tenth of a percent, predict the result in the Virginia Senate race. Again, you are ranked by your deviation from the result and win your inverse of the rank.
Comments
gr - November 5, 2006 12:48 PM
Don't bother trying, I am going to win BIG TIME.
Scott - November 5, 2006 2:20 PM
<img src="http://predict06.com/badges/impression/dhw?person_id=657">
Without sounding like I'm plugging my pool, I am giving a few prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and you guys should join in on the fun. Make your predictions by 8 pm Tuesday night Atlantic time.
*I'm the Sorry Centrist and I approve this message. ;-)
Temujin - November 5, 2006 3:41 PM
Bush is a RINO
He spends and then spends some more
Can't wait till Oh Eight
He may have earned it
the "capital" is long gone
conservatives pissed
No sonnet needed
to explain my frustration
He sure fooled us all
My consolation
By grace Kerry missed the mark
Fright'ning had he won
Thus completes my rant
for the enjoyment of all
McLeod: many thanks
Flea - November 5, 2006 4:21 PM
"Bring it on", words whose promise meant freedom
reigned where freedom once was but a word in
alien tongues. Freedom meant for foreign,
faraway lands; people whose boredom was
born of Britney Spears and her Timberlake.
Stupid bullshit once their only yardstick.
Temujin - November 5, 2006 4:38 PM
Dammit Flea, you would steal my thunder, wouldn't you?
Well written, indeed.
ry - November 6, 2006 2:51 AM
(Thread jacking in progress. It ain't a Class A Felony! At least until Al changes the laws around here.)
27-20. Wow. I really didn't expect that. What happened to the Pats' D? 4 interceptions by Brady(true, at least 2 of them were drops by recievers)? What 'da fook?
I just hope the Colts don't get cocky. The playoffs are a different time. ANd the Pats did run the ball at will, they just didn't choose to as much as I'd feared they woulod. I just wonder what they were thinking by throwing so much against the Colts. I don't expect that during the playoffs. I expect a full dose of Dillon and the Wonder Rookie Runner.
27-20. And, the sole 8 and 0 team. (Please, no late season melt downs like last year.)
gr - November 6, 2006 7:52 AM
Cripes, how depressing. The Bears lose to one of the worst NFL teams and the Pats lose to the Colts. I'm going back to bed.