he is the Prince Mongo of the election .

High negatives, though -- he's the sort of guy the voters love to vote against. This will sink him without trace.

Now that if funny as hell. He is a joke. Now he wants to join the longest running comedy show ever. :D

He'll never make it. His IQ is too high to be president (precedent set by president.)

The Onion is running a story right now: "Clinton Blasts Obama for Slamming Edwards Jab" . . . ha ha ha

Shawnee, check Woodrow Wilson's IQ if you're looking for a Presidential precedent.

It is folly to assume that party affiliation either reflects or affects intelligence.

I was assuming neither. He's a pretty smart guy. The current president is a not so smart guy. Party irrelevant. Pretty simple.

But I do like me some folly. ;)

Yeah, I guess this was for real. Some sources have theis race as close as two votes.

and here they are

plus the 'lizard people' ballot

Those are great - thanks BS

Yeah, they actually were very interesting ballots to see. For several of them, you can't get a sense of what the voter intended until you view the pdf of the entire ballot and see the logic the voter was using. Then the craziness actually makes some sense and you can see what the voter wanted. But in an antagonistic system like an election and later a lawsuit, you can see why even when the voter intent is clear, someone is going to dispute a ballot because the rules weren't followed.

Very interesting. stupid, but interesting. if they are supposed to clearly and cleanly fill in the circle or ask for a new ballot in case of a mistake and they could do neither properly, the ballot shouldn't be counted.

Except the Minnesota guidelines for counting votes say that if you can tell the intent of the voter, the neatness of the ballot doesn't matter.

I know that's what it says and that's what they're trying to do. I'm just saying the law should be changed. If you're too stupid to scribble in a circle and barring that, ask for another ballot, you don't deserve to have your vote counted.

I can't argue with that.

Actually, that's not true. I could argue with that, but my heart wouldn't be in it.