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Presidential Tournament, Finals!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are finally here. We began our long Presidential Tournament back in January.

In our Semifinals, Russ Feingold dominated Ralph Nader, 7-0, and Barack Obama whipped John Lewis, 6-0.

Now we are on to the Final match-up.

1. Please vote in the poll provided in this thread.
2. As always, please provide commentary on the reason you voted one way or another. More than just to simply have a tournament for political geeky fun, the point of the whole tourney was to generate discussion on a wide range of candidates, so that we'd be more familiar with all of the bozos in American politics by election time. So, as always, let's hear what you think--this time about the positives and negatives of Feingold and Obama.
3. Also, as fishstix42 asked, how do these two seem as a President/Vice-President pairing?
4. Lastly, are we naive to think that either has a shot in 2008? If so, who do you consider to be more legitimate contenders, and what do you think of their merits?

Finals match-up:

Russ Feingold vs. Barack Obama

(Click on this link to go and vote!)
Candidate information:
General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
Russ Feingold: Issues / Senate page
Barack Obama: Issues / Senate page
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Presidential Tournament, Semifinals!

Recent winners:
  • Barack Obama over Al Gore, 6-4

  • Ralph Nader over Jesse Ventura, 6-3


    • The long and winding road to where we now stand.

    Semifinals:
    Poll #725560 Presidential Tournament, Semifinals
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 7

    Match-up 1

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    Russ Feingold
    7(100.0%)
    Ralph Nader
    0(0.0%)

    Match-up 2

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    Barack Obama
    6(100.0%)
    John Lewis
    0(0.0%)


    Candidate information:
    General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
    Russ Feingold: Issues / Senate page
    Ralph Nader: Issues / nader.org
    Barack Obama: Issues / Senate page
    John Lewis: Issues / House page
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    Presidential Tournament, Quarterfinals (4.b)

    Quarterfinals continue...

    Recent winners:
  • Russ Feingold over Wesley Clark, 6-2

  • John Lewis over Winona LaDuke, 6-1


    • Here is an updated version of the Excel spreadsheet of the tournament break-down.

    Quarterfinals: Second pair of match-ups:
    Poll #718654 Presidential Tournament, Quarterfinals (4.b)
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 10

    Match-up 2

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    Barack Obama
    6(60.0%)
    Al Gore
    4(40.0%)

    Match-up 4

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    Ralph Nader
    6(66.7%)
    Jesse Ventura
    3(33.3%)



    Candidate information:
    General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
    Barack Obama: Issues / Senate page
    Al Gore: Issues / Wikipedia
    Ralph Nader: Issues / nader.org
    Jesse Ventura: Issues / Wikipedia
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    Presidential Tournament, Quarterfinals (4.a)

    We're now on to the Quarter-freakin'-finals!

    Recent winners:
  • Barack Obama over Barbara Boxer, 5-2

  • Winona LaDuke over Dick Gephardt, 4-3

  • Jesse Ventura over Walt Brown, 4-2


    • Here is an updated version of the Excel spreadsheet of the tournament break-down.

    Quarterfinals: First pair of match-ups:
    Poll #713054 Quarterfinals 1
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 8

    Match-up 1

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    Wesley Clark
    2(25.0%)
    Russ Feingold
    6(75.0%)

    Match-up 3

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    John Lewis
    6(85.7%)
    Winona LaDuke
    1(14.3%)


    Candidate information:
    General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
    Wesley Clark: Issues / Clark '04
    Russ Feingold: Issues / Senate page
    John Lewis: Issues / House page
    Winona LaDuke: Issues / Wikipedia
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    Presidential Tournament, Round 3.c

    Sorry that this didn't come on Saturday; I just got done writing a 50-page doozy of a paper.

    Recent match-ups:
  • Russ Feingold over John Edwards, 7-2

  • John Lewis over David Cobb, 6-2


    • Here is an updated version of the Excel spreadsheet of the tournament break-down.

    Round 3.c:
    Poll #707983 Presidential Tournament, Round 3.c
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 7

    Match-up 3

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    Barack Obama
    5(71.4%)
    Barbara Boxer
    2(28.6%)

    Match-up 6

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    Dick Gephardt
    3(42.9%)
    Winona LaDuke
    4(57.1%)

    Match-up 8

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    Walt Brown
    2(33.3%)
    Jesse Ventura
    4(66.7%)


    Candidate information:
    General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
    Barack Obama: Issues / Senate page
    Barbara Boxer: Issues / Senate page
    Dick Gephardt: Issues / Wikipedia page
    Winona LaDuke: Issues / Wikipedia
    Walt Brown: Some Issues / SPUSA Platform / Wikipedia
    Jesse Ventura: Issues / Wikipedia
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    Presidential Tournament, Round 3.b

    Recent match-ups:
  • Wesley Clark over Joe Biden, 4-2

  • Al Gore over Christopher Dodd, 5-1

  • Ralph Nader over Rebecca Rotzler, 3-2


    • Here is an updated version of the Excel spreadsheet of the tournament break-down. (Note that I corrected the organization of the tournament so that the top seeds don't face each other in the semifinals.)

    Round 3.b:
    Poll #702088 Presidential Tournament, Round 3.b
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 9

    Match-up 2

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    John Edwards
    2(22.2%)
    Russ Feingold
    7(77.8%)

    Match-up 5

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    John Lewis
    6(75.0%)
    David Cobb
    2(25.0%)



    Candidate information:
    General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
    John Edwards: Issues / Wikipedia
    Russ Feingold: Issues / Senate page
    John Lewis: Issues / House page
    David Cobb: Issues / 2004 election

    Three more match-ups to go in Round 3--coming up next week.
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    Presidential Tournament, Round 3.a

    Recent match-ups:
  • Russ Feingold over John Kerry, 9-2

  • Al Gore over Mike Easley, 9-2

  • Winona LaDuke over Howard Dean and Bob Graham, 5-4-2; over Dean 4-3

  • Jesse Ventura over John Hagelin, 7-4



    • Here is an updated version of the Excel spreadsheet of the tournament break-down.

    Round 3 begins


    Note, this round will feature only three or two match-ups each week, since decisions may now require more time to make.
    Poll #697775 Presidential Tournament, Round 3.a
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 6

    Match-up 1

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    Joe Biden
    2(33.3%)
    Wesley Clark
    4(66.7%)

    Match-up 4

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    Christopher Dodd
    1(16.7%)
    Al Gore
    5(83.3%)

    Match-up 7

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    Ralph Nader
    3(60.0%)
    Rebecca Rotzler
    2(40.0%)


    Candidate information:
    General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
    Joe Biden: Issues / Senate page
    Wesley Clark: Issues / Clark '04
    Christopher Dodd: Issues / Senate page
    Al Gore: Issues / Wikipedia
    Ralph Nader: Issues / nader.org
    Rebecca Rotzler: Green pages profile / Wikipedia
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    Presidential Tournament: Special Election

    Our Presidential Tournament is coming along nicely. I've even received word that the winner we declare will indeed become the next President of the United States.

    If you've noticed, we have a scintillating three-way going on in this week's match-ups, because of a tie in the first round. As of now, Howard Dean has 4 votes, Winona LaDuke has 3, and Bob Graham has 2. What I'm going to do, then, is cut off voting on that match-up and have a special vote on Dean vs. LaDuke. This will basically determine which way Graham's votes go. This is necessary since Dean does not have a majority of the votes, even though he has a plurality.

    The other match-ups are still live, though, so if you haven't voted on them yet or if you want to change any of your votes, you can do so at http://community.livejournal.com/c….

    Special Election:

    Poll #696547 Special Election
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 7

    Round 2.special

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    Winona LaDuke
    4(57.1%)
    Howard Dean
    3(42.9%)


    Winona LaDuke: Issues / Wikipedia
    Howard Dean: Issues / Dean for America
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    Presidential Tournament, Round 2.d

    Recent match-ups:
  • Wesley Clark over Hillary Clinton, 6-1

  • Barbara Boxer over Mark Warner, 4-3

  • David Cobb over John McCain, 5-2

  • Rebecca Rotzler over James Harris, 6-0


    • Here is an updated version of the Excel spreadsheet of the tournament break-down.

    LAST PART OF ROUND 2!

    Round 2.d:
    Poll #693397 Presidential Tournament, Round 2.d
    Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 11

    Match-up 4

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    Russ Feingold
    9(81.8%)
    John Kerry
    2(18.2%)

    Match-up 8

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    Mike Easley
    2(18.2%)
    Al Gore
    9(81.8%)

    Match-up 12

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    Winona LaDuke
    5(45.5%)
    Bob Graham
    2(18.2%)
    Howard Dean
    4(36.4%)

    Match-up 16

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    Jesse Ventura
    7(63.6%)
    John Hagelin
    4(36.4%)


    Candidate information:
    General information and pages on most of the candidates can be found here.
    Russ Feingold: Issues / Senate page
    John Kerry: Issues / Official page / Senate page
    Mike Easley: Issues / Governor page
    Al Gore: Issues / Wikipedia
    Winona LaDuke: Issues / Wikipedia
    Bob Graham: Issues / Wikipedia
    Howard Dean: Issues / Dean for America
    Jesse Ventura: Issues / Wikipedia
    John Hagelin: Issues / hagelin.org