Coffee and TV

NIU is in Rockford, which IIRC, is like saying Baylor has the DFW Market. I think that's comparable.

No new stadium. I'm not certain about the uniforms, I haven't paid much attention. The Couching Carousel feature in Dynasty mode is really really cool though.

Big 12 going for West Virginia and probably Louisville/Cinci though. Suppose it has something to do with market size?

Screw tradition, they gotta find a new name for this conference.

Would have to check the lineup for Slovenia, but this is the same team we had to fight to tie in the 2nd half in last year's World Cup.

Well that's enough internet for me today...

It was the same day as the defacto Sun Belt Championship against New Mexico State. That was probably one of my favorite UNT football games I've ever attended. Was slightly bitter that Gameday didn't come to Denton for that one.

They looked respectable against a solid VaTech team, but yeah a 28th ranked team doesn't lose to Illinois the way they did. Nor could they hang with someone like Auburn.

huh?

TARP was bi-partisan and signed under Bush. Funny that Obama gets the socialist tag for this.

lol. Funny thing about that statement is that you're partially right. Reagan was much more moderate in practice than the right likes to believe. Reagan the politician was much further to the right than Reagan the President. I doubt Reagan could even get the nomination in the modern Republican Party. BTW, if I have all this lost credibility then you should stop wasting your time debating me. I'm sure if you just worked a little harder instead, you'd be a lot wealthier.

Based on what? What The National Review had to say? Cato? Funny how in 2004 John Kerry also magically had the "most liberal" voting record. Its hogwash. This president had a moderately liberal Senate career and has been very center since being president. The public option proposed that was so socialist during the health care debate? Originally conceived by Orrin Hatch as a compromise to Hillary Care in the early 90's. Spare me the uber-liberal nonsense.

Oh right, Obama's "far left". Well yeah, to someone maybe to the right of Pat Buchanan. Obama's legislative accomplishments look more like Nixon than they do Carter. I know that's awful to hear, but its true. EDIT: Bad example of someone on the far right.

Nobody was a strong candidate for Republicans in 2008. They had everything working against them, and Obama actually made McCain look even stronger. I'm convinced Clinton would have wiped the floor with McCain. It just wasn't happening for the R's in 08, the cards were stacked agsint them. And if anyone else is nominated then moderates will flock to Obama. They mean a little, but its less about what they show now and more about what they'll show in September after the conventions. Take all the states Obama won in 2008 and put whatever candidate you want against him. You're not going to see Romney flip a lot of them. You're going to see Perry, Cain, ect flip even less. But the economy is pretty stagnant right now, and every R still doesn't beat Obama. If the economy has a normal growth rate (say 4%), Obama will cruise. What election are you gauging this statement on? The last one I can think of is 1992 when Dems ran Clinton. He was far from a core Democrat, he was very blue dog.

Western Kentucky has been unpredictable this season, but they'll get slaughtered tonight. Maybe that'll do enough to give'em a hangover next week. Middle Tenn is terrible. We might be looking at a bowl game folks.

No, the left doesn't want Romney. He would have the best chance at beating Obama than any other candidate. The left would love to run against a more conservative candidate that would be too far right for the middle. Cain wouldn't stand a chance in the general.

??? Semantics. No, when you're consistently the front runner and maintain an average above everyone else you have a good chance of winning. Whether Perry ranges from 10-40%, or Cain from 5-30%, Romney pretty much keeps chugging along at the same rate. His average over the last 6 months has been more solid than any other canidate. He's got money, he's got the ground game, and he's got the establishment. A new conservative might come along and knock him from the top every once in a while, but they have no staying power. Might wanna put aside the partisan nonsense and just go with me on this. We might disagree on politics, but when it comes to electioneering I know my shit. I correctly predicted about 90% of the Democratic primary outcomes in 2008, and was only 2 states off in predicting the general. I don't have a horse in the race, to me it doesn't matter who the nominee is, I can objectively look at the numbers and get a good sense to predict what will happen. Romney will probably not take Iowa, but other midwestern states that are less conservative will go for Romney: Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio (all bigger states). He'll also sweep the Northeast and New England which are full of delegates (NY, Mass, Jersey, Penn). He'll take the Pac Coast (California will be huge), sweep the mountains because of the Mormon population, and I don't see anybody beating him in Florida. I will say this though,anybody who toys with the idea of cutting back or ending social security is dead in the water in Florida. The only thing up for grabs is the south, and unless the field dwindles, those states might be divied up between different candidates: Perry, Gingrich, ect. Cain is done, and was never a serious candidate to begin with. The only thing he's been running for is a job on Fox News. His ground game is non-existant, his fundraising is lackluster, and his mouth keeps getting him into trouble. I'm thinking Rubio has a skeleton in his closet, or else he might be in the race.

Off-topic, but I always read your posts in Wash voice.

This is funny, but mostly because I can't remember exactly how much the current Pope knew about the scandals that went on. Maybe its entirely accurate...

Perry was already practically done anyways. Newt will say or do something that'll turn off conservative voters. Its been the going trend so far this year for the base: flirt with a more conservative candidate for a while, polls trend up, something eventually happens to where they flirt with another conservative candidate. Newt already made the mistake to the conservatives by recently saying that repeal of Glass-Steagall might have been a mistake. Trump, Palin, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, and now Newt. Like I said earlier in this thread, Romney will be the eventual nominee. His poll numbers have been the most steady and while the evangelical/tea party base may not be excited about him, he's got the money and the establishment behind him. Hoping Huntsman (whom I do especially like) doesn't make an Independent run because it'll probably hurt Obama more than it would the Republican nominee.

Haha, no kidding. I'm a fair weather fan. That doesn't mean I won't show up in cold or hot weather, it just means i want nice weather!

The Confederate Flag had its glory days, but it was moreless a flash in the pan. Maybe HOF worthy, but not first ballot.

See, but if I said this I'd probably be thrown under the bus. This is why I left Compass back in the day,. But it shouldn't be about switching banks every time one implements a bad policy, it should be about having proper rules in place that don't dick over customers to begin with.

Really? When I turned down your request for the GMG b-ball game last year you didn't give me a lecture about my generation? That didn't happen? Guess I shouldn't delete my PMs then.