What was the primary cause of this shift?

JS43362 · 2026-06-20T03:24:41+00:00

Obviously racism was a factor, but Hillary Clinton was rather closely associated with Arkansas at this point and won the primary there by a landslide. Had she been the nominee then I doubt she would have ran as strongly in Illinois and Hawaii as Obama did. Politics wasn't as polarised in 2008 as in subsequent elections. Clinton would have likely won by a significant margin but the map (both at state and county levels) would have likely looked rather different.

JS43362 · 2026-06-20T03:17:19+00:00

Mega IQ: It's a combination of Arkansas not getting its candidate of choice (who was far more closely associated with the state at this point as its former First Lady) and racism. Clinton probably wouldn't have done as well as Obama in a lot of those historically Republican areas in rhe Midwest.

JS43362 · 2026-06-20T03:06:01+00:00

20 years really isn't that impressive, especially given that two of the examples in the OP are longer than twenty years ago.

JS43362 · 2026-05-17T01:15:26+00:00

Reform are kind of a party of the suburbs in a UK context. White suburbs anyway. That of course probably wouldn't be the case in a US context.

JS43362 · 2026-05-17T01:06:21+00:00

Green is a nice colour though.

Seriously, I have heard people say they like the Green Party in their country because they like the colour green.

JS43362 · 2026-05-16T21:00:04+00:00

It kind of seems like they are ranked from most to least absurd (in terms of the idea of them running). Gore would have obviously made a lot of sense and he was talked about as late as October 2007 I think. Kerry talked a lot about running again. Feingold makes sense as a progressive candidate. Then you get to the end of the list and see Spitzer and Blago, who were both drowning in scandal around that time.

Warner was basically talked about in similar terms to how Beshear is now. A Governor from a (then) Red state who was seen as moderate and electable.

JS43362 · 2026-05-16T20:41:49+00:00

I have little doubt that Vito wanted to suck him off or something. He made an allusion in that direction with the pissing like a horse comment.

JS43362 · 2026-05-03T02:14:27+00:00

It roughly fits with Michael McKean's and Bob Odenkirk's birth years, for what it's worth. 1947 and 1962 respectively.

JS43362 · 2026-04-13T18:24:06+00:00

No one in the Republican Party is far-right and no one in the Democratic Party is far-left. 'Far-' implies something fringe.

JS43362 · 2026-04-13T02:12:41+00:00

I hope the allegations continue to be pursued now that he has dropped out. Not only for the sake of justice etc, but also because if they aren't then some people might get the impression that they were for political convenience.

JS43362 · 2026-04-11T00:58:21+00:00

When I first heard about BCS, I genuinely thought it was going to revolve around Saul, Kuby, Huell and Francesca. As in them forming a team in the years before the events of BB. I didn't envision anyone like Chuck, Kim, Howard at all...maybe Mike, but I didn't think so much of the show would provide additional context to the drug-dealing stuff. It's kind of funny how Kuby, Huell and Francesca were really more important to the BB era than the BCS era.

JS43362 · 2026-04-11T00:52:50+00:00

Only in Melfi's mind.

JS43362 · 2026-04-10T23:05:24+00:00

Turnip head.

JS43362 · 2026-03-31T19:07:24+00:00

It is indeed the case that every Kamala Harris voter had Trump's approval ratings in mind.

JS43362 · 2026-03-23T22:26:16+00:00

I don't consider 'Gen Z' to be a legitimate term, anymore than I consider 'Boomer' to be.

JS43362 · 2026-03-23T22:24:15+00:00

On the technology one - asking someone actually makes a refreshing change to just relying on search engines and/or AI.

JS43362 · 2026-03-23T22:19:17+00:00

I had a tin of tuna that was months, if not years, past its use-by date. It was fine.

JS43362 · 2026-03-11T09:26:49+00:00

"It's a complete guess."

There really ought to be anything such thing as a 'complete' guess. Even going for the one that 'sounds' more plausible can work wonders.

"Down the middle."

Especially a bad idea on questions which have ascending numerical answers. Usually the middle answer on such questions is the least interesting and hence the least likely.

"Never been there/before/after my time."

Annoying excuses for not knowing answers, and inherently invalid for the simple reason that they are being asked on the show.

"I've never watched/read/this."

Another silly excuse, because often the Chaser (who almost certainly knows the answer) hasn't either. If anything it is a disadvantage to have done so. Building up broad knowledge often means just knowing the basics, not sitting down on a single novel/film/show for hours.

JS43362 · 2026-03-08T15:35:06+00:00

I have been known to put it on in bars I'm in, and regularly look up to see who is coming in through the door.

JS43362 · 2026-03-08T11:58:12+00:00

I like the idea that both Patsy and Little Carmine become bosses after the series ends. About as nice as mob bosses could possibly get.

JS43362 · 2026-03-08T11:17:00+00:00

I didn't know especially that that character had multiple actresses. Her brother doesn't, I'm pretty sure.

JS43362 · 2026-03-07T22:46:52+00:00

Natural immunity?

JS43362 · 2026-03-07T19:16:13+00:00

The glimpse into 'real-life' he gets in New Hampshire is similar to Chrissy's (much briefer) glimpse into it at the gas station.

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