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Florida primary predictions contest

Scott A. Robinson, Editor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:25:21 +0000

We have a good idea who will win in Florida, but by how much will Mitt Romney win? Or will you predict an upset? Newt Gingrich seems destined for second, but third place is a toss up. Not finishing last is probably more important to Rick Santorum’s campaign that lacks any solid base, as opposed to Ron Paul.

As for the contest, predict the order of finish, including percentage of the vote for the four main candidates. If anyone gets all four percentages rounded to the nearest whole number right, Jason will send you a book from his stash. If two people pick all the same percentages, the person whose comment time stamp is earlier will have the valid entry. Now begin channeling your inner Nostradamus.

Special contest!

Scott A. Robinson, Editor — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:46:46 +0000

We are giving away two packages of goodies from Jason’s personal New York Times bestselling stash including a Christmas Jars collection.

To enter, leave your name, state, and the best gift you ever received for Christmas. There will be two winners, one chosen at random and a second for the most creative as determined by the editors and input from your comments.

Finally, don’t forget to “Like” Political Derby on Facebook!

And the Political Derby 2010 Mid-term Pick ‘em winner is…

Jason Wright, Editor — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:34:08 +0000

Congrats to Ray Brennan and Ron Turner. With the concession of Rossi in Washington, Ray and Ron correctly picked every race. Both also predicted Murkowski in Alaska, which seems the likely outcome.

Having tied on the number of correct picks, we went to the tie-breaker. Ray predicted the GOP would pick up 54 seats in the House and Ron predicted 51. So the big prize goes to Ray.

Ray, if you’re able to contain your excitement, please drop us a note with your mailing address.

PDers, give Ray some PD love and offer hearty and horsey congrats.

Play the Political Derby 2010 Mid-term Pick ‘em

Jason Wright, Editor — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:31:12 +0000

Click here to play the Political Derby 2010 Mid-term Pick ‘em. Predict the outcome of 9 races and how many total seats the GOP will pick up. (Polls are closing and the deadline for entry has now passed).

Deadline is Tuesday when the polls close. Good luck! (It’s closed!)

Winner gets $100 cash and a signed copy of The Seventeen Second Miracle.

Curb-stomping in Rand Paul’s campaign and the Ritz

Scott A. Robinson, Editor — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:30:50 +0000

The title of this post is in honor of our long-lost friend Boru. It is fair to criticize the stupid people on all sides of the debate. But if you actually watched and listened to the video, you will see this is one isolated person who acts stupidly (unlike President Obama, we do have the facts on this one, and this person was in fact acting stupidly). Everyone else was searching for the police to handle the MoveOn.org paid operative, Lauren Valle (who was charged with a felony as a Green”peace” operative in May of this year), seeking to add to this photo roll (because apparently only Democrats are allowed to accept donations from big business, like President Obama’s $77,051, the largest corporate contribution from BP during this past election cycle, but Republicans are all selling their votes, who knew?). Further, you can hear someone saying: “No no no no, come on,” successfully convincing this idiot to not stomp on this unfortunate lady’s head again.

On another note, today I confirmed that Harry Reid’s book sales did not contribute to the $750,000 in cash he paid for his Washington DC Ritz-Carlton condominium. You know, that is the place where he doesn’t live, he only “stays” at in Washington, because, remember, being paid $193,400 per year, he knows what is best for the average smelly American, which is why he had played such a vital role in socializing our health care, extending the annual federal operating budget deficit to $1.3 trillion, and destroying our economy (remember when the “stimulus” package would never allow unemployment to exceed 8%?) . Harry Reid certainly does know something about “The Good Fight”, well, “The Fight,” anyway. This stack of books pictured below the jump was priced at only $1 each, covered in dust, and apparently couldn’t be marked down low enough! So the evidence appears conclusive that “The Good Fight” did not fund The Ritz for Harry Reid.

Photo taken at an "everything is $1 store": Evidence Harry Reid's book sales did not contribute to the cash purchase of his Ritz-Carlton condo!

Jim DeMint: Republican Party must change or I am leaving

Contributor Archive — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:48:04 +0000

DeMint wants to rid the party of Moderates and understands that you must run candidates that uphold your ideals and not candidates that are “viable.”

For those who call people kooks

Contributor Archive — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:39:31 +0000

Rush says this better then I ever could and it also applies to those who call Paulites kooks.

Predict the health care vote, win a book

Jason Wright, Editor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:39:28 +0000

Unless you’re in hiding deeper than Sandra Bullock these days, you know that the House is scheduled to vote on the 2010 Welcome to Canada Health Care Bill. So let’s have some fun.

Predict the final outcome (example: 220-215) and whether it passes or fails. Whomever predicts the final vote will win a copy of my latest novel, The Cross Gardener.

I’ll post a tiebreaker question only if needed after the vote.

Predict CPAC straw poll, win a free book

Jason Wright, Editor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:07:53 +0000

By now everyone knows CPAC is well underway. Between now and Saturday, attendees will have a chance to vote in the most important 2012 poll of any kind to-date. Who will win?

Predict the top three finishers and their percentages in the post comments. Closest to actual results will win a signed advance copy of The Cross Gardener a week before it goes on sale.

Here are the contenders as they appear on the CPAC ballot:

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Texas Rep. Ron Paul
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Indiana Rep. Mike Pence
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum
South Dakota Sen. John Thune
Other

SPECIAL BONUS CONTEST:

Predict the exact order of all 11 contenders (no percentages necessary) and I’ll let you pick any three books from my collection. Please post this prediction in a separate comment from your “top 3″ prediction.

Both contests close Saturday at 8:00 AM, EST.

Good luck!

The Phil has spoken

E.J. Keene — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:33:13 +0000

Well, the truth is out. Indisputable. Inevitable. Indubitable. Irrefutable. Incontrovertible.

The verdict is in.

Earlier this morning, Punxsutawney Phil took one look at the proposed new federal gov’t budget, saw the shadow this debt-riddled monstrosity cast over him, let out a shriek, and quickly scampered back into his hole.

His last words were, “What the #@$% is THAT?” …or something to that effect.

So there you have it – six more years of recession. Have a nice day.

I wonder if someone could slip him a copy of the latest Derby rankings and see if he could give a few thoughts on it?

I suspect he’ll go for Paw-lenty over Mittens…by a hair, of course.

Pick the Mass winner, score a free book

Jason Wright, Editor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:39 +0000

It could be argued Tuesday is the most important day thus far in the Obama presidency. Obviously a win by the GOP in Massachusetts would shake the Senate and send ripples through the Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda.

So who do you think will win?

Pick the winner of Brown v. Coakley in the comments and include your prediction of the final percentages for each candidate. (Don’t forget the independent candidate, Joseph Kennedy.)

Closest guess to actual percentages wins a signed copy of one my books. Take your pick. They’re all equally mediocre.