Do you think Saddam Hussein's verdict will affect the outcome of tomorrow's election?
813494
I think that the war has evolved into something so different than when it originated, that the majority of Americans could probably care less what happens to Saddam, especially since everyone knew that he was guilty - I mean really, how could the government NOT charge him?  To do so would cause even more anarchy then there already is.  \n\nMy guess is that America is pissed of at enough things run by the government that this verdict will have no effect whatsoever.
883194
Well the Repubs hope that ths will help them win the elections. That is why they pressured the Iraqis to move up the verdict date to 2 days before the elections. Hoping a November surprise would help them turn the tide.
439881
I doubt it'll affect things much for the hard-line people.  The waffles in the middle...I don't know.  A lot of people really don't like Gates and most people don't know who Welch is.  So, their "charisma" won't have much effect.  I haven't really been following the campaign finance reform recently, but I'm guessing their financial contributions won't make that much of a difference either.\n\nIf you're suggesting that Gates is going to get someone to code up some program to skew the election results, there are better conspiracy theories that are more interesting floating around these days.\n\nEdit: I stopped following your train of thought after you made claims such as Welsh owning half of MSFT.  \n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqlqQoulrFM_sC_doXwDU8nsy6IX?qid=1006042633264\n\nYou have sources for that?  Does MSFT even write the software that counts election results?  Sources for that?  Most of your train of thought is just based on random suppositions that ring about as true as the Da Vinci code.  Might fool a few people but if you ask for real proof, it's just a nice story.\n\nThat said, I understand your position and the use of the Internet to pass on thoughts to help your cause, so I'll leave you to that.  You said it best yourself: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgCLJuynwt_Fyvagqj5DwFLsy6IX?qid=1006042425650
834884
Well...I would like to say definitely YES. But then again, as for the public policy (in which here I refer to the interest of the whole citizens of the world) I must say No. Why? Well, the death of Saddam surely will ignite another fire of chaos in our neverending war-world. In short, the death penalty that being put upon him surely will be the beginning of a new seed of destruction. I'll make it clear here...the 'killing' of Saddam as we all thought as some sort of punishment for him for what he had done as well as for justice for those who had been affected by his violent acts is in fact not the last of terror, war or chaos in our world! It will only be the beginning of a more chaotic world!!!\nTherefore, I think sentencing him to prison for life will be much better for the good and interest of everyone around the world. Saddam is merely a human like us. The only matter that differentiate him from us is on what he WAS then and Is now. But this is not enough to justify him to be sentenced to death. Thus, I am on the opinion that we all need to think back. Appeal of Saddam's trial MUST be done. It is the only chance for us to ponder back the coming-mistake that the whole community of man is about to commit!!!
352322
Expecting any firm result is out of scope this time.\nit is going to be neck to neck.\nBut percentage in DMK votes may come down due to vijaykanth.\n\nWhoever comes we'll just hope that he does good.
774258
No.  Because voting polls are open between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM and then the votes have to be tallied.\n\nIf the Reps win, we will know for sure that the elections are rigged.  That would not surprise me after all that I have seen in my years on this planet.  Sad.
630911
There is alot more to the situation that went into the decision the Pres. made to attack Iraq, than what the news media has reported. Lets face it, the media has their own agenda. They report ONLY what they want to report, and most of the time it either isn't the full story or it's a watered down and one sided story.\nThat said, just the fact that Saddam Hussein has been found and put into prison and is being made to face the atrocities he commited and had his henchmen commit is enough to make me say YES, Pres. Bush did the right thing.\nI cannot look back at Sept. 11th without thinking that he was right. \nI DO think our troops should remain a presence over there...and I say this even though my husband is one of those troops who is/has been/will be in the line of danger.\nYes, it's bad over there...Yes, there are things going on over there that shouldn't be...But, what the media WON'T tell you is the good that is going on over there.  Schools have been built, entire communities have been re-built and made safe places to live I could go on and on, and these are things that I know because we know a few of the people who are responsible for these things getting done. (US military personnel)\n\nI think it's a terrible thing that our President has been made a villan...I do not agree with everything he has done, just as I likely wouldn't agree with every decision that any man would make.  But, with that said, I don't think it makes him worng, or a bad person...I think it makes him human.  No one person is EVER going to make a decision that everyone agrees with. He has a very large seat to fill, and I think, overall, he's doing the best he can, just as anyone else would if placed in his position.
1137868
The Americans have been gunning for his death all along, and\nwill defiantly impress upon the tribunal to give the Death penalty.\n\nBut you must also know, that even today Saddam is a feared and respected man by many in Iraq.The outcome will not be settled so fast. Did you see the Glaring eyes & stance when in court he recently told the judge"I am the ruler of Iraq and who are you, a foreigner trying to pass judgement on me?"\n\nThe recent spate of bombings in Iraq between the Shias and Sunnis is directly connected with Saddams case. Which country\nwould ever allow a foreign country to set up courts?\n\nNo. The chair will probably decay &break, and the switches/\nwires will rust or melt away.And dont suggest a rope, because there is no such strong rope exists in the World to snap such a\nstrong throat.
853937
I think it will ultimately not be fatal that democrats won.\n\nI disagree with the rest of your  premise, however.  Our system has built in checks and balances, as well as regular elections.  It is unnecessary to seek to create an artificial balance.\n\nJust continue to vote your conscience.
421131
Way too early to tell, it's going to be very long hot summer, so chill the beer/iced tea/ whatever:\nIf it were held today, I predict Dems would narrow Senate margin if not retake it, and narrow the House minority.\n\nPredictions:\n- more damaging Rumsfeld revelations but Bush will still not cut him loose\n- Rove indictment for ordering Hadley to suppress Plamegate evidence. Can Fitzgerald turn Libby?\n- Guantanamo/Abu Ghraib-related inquiries will get to Cambone and Miller. Maybe Gonzales.\n- Bush's hollow immigration "initiative" may blow up in his face and cost him Latino votes in say CA, AZ, NM\n- there's always WMD, Abramoffgate, Enron, the price of gas, Iran...\n\nBut how will this translate into votes and seats?
262405
Indeed, I wonder how long he'd last on the streets of Baghdad! I think one would have to be extremely politically correct to worry whether or not Saddam's getting a fair trial... Sad though it is - and a noble experiment - Bush's plan to bring democracy to Iraq has predictably turned to crap; give them democracy and they'll elect an autocratic cleric or madman. The Middle East typically produces characters like Saddam, essentially because that's what it wants. You can't educate people who are stuck in the Dark Ages.
817423
Soon...civil war in every sense of the term...is my belief. We can try to stabilize certain aspects but beyond that, they (Iraqi's) must deal with the fact that there is no more Saddam, and now is the fallout of the breaking down of secular agreements and accords inforced by Saddam....it was enevitable this was to be the moment we put boots in Iraq.
809172
Yes.  The verdict is just; the consequences of the verdict, however, may prove to be very unpleasant indeed.  More fuel for the Jihad.
932847
Sure!\n\nI bet BUsh's vote felt very insignificant to him today
768352
What do you think about changes which will happen beginning with this year's elections?
697118
Good question.\n\nThe timing certainly seems to fit what we have become accustomed to, politically calculated.\n\nAs has been said above, I doubt that it will make any difference on its own. I am surprised that there has not (yet) been a major event, and I hope it stays that way. That would be so obvious that it might launch civil strife elsewhere than in Iraq and Afghanistan.
761932
Many citizens of Iraq supported Saddam.  He was put into his role in Iraq by the hands of American politicians during the Reagan era.   The Iraqi people know that.  They may have had it hard before this conflict started, but basically, they have lost their world as they know it.  They could at least live and go about their business if they accepted the rules of Saddam's regime.  Now they have lost anything they ever had.  \n\nYes, I think it will have a terrible, adverse effect on America and it is a serious matter we should all be worried about.  We are not liberators in Iraqi's eyes.