I've got it! If the primary map as it stands now were a game of RISK

stratomagi

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Mon Apr-07-08 01:48 AM
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I've got it! If the primary map as it stands now were a game of RISK

who would have a better chance of dominating the whole country with their armies? That is the question I would ask undecided superdelegates in order to sway their opinion.

Here's a map:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Now all you gotta do is ask the candidates where they would place their armies.

To me it looks like Obama has a better shot. :)

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XemaSab

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Mon Apr-07-08 02:03 AM
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1. Obama can either retreat to the corners

or go on the full offensive and attack her from the South, the Northwest, the North, and New England. He's looking strong in Irkutsk too. :D

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stratomagi

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Mon Apr-07-08 02:13 AM
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2. I once played with a bunch of guys who had a theory that

Edited on Mon Apr-07-08 02:15 AM by stratomagi

the person most likely to win is the person that controls Iceland. The obvious debunk of that logic is that the point of the game is to control every territory so by that extension you have to at some point control Iceland in order to win. It does however remind me of the Hillary camp's theories about which states do or don't count.

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Taxmyth

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Mon Apr-07-08 02:34 AM
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3. Australia is the key

Secure Australia and those two armies every turn make a big difference.

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applegrove

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Mon Apr-07-08 11:39 AM
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4. No it's the person who controls Australia who wins at Risk.

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