{"id":42346,"date":"2014-03-11T07:55:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T12:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=42346"},"modified":"2014-03-11T07:55:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T12:55:41","slug":"in-the-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=42346","title":{"rendered":"In The Wake&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;of the\u00a0<em>Instapundit\u00a0<\/em>straw poll that <a href=\"http:\/\/poll.pollcode.com\/95595618_result?v\">showed a convincing (if meaningless) lead for a ticket I&#8217;ve quietly dreamed about<\/a>, I figure that&#8217;s an idea I should copy.<\/p>\n<p>So here we go; the first\u00a0<em>Shot In The Dark<\/em>\u00a0Straw Poll.<\/p>\n<p>(and not likely the last one of this campaign).<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see running for President?<\/p>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/poll.pollcode.com\/36338885\" method=\"post\">\n<table width=\"175\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"EEEEEE\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><strong>Who do you support for the GOP Nomination for President in 2016?<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer1\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer1\">Kelly Ayotte<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer2\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"2\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer2\">Ben Carson<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer3\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"3\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer3\">Chris Christie<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer4\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"4\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer4\">Ted Cruz<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer5\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"5\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer5\">Mitch Daniels<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer6\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"6\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer6\">Nikki Haley<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer7\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"7\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer7\">John Hoeven<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer8\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"8\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer8\">Mike Huckabee<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer9\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"9\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer9\">Bobby Jindal<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer10\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"10\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer10\">Susana Martinez<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer11\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"11\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer11\">Sarah Palin<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer12\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"12\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer12\">Rand Paul <\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer13\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"13\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer13\">Mike Pence<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer14\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"14\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer14\">Rick Perry<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer15\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"15\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer15\">Condoleeza Rice<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer16\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"16\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer16\">Marco Rubio<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer17\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"17\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer17\">Paul Ryan<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer18\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer18\">Rick Santorum<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer19\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"19\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer19\">Tim Scott<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer20\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"20\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer20\">John Thune<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer21\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"21\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer21\">Donald Trump<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer22\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer22\">Scott Walker<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input id=\"36338885answer23\" type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"23\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><label for=\"36338885answer23\">Allen West<\/label><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><center><input type=\"submit\" value=\" Vote \" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<input type=\"submit\" name=\"view\" value=\" View \" \/><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">pollcode.com <a href=\"http:\/\/pollcode.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">free polls<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/form>\n<p>Polls open until probably tomorrow sometime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;of the\u00a0Instapundit\u00a0straw poll that showed a convincing (if meaningless) lead for a ticket I&#8217;ve quietly dreamed about, I figure that&#8217;s an idea I should copy. So here we go; the first\u00a0Shot In The Dark\u00a0Straw Poll. (and not likely the last one of this campaign). Who would you like to see running for President? Who do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaign-16","category-republicans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42347,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42346\/revisions\/42347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}