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This turn is a week long. Also I think I have my days mixed up so just like, play along.
Headlines
The papers are released each day in the morning, and describe what happened the previous day. The first day of the cycle is a Wednesday, and the last a Tuesday, but the first newspapers are Thursday's, and the last Wednesday's.
Not every news story is included.
Thursday:
So here's the thing, right.
Serduchka
and
Abbott
both took New Hampshire, but only the latter's capitalizing on that right now (eleven reach, +2!!! slant, a total of +22 power in that one thing alone!!!!!!). Meanwhile, the former is bragging about her leadership, which: sure, but you won New Hampshire, you have better legs to stand on.
Serduchka
obviously does have momentum though (and the news says as much). Meanwhile,
Khan
and
Abbott
are both copping a little something for negativity,
McGriddles
tries to push through with War on Terror talks, and we got a whole bunch of speechifying on leadership and Iran from such diverse people as
won? Could you believe that he boasted well about himself, and was meticulously prepared and energetic? Would you ever believe that he soared above the competition, above
What a shitshow. This was the debate where everyone just dropped any pretense of niceties and just fucking went for the jugular, and it showed.
TSL
got hit HARD by
Khan
for her massive riches and general snobbish nature, although that didn't stop her from turning around and stilleto'ing (so to speak)
Negarir
.
Defender
tried to mock
Mothma's
name but it was shit and she looked better for it, which was good, since
Abbott
definitely wasn't hurt by her own remarks. And
Negarir
was having a ball showcasing every single bad decision
Defender
ever made, including ones that he really shouldn't have known about. Some were humanizing; most were embarrassing; and it was just chaos all round (with exception of
Abbott
whose boasts got ignored). The combined dragging down of everyone just let it all in a shitheap, but there were two who were slightly better than the rest.
Press F to pay respects: Justice Scalia has passed. It's so sudden that the debate's pushed down in importance--it also doesn't help that it was a draw.
Abbott
and
Spire
are continuing to summon strength on the trail, while
TSL
's debate fuck up is interesting.
Monday:
lmao
reckoner
hates
mcgriddles
. That draw is boding ill for
Mothma's
coverage, and
McGriddles
surrogate Tim Kaine literally gets hit with a pie. I am not lying, that is the honest-to-god headline.
Tuesday:
Mothma
is really really trying, but her speech on government just absolutely shit the bed. It's difficult to watch.
Defender
manages, in the shadow of that, to not incite any opinions at all on his speech (both being on the role of government), while
Spire
continues to be a Good On-Paper Candidate by talking environment with ol' Billy O-Rilez. The Dems are ahead of the GOP in the generic, but not by enough apparently, which is impacting
Serduchka
, apparently.
Wednesday's papers:
I mean, everyone is literally high on role-of-government speeches right now.
Spire
just gave a good one.
Negarir's
up in Arkansas, while both
Khan
and
Defender
get a bit of protesting at events.
Week in Review
The news cycle strength is how good or bad your media was for the week, if you had any media at all. The ads just tell you who's producing what, and what's being targeted in each. Scandals are self-explanatory. The full picture has basically everything that happened, but unformatted, so you can cry while you read it.
Spoiler: News cycle strength
News Power:
Abbott
+118,
Spire
+33,
Mothma
-11,
Defender
-11,
Serduchka
+9,
Khan
-9,
Reckoner
+6,
Peanuts
+4,
Negarir
-4,
Tilden-St. Leonard
-2,
McGriddles
+-.
Spoiler: Ads
Tilden-St. Leonard
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Military Intervention.
Negarir
> completed ad > United States >
Negarir
/Leadership.
Defender
> completed ad > United States >
Mothma
/War on Terror.
Defender
> completed ad > United States >
Defender
/Immigration.
Abbott
> completed ad > United States >
Negarir
/Health Care.
Khan
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Immigration.
Serduchka
> completed ad > United States >
Serduchka
/War on Terror.
Reckoner
> completed ad > United States >
Reckoner
/War on Terror.
Spire
> completed ad > United States >
Peanuts
/Immigration.
Peanuts
> completed ad > United States >
Peanuts
/War on Terror.
McGriddles
> completed ad > United States >
McGriddles
/Government Spending.
Tilden-St. Leonard
> completed ad > United States >
Tilden-St. Leonard
/Integrity.
Mothma
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Military Intervention.
Abbott
> completed ad > United States >
Negarir
/Government Spending.
Khan
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Leadership.
Serduchka
> completed ad > United States >
Serduchka
/Health Care.
Spire
> completed ad > United States >
Spire
/War on Terror.
Peanuts
> completed ad > United States >
Peanuts
/War on Terror.
McGriddles
> completed ad > United States >
McGriddles
/Health Care.
Negarir
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Immigration.
Negarir
> completed ad > United States >
Negarir
/Leadership.
Mothma
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Military Intervention.
Defender
> completed ad > United States >
Mothma
/War on Terror.
Abbott
> completed ad > United States >
Abbott
/Role of Government.
Serduchka
> completed ad > United States >
Serduchka
/Health Care.
Reckoner
> completed ad > United States >
Reckoner
/War on Terror.
Spire
> completed ad > United States >
Spire
/Leadership.
Peanuts
> completed ad > United States >
Peanuts
/Integrity.
McGriddles
> completed ad > United States >
McGriddles
/Health Care.
McGriddles
> completed ad > United States >
McGriddles
/Health Care.
Tilden-St. Leonard
> completed ad > United States >
Negarir
/War on Terror.
Negarir
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Immigration.
Mothma
> completed ad > United States >
Abbott
/Leadership.
Mothma
> completed ad > United States >
Mothma
/War on Terror.
Defender
> completed ad > United States >
Mothma
/War on Terror.
Defender
> completed ad > United States >
Abbott
/Immigration.
Abbott
> completed ad > United States >
Negarir
/Government Spending.
Khan
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/War on Terror.
Khan
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/Immigration.
Serduchka
> completed ad > United States >
Serduchka
/War on Terror.
Reckoner
> completed ad > United States >
Serduchka
/War on Terror.
Spire
> completed ad > United States >
Reckoner
/War on Terror.
Spire
> completed ad > United States >
Spire
/Leadership.
Tilden-St. Leonard
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/War on Terror.
Mothma
> completed ad > United States >
Defender
/Military Intervention.
Defender
> completed ad > United States >
Abbott
/Immigration.
Khan
> completed ad > United States >
Khan
/War on Terror.
Serduchka
> completed ad > United States >
Serduchka
/War on Terror.
Reckoner
> completed ad > United States >
Serduchka
/War on Terror.
Spire
> completed ad > United States >
Spire
/War on Terror.
Peanuts
> completed ad > United States >
Peanuts
/Leadership.
McGriddles
> completed ad > United States >
McGriddles
/War on Terror.
McGriddles
> completed ad > United States >
Reckoner
/Government Spending.
Abbott
> completed ad > United States >
Abbott
/Government Spending.
Reckoner
> completed ad > United States >
Spire
/Government Spending.
Peanuts
> completed ad > United States >
Peanuts
/Leadership.
Spoiler: The rest
Democratic Nevada Caucuses in 3 days!
Republican South Carolina Primary in 3 days!
Republican Nevada Caucuses in 6 days!
Democratic South Carolina Primary in 10 days!
Serduchka receives permanent issue bonus from policy speech on the Leadership issue.
Negarir's policy speech on the Leadership issue has backfired!
Negarir receives permanent issue penalty from policy speech on the Leadership issue.
Event "Obama State of the Union Address" has occurred.
Event replenishes speeches for Leadership issue.
Event caused a momentum change of +2.2 for Serduchka's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +3.4 for Reckoner's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +2.7 for Spire's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +3 for Peanuts's campaign.
Event caused a momentum change of +3.3 for McGriddles's campaign.
Event "Justice Scalia Passes Away" has occurred.
Event increases Role of Government profile by 0.9 to Very High, speeches replenished.
Event caused a momentum change of +0.4 for Abbott's campaign.
Mothma's policy speech on the Role of Government issue has backfired!
Mothma receives permanent issue penalty from policy speech on the Role of Government issue.
Gaining momentum:
Abbott
,
Spire
,
Serduchka
Losing momentum:
Mothma
,
Khan
,
McGriddles
MAPS
Ignore McMullin. Leaders of each state are colour-coded; white states means it's too close to call. The percentage list on the right-hand side is the popular vote; the lines and segments down the bottom are PROJECTED delegates. Once delegates start being earned, that will be added separately.
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Next time, on this thing!:
Three furious days of campaigning before South Carolina and Nevada have their say, but like, only halfsies.