Nctrice:
Bacanista this shows that your understanding of the politics of your country is not really profound... your first two options in person of Rauf or Fashiola as VP will mean a Muslim Muslim candidates from APC? I leave the rest for you to comprehend! your third option in the person of[s] Rotimi Amaechi as VP would in turn mean APC should forget about votes from the SS in their political equation, and they should also forget votes from the south west[/s]. Only the option of an Adams of Edo States as a VP show a little bit of prospect! But you and I know that APC won't do that! If you had started your list with Adams Oshiomole I would have had a feeling that you have a fairly firm understanding of the politics of your country! Don't get it twisted or don't let anybody deceive you, Tribalism is still a powerful wand that decided events in the political terrain of Nigeria!

Descartes:
Yoruba votes for her candidates in presidential elections?

Descartes:
Abiola/Kinghibe '93 is not a yardstick for these political permutations and combinations.

aljharem2:
An Olu Falaye VP will be bad for Gej truth be told

barcanista:
Go enrol for history class ma'am

Descartes:
Calm down we are not fighting they voted massively for Obj and Olu Falae Chai...

barcanista:
In 1999 it was between Obj and Falae. Falae as AFenifere Chief was the Top Choice. Most of Obj's vote came from the North and the South East and South South(Actually SS was heavily rigged). Obj was supported in the North because he preferred Shagari over Awolowo in 1979, same reason he is loathed by the Yorubas.
In 2003, it was majorly between Obj and Buhari. Obj had to make a Pact with AD to support him for President and they will be supported for Governor, NASS and co. AD openly campaigned for Obj's PDP in 2003(which also cost AD governors except the smart Tinubu). If not, Obj would have lost woefully in 2003

Descartes:
Let them try the Muslim/muslim ticket and see what will become of the party. I repeat a muslim/muslim ticket will make the coast clearer for the Otuoke man. That's my opinion though. BTW you are your crew avoided the Chibok thread like Ebola

Descartes:
Now you are talking

barcanista:
We aren't on the same page ma'am

barcanista:
We aren't on the same page ma'am

barcanista:
Bla bla bla...
1. The Muslim-Muslim Ticket won resoundedly in 1993. What has changed between 1993 and Now? let me tell you as at then the hostility was rife as just few years before the poll, IBB had signed Nigeria as islamic Country Member.

2. The crossed defies logic

3. Read my analysis again. The tribalism this time will work against Jonathan. It is like you don't follow trend. Jonathan's popularity is concentrated in SE, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and probably Bayelsa State. He is relatively UNPOPULAR in Rivers State. Should APC Present a Ijaw Guber Candidate and PDP present Wike in Rivers, the animosity against PDP in Rivers By the Riverine will be rife and will translate in the Presidential Poll out of protest vote. While APC may not clear Rivers State, with Amaechi on the team and PDP guber calculation flop, it will be a shared vote.

omenka:
Barca na wa you oo!! So you nor see me for 24hrs u nor even bother ask wetin pap.

Meanwhile, coincidentally, my dad and I had this argument just two days ago when we hung out. He talked about fielding Okorocha as Buhari's vice but I told him I'd rather we fielded a Fashola or an Ashiomole. Reason being that politics is a game of numbers and we should try to consolidate where we are strongest. As it stands, the south east is more inclined to an encore than the SS. We've got[b] Silva from Bayelsa[/b] (much as I don't fancy the guy), Rotimi from Rivers, and Oshiomole from Edo. These guys are sure to pull some reasonable amount of support from their respective states, a combination of which could bring some much needed votes for the party. The SE is more or less a done deal with a lone ranger pulling the strings. We are likely to get more support, financially and otherwise, from the SS than the SE. So I'm all for a SS or a S western candidate for a VP than a S Eastern candidate.

Just my opinion tho.

Tis been an awesome day by the way.

barcanista:
Bla bla bla...


3. Read my analysis again. The tribalism this time will work against Jonathan. It is like you don't follow trend. Jonathan's popularity is concentrated in SE, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and probably Bayelsa State. He is relatively UNPOPULAR in Rivers State. Should APC Present a Ijaw Guber Candidate and PDP present Wike in Rivers, the animosity against PDP in Rivers By the Riverine will be rife and will translate in the Presidential Poll out of protest vote. While APC may not clear Rivers State, with Amaechi on the team and PDP guber calculation flop, it will be a shared vote.

Nctrice:





Here is it!
As at 1993 Political decisions in Nigeria were mainly taken amongst the Northerners (Hausa Man) and the South westerners (Youruba Man)
But as at today 2014 a South Southerner is on the verge of ruling this same Nigeria for more than 8 year by the Ballot not by the Bullet! Bacanista That's how much things has changed since 1993!

You expect APC to field a Northerner(Hausa)/South-Westerner(Yoruba) Ticket? Guy you seem to forget that Nigeria is politically made up of six geopolitical zones!
We are talking federal politics and you are calculating only Rivers state in the scheme of things in the south-south geo-political zone? Guy wake up from your slumber!

OboloMAN:


In as much as the rivers people would resist another Ikwerre Governor if WIKE emerges PDP flag bearer...
But we will Totally Vote for Jonathan.
The South South....is Totally GEJ wen it comes to National issues.

Canme4u:
Am with OP on this one.