Algorithm Names Powell 'Ideal' Vice President Candidate

CWmike writes "Turns out the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. John McCain is the same person as the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a sophisticated online survey based on technology developed at MIT. Mr. Ideal? Colin Powell, a former U.S. Army general and former secretary of state. Affinnova's survey methods doesn't use the typical polling method of asking respondents to pick a name from a list. Instead, it gives respondents larger concepts, including photos, biographical information and possible first-term priorities. Affinnova calls this algorithm 'evolutionary optimization.' Steve Lamoureaux, the company's chief innovation officer, said of the VP finding: 'We never imagined that the same candidate would show up for both parties.'"

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Re:Algo source code

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Who does age matter to?

[Idiomatick]

Its not physical aging thats the problem. Its that he is out of touch with reality. Which could lead to regression. Alot of people in McCains age group are racist, religious, sexist, homophobic and hold hatred toward countries for things that occured 70years ago. This doesnt apply to all old people but alot of them apply to mccain so i think 'hes to old' sums up his faults quickly. Its like calling microsoft a dinosaur, it has nothing to do with physical health. Anyways, if we intend to move forwards we can't be pushing backwards conservative views.

Powell needs to come clean first

[Master of Transhuman]

First he needs to admit that he glossed over the My Lai massacre in Vietnam decades ago.

Then he needs to admit he was a "house nigger" for George Bush for lying to the world at the UN.

Once he's made enough mea culpas, he needs to denounce McCain as being "McBush 2.0", denounce the war in Iraq, distance himself from Obama on Iran, and then MAYBE - MAYBE - somebody should consider him as VP material.

In other words, if he'd grow some balls and stop being an enabler for war mongers, he might be suitable.

Naah...never happen.

And Obama wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole, anyway. TWO black candidates for Prez and VP? They'd be nuts. Obama has a decent chance to be the country's first black President - but running another black for VP would be too much for even the liberals in this country. Obama's not that stupid.

Powell: Liar

[Doc Ruby]

No, I'm not just talking about how Colin Powell kicked off his military/political career whitewashing the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. I'm talking about him waving around those fake vials in the UN, lying us into the Iraq War.

How can anyone possibly consider giving that bloody old liar the keys to the Cheney Bunker?

Have they?

[tjstork]

What planet are you from? I mean, let's call the Democratic nomination for what it is.. Hillary and Obama basically split the white vote but blacks voted for Obama, and boom, he wins the nomimation. Was there a state where Obama got less than 75% of the black vote? Don't think so.

While Dems should do well in this election, as Obama tries to enact their plans, Dems will be back open to the racial charge of being the party that wants to tax white people to give stuff to black people.