Final Election Numbers: Obama Beats Phillies In Presidential Race

I was taking a look at a comprehensive list of Presidential election results today and noted a variety of details about the less publicized aspects of the results.  Among the big-name third party candidates, lefty retread Ralph Nader garnered a tad more than half a percent of the vote and outpolled Libertarian (so to speak) Bob Barr by about 180,000 votes.   Both trounced Cynthia McKinney who was carrying the Green banner.  And Alan Keyes, who I didn’t even know was running,  trailed McKinney by a significant margin.  We thus see another remarkable result this year: three African-American candidates were among the top 7 candidates overall.  (Not that this factoid is likely to eclipse the larger narrative…)

But what caught my eye was a little further down the results list.  It appears that the World Series winner Phillies captured a solid 518 votes for President.  The Phillies outpolled Ted Weill, the Reform Party candidate (trivia answer: Weill’s running mate was Frank E. McEnulty) and Jonathan Allen who ran (with Jeffrey Stath) on the HeartQuake 08 ticket.

What would a Phillies Presidency have looked like?  There would be no need for a Vice-President, of course, since the team has a variety of players who could step up in an emergency.  (Query: would the team be able to add members after the inauguration, in case of injury or death?)  Would a Phillies Presidency have focused on the long ball – a few huge initiatives (socialized medicine! nuclear power in every home!) – or on nipping the corners of the plate (two dollars off every purchase of Propecia!  a tax deduction for the purchase of Mobil 1 synthetic oil!)

One thing’s for sure.  George W. Bush would have had a heck of a better time hosting that President-elect at the White House.   Wait…so Phillies meant George Phillies, the failed Libertarian?

That’s very different.  Never mind.