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Discuss “First-ever ‘Sports Elections’ ”

In lieu of the “real” elections this past Tuesday, the sports experts at The Tartan came up with the idea of the first-ever “Sports Elections.” Would you like to see Lance Armstrong as your commander-in-chief, or possibly Troy Polamalu stepping in to replace Donald Rumsfeld, our ex-secretary of defense?

We chose six political positions, each with two candidates, and let the varsity athletes here at Carnegie Mellon vote for one candidate for each position, based on who’s the most “qualified,” who they’d like to see in that position, or whoever they liked more.

The election for the President of the United States pitted Lance Armstrong against Michael Jordan. Armstrong won the Tour de France a record seven times after recovering...

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