Displaying 1,261 To 1,290 Of 19,504 Comments Election Night Thread – Super Tuesday III – 3-15-2016 Well said, KT! I’m with you on that, despite the negativity thrown around in a campaign year, I am optimistic about what can happen in this country. Politicians are almost necessarily flawed because most are primarily motivated to run by their ego and thus are most dependent on maintaining their office and getting the money needed to keep it. And in the process, being dishonest with voters to at least some degree, to get the votes they need. There are however good and decent people among the untrustworthy pols and they can accomplish a lot. The other thing that makes me optimistic is that we’ve gone from a pretty apathetic nation to one that has become more activist and involved in social issues and politics (even if the actual number of voters hasn’t increased greatly, the percentage of voters who are activated is much higher than it used to be). » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 5:24 pm Trump wins FL, waiting to see if Marco drops out now! » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 5:01 pm Nice! Keeping my fingers crossed! » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 4:56 pm Exit polls in OH favoring Kasich across the board, Bernie beating Hillary among white voters but not by as big of a margin as in MI while Hillary again getting a huge percentage of black voters. » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 4:38 pm Nirek, results are coming in from FL and Hillary looks to again have a big lead in a Southern state, around 30% over Bernie. NC and OH just closed and too close to call for both parties. » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 4:31 pm A proposed scenario (just for fun, before tonight’s results come in). Bernie may do much better against Hillary as many Dems are taking for granted that she will win and are crossing over in open primary states like OH to vote Repub and oppose Trump or vote for him. Cruz will stay in until the convention no matter how he does because at a minimum, he wants to be a power broker at the convention…if he can’t find a way to steal the nom from Trump. Rubio is out after tonight, even if he tries to hang in for a little bit, he’s toast. Trump will be cemented in after tonight as the de facto nominee…but could still have the nom taken away at the GOP convention which would be highly entertaining and destructive to the GOP. One has to take a moment to consider that a KKK supported, Putin supported, bigoted, sexist, violence inciting, compulsive liar is the GOP nominee for President. There are many hateful and/or ignorant people in this country but thankfully, the nation that elected and re-elected Pres. Obama is not dominated by these types. The defeat of Trump in a GE will be a great victory and affirmation for Americans. Sometimes you need a “villain” to bring people back together and revive their commitment to their principles. » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 4:28 pm I hope you and Kes push Bernie over the top in OH! » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 3:38 pm Hey Funk, I’m with you on that, hoping Bernie does better than the polls show in FL. BTW, I don’t think Superdelegates should ever be added into the delegate count because they shouldn’t pollute or overrule the actual primary elections. They should only come into play at the convention and only have a good reason that voters will except if they try to reverse the winner of the actual primaries. The REAL delegate count in the Dem party is actually pretty close, Hillary: 768 and Bernie: 554. With over half of delegates still available, there is a path for Bernie to catch up and pass Hillary but granted, it is not an easy path. The thing about the primaries is that they front load the Southern states so it’s rigged to put ahead the more conservative candidates unless they can uniquely take advantage of the South (as Obama and Bill Clinton could). Why do the more moderate and Progressive states (and bigger states) get so end loaded, merely in the position of affirming the candidates the conservative states have left in the race or as leaders? Self-evident, isn’t it? The Establishment purposely skews elections towards conservatism to better protect itself (though not always succeeding as Obama proves). If CA, OR, WA, NY, etc. were among the earliest states in the primary, imagine how differently the races would look. Rubio is now claiming that he will stay in the race if he loses in FL but I think it’s just BS to keep FL voters from abandoning him as a lost cause…which he is in any case. Trump should indeed win FL, Kasich looks in better shape to win OH and as you say, that will keep him in…with only one state in his win column and having lost big in most others. And polling has shown that many of those voting for Kasich aren’t doing so because they like him, they are voting against Trump. So Kasich is delusional about thinking he will generate enthusiasm after OH is over. Cruz is staying in for a while and could win some or all 3 of the states you mention. After tonight, I think Cruz and Trump will continue to have enthusiasm towards their campaigns but Kasich may just be the Estab Repub puppet and that won’t come off well to core Repub voters. Also agree with your view on the money game, Kasich doesn’t have big money behind him and I doubt he’ll be able to solicit the amount he would need to be seen as a viable competitor. And Kasich has said his plan isn’t to win the nom in the primaries now, he wants the nom despite a huge majority not voting for him overall. He even said that’s part of the democratic process, letting the party leaders choose a candidate who got the least votes of all candidates remaining. I can’t decide which scenario I’d like to see more, Trump winning the nom outright or Trump getting very close and far ahead of the others then being shut out at the convention as the nom is handed to Cruz or Kasich. If the former happens, much of the GOP will be on the record declaring him horrible and unelectable…and they’ll prove to be right. If the latter, Trump would likely wreak havoc at the GOP convention, maybe even run as an indie just to get even (he’d be too late too get on many ballots to be competitive) and the eventual candidate would be damaged by being hand picked against the candidate voters chose. In either case, I think we see the GOP self-destruct. Anxious to see tonight’s results! » Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2016 @ 3:37 pm Weekend Music Thread – Soothing the Savage Beast » Posted By AdLib On March 12, 2016 @ 12:59 pm » Posted By AdLib On March 12, 2016 @ 12:55 pm Election Night Thread – 3-8-2016 Exactly! Isn’t that what we’re witnessing in this GOP Civil War? They’re in a fierce battle of wits with no ammunition! » Posted By AdLib On March 10, 2016 @ 5:42 pm Maybe they’re LackBrains Intolerant? » Posted By AdLib On March 10, 2016 @ 2:18 pm Exactly, monica! This story is funny to me though, it would be like Rick Snyder having to drink Flint water after it became uncontaminated then claiming his illness was unrelated. Reality keeps proving Republican policies too be poisonous yet they fight to ignore reality at every turn. » Posted By AdLib On March 9, 2016 @ 11:03 am A little OT but this is hilarious and shows what “utter” idiots politicians can be when they celebrate deregulation:
Lawmakers celebrate raw milk law, deny being sickened by it CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some West Virginia lawmakers and Capitol staffers had a very bad weekend after celebrating the passage of a raw milk bill by drinking some. Now state health officials are investigating whether the milk was to blame for their fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and weighing allegations the raw-milk party broke the law. http://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-celebrate-raw-milk-law-deny-being-sickened-170347957.html » Posted By AdLib On March 9, 2016 @ 9:41 am Agrippa, which is why a big defeat for Trump in the GE could not only bring the Dems back in control of The Senate and who knows, maybe even the House, but also cementing the SCOTUS on the Progressive side with one but perhaps more new jurists. Nothing will steer the nation back on the right track than a Progressive SCOTUS so even if a Dem President is still blocked by Tepubs in Congress, change will still be happening for the better. » Posted By AdLib On March 9, 2016 @ 9:34 am Seymoreclearly, you have hit the nail on the head that the only way for the nation to move forward and address many of the problems and inequities plaguing it is to have enthusiastic voter turnout in Nov and assure that a fascist-echoing demagogue in the form of Trump is roundly thrashed (along with Repubs in Congress and locally). So while Dems may get a bit upset at the opponent of their favored candidate, Dems do need to see the big picture and the vast difference there would be if Trump was to win the Presidency or if either Dem did. Where Hillary and Bernie are on the issues is nearly identical, compared to the bigotry and hatefulness that are the only real policies of the party of Trump. I do have confidence that the GOTV efforts will be very successful for Dems in Nov.. There is no greater motivation than Trump as the Repub nom to whip up huge enthusiasm to vote for women, Latinos, African Americans, students, etc. Trump has insulted and is threatening to harm the majority of voters, there couldn’t be a better catalyst to create a big Dem turnout than this looming threat. » Posted By AdLib On March 9, 2016 @ 9:28 am Hi Pollytics. I think it is the nature of competition in a primary, the strong desire for a favored candidate to win, that can make one seize upon and exaggerate the negativity of an opponent in a primary to promote their candidate. I don’t claim myself to be innocent of this, it’s a tricky thing to avoid. I would just say that it is more accurate IMO to recognize that Hillary interrupts Bernie in debates and Bernie interrupts Hillary. I don’t believe in double standards. Supporters of each candidate may feel that the way the other interrupted their candidate was outrageous and/or disrespectful but debates are sometimes arguments that get heated and one may want to talk over or cut off the other. Hillary has done it countless times as has Bernie, the gender of either one should not matter when they do so if one truly believes in equality. And I wouldn’t agree that either is fairly compared to Donald Trump simply because they tried to cut off the other in a heated exchange, that is quite an exaggeration. Donald Trump has literally insulted women for breast feeding in public, for the appearance of their face, he’s attacked women reporters for being tough On him because they have periods, has accused Latino women of being drug dealers and criminals, has encouraged the physical abuse of black women protesters at his rallies, and so much more. Could one fairly paint Bernie Sanders as identical to Trump’s awful misogyny simply because he Abruptly cut off his opponent in a debate? It’s not even apples and oranges, there is no fair comparison between Sanders and Trump at all if you consider the above. I appreciate that you disliked how Bernie dealt with Hillary in the debate. In this debate and subsequent radio ads, I disliked that Hillary was misleading voters about Bernie’s support for the auto bailout. As a Bernie supporter, there have been other things she’s said in the campaign and debates that I’ve viewed as unfair and untrue that I have disliked but I would never compare her to the awful and disgusting stain on politics that is Donald Trump. My bottom line is this, Dems who support Hillary or Bernie have to appreciate that the Dem primary is being contested by two responsible and conscientious adults, unlike the Repubs. They debate on issues, not penis size or crass insults. Neither is evil, Bernie is not a racist or mysoginist (his brilliant wife is his closest partner in his campaign), Hillary is not an ideologue or a corporate puppet. Neither one is like Donald Trump nor is either one anything but a supporter of Democrats and Democratic values. Things can get heated and taken too hard in a primary but it’s important to keep an eye on November, remembering that Dems will need to come together to win and defeat Trump then and demonizing either candidate is neither fair nor productive in supporting one’s favored candidate (if the end game is to get the other half of Dems supporting the other candidate to come around to supporting the one who wins the nom, exaggerating negativity cuts against that and undermines their support of the eventual candidate). » Posted By AdLib On March 9, 2016 @ 9:11 am I heard one pundit say that the only candidate that has worse ratings on honesty…is Trump! So if she wins the nom, he would be the ideal candidate for her to beat. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 9:33 pm Typical Republican mentality, always falling on the side of less representational democracy and in this case, hoping this would be the formula to arrange a coronation for the most moneyed establishment candidate but watching how it is rocketing a destructive outsider into the nom. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 8:49 pm Very cool and a real upset, Kalima! To be honest, I thought it was kind of a lock for Hillary. I must say, I didn’t like her dishonesty on claiming Bernie opposed the auto bailout when he voted for it as a separate bill but opposed TARP for bailing out banks but not Americans. Apparently, the majority of Michigan Dems didn’t buy that slur on Bernie. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 8:46 pm Wow! This is a huge victory! Hillary was ahead by double digits in polls, this is a big boost for Bernie and a big setback for Hillary. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 8:42 pm 81% and Bernie’s got the same lead! » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 7:48 pm 72% in MI, Bernie 50% and Hillary 47%. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 7:35 pm Yes, I heard that the anti-Trump Repubs are trying to keep him from getting the delegates to win the nom and in a contested convention they’d love to get Romney or Ryan to drafted in. But it doesn’t look like they’ll be successful, I think Trump will win the Repub nom…then what??? Repubs will have a nom that they have openly attacked as horrible, Indies dislike, Dems dislike, a majority of women dislike, on and on. He can’t win, just aren’t enough hateful bigoted older white males out there to outnumber everyone else. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 6:24 pm Hey, don’t Bogart those brownies! » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 6:19 pm Actually, I was over there. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 6:18 pm monica – Would love for Trump to beat Kasich in OH, Kasich needs a punch in the face for being such a fraud himself who is slimier than Trump because he pretends to be a Kumbaya moderate when he’s really a dominionist and phony RW who takes credit for the deeds of everyone around him. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 6:16 pm 31% in MI and Bernie up 51 – 47! » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 6:13 pm monica – I sure wish I could be a fly on the wall in the room Priebus is in now! Not to mention the island that all the wealthy Repubs and tech slime all convened to plan their anti-Trump plots! Yes, I don’t think Estab Repubs have any connection to reality, they will redouble their efforts I’ll bet, maybe trying to rally behind Kasich? After all, he’s the next lamest choice after the empty suit that’s Rubio. What do you think? » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 6:12 pm And I’m very glad to see Rubio crashing and burning, he was the real corporate tool in the race. Kasich may take that role but interesting polling data, most of Kasich voters in MS voted for him just to vote against the other candidates. No enthusiasm for him and not surprising. He makes Jeb! look like he’s on meth. » Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2016 @ 6:07 pmComments Posted By AdLib
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