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PoliGAF 2015-2016 |OT3| If someone named PhoenixDark leaves your party, call the cops
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Coriolanus
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Indeed. And? Do you perchance want speakers to retain that perk or are you opposed to this solely because it came from republicans?
He didn't say he opposed it, he said it's funny they didn't care about the fiscal angle of the perk after they specifically turned on boehner
No. I just find it hilarious Boehner was the catalyst.
Poodlestrike
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Is the bromance breaking up?
There's a very good reason to keep it around. Retired speakers can continue to use their connections to raise money for the party. This only damages themselves, especially given Ryan's disdain for fundraising.
RastaMentality
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The attack ads write themselves (if Cruz is the candidate).
Coriolanus
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I'd bet dollars to donuts that those that care for fundraising will keep on doing that just fine without the perk.
Plus, with republicans retaining the speakership for the short and medium term? Yeah, better to get rid of it. Can always put it back in place once one gets the house again.
John Podesta of Hillarys (and previously Obamas) campaign says the nominee is going to be Cruz or Rubo.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/podesta-cruz-is-likely-gop-nominee-216713
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/podesta-cruz-is-likely-gop-nominee-216713
Third Strike
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Cruz being the nominee would be interesting to watch. If he loses, what happens to Tea Party fanatics that think running a radical-right candidate is the key to winning the White House? What would be their response to Cruz having less electoral votes than Romney, and maybe even McCain?
"Should've gone with Trump, we needed a true outsider, someone who never held office, a great deal maker with business experience who employs lots of minorities who love him."
Abinash117
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What if it is Trump/Cruz ?
Then I call all my friends and smoke an ounce of weed while blasting loud music.
Hillary will probably do the same.
Interesting.
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DMR in 24 mins! Get hype!
What?
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Des Moines Register's Selzer & Co poll. Unless that was it from Holmes above.
Yep
He'll have the nomination sown up by the end of Super Tuesday either way after Cruz drops out and endorses him, and Trump chooses him as his VP.
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is there a link yet, or is that twitter leakage? i'm kinda curious to see the dem side, too.
Drudge.
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Carson's votes seem to go to Cruz more than Trump, so I'm pretty confident Cruz will take Iowa now. That said, it's a caucus state, so who the fuck knows.
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Tables: http://www.scribd.com/doc/293112953/DMR-2130-methodology-Saturday-Dec-12
They don't seem to have polled the Dem side. ;_;
They don't seem to have polled the Dem side. ;_;
Hexa
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Who has a better ground game? Cruz or Trump? Trump has Chuck Laudner, but is there any indication other than that he's actually doing well?
Poodlestrike
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Who has a better ground game? Cruz or Trump? Trump has Chuck Laudner, but is there any indication other than that he's actually doing well?
I think he means "against" there instead of "for."
Butts-a-plenty
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What's the point in polling an uncompetitive race?
"Don't believe failing Quinnapiac. Look at respected Zogby poll."
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The last DMR/Selzer had Clinton at +7 at the end of October, which is actually pretty competitive. Given their track record, I just wanted to see what they made of the race by this point.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Feels like Iowa is going to vote for anyone but Trump just to be contrarian assholes like always.
Black Republican
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heh
It's not about being thin skinned, its about maintaining his image of inevitablity.
BertramCooper
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Trump is probably the whiniest presidential candidate ever.
Complains about biased polls. Complains about the media being mean to him in the debates. Threatens to take his ball and go home CONSTANTLY.
Yet somehow his idiot supporters perceive this as Trump being a straight-shooter who pulls no punches, when in reality, he's just a nonstop fucking crybaby.
Yellowtail
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There's apparently a Fox one out tomorrow and PPP are releasing their Iowa results this week.
There'll be one more Selzer poll, released 2-3 days before the caucuses. It'll be the single most hyped poll of the primaries.
Podesta was not part of Obama's campaign, he led Obama's transition and was previously Bill's White House Chief of Staff. He's an old school Clinton loyalist. I don't think he was ever really a campaign guy; they brought him on this time to keep everyone else in line since he has the stature to do it.
Did Daniel write this article?
Bernie Sanders Will Become President, Despite Rigged Debate Schedules, Skewed Polls, and Clinton's 'Inevitability'
Bernie Sanders Will Become President, Despite Rigged Debate Schedules, Skewed Polls, and Clinton's 'Inevitability'
BertramCooper
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Not enough smiley faces.
There's so much desperation and denial on that site.
Manmademan
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not a bad prediction TBH.
Lead for 5-6 straight months in the polls then take Iowa AND New Hampshire? Everyone else might as well go the fuck home.
Coriolanus
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Gods, that video on the thread about the dude being executed as he walked and then crawled away from the police in lynwood is... something.
The media was mean to him, though. That first fox news debate set the tone. Just so happens that he deserves every ounce of meanness.
The media was mean to him, though. That first fox news debate set the tone. Just so happens that he deserves every ounce of meanness.
Yeah I get that but one way to take the muster off that inevitability is to scream out every poll result that doesn't go your way.
Yep. This may be what has surprised me most about his whole candidacy: that the base would eat up his xenophobic ravings is something we should have seen coming.
But the incredible pettiness - which at multiple points I thought might have a chance of hurting him - actually being perceived as strong leadership? Really, how gullible are these people?
Coriolanus
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Consider that when he does that, he is also feeding a talking point to his followers.
Plus i doubt that there`s a significant "well i'd vote for him.... but then he bitched about one poll too many!" voter pool. These people do seem to go along with the lieberal media narrative, after all.
Plus i doubt that there`s a significant "well i'd vote for him.... but then he bitched about one poll too many!" voter pool. These people do seem to go along with the lieberal media narrative, after all.
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