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[Diablos]

Rubio, fuck!

Murphy can still win. I think we're going to be surprised. Call me crazy

 

[DrForester]

YES.

Obama runs for Speaker. Gets elected in a landslide.

Hilldawg immediately resigns the presidency.

Tim Kaine resigns the vice presidency.

4 MORE YEARS

Out of curiosity, would this be legal to do? Since he wouldn't technically be elected for a 3rd term, just serving out a remaining term.

 

[rrtyu]

Some ya'll need to get off the Murphy train, it's a one way ride to disappointment.

 

[MetalGearZed]

Lighting in the Trump rally and his hat make him look like a Sith lord

hope they got their tin foil hats ready

 

[Debirudog]

Poligaf fantasy time.

 

[Diablos]

Some ya'll need to get off the Murphy train, it's a one way ride to disappointment.

We shall see

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

Some ya'll need to get off the Murphy train, it's a one way ride to disappointment.

Only Manmademan and somehow Diablos are on that train, most of us have expected little Marco staying in.

 

[aspiegamer]

Something about Iowa I hadn't considered. Trump was there so so so much leading up to the GOP primary. His campaign message then is essentially the same as it is now (just replace Hillary with primary people again) with the whole circus act deal. That was, effectively, hundreds of hours and umpteen millions of dollars in exposure that he enjoyed specifically because he was Donald Trump. Those were, effectively, a bunch of GE events. If Hillary or whoever the D candidate was had spent months straight in Iowa with wall-to-wall coverage dominating the media I'd bet she'd be doing better there. But they've seen Trump's face sooooooooo much, anyone with even vaguely sympathetic ideology will be behind him now.

Not meaning to dismiss the other factors that have come up and specifically the non-college whites shift, but this is something of a one-off situation. Trump being Trump is worth a few points, as is Hillary being Hillary costing her a few.

 

[Debirudog]

OMG CNN is going on and on about how sad it is that Trump doesn't have his FBI investigation talking point. So saaaaaad! ;_;

Gimme a break.

They seriously need to get off that Trump train...

 

[Kusagari]

It will be close all night and the believers hearts will be broken when Little Marco wins by less than 2%.

Don't fall for it.

 

[wutwutwut]

Poligaf fantasy time.

Spoiler

don't shoot me

 

[sprsk]

Are any channels gonna have nate silver on for their election day coverage? Kinda wanna see him pull a Karl Rove.

 

[kadotsu]

Are any channels gonna have nate silver on for their election day coverage? Kinda wanna see him pull a Karl Rove.

Do you really want to hear him say the word "uncertainty" a trillion times?

 

[Carpe Carnim]

Turnout in Miami-Dade today hit 50k.

https://twitter.com/MDCElections/status/795415767688871937

As Adam would say

HHHNNNGGGGGG!

 

[kevin1025]

Lighting in the Trump rally and his hat make him look like a Sith lord

I'm starting to think the hats and the lighting is to hide how tired as shit he is.

 

[Ecotic]

Out of curiosity, would this be legal to do? Since he wouldn't technically be elected for a 3rd term, just serving out a remaining term.

It's unknown for sure if a 2 term President can 'assume' the Presidency for more terms instead of being elected to additional terms.

We've had this discussion a number of times here and it always devolves into a very nasty fight over the precise wording.

 

[harriet the spy]

Spoiler

don't shoot me

Funny thing is that he would probably win (I feel) in a Trump-Jeb situation or Jeb-Hillary.

But the viciousness of the primaries and arrow's impossibility theorem

 

[Doc Holliday]

Sigh, I just way to much time arguing with a Trump support about Democrats are for big government. He's Latino and a police officer.....

 

[kirblar]

It will be close all night and the believers hearts will be broken when Little Marco wins by less than 2%.

Don't fall for it.

The question is really the margins in the newbie voters. Are they still close in that race like the others, or are they going straight D?

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Sigh, I just way to much time arguing with a Trump support about Democrats are for big government. He's Latino and a police officer.....

The law and order candidate can do no wrong with those that crave to enforce those laws and bring about his order.

Smh

 

[Revolver]

Are any channels gonna have nate silver on for their election day coverage? Kinda wanna see him pull a Karl Rove.

I think George Snuffleupagus said he'd be on ABC's coverage.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

This effectively takes him out of democratic politics for 30+ years. No thanks.

what is he going to do run for Senate?

 

[Slayven]

after tuesday there's gonna be a lot of free red hats

Hillary should keep a red hat in her trophy room next to Vic Foster's double sided penny, and Ben Ghazi's robotic t-rex

 

[Carpe Carnim]

Only Manmademan and somehow Diablos are on that train, most of us have expected little Marco staying in.

I'll ride that train to the end. I don't have to impress anyone, and i'm used to being disappointed by Floriduh politics, firsthand

CHOO-CHOO BITCHEZ!

 

[Armaros]

Out of curiosity, would this be legal to do? Since he wouldn't technically be elected for a 3rd term, just serving out a remaining term.

Nope, the line of succession would skip Obama.

Currently the only way to serve more then 8 years to do be vice president when a president steps down or dies but the remaining term is less them 2 years. The person can still run and serve two full terms in office

 

[Aaron Strife]

why is it stupid?

i mean, I think he can do more for the party without any kind of job obligations, but as a fun thought experiment, i wouldn't mind having more elected officials on the court.

Particularly as a Minnesotan I wouldn't mind seeing Amy Klobuchar appointed to the Supreme Court.

Spoiler

And Keith Ellison filling in her Senate seat.

 

[Diablos]

what is he going to do run for Senate?

Organize, campaign, advise, etc.
We need him -- desperately -- for that

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Funny thing is that he would probably win (I feel) in a Trump-Jeb situation or Jeb-Hillary.

But the viciousness of the primaries and arrow's impossibility theorem

What states does Jeb pick from Hillary, though?

"Working class" (IE, poor, uneducated white people) wouldn't flock to him as much as they are to Trump. Hillary would probably pick up some white women from Jeb as well, although Hispanic turnout would probably be a lot lower than this year.

States like Florida wouldn't be a slam dunk. But NC would still be in play. Ohio would likely not be as big of a tossup and Iowa would still be in play for Hillary.

It'd probably look a bit like this

And I think even that's being generous to Jeb (red Nevada for example)

Jeb would have to grab some other random blue state from this, since the NC GOP messed up so badly this year.

Hell, take NC from her and she still wins this map

 

[kevin1025]

CNN going in on the NYT story of Trump lacking sleep and not wanting to be left alone.

CNN's okay again.

 

[Y2Kev]

Will Hillary's event with the Obamas be televised tomorrow? That's all I want to see. What time?

 

[Grief.exe]

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Do people not realize how stupid this Obama Supreme Court shit is?

You're keeping the most effective surrogate we could possibly have out of campaigning when he has decades left to give.

why can't the guy have a nice retirement as a Judge?

dude worked hard for 8 years he is an old man aged by stress

Michelle can run for a seat

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Are those the high school students that forced Trump to show up in Minnesota?

 

[rrtyu]

Those poor, poor, kids.

 

[kevin1025]

Vote Rump!

 

[Diablos]

RUMP

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Unseen: the failing parents.

 

[Boke1879]

why can't the guy have a nice retirement as a Judge?

dude worked hard for 8 years he is an old man aged by stress

Michelle can run for a seat

Nah and I don't think even Obama would want that. Remember he was a community organizer.

This man was made for this. Plus we want him giving speeches at the DNC for as long as he is willing.

 

[Plinko]

posted yet?

MUCH better decision to go to Michigan. Forget Iowa.

 

[CygnusXS]

Notice that they put the girls on the other side of the stage from him.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

This isn't a sarcastic question at all, but I've been wondering if Obama is going to be the Democratic Party's Ronald Reagan? And by that I mean seen as the gold standard for the party and idolized for decades. On an objective level he has been a phenomenal president and he is extremely popular for an outgoing president.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Organize, campaign, advise, etc.
We need him -- desperately -- for that

I hope Obama lives up to these expectations

 

[balladofwindfishes]

This isn't a sarcastic question at all, but I've been wondering if Obama is going to be the Democratic Party's Ronald Reagan? And by that I mean seen as the gold standard for the party and idolized for decades. On an objective level he has been a phenomenal president and he is extremely popular for an outgoing president.

Absolutely

A bonus though, is that Obama is young and healthy and ready to work for Democrats for 30+ more years.

 

[gutter_trash]

MSNBC has Georgia as battleground, what do they know that we don't?

 

[harriet the spy]

This isn't a sarcastic question at all, but I've been wondering if Obama is going to be the Democratic Party's Ronald Reagan? And by that I mean seen as the gold standard for the party and idolized for decades. On an objective level he has been a phenomenal president and he is extremely popular for an outgoing president.

nevermind I thought you were talking about Reagan.

 

[HylianTom]

Every time Kornacki stands in front of the map and talks about the GOP needing to flip an expected state or two in order to squeak-by 270, I say to myself, "didn't we hear this 4 years ago? And 8 years ago?"

I hope that in four years, I experience this deja vu yet again.

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

MSNBC has Georgia as battleground, what do they know that we don't?

Last few polls have had Trump +1 or +2, I believe.

 

[Officerrob]

KAC on Hardball, this should be good

"Campaign Manager" who spends 90% of her time on TV

 

[rokkerkory]

Such diversity at Trump's rallies

 

[RastaMentality]

That mini-DNC is gonna have a Springsteen and Bon Jovi performance? wtf that's jampacked.