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PoliGAF 2016 |OT2| we love the poorly educated
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QuiteWhittle
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Macho Madness
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CRUZ IS WINNING
KASICH IS UP IN THE POLLS
TRUMP IS FUCKED BECAUSE HES A SHITTY RACIST
WE ARE DOOMED
AND GODDAMMIT ANDREA WHATS THE STORY WITH THE EMAILS ALREADY ITS BEEN 5 MINUTES SINCE WE LAST TALKED ABOUT THEM
KASICH IS UP IN THE POLLS
TRUMP IS FUCKED BECAUSE HES A SHITTY RACIST
WE ARE DOOMED
AND GODDAMMIT ANDREA WHATS THE STORY WITH THE EMAILS ALREADY ITS BEEN 5 MINUTES SINCE WE LAST TALKED ABOUT THEM
titiklabingapat
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I wouldn't worry too much about the Trump GOP Yes. The market is always like this. It will recover once tonight is over. I'm waiting until it goes down to the 45s and I'm buying more, I think.
Trump has taken down Cruz before and he will do it again, booger or no booger.
A Human Becoming
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It's finally taking off from Trump.
Officerrob
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There really is no excuse for caucuses to still be a thing
Coriolanus
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give it a coupla days.
Macho Madness
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is there a chat?
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Macho Madness
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I heard some people say that Cruz ate a booger at the debate. I would never say that because it's horrible but can you believe that? I'm not going to say it's gross but some people are saying that.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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It's mindblowing that Cruz is the only candidate in this race with good organization.
Jack Remington
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Sure, up a grand, but when you've seen visions of a Bora Bora vacation, and now you're looking at maybe a vacation in Vegas staying at the Hard Rock Cafe, that's not a great feeling.
shinra-bansho
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Key race report. Lyin booger Cruz. Caucus winner.
ArkhamFantasy
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Im not saying we should imprison booger eaters, i know booger eaters they are great people, but we need to imprison those booger eaters.
Mrs. Manky
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I've told my husband multiple times that if there was footage of something crawling underneath Cruz' skin, I would be shocked but not surprised.
This is second best.
Jack Remington
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Tell you what though, sometimes it's about the money you don't lose. I had 100 shares of Cruz No in Maine and a couple hundred of Trump Yes, probably about $400 total in that market. Last night I sold them all and just about broke even. I think I lost like $2 on the Cruz shares. Could have easily been the whole $400.
BoboBrazil
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Cruz is candy crushin it.
Are you saying Cruz is a Brood or one of the V aliens?
If Trump spent ANY money on organization and at least tried to brush up on policy, even a little, I feel he would probably be running away with this thing. His loss
StopMakingSense
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Cruz or Trump, that is what the GOP has to go with. Who would have fucking thought.
RurouniZel
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Was Cruz supposed to win KS? By this much?
Officerrob
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He's nowhere near done
User 463088
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I heard he eats live mice. Make of that what you will
Not by this margin, although no one really knew what was going to happen.
Officerrob
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It's a caucus, nobody knows
Coriolanus
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If Trump spent ANY money on organization and at least tried to brush up on policy, even a little, I feel he would probably be running away with this thing. His loss
To be fair, he had reason to believe that none of that would be required to win.
Nah, far more likely that he's the kinda cretin that stumbles along from fuckup to fuckup, failing upwards. Would also explain his conduct in the senate.
RurouniZel
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ItWasMeantToBe19
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If Trump spent ANY money on organization and at least tried to brush up on policy, even a little, I feel he would probably be running away with this thing. His loss
I can't believe a politician as lazy and cheap (and honestly bad in many other respects) as Trump is going to win the nomination.
How can the GOP (other than McConnell and Cruz) be so bad at this stuff that they get crushed by a guy as incompetent as Trump?
Roland_Gunner
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If you're a Dem here are the pros and cons of Cruz being nominated:
Pro: He has the most punchable face in politics, and perhaps in all of the media. People look at his face and are just unhappy. He's like the opposite of the current guy on the Bachelor where women see him and just start staring at the screen in a daze.
Con: A competent politician who will pay people to actually organize a campaign. Something that, apparently, no other Republican in the race is capable of. Otherwise, they wouldn't be losing to Ted "children cry at the sound of my voice" Cruz.
Pro: He has the most punchable face in politics, and perhaps in all of the media. People look at his face and are just unhappy. He's like the opposite of the current guy on the Bachelor where women see him and just start staring at the screen in a daze.
Con: A competent politician who will pay people to actually organize a campaign. Something that, apparently, no other Republican in the race is capable of. Otherwise, they wouldn't be losing to Ted "children cry at the sound of my voice" Cruz.
Coriolanus
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Because they're used to competing with democrats, which are often even worse at it.
If, during a primary, you lose your own fucking state when you're the only guy from it? It doesn't matter by how much. You're done.
He's more of a Plants vs Zombies guy.
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BoboBrazil
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Nah, he said in the town hall he plays candy crush.
eBay Huckster
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To be fair, organizing in the GOP is kind of like knowing basic long division among preschoolers.
Elaugaufein
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While the caucus organization would help him I really doubt the policy would (Trump's read the Republican primary electorate right on that they give no fucks about policy (or even consistency) they just want to be told they'll win and that their victory will make the country Great (giving them a moral justification for that desire).
Macho Madness
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Jack Remington
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It would be stupid to sell today. I'll see what things look like tomorrow. Trump winning Florida would really change things though.
User 463088
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Trump says Republicans are eating their own.
We know this. We saw Cruz.
We know this. We saw Cruz.
I think Rubio is indeed a lightweight and would be easier to beat than Cruz. We're afraid of him though. He's Dan Quayle with more polish.
We're threatened by him because he was elected to the Senate due to idiocy on the other side, just like Obama. His resume is even thinner than Obama's was when he was in the Senate. So he's kind of the semi GOP Obama. That in turn makes us feel like he'd rip off Obama's playbook and the GOP would have their own watered down inspirational version of him. This makes us feel kind of demoralized. Then the fear sets in.
But when you see him for what he really is I think you need to get a grip and see that Hillary would utterly destroy him.
Cruz scares me because he's like neo-Dubya with a dash of Santorum and the finesse of 2004 Karl Rove. He's a shitstain, but a damn smart one.
Trump I think is going for his art of the deal strategy. I expect a sharp shift to the center with Hillary. He's a populist at heart that changes gears on a whim. That's a big reason why Republicans hate him. He ain't loyal.
We're threatened by him because he was elected to the Senate due to idiocy on the other side, just like Obama. His resume is even thinner than Obama's was when he was in the Senate. So he's kind of the semi GOP Obama. That in turn makes us feel like he'd rip off Obama's playbook and the GOP would have their own watered down inspirational version of him. This makes us feel kind of demoralized. Then the fear sets in.
But when you see him for what he really is I think you need to get a grip and see that Hillary would utterly destroy him.
Cruz scares me because he's like neo-Dubya with a dash of Santorum and the finesse of 2004 Karl Rove. He's a shitstain, but a damn smart one.
Trump I think is going for his art of the deal strategy. I expect a sharp shift to the center with Hillary. He's a populist at heart that changes gears on a whim. That's a big reason why Republicans hate him. He ain't loyal.
Officerrob
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Nate going all in:
Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 3m3 minutes ago
If you're reporting this as anything other than a huge night for Cruz and a terrible one for Trump, you're doing it wrong.
Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 3m3 minutes ago
If you're reporting this as anything other than a huge night for Cruz and a terrible one for Trump, you're doing it wrong.
He's also farther right wing than trump on virtually every issue. He's still completely unelectable, he's just less likely to destroy the entire party.
A Human Becoming
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Caucuses are good if a party only wants their most dedicated, or base, to pick the nominee in a given state. Pushing aside the timing, the format seems to be reflective of the party in each state. However it does makes sense to me that early states are proportionally while later ones are winner-take-all. Winner-take-all really kills off the lingering candidates.
This year however we might see all four at the convention. You would think if Kasich lost Ohio and Rubio Florida there campaigns would be over but who the fuck knows anymore. Maybe this is when Cruz pulls away as the decided anti-Trump.
This year however we might see all four at the convention. You would think if Kasich lost Ohio and Rubio Florida there campaigns would be over but who the fuck knows anymore. Maybe this is when Cruz pulls away as the decided anti-Trump.
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