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PoliGAF 2016 |OT4| Tyler New Chief Exit Pollster at CNN
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FloydtheFathead
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I thought it was something relate to Cleveland.
What was the agreed upon title?
PoliGAF 2016 |OT6| The Nation Prepares for the Loss of Cleveland.
Wasn't that it ?
shinra-bansho
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I think Cher should decide the next thread title.
User 463088
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OMG YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Ugh. I'd gotten over it but thanks for reminding me. The thread title is bad and op should feel bad.
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The GOAT Diva. Yasssss! Fuck! Queen!
StopMakingSense
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We've reached peak yas.
No. Come to chat on the 19th or 26th.
shinra-bansho
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Huh? This may have already been posted but I thought he was slowly walking this back?
WH comment.
So this protest about making NY an open primary (2 weeks prior the actual election). Why are they making it in NYC and not in Albany? It's bad optics that they don't know that the NYC Hall has nothing to do with the state election rules. They are protesting in the wrong place, and honestly I'm not sure they know that. Am I missing something?
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To be fair, some of these same people have an issue with how math works. So, I wouldn't expect them to get nuance like the world not revolving around NYC.
These are the same people who thought #OccupyCNN was a good idea.
Macho Madness
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While I think open primaries are fine, I think changing the rules this late in the game is unfair.
I'm rolling my eyes at this protest. Even if independents could vote in the NY primary it would change nothing.
The only reason this protest is happening is because their guy is losing. If the shoe were on the other foot they'd be on the other side of this.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Yep, only might change the margin a bit, Sanders needs a win and making it an open primary is not going to make that happen, especially with all the coverage his "not qualified" remarks made today.
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See...I have an issue with open primaries. You want a say in who the party nominates, join the party. It's not like it costs money. It's not like you have to do anything to be a member. Primaries are party events not elections. I don't have an issue with restricting access to members of the party. That's just me, though.
Macho Madness
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If they're so concerned with voter suppression, they'd have been protesting caucuses.
Basically, yes. They'll go back to not caring after this is all over.
I guess we know what the excuse will be when he loses though.
Why is he still going with this even after its been clarified that she did not say that?
Bernie needs this: https://youtu.be/Y0WxhpoJdLQ
OOooohhh they almost got me with question 24!
PERFECT SCORE!
Is he the small guy from Vermont or the hardened brooklinite playing in his own turf.. Make up your mind Bernie! you can't play the outsider and home advantage card in the same state campaign. I have nothing about him claiming either or both but the small/big angle is contradictory.
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Bernie's run an entire campaign on saying absolutely nothing of substance, so the fact that he can feign outrage over something that never happened shouldn't be entirely surprising. I can't believe how upset he got over a tiny bit of bad press over a bad interview. It's impressive, really.
maabus1999
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Well she may not get voted out in her district but she sure isn't going to have any more say in the Democratic party for a couple years if she follows through.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
He is showing himself to be more like Trump, characteristically, every day. Aside from the racism.
To be fair, if he didn't take entirely imaginary things seriously, he wouldn't have a very long policy list.
VendettaRed07
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Maybe if Bernie calls every one of the super delegates and says they aren't qualified they'll see it as a sign of strength and vote for him instead
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FloydtheFathead
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Is that the silicon woman Adam?
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Oh, bless, no. That's Alyssa Edwards.
Alyssa's Secret is the greatest thing on YouTube, with the possible exception of Willam's Beatdown.
Nazgul_Hunter
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That quiz is amazing. Huge social media upgrade since the Abuelita debacle
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To be fair, that's a bell he can't unring. He can't admit he got it wrong, because that would make him look cray-cray. At this point, they have to own it and pray something comes along to cover it up. The media, though, seems to love it, and I don't think that's going away.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/five-ways-the-republican-race-could-end/477324/
5 Scenarios that will end in Cleveland.
5 Scenarios that will end in Cleveland.
VendettaRed07
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Me to Bill Clinton this entire campaign
Me to Bill Clinton this entire campaign
Bill's at his best when he's shitting on the GOP.
RastaMentality
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When was the last convention without a Vice President present?
VendettaRed07
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He's had no ability to combat Bernie this campaign and really done nothing but undermine Hillary and cause controversy in the process
He should have stayed out of it till the convention.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Yeah, he must want to get out there. It's not like he is needed at this point.
Dick Cheney wasn't at the 2008 convention.
RastaMentality
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I mean one running for office! Since there won't be a candidate at the RNC.
GE is an easy to remember manufacturing company name
Eyes on the prize for the GE.
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Because millionaires and billionaires, corporations, Wall Street. Fraud!
VendettaRed07
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I don't really like the "political parties have no responsibilities as important institutions of democracy" idea that sometimes gets expressed re: this kind of thing. Yeah, sure, in some technical sense the political parties aren't really part of the government. But let's be real. Presidents are going to come from one of the two major parties, by going through the primary process of one of those parties. Third party candidates not only have almost no shot at being elected but also have very little ability to even get their message out. That's why Sanders is a Democrat now!
So it matters enormously that the parties' processes be democratically legitimate. They can't be thought of just like private clubs that can set their own rules without regard for non-members. They're non-government institutions that still have responsibilities pertaining to our process in something like the way that major media outlets have certain responsibilities.
Now, I don't think that therefore we've got to have open primaries. I think that it's probably sufficient that, as you say, anybody can sign up for a party for free without going too far out of their way. Probably it makes some sense to reward people who are actually doing the work of organizing political movements with an outsized say in who the nominee is. But an open primary advocate could counter that the whole point of organizing is to get votes and so organization is its own reward. Ultimately most arguments against open primaries are going to look a lot like arguments for something like a poll tax or a test for voting in general elections.
But regardless you can go obviously too far with this. The whole Ron Paul (and now Ted Cruz) thing where you take over state party conventions and hijack delegates despite losing primaries seems to me to be clearly inappropriate even if technically within party rules.
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