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Campaign 2016 Part XI: the Two Party Problem

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The Sicatoka said:
Why isn't Bernie's age an issue?

Reagan's age was in question when he was running for re-election and he was about 15 days short of 74 to start his second term.

Bernie is 74+ today.
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Because Sanders has never been in any danger of winning the nomination. However, I have noticed him breaking down a little lately under the strain of all the campaigning. Regarding Hillary one would assume she's a bridge to a younger generation of Dems, some of which may not even be elected yet.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Anything she makes up without facts he's going to smash back at her tenfold. It won't work. She better have the goods. So far the NY Times hit piece on women and Trump has backfired in his favor.
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Yes, I'm sure it has Scooby. :rolleyes: She's going to hit him on taxes because she's released hers and he hasn't. "Rich Guy Hiding Money" isn't exactly a headline you want to run on this political climate. It astounds me that some people on one hand will argue that there's a revolution going on and plutocrats are going to get what's coming to them, but then claim in the next post that the voting public is fine with a guy born into wealth who doesn't feel the need to let the serfs see where he parks his money (most likely overseas) and if he pays the same tax rate as the rest of us. Hillary has answered that question already. Trump will too or he'll pay a price, as did Mittens.
 
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Rover said:
Yes, I'm sure it has Scooby. :rolleyes: She's going to hit him on taxes because she's released hers and he hasn't. "Rich Guy Hiding Money" isn't exactly a headline you want to run on this political climate. It astounds me that some people on one hand will argue that there's a revolution going on and plutocrats are going to get what's coming to them, but then claim in the next post that the voting public is fine with a guy born into wealth who doesn't feel the need to let the serfs see where he parks his money (most likely overseas) and if he pays the same tax rate as the rest of us. Hillary has answered that question already. Trump will too or he'll pay a price, as did Mittens.
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No one will care. Trump hides his taxes and all his voters will think it's him displaying strength.
 
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Rover said:
Your success regarding electoral predictions has been less than stellar....:D
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I didn't say Trump will win. I doubt he will. I'm just communicating my frustration with what he's able to get away with and the precedence it will set for future elections.
 
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You know the thing that upsets me the most about this Trump/NYT debacle? How Trump is so insecure and that he's wasting his time watching these TV shows. If you're the president I don't want you personally addressing every negative story that will come out.

He is so unfit for office I honestly don't know if I can respect anyone who votes for him. I just don't think I can. You would have to be mentally ill to think that he's a better candidate than Hillary. Or anyone for that matter.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
I didn't say Trump will win. I doubt he will. I'm just communicating my frustration with what he's able to get away with and the precedence it will set for future elections.
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Hopefully he'll be destroyed and nobody will try this again. It's important for him to lose badly enough to be a deterrent.
 
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Kepler said:
Hopefully he'll be destroyed and nobody will try this again. It's important for him to lose badly enough to be a deterrent.
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He'll get his 45%. The only hope is the electoral college map defeat is Mondale vs. Reagan like to end this BS forever.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
Why isn't Bernie's age an issue?

Reagan's age was in question when he was running for re-election and he was about 15 days short of 74 to start his second term.

Bernie is 74+ today.

Of course, folks may realize that Hillary is about Reagan's age when he ran for his first term. She'll be 69+ on election day.

The Hair is about 9 months older than Hillary.
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I think it's just because it's 36 years since Reagan ran. Life expectancy is higher. Also, in Hillary's case you're buying 5 more years just by moving to a woman. Age would have been an issue for Bernie if anybody had ever thought he had a chance. And it's not an issue for Drumpf (1) because he's been rich his whole life, and wealthy people live a lot longer, and (2) because he's a moron tweet machine, and nobody has time for anything but his latest idiocy.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
He'll get his 45%. The only hope is the electoral college map defeat is Mondale vs. Reagan like to end this BS forever.
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Obama won by 7% popular /35% electoral in 2008 -- nobody thinks of that as a landslide, so it has to be greater.

Reagan's landslides were 10/90 and 18/95. Nixon's and Johnson's were bigger. So 10 popular seems to be the minimum for a landslide.

2012 + NC, IN, MO, GA, AZ and UT just for Mormon anti-Drumpf giggles -- say he says something bad about magic undies -- is 401 V and a landslide. But just look at that list -- that's about an 11-point swing (plus UT Mormon magic) from 2012!

Unless Drumpf has actually wrecked the alignment, a landslide is nearly impossible the way things are right now.
 
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In an interview with U.S. News, Nader criticized the Democratic Party primary process, referring to superdelegates as "cronies." He also said Donald Trump has raised important issues in his campaign.
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The guy who destroyed America is whining again.
 
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Rover said:
but his point on taxes is it might be true Trump is far less wealthy than he says he is. Call him out on that and watch him go berserk.
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Exactly. You're not gonna get Trump by attacking his plans to build a wall, or deport all the Meskins and Moozlims, or talk about how crazy his policy positions are, or he's a flip-flopper, or whatever. That stuff, he'll just shrug off, and launch into his next snarky comment.

You rattle Trump, by questioning the greatness of the man Trump himself, and his little empire. Nothing got under his skin more during the primaries than his opponents pointing out that Trump steaks, and Trump water, and whatever else that's pure Trump awesomeness, didn't really exist.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
You know the thing that upsets me the most about this Trump/NYT debacle? How Trump is so insecure and that he's wasting his time watching these TV shows. If you're the president I don't want you personally addressing every negative story that will come out.

He is so unfit for office I honestly don't know if I can respect anyone who votes for him. I just don't think I can. You would have to be mentally ill to think that he's a better candidate than Hillary. Or anyone for that matter.
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But that's just it. He is that insecure. And that's what bothers him most, when people don't see the greatness that is Trump.
 
Timothy A said:
There's a pole on MSN with nearly a million votes and Trump has 53%, Hillary 36%, Bernie 6% and 3rd party 5%. I am stunned at the results. Is there some reason to think that only middle aged angry white guys use MSN?
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Any Germans, Italians, or Greeks?
 
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