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Lindsey Graham’s Out
News broke sometime this morning: Lindsey Graham’s suspending his campaign.
Really, I’m ready for more candidates to start dropping out. After several debates, I think we’re pretty familiar with most of the candidates. Time for the field to narrow so the top few can get more airtime. Notable exception: Rand Paul. I’d like him to stay in it, not because he’s gonna get close to winning, but because he holds positions significantly different than the other candidates, and I think that the intra-party debate helps us, in the long run.
Published in Elections, General, Politics
Wait, he was in the race?
Go Paul! Do you think he will get most of Graham supporters’ votes? :)
Grahambo has run out of ammo.
Lazy Millennial on the cutting edge around here this morning. Well done.
I agree with your comment about Rand Paul. He was one of the first (only?) candidates to get out of Republican’s typical comfort zones, speak at Howard University, spend time with community folks in Ferguson, etc. Additionally, I appreciate his contrast to Rubio and Cruz.
I would also like to see Christie and Fiorina stay. Kasich, Bush, and everyone on the undercard last time can watch this unfold from the couch. They add zero value.
I’m supporting Trump until Jeb! and his pile of money drop out. Then I’ll make my real decision.
In a statement released by Graham’s base (his sister and John McCain):
“Hell no, we are not voting for Rand, no way, no how!”
I hope this explains the Trump support in whole.
And George Pataki, templing his fingers, whispers to himself, “All goes according to plan.”
Unlikely.
Well, that’s too bad. I love his solo at the end of Gold Dust Woman.
Agree in full. Everyone else is just taking up oxygen.
Too bad Graham isn’t more conservative: he’s got the best sense of humor of all the Senate Republicans, as far as I can tell, and possibly the best sense of humor since Hollings was in the Senate.
But wit is only a minor virtue and can’t redeem the fellow.
Devastated.
Another one bites the dust. Gilmania 2016!
To bad I really wanted to see him go against Trump in the main debates.
Trump is a thuggish bully and something they cant stand is for people to make fun of them. And Graham would have delivered that.
I hope this is the position of most Trump supporters!
UPDATE: I see I wasn’t the only one to make that observation.
Probably Trump support keeps Bush in. Since Trump is unacceptable for conservatives and establishment alike.