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We haven't done one of these in a long time: a show with just the three hosts talking about the news. To be honest, it wasn't planned that way, but a certain producer told the guest the wrong time. But luckily, we have three guys who can easily fill up an hour with clever conversation and camaraderie. This week, we cover ISIS, our confounding foreign policy, a (very) early look at 2016, how Scott Walker could have better handled that evolution 'gotcha' question (h/t to Rick Wilson and Ricochet member Brandon Phelps). Also, our annual Oscar preview and a Lileks segue so good, it can't be interrupted. Yes, you read that right.
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Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
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The candidates who are actually performing the basic blocking and tackling of running a Presidential campaign are the only ones who can be taken seriously. Not only that, the notion that the Republican Party should nominate a FRESHMAN Senator (especially one whose electoral position in his state is tenuous at best) is suicidal.
Suicidal for the party, suicidal for that candidate and suicidal for the nation. We simply can't have that.
For these reasons Marco Rubio shouldn't even be on the stage. Despite his eloquence, his youth and his compelling personal story he actually has little record of actual accomplishment and has developed a reputation for tilting at windmills in the Senate with Ted Cruz.
Despite the obvious negatives about Jeb Bush, his candidacy actually possesses a credible thread of competency, experience and has the heft of money. He isn't distracted by shiny objects.
Scott Walker can claim this as well. Now, that's not to say that Rubio doesn't make for an interesting Vice Presidential candidate who would bring a certain appeal to the ticket which "Yet Another Old White Guy" simply won't.
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