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According to the Twitters, this is the working title… not kidding… of the campaign biography that’s being ghost-written for Hillary Clinton right now. I think the book’s thesis will be “Russia, Russia, Comey, Russia, Misogyny, Russia, Russia.” It will not be “I was a terrible candidate and nobody liked me,” which is the correct answer. Preview […]

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While Trump is leading in the polls in Ohio over Hillary, that wasn’t the case months prior. Putting aside the factors that helped her gain the nomination, Hillary never convincingly won over the Democratic base. Therefore Trump now beating Hillary’s prior polling leads is not surprising. The pattern that can be learnt from the 2016 […]

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Today I learned that Bowzer from Sha Na Na supports Hillary. Preview Open

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After the Iowa Caucus, stories emerged of Sanders votes being miscounted for Hillary, or delegates meant for Sanders given to Hillary. It appears the Nevada caucus yesterday also had it’s share of issues. The above image was the official Democratic Nevada Caucus sign-in sheet at Precinct 5616. It was posted on Reddit by Bernie Sanders supporters, also detailing other antics that took place […]

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IMG_2862It seems the natives are getting restless again, and you can trust me on that, speaking as the least restful nativist ever to grace these pages with thoughts from my viscera (thanks, Mona!). Like any place on the Internet, we have skillful trolls and blunt-force trolls, and here we pride ourselves on quality. It’s money well-spent.

The U.S. News and World Report cites a survey that has Trump pulling almost 20 percent of Democrats, as Hillary’s Hail Rodham play peters out at the fifty-yard line. Many people will say that this is inconceivable. “Inconceivable!” There, I said it for you.

In 2008 and 2012, what was inevitable for the GOP is exactly what happened, but the Democrats have some experience that we lack. In 2000, inevitable blowhard Al Gore was ensconced and lost, and in 2004, the inevitable wooden bore Kerry did the same. So when the inevitable no-man Hillary stepped up in 2008, a different whirling blade mowed her down. I do believe that Hillary would have lost to McCain-Palin and an energized, unified establishment-conservative party. Can’t prove a counterfactual, so it’s offered for your consideration.

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Short and sweet. I haven’t been paying close (read: “any”) attention to the Member Feed lately, but I definitely haven’t read much anywhere else either about the field of choices for running mate for the presumptive Democratic nominee. Who does Hillary tap for Veep? Who IS there for her to tap? Is Julian Castro pretty much a sure […]

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“A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth – some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” – Michael Kinsley Preview Open

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Barack Obama said that he was pretty much done campaigning and that, while he was not on the midterm ballot, every single one of his policies would be. Republicans, rightfully so, ran with this. Obama is an unpopular President who has failed to live up to his own promises, ones only deities can deliver (receding sea levels, planet healing). He has all but failed to provide the leadership he claimed was so sorely lacking in the country and around the world during George W. Bush’s eight years.

Candidates distanced themselves from Obama, who also distanced himself from them, opting in the closing weeks of the elections to remain largely in the background, campaigning for governors and fundraising in living rooms, closed to the press.