2020 Primaries

So President Trump is in it for the power? When the Republicans had the house Senate and presidency they could not repeal Obamacare? The Dems passed that crap in budget reconciliation in the middle of the night. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen on both sides but it's much higher on the left
Trump is a narcissist. He absolutely enjoys the power, and his constant barbs to the left is him reminding them "who's in charge". He obviously hates to have his authority challenged and quickly works to remove anyone who does. That doesn't mean he hasn't had some good ideas and done some good things, but his personality absolutely lends itself to wanting to be the boss. The biggest thing with Trump is he doesn't find himself beholden to the party. He feels the party should be beholden to him. That's why he ruffles the feathers of some of the long-time Republicans who have held sway in the party.
 
Trump is a narcissist. He absolutely enjoys the power, and his constant barbs to the left is him reminding them "who's in charge". He obviously hates to have his authority challenged and quickly works to remove anyone who does. That doesn't mean he hasn't had some good ideas and done some good things, but his personality absolutely lends itself to wanting to be the boss. The biggest thing with Trump is he doesn't find himself beholden to the party. He feels the party should be beholden to him. That's why he ruffles the feathers of some of the long-time Republicans who have held sway in the party.

And there's nothing wrong with that. Republicans for years have been begging for a candidate to fight back
 
Wonder is @1972 Grad is sticking with his prediction of Biden not getting the nomination?
I guarantee that the Dems will get a case of buyer's remorse if and when he gets the nomination. They panicked and ran scared from Bernie, and then got behind an old white man with cognitive decline. This is all because they are more scared of losing the House with Bernie, than they are of hitching up to a broken down mule.
 
Trump is a narcissist. He absolutely enjoys the power, and his constant barbs to the left is him reminding them "who's in charge". He obviously hates to have his authority challenged and quickly works to remove anyone who does. That doesn't mean he hasn't had some good ideas and done some good things, but his personality absolutely lends itself to wanting to be the boss. The biggest thing with Trump is he doesn't find himself beholden to the party. He feels the party should be beholden to him. That's why he ruffles the feathers of some of the long-time Republicans who have held sway in the party.

And there's nothing wrong with that. Republicans for years have been begging for a candidate to fight back.
 
Nolte: Democrats, Bernie Bros Brawl over Joe Biden’s Mental Health

A number of high-profile Democrat activists and left-wing pundits are concerned with the obvious mental decline of Joe Biden and the party’s refusal to acknowledge the issue.

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Many of these activists, if not all, are supporters of Bernie Sanders, who is still in the race to defeat Biden for the Democrat nomination. Potential biases aside, to anyone who’s been paying attention, these fears are not unfounded.

Economics author Matt Stoller tweeted on Thursday, “Democratic insiders know Biden has cognitive decline issues. They joke about it. They don’t care.”

Activist Glenn Greenwald agreed, adding, “The steadfast insistence on the part of Dems to just pretend this isn’t true and hope it somehow goes away is a staggering exercise in self-delusion.”

Greenwald was responding to a tweet that said, “I’ll say it. I saw Biden yesterday. He walked into the room like he had stumbled out of his hospital bed in a nightgown. He’s declining and it’s sad.”

“I think the media has done a very poor job informing voters that Joe Biden is exhibiting obvious signs of rapid cognitive decline,” Bernie supporter Michael Tracey tweeted.

In another tweet, he added: “It brings me no joy to discuss Joe Biden’s clear cognitive decline, because I’d rather focus on other aspects of his candidacy and record. But if you think he has the wherewithal to endure a brutal campaign against Trump, you’re crazy.”

“Joe Biden’s mental decline is self-evident. Biden will lose to Trump, and supporting Biden is irresponsible,” Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa tweeted.

As Breitbart News reported Thursday, Young Turks founder and co-host Cenk Uygur is even more alarmed. Biden is “either near senile, or actually senile,” he told his audience after Biden’s Super Tuesday triumph.

Thursday night, Justin Horwitz, a Bernie supporter and Democrat strategist, appeared on Fox News with Tucker Carlson and said that Biden’s mental frailty is “unfortunately something we’re not allowed to talk about, because it’s a personal attack, is that he is a candidate that is mentally deteriorating.”

“People in the Democrat establishment say, ‘don’t say that,’ they really believe they can shield Biden from public scrutiny, and the reality is, they can’t,” he added. “We all see what’s going on here.”

Nolte: Democrats, Bernie Bros Brawl over Joe Biden's Mental Health
 
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I do that and come up whatever ootlewah ringgold road is at that point. (151). Havent come up cherokee valley from that way. My family lives in Mountain Shadows, the old part.

It's crazy how much traffic is on ootlewah ringgold road now. Used to be nothing. Now there is always a line to get on E. Brainerd. But they added a high school and a bunch of neighborhoods.

Try Cherokee Valley - it's a little twisty, but a lot less congested in spots than Ooltewah Ringold. We're near Mtn Shadows - other side of E Brainerd - in a much smaller subdivision.
 
Blue State Blues: Will Bernie Sanders Go to War in Milwaukee?

The mood among Bernie Sanders supporters after Super Tuesday is one of frustration — and devastation. For the second election in a row, they are watching the Democrat establishment maneuver to deny Sanders the nomination.

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And this time, Sanders was the presumptive frontrunner. In the spin room after the Nevada debate, there was even talk about potential Cabinet picks in the Sanders administration.

And then, within 72 hours of polls closing in South Carolina, it was all but over. Seasoned political observers agreed that they had never seen anything like it in presidential politics.

In a breathtaking 24-hour period, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race and flew to Dallas, Texas, to endorse Biden. So, too, did former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX).

A slew of former Barack Obama administration officials, notably Susan Rice, suddenly backed Biden as well.

The results were stunning. Not only did Biden win across the South, but he also won Minnesota and Massachusetts and Maine, states in which he barely had a campaign and had been an afterthought in the polls.

The hidden hand behind the scenes was likely former President Obama himself, who called the candidates after the South Carolina primary.

Blue State Blues: Will Bernie Sanders Go to War in Milwaukee?
 
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I'm sure this has been posted. But LOL at MSNBC



Aren't there supposed to be limits on individual campaign donations? Or is this like a Bama recruiting kind of reinterpretation of the rules? Run for president and pump millions into your campaign, quit, and roll it all into another guy's coffers ... millions donated through a novel accounting twist.
 
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Aren't there supposed to be limits on individual campaign donations? Or is this like a Bama recruiting kind of reinterpretation of the rules? Run for president and pump millions into your campaign, quit, and roll it all into another guy's coffers ... millions donated through a novel accounting twist.
You can personally spend as much as you want on your own campaign. The law states that a person can only contribute $2,800 .
 
Bernie Sanders has never been vetted thoroughly. I mean NEVER. The Clinton campaign had a large oppo folder on him but never used it. I wouldn’t be surprised if that folder has found its way into the hands of the NYT or the Washington Post.

They could have also gotten the information for the Soviet Unions archives.

No presidential candidate is ever thoroughly vetted by anybody but a biased party. They should be vetted for security clearances just as members of the military are - don't pass the standard rules - not on the ballot - end of discussion. Why should the Commander in Chief not pass the same security screening as the rest of the military?
 
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And there's nothing wrong with that. Republicans for years have been begging for a candidate to fight back

There definitely weren't any republicans in DC who would fight back prior to 2016 - and not many for a couple of years after either.
 
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You can personally spend as much as you want on your own campaign. The law states that a person can only contribute $2,800 .

I can see MB setting up a super, super pac to fuel some nasty ads to run against Trump.
 
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Nolte: Democrats, Bernie Bros Brawl over Joe Biden’s Mental Health

A number of high-profile Democrat activists and left-wing pundits are concerned with the obvious mental decline of Joe Biden and the party’s refusal to acknowledge the issue.

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Many of these activists, if not all, are supporters of Bernie Sanders, who is still in the race to defeat Biden for the Democrat nomination. Potential biases aside, to anyone who’s been paying attention, these fears are not unfounded.

Economics author Matt Stoller tweeted on Thursday, “Democratic insiders know Biden has cognitive decline issues. They joke about it. They don’t care.”

Activist Glenn Greenwald agreed, adding, “The steadfast insistence on the part of Dems to just pretend this isn’t true and hope it somehow goes away is a staggering exercise in self-delusion.”

Greenwald was responding to a tweet that said, “I’ll say it. I saw Biden yesterday. He walked into the room like he had stumbled out of his hospital bed in a nightgown. He’s declining and it’s sad.”

“I think the media has done a very poor job informing voters that Joe Biden is exhibiting obvious signs of rapid cognitive decline,” Bernie supporter Michael Tracey tweeted.

In another tweet, he added: “It brings me no joy to discuss Joe Biden’s clear cognitive decline, because I’d rather focus on other aspects of his candidacy and record. But if you think he has the wherewithal to endure a brutal campaign against Trump, you’re crazy.”

“Joe Biden’s mental decline is self-evident. Biden will lose to Trump, and supporting Biden is irresponsible,” Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa tweeted.

As Breitbart News reported Thursday, Young Turks founder and co-host Cenk Uygur is even more alarmed. Biden is “either near senile, or actually senile,” he told his audience after Biden’s Super Tuesday triumph.

Thursday night, Justin Horwitz, a Bernie supporter and Democrat strategist, appeared on Fox News with Tucker Carlson and said that Biden’s mental frailty is “unfortunately something we’re not allowed to talk about, because it’s a personal attack, is that he is a candidate that is mentally deteriorating.”

“People in the Democrat establishment say, ‘don’t say that,’ they really believe they can shield Biden from public scrutiny, and the reality is, they can’t,” he added. “We all see what’s going on here.”

Nolte: Democrats, Bernie Bros Brawl over Joe Biden's Mental Health


Don't be surprised when non-candidate Hiliary becomes the nominee. Not counting on it, but don't count it out. The dims have just about finished sawing off the limb they are huddling on, and the reality may be sinking in.
 
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Blue State Blues: Will Bernie Sanders Go to War in Milwaukee?

The mood among Bernie Sanders supporters after Super Tuesday is one of frustration — and devastation. For the second election in a row, they are watching the Democrat establishment maneuver to deny Sanders the nomination.

DemExit-640x480.jpg


And this time, Sanders was the presumptive frontrunner. In the spin room after the Nevada debate, there was even talk about potential Cabinet picks in the Sanders administration.

And then, within 72 hours of polls closing in South Carolina, it was all but over. Seasoned political observers agreed that they had never seen anything like it in presidential politics.

In a breathtaking 24-hour period, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race and flew to Dallas, Texas, to endorse Biden. So, too, did former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX).

A slew of former Barack Obama administration officials, notably Susan Rice, suddenly backed Biden as well.

The results were stunning. Not only did Biden win across the South, but he also won Minnesota and Massachusetts and Maine, states in which he barely had a campaign and had been an afterthought in the polls.

The hidden hand behind the scenes was likely former President Obama himself, who called the candidates after the South Carolina primary.

Blue State Blues: Will Bernie Sanders Go to War in Milwaukee?

The dims were suffering from severe bloating and constipation - causing candidates to be surly and turn on each other. The whole process was ugly and playing into the opponent's hands - ole Joe was finding it way too hard to keep up the tepid debate pace. Obviously the solution was a good dose of targeted Ex-Can - now only a couple of remnants remain. Bernie is too stubborn to flush, and Tulsi seems willing to simply give them the finger - one good screwing deserves another after all. The clown car is still going into the ditch; it's just less crowded.
 
You can personally spend as much as you want on your own campaign. The law states that a person can only contribute $2,800 .

So you spend all you want on your campaign, close it out, and roll it into the other campaign ... a Bama like solution to NCAA rules.
 

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