The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Thousands of residents in Mass that wanted to register as an independent have accidentally registered for the United Independent Party and thus can only vote on that party's ballot during the primary

http://www.wbur.org/2016/02/09/galvin-m ... on-primary

If you’re registered as an unenrolled voter, you can choose which party ballot to pull on primary day.

CalvinBall wrote:

Trump is the most dangerous major candidate for president in memory. He pairs terrible ideas with an alarming temperament; he's a racist, a sexist, and a demagogue, but he's also a narcissist, a bully, and a dilettante. He lies so constantly and so fluently that it's hard to know if he even realizes he's lying. He delights in schoolyard taunts and luxuriates in backlash.

http://www.vox.com/2016/2/10/10956978/d ... terrifying

mozartpc27 wrote:At one point I thought for a moment that Christie would be the nominee, because he can play Trump Lite and I thought Trump was bout to crash and burn. Oh well. Someone check on jh and make sure he's OK.

My instinct still tells me Rubio pulls this out - Kasich is underfunded and about to do poorly in a bunch of places, Bush is and has been dead man walking, and Christie is out - so there is no reasonable alternative. Can't see Trump or Cruz winning many more "blue" states in the Republican primary - NY, CA, MA, OR, WA, VT, NJ, MD - these all seem like places where country club Republicans should rule the day. But most of them don't vote for a while - so Rubio has to hope that Kasich and Bush have their come to Jesus moments sooner rather than later, and that Cruz and Trump split the forthcoming states. If those two things don't happen, and Rubio and Bush even, let's say, wind up splitting the establishment vote and either Trump or Cruz gets on a roll, I don't know.

As recently as yesterday I thought there was no actual way Trump or Cruz could be the nominee but it now seems starkly possible.

Doll Is Mine wrote:And now Michelle Alexander is telling African-Americans to not surrender their vote to Hillary.

The biggest problem with Bernie, in the end, is that he’s running as a Democrat—as a member of a political party that not only capitulated to right-wing demagoguery but is now owned and controlled by a relatively small number of millionaires and billionaires. Yes, Sanders has raised millions from small donors, but should he become president, he would also become part of what he has otherwise derided as “the establishment.” Even if Bernie’s racial-justice views evolve, I hold little hope that a political revolution will occur within the Democratic Party without a sustained outside movement forcing truly transformational change. I am inclined to believe that it would be easier to build a new party than to save the Democratic Party from itself.

Of course, the idea of building a new political party terrifies most progressives, who understandably fear that it would open the door for a right-wing extremist to get elected. So we play the game of lesser evils. This game has gone on for decades. W.E.B. Du Bois, the eminent scholar and co-founder of the NAACP, shocked many when he refused to play along with this game in the 1956 election, defending his refusal to vote on the grounds that “there is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I do or say.” While the true losers and winners of this game are highly predictable, the game of lesser evils makes for great entertainment and can now be viewed 24 hours a day on cable-news networks. Hillary believes that she can win this game in 2016 because this time she’s got us, the black vote, in her back pocket—her lucky card

BigEd76 wrote:Fiorina is OUT

Gimpy wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:He has an anxiety disorder.

He has panic attacks and often freezes under unexpected pressure.

Is that true? Like he was diagnosed with something like that? Doesn't sound like a great quality in a president.

Brantt wrote:Once Hillary defeats Bernie, there will be a lot of Bernie supporters who go to support Trump.

There is a lot of people who are like me.............Trump 1, Bernie 2. Or Bernie 1, Trump 2.