Glenn Beck wants everyone to fast and pray for Ted Cruz's victory in Nevada.

Hope he fast's himself to death.

Matt "Too clever by half? I''M too clever by ONE and a half!" Yglesias posts maps, makes bold statements, walks them back in the last couple paragraphs and leaves you right where you were at the beginning of whatever topic he twists up into his own furiously masturbatory little fever dream

Trump up 34 in Mass and 18 in Michigan according to two new polls today. Rubio sits at 16 and 12 percent in those respectively.

CalvinBall wrote:Trump up 34 in Mass and 18 in Michigan according to two new polls today. Rubio sits at 16 and 12 percent in those respectively.

it proves nothing! toothless yokels, the lot of them! when they wake up and realize that Rubio holds all the same views but with even more neoconness, they'll switch their votes!

some bright news for the afternoon, a 106 yr old black woman visits the White House for the very first time

she's lived through so much change in our country. so glad she was able to participate in this.

I still also think if Rubio or Cruz or any of the other guys were even half viable candidates Trump wouldn't be as much of a thing.

Also, I do think the anger that seems to be driving our politics today is all out of proportion to what's really happening. But then again, I guess I'm pretty privileged. Let's be clear though--this outrage is not really being driven by poor people, it's being driven by people who are relatively well off and are angry anyway.

TenuredVulture wrote: Let's be clear though--this outrage is not really being driven by poor people, it's being driven by people who are relatively well off and are angry anyway.

I'm not clear. Please elaborate

Turnip focusing on the issues, namely "is Rubio eligible for the Presidency?".

If I'm one of the R candidates I ask for Turnip's certified birth certificate. I'm pretty sure he's an alien. I mean a real alien. A space alien. From Uranus

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote: Let's be clear though--this outrage is not really being driven by poor people, it's being driven by people who are relatively well off and are angry anyway.

I'm not clear. Please elaborate

Poor people aren't supporting Trump or Sanders. I bet Hillary wins Flint by a large margin.

Bucky wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:
I've been guessing Rubio but now I think it will be Trump with Rubio as VP (with Christie as a darkhorse attack dog VP choice)

You're welcome to think that, but that's never happening, for too many reasons to list. "It doesn't make any sense" is the main one. Help me - spell out why you think it makes any sense.

look at what/who (the subjects, not the guesser) we're talking about here. Why would it have to make sense

I guess I see the VP slot as a step to the Pres spot. Trump may even go for only one term since I doubt he'd really enjoy being pres.

drsmooth wrote:Turnip focusing on the issues, namely "is Rubio eligible for the Presidency?".

If I'm one of the R candidates I ask for Turnip's certified birth certificate. I'm pretty sure he's an alien. I mean a real alien. A space alien. From Uranus

I guess Trump plans on winning the WH utilizing the only strategy from which he has ever found success - the lawsuit. The irony for me is how many times the GOP candidates have called Obama to the carpet for supposedly destroying America's image abroad. It really would be funny if it weren't so fucking tragic.

TenuredVulture wrote: I bet Hillary wins Flint by a large margin.

careful, you're really going out on a limb there :rollseyes:

TenuredVulture wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote: Let's be clear though--this outrage is not really being driven by poor people, it's being driven by people who are relatively well off and are angry anyway.

I'm not clear. Please elaborate

Poor people aren't supporting Trump or Sanders. I bet Hillary wins Flint by a large margin.

The outrage seems to be coming from people wishing for some fictional "good old days" where they could openly say racist, homophobic, etc... things. Trump really does seem to speak to the latently racist white Northeasterner.

SK790 wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote: Let's be clear though--this outrage is not really being driven by poor people, it's being driven by people who are relatively well off and are angry anyway.

I'm not clear. Please elaborate

Poor people aren't supporting Trump or Sanders. I bet Hillary wins Flint by a large margin.

The outrage seems to be coming from people wishing for some fictional "good old days" where they could openly say racist, homophobic, etc... things. Trump really does seem to speak to the latently racist white Northeasterner.

jeez, maybe he COULD win this thing

in contrast, i have not met a single trump supporter out here or even seen a single trump sign/sticker/anything. i know i live in deep blue seattle, but he's really hated here. one food truck i work with tied a trump doll that was beaten to hell to their bumper and they told me they saw an increase in business because of it. this is all very anecdotal, but if Peggy Noonan can get paid for this shit, i can post it on backshegoes.com.

the poll numbers agree, trump is very unpopular in the west.

Claire McCaskill has breast cancer.

Just saw a Toomey ad talking about how the next president should choose the next justice. Really going hard on that.

SK790 wrote:in contrast, i have not met a single trump supporter out here or even seen a single trump sign/sticker/anything. i know i live in deep blue seattle, but he's really hated here. one food truck i work with tied a trump doll that was beaten to hell to their bumper and they told me they saw an increase in business because of it. this is all very anecdotal, but if Peggy Noonan can get paid for this shit, i can post it on backshegoes.com.

the poll numbers agree, trump is very unpopular in the west.

There are SOME Trump supporters around these parts. I know a few. We live in a pretty liberal part of Washington. I'm not sure who the non-King County folks prefer.

I saw a map somewhere showing he's polling poorly everywhere in WA. I'll try to find it when I'm not posting from a long line at Safeway...