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Trump's Five Paths to 270
One of those paths is actually to 269, but a tie goes to the House of Representatives, where presumably he'd win.
Interesting stuff.Clinton's path to 270 is relatively simple: (a) steal Ohio, Florida, or North Carolina; or (b) win her five must-win states and prevent Trump from getting 16 more electoral votes from among the 25 remaining on the board. (If Clinton wins right-leaning Ohio, Florida, or North Carolina, there's no way she'll fail to win the requisite number of left-leaning states.) Trump's task is to win his 3 must-win states (plus the 23 states that are givens) and then follow any one of five different paths to winning the remaining 17 electoral votes he'd need to achieve victory.Despite everyone pretty much putting Virginia into Queenlackthrone's column, it's the most centrist of all battleground states. It still could surprise.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:32 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 23, 2016 03:33 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: ever at September 23, 2016 03:33 PM (kronK)
Sure he would.
Posted by: Paul Ryan at September 23, 2016 03:33 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:33 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 23, 2016 03:33 PM (/NlFx)
Posted by: Weasel at September 23, 2016 03:34 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Hillary's Floating Eyeball at September 23, 2016 03:34 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: GuyfromNH at September 23, 2016 03:34 PM (5zfq1)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 23, 2016 03:34 PM (21hN3)
Allegedly Trump has a shot in Vermont. Clogginstein notwithstanding. So how does or would this translate into some of the more normal states?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (9P3OG)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3804112/
Burglary in GA.
One expired Dindu.
Posted by: JEM at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (TppKb)
Well.
Hmm.
That's a sentence you wrote there.
Posted by: Mama AJ at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (gTQoY)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke, redeemed and redeemable at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (EnGQE)
Posted by: Birther at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (H0n78)
Posted by: garrett at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (q6nsK)
Posted by: The Chicken at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (eT1Yc)
Ive posted this before but bears repeating.
Nobody knows how this election will turn out. But Im pretty damn confident we'll hear "I did not see that one coming" from the talking bobble-heads.
Alot.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: mallfly version 1.00203c at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (2JQBv)
Posted by: cjw at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (onydf)
Posted by: Gary Johnson at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (7ZVPa)
Boeing is military-industrial and yet they were a big part of the Iran sellout. Wonder who they're pulling for.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (9P3OG)
What are the odds the GOP would vote Clinton?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:32 PM (9P3OG)
Depressing, that's what.
Posted by: rickl the deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Deplorable @votermom at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 23, 2016 03:37 PM (Y9g6h)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 03:37 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:37 PM (0mRoj)
Faith. I lackz it.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2016 03:37 PM (2El4P)
To win a Republican has to flip some Obama voting states. When people say that so and so candidate would be doing so much better v Hillary, I ask which states they would flip. Let's pick Cruz for example. What states would he flip? A million more votes in Texas, a hundred thousand more in SC, 50,000 more in Utah - not helpful.
Trump has some states he can flip.
Posted by: blaster at September 23, 2016 03:37 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: mallfly version 1.00203c at September 23, 2016 03:36 PM (2JQBv)
Interesting how on the one hand, the die-hards get apoplectic about Cruz and that his endorsement means nothing.
And yet, should Trump lose, Cruz will be the first to be Cruzified.
The mental contortionism fascinates. And revolts.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:37 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Soona at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Cross-eyed Heelzebub at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (zu88C)
Over at 538, Nate Silver has Hills at a barely there 272 in his article today.
Which is about where a number of state poll watches are gravitating. The race atm looks like a 2000/2004 one state contest, with arguably more upside potential on the Trump side.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (Nwg0u)
I believe it will come down to the debate, if he doesn't embarass himself, he'll be the next President in my opinion.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (fgAYu)
But, the Blue Wall is real. It will be very pleasant when it is proven that some of the great lakes states are not as blue as perceived.
Posted by: Nick in South Bend at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (H43MS)
Posted by: mallfly version 1.00203c at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (2JQBv)
Posted by: redenzo at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (5wSNN)
One of those paths is actually to 269, but a tie goes to the House of Representatives, where presumably he'd win.
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The House wouldn't give it to him.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: garrett at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (q6nsK)
I agree that this election is mighty unpredictable, everything turned sideways, gop supporting hillary, blacks and hispanics moving to trump, farrakan dissing barack, strange things indeed.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (ODxAs)
Hell, I could just see Paul Ryan doing his best "we know better than you" pose and saying he and his crew are voting Hillary to save this country from itself. Let's hope it doesn't come down to them to decide.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: mallfly version 1.00203c at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (2JQBv)
Trump also has to beat the margin of cheat. Significantly.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: redenzo at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (5wSNN)
Posted by: The Hysterical Sally Kohn at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Beth M at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (kiy9d)
The time for recriminations is after we beat this nasty, lying commie hag.
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (zu88C)
Regardless of who is winning.
Posted by: Max Power at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (q177U)
If a GOP House votes for Clinton, then the nation is destroyed.
At that moment, I can't even imagine the consequences.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (9P3OG)
And yet, should Trump lose, Cruz will be the first to be Cruzified.
The mental contortionism fascinates. And revolts.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:37 PM (9P3OG)
The same people hated on Cruz for *not* endorsing at the convention. Now they call him a whore *for* endorsing. If Trump loses, it will be *all* Cruz's fault anyway.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (0Y6mc)
And yet, should Trump lose, Cruz will be the first to be Cruzified.
The mental contortionism fascinates. And revolts.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
And the flip side was that the NeverTrumpers held Cruz up as the ultimate example of "principles" and how he will never sell out.
So what is their opinion now of Ted Cruz?
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (fgAYu)
Posted by: Deplorable @votermom at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (eT1Yc)
Posted by: garrett at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (q6nsK)
Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 23, 2016 03:41 PM (Y9g6h)
Posted by: Birther at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (H0n7
Supposedly its a 3 point race on averages now. It was like 15 a month ago, so the trend is the right way.
And Terry McAuliffe, Clinton bag man is governor. I was (and still mostly am) pretty sure he can make it a lock for Clinton, he restored a bunch of felons' voting rights but I suspect they don't reliably show up at the polls. But we have all kinds of early voting so they don't have to. I still think that she will win Virginia, and it won't ever be a Red State again.
But if that is a 3 point lead in a Brexit way....
Posted by: blaster at September 23, 2016 03:41 PM (tewYv)
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Im not convinced ..... not convinced of that at all.
But.
If he pulls 10-12% of blacks and equals W's performance with Hispanics........
280 is his floor, not his ceiling.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 03:41 PM (8XRCm)
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.
Posted by: alexthechick - unskewed at September 23, 2016 03:41 PM (mf5HN)
The time for recriminations is after we beat this nasty, lying commie hag.
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (zu88C)
Forget recriminations. Say what you will about Cruz, Trump is going to need as many allies as he can get in Congress.
If he really is the outsider he claims to be, he is going to be mighty lonely. And I'm heartened to hear the news that Mike Lee is on the short list to replace Scalia.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:41 PM (9P3OG)
And the flip side was that the NeverTrumpers held Cruz up as the ultimate example of "principles" and how he will never sell out.
So what is their opinion now of Ted Cruz?
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (fgAYu)
The flip side is a straw man. The main point is the salient point.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (eT1Yc)
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Is he really? That's good!
Posted by: Deplorable @votermom at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (Om16U)
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I don't think that they would.
They might vote for someone else, but I don't think they'd vote for Hillary. They'd have to know that in two years time, at least half of them would be replaced in the primary due to voter fury. You CANNOT walk back something like that, and their opponents would quite literally run ads based on nothing but that vote.
Posted by: junior at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (amCAe)
Posted by: JoeF. at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (G/luY)
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Im not convinced ..... not convinced of that at all.
But.
If he pulls 10-12% of blacks and equals W's performance with Hispanics........
280 is his floor, not his ceiling.
Posted by: fixerupper
He's supposedly pulling 20%.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (2El4P)
and re: Cruz
The one state when a Cruz endorsement might help is -- Maine.
Cruz somehow won the state in the primaries. Trump has one CD EV safe, Clinton has the other CD singlette.
The two statewide EV race is tied, so Cruz might be able to help lock those two down.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (kdS6q)
I do think though the TruCon/Establishment cadre of NeverTrumpers would be blamed and would individually face consequences.
But the election was never in Ted Cruz's hands.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (fgAYu)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 23, 2016 03:43 PM (NpXoL)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (0O7c5)
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**grinds teeth**
fuck
Posted by: Jeb! at September 23, 2016 03:43 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Nick in South Bend at September 23, 2016 03:43 PM (H43MS)
Posted by: alexthechick
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PA has IIRC the largest group of hunters of any state. I'm sure they will turn out in droves to vote for an executive order to take away their second amendment rights.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:43 PM (7ZVPa)
Be funny if the Bush Boys and Kasich decide to help keep Hillery out of the White House.
Posted by: mallfly version 1.00203c at September 23, 2016 03:43 PM (2JQBv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon of the Clan Deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:43 PM (RwwCT)
Posted by: Gary Johnson at September 23, 2016 03:43 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Zombie Edward G Robinson at September 23, 2016 03:44 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 23, 2016 03:44 PM (ODxAs)
It's ok Jebbie, your daddy will vote for Hillary
Posted by: Some Kennedy scrunt at September 23, 2016 03:44 PM (Om16U)
Forget recriminations.
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Oh how I wish, JJ.
I'm a forgiving man. Others not so much.
Male pride is a hell of a mountain to climb and kudos to Cruz for getting past it.
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:44 PM (zu88C)
Posted by: Birther at September 23, 2016 03:35 PM (H0n7
Gah I think there was a poll that was within MOE last week? The week before? Something like that.
Posted by: alexthechick - unskewed at September 23, 2016 03:44 PM (mf5HN)
yep that sounds about right.
Media confirmed nothing was questionable.
like areas no votes for Romney were cast and there were more votes that people.
nope - nothing to see here
Posted by: Rick in SK at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (/CIN4)
The Pothead will draft more from Hillary.
Shy Tory syndrome. The subject of Peggy Noonan's current column.
More shit to happen between now and November.
MSM moved too much, too early in support of Hillary.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: Beth M at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (kiy9d)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (0Y6mc)
GOP House votes for Clinton, then the nation is destroyed.
They might vote for someone else
Posted by: junior
Can't. They have to vote among the top 3 EV finishers.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (kdS6q)
As I said, Trump is going to need Cruz in that Senate. If anyone thinks scum like McConnell, Cornyn, Hatch, Cochran, McStain, Collins and all the rest are going to be helpful, they're in dreamland.
Forget the primaries. The future of the country is at stake and Trump is going to need help.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (9P3OG)
What fascinates me is the NeverTrumper Cruz supporters who cannot fathom how many Trump supporters used to support Cruz.
Posted by: Max Power at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Jean at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (ngn8T)
Posted by: Lincolntf at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (2cS/G)
40 Trump's FiveFour Paths to 270
One of those paths is actually to 269, but a tie goes to the House of Representatives, where presumably he'd win.
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The House wouldn't give it to him.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (7ZVPa)
That's my first impression as well, but then again, we all know that Congress is full of slimy, shameless, sycophantic whores.
The question is: Will they remain whores to the big ticket contributors or will the allure of celebrity be enough to make them slink over and try to be President-elect Trump's whores? Most won't abandon the money, but some might consider that the publicity would be worth it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (Twghx)
Love that old painted portrait of Trump that Drudge has up. He looks like a character out of Caddyshack....
Posted by: JoeF. at September 23, 2016 03:42 PM (G/luY)
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The waspy Thurston Howell III look suits him well just as the super dickhead douchbag fart knocker look suits Bammy.
Posted by: dananjcon at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (NpXoL)
Posted by: Lauren at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (kQ/P9)
Posted by: blaster at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (tewYv)
We all know that.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (hRWYI)
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (NbJXF)
As I said, Trump is going to need Cruz in that Senate.
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JJ , you left before I made the exact same comment the other day in support of your position.
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (zu88C)
So what is their opinion now of Ted Cruz?
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (fgAYu)
The flip side is a straw man. The main point is the salient point.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
because you say so?
I think people on both sides can be hypocritical on this.
I will say though you'll have to show me the list of Trump supporters that thought Ted Cruz not endorsing spelled the end for Donald Trump and the person responsible if he lost.
Most were just mad at Cruz for being a sore loser, not that held the Election in the palm of his hand.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (fgAYu)
If he really is the outsider he claims to be, he is going to be mighty lonely. And I'm heartened to hear the news that Mike Lee is on the short list to replace Scalia.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:41 PM (9P3OG)
Trump will have lots of allies in Congress, that's what's worrying. When he proposes something like single payer, all the Dems will hop right on - and, with Trump's cover, most of the Reps. We need some Conservative opponents in Congress.
The Cruz endorsement just shows how silly the idea that the GOP will oppose Trump really is - there will be tons of pressure to back the ostensibly R president.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (mFkVC)
Besides, the vast majority of NeverTrumpers hate Cruz equally if not more.
He'd be a helluva good ally to have on your side.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Max Power at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (q177U)
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My path....
Walker------>Cruz------->Trump
Posted by: Jeb! at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (8XRCm)
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goddamned freaking sock
**I feel sooooo old...
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Roy at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: alexthechick - unskewed
I think Pennsylvania is out of reach because of Philly and the surrounding suburbs, and Scranton and a couple other hard-Democrat towns.
But I do think Michigan is a possibility. A lot of UAW union guys and 2A enthusiasts are really put off by Clinton. Western and Northern Michigan (not heavily populated) are very conservative.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: garrett at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (q6nsK)
Forget the primaries. The future of the country is at stake and Trump is going to need help.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (9P3OG)
Quite true, we've just seen their true faces once again in giving King Putt everything he wanted and more.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Max Power at September 23, 2016 03:45 PM (q177U)
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A Trump supporter - a true "supporter," not an Anti-Clinton - who used to back Cruz has a very, very flexible ideology. Perhaps a nonexistent one.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (eT1Yc)
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And if third place is a tie among multiple candidates at zero EV each?
Posted by: junior at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (amCAe)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (0O7c5)
And the flip side was that the NeverTrumpers held Cruz up as the ultimate example of "principles" and how he will never sell out.
So what is their opinion now of Ted Cruz?
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (fgAYu)
This is the kind of "poking the bear" rhetoric that got shit started two days ago.
Posted by: walking on eggshells at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (K7J5Z)
For Monday Night's Debate Drinking Game, what do you chug whenever Hillary coughs?
Posted by: Roy at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (VndSC)
Depends how badly you want to remember the night.And where you want to wake up.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (WuRdh)
The time for recriminations is after we beat this nasty, lying commie hag.
Posted by: Mortimer"
Yep. Defeating the hag is a noble quest. All is forgiven, Ted.
Posted by: Biergood at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (v8Lx/)
If we started flooding precincts with bused in voters, something tells me a bipartisan deal would be struck.
Instead, as long as it only benefits Democrats, expect nothing to ever be done.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (fgAYu)
What fascinates me is the NeverTrumper Cruz supporters who cannot fathom how many Trump supporters used to support Cruz.
Posted by: Max Power
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Hey, man, you don't vote for Cruz. You listen to him. The man's
enlarged my mind. He's a poet warrior in the classic sense. I mean
sometimes he'll... uh... well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And
he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly
he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "Do you
know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head
when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can
trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm... no, I can't...
I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's... he's a great man! I should
have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent
seas..
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (zu88C)
But my pessimistic side says I am hoping too much for Clinton to bomb royally and she won't. She'll do just enough to skate by, therefore warranting a "Best performance by a candidate who also happens to have a vagina" award by the media.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (ATFOd)
Hillary won't do as well as Obama with that demographic. Maybe she'll make it up with women or something, maybe she won't need to, but it's definitely a thing.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (9P3OG)
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Welp, it was always going to happen. He is a politician.
Trust ideals, not men.
So, what's Lee going to do?
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Soona at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: ever at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (kronK)
Add my 2 cents to the gop e would vote hillary at 269 tie. They would join with the dems to get the exact 1 more vote needed. Those 17 to 20 sacrificed would be given primo lobbyist positions if they lose their next elections.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (ODxAs)
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Beck was gloating the other day that if they can just get Well to denounce Trump, every living former president will have come out against the Boy Weasel.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Sponge at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (xttKs)
Posted by: random lurker at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (+tRIN)
Posted by: garrett at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (q6nsK)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:38 PM (7ZVPa)
Nonsense. The lame duck congress votes on it. Each state gets one vote decided by vote of the states delegation.
I believe the GOP controls 34 state delegations. That's more than 26.
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (NbJXF)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (eT1Yc)
Male pride is a hell of a mountain to climb and kudos to Cruz for getting past it.
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable
I'm not watching the news, but if Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump, then my respect for him actually increased. It's not love of Donald Trump, but recognition of the existential threat to the United States by electing Hillary.
It does sometimes take a big man to put aside his pride and do something that needs to be done.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (RFeQD)
For Monday Night's Debate Drinking Game, what do you chug whenever Hillary coughs?
Posted by: Roy at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (VndSC)
Robitussin
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (JfUI4)
That's actually an interesting point. No doubt Scott Adams would analyze that from a persuasion standpoint and explain how principles are downstream of emotions for some of us.
In some ways we don't always know ourselves as well as we think we do.
Posted by: Max Power at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (q177U)
But my pessimistic side says I am hoping too much for Clinton to bomb royally and she won't.
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It could be a combination of the two. She fails miserably, yet somehow just enough votes are found to declare her the winner.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: Soona at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (Fmupd)
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How cute and original.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (mFkVC)
Anecdotal story from my friend in Hollywood. Acquaintance of his who is a big time lefty is pro Trump and voting that way.
For whatever that's worth.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (9P3OG)
They have to vote among the top 3 EV finishers.
And if third place is a tie among multiple candidates at zero EV each?
Posted by: junior
One has to win at least one electorial vote to be on the list of three.
Absent a faithless elector, and the can of worms that would open, it will be a two person list with Trump and Clinton.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (kdS6q)
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Don't count on WI. I continually votes Blue for President even though we Republicans control all branches of state government.
The Dem's GOTV machine along with early voting is just too much to overcome.
I wish Walker and the legislature would make a move to allocate our electoral votes by congressional district like NH. R's would pick up 7 votes automatically without breaking a sweat.
Posted by: WisRich at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (hdpay)
Funny, the NY Slime version doesn't show that? Wonder why?
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2016 03:52 PM (NbJXF)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 03:52 PM (eT1Yc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 23, 2016 03:52 PM (Nwg0u)
I think Pennsylvania is out of reach because of Philly and the surrounding suburbs, and Scranton and a couple other hard-Democrat towns.
But I do think Michigan is a possibility. A lot of UAW union guys and 2A enthusiasts are really put off by Clinton. Western and Northern Michigan (not heavily populated) are very conservative.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (RFeQD)
There was a poll out a week or two ago of Luzerne County, which is the Wilkes Barre area, that has Trump up by 15. This was down a bit from 20.
Luzerne County hasn't voted for a Republican for President in. Sheesh. Maybe Reagan. Maybe.
Trump's up 15.
That shocked me.
Posted by: alexthechick - unskewed at September 23, 2016 03:52 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Roy at September 23, 2016 03:47 PM (VndSC)
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shots of NyQuil
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 03:52 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 23, 2016 03:52 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: blaster at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: Soona at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: ever at September 23, 2016 03:50 PM (kronK)
If I were a betting man, and if - PLEASE G-D - Trump wins, I can see Trump and Cruz becoming much closer over time. I certainly hope so because that kind of an alliance can only benefit the nation.
Here's hoping.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (9P3OG)
In some ways we don't always know ourselves as well as we think we do.
Posted by: Max Power at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (q177U)
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Trump is all about emotional validation. He yells big, clear insults at unpopular targets. It doesn't matter that he reverts to a PC stance if the issue doesn't directly effect him, or that his policies are authoritarian. It's about volume.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (zu88C)
But what I really want to see, is Rubio doing some 30 second commercials as the new spokesman for Trump Water.
Speaking of. Teh Donald needs to keep a bottle of that elixir secreted about his podium. If (when, please please, please!) Hitlery chokes into a coughing fit, he needs to just, as a gentleman, quietly walk over to her area, bottle in hand and set the bottle on her podium.
Label facing the cameras, of course.
Master Troll Master Pointz times Eleventy Billionz, if he does!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Jean at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (S9UCZ)
wins, I can see Trump and Cruz becoming much closer over time. I
certainly hope so because that kind of an alliance can only benefit the
nation.
Here's hoping.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (9P3OG)
yes......
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 23, 2016 03:52 PM (+eR2D)
146 Thank you, Ted Cruz, for your endorsement of Trump. I'm proud of you.
Posted by: blaster at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (tewYv)
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What the....... heck??
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (8XRCm)
So, what's Lee going to do?
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (mFkVC)
I understand Mike Lee is now topping the list as Scalia's replacement. That's what I heard somewhere today.
He'll come around.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (9P3OG)
what's worrying. When he proposes something like single payer, .....
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:46 PM (mFkVC)
you should have said: "when he proposes to nuke the moon" - would be a more likely scenario
Posted by: runner at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Pug Mahon of the Clan Deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:55 PM (RwwCT)
Given the unpleasantness in NC, I'm just going to go ahead and slide that into DJT's column. I don't see NC going to Clinton while rioters are looting and pillaging their state.
Michigan is winnable. Trump's positions on trade are strong there.
Posted by: Pastafarian at September 23, 2016 03:55 PM (sgHEm)
Posted by: A McNease at September 23, 2016 03:55 PM (d6Zcu)
Here's hoping.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:53 PM (9P3OG)
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What common ground do you think they share beyond, perhaps, immigration?
Also, do you think Trump will be gracious regarding Cruz's endorsement, or will he seek to embarrass him?
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:55 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: random lurker
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I'm pretty sure that the Philadelphia and Pittsburg inner city votes have already been recorded in advance. Surprisingly, they are going 104 percent to the democrats. It's nice that the ward bosses take the time to do the voting for their constituents.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 23, 2016 03:55 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: Soona at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (Fmupd)
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How cute and original.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (mFkVC)
Someone just identified themselves as a Soros troll without any prompting.
Hmmmmm.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: runner at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (c6/9Q)
Trump should pick Frank J. Fleming for White house spokesman.
Posted by: Pug Mahon of the Clan Deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (RwwCT)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (WuRdh)
Posted by: Rick Lazio at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (q6nsK)
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (mFkVC)
Cruz was my first pick. I used to claim every thread in the name of Ted Cruz.
You make me laugh.
Posted by: Some Kennedy scrunt at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Some Kennedy scrunt at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (Om16U)
The lame duck congress votes on it. Each state gets one vote decided by vote of the states delegation.
Posted by: Nip Sip
New congress, not the old.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (kBiSH)
Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist, and I'd have produced that key if they hadn't of pulled the Caine out of action. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers..
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (3wzsT)
Trump is more Centrist than Hillary.
and TGIF!
Weekend ( Lyric Video )
~ Adam Sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXjewT3L568
Love this song. Fun video.
and one for Hillary
Born To Lose (ft. Gia Koka )
~ No Sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd4e1Hykh_E
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Some Kennedy scrunt at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (Om16U)
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**points**
**laughs**
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (u0s1P)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (NpXoL)
*Types
*Deletes
*Types
*Deletes
*Types
*Deletes
Nope. Not gonna get banned.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (2El4P)
Posted by: Some Kennedy scrunt at September 23, 2016 03:56 PM (Om16U)
Third time is the...
???
Posted by: Rick Perry at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (q6nsK)
to back Cruz has a very, very flexible ideology. Perhaps a nonexistent
one.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:48 PM (mFkVC)
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Hey Fonz?
Watch out for that dorsal fin.
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (zu88C)
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (JfUI4)
Posted by: Soona at September 23, 2016 03:49 PM (Fmupd)
Nah, he's just a rock-ribbed conservative who voted for Reagan and is dismayed and disgusted by a constitutionalist like Cruz supporting a candidate from Cruz' own party for a presidential election.
Clearly he just wants to save others from making the same moral error that Cruz is.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (KOBAq)
What common ground do you think they share beyond, perhaps, immigration?
Also, do you think Trump will be gracious regarding Cruz's endorsement, or will he seek to embarrass him?
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:55 PM (mFkVC)
They're both outsiders. Cruz is utterly loathed by McConnell and the rest, maybe even more than Trump. They're on the same side of probably every major policy issue.
I think you're taking a lot of this personally and projecting your own emotions on Trump.
Rhetorical question: If Trump wholeheartedly embraces that endorsement, how will that make YOU feel?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Some Kennedy scrunt at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (Om16U)
How cute and original. Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:51 PM (mFkVC)
How sad,you think you're original
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: runner at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM (c6/9Q)
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You really are voting for a fantasy Trump, aren't you?
According to Trump, healthcare is one of Government's top three responsibilities.
According to Trump, the government needs to take care of people (even if its not very Republican to say so)
According to Trump, single payer is just peachy, until his advisers told him to stop mentioning that.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Jim at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: naturalfake at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (0cMkb)
THAT is what voter turnout operations are, not looking into people's souls to find their enthusiasm levels.
Posted by: cjw at September 23, 2016 03:59 PM (onydf)
Posted by: Pastafarian
Yes, the UAW rank and file is beginning to see the handwriting on the wall.
The latest action by Ford had to be a real wake-up call.
After Michigan, Ohio is the next largest state in auto manufacturing (a lot of it with Honda, which is non-union). And here too, a lot of union people are thinking twice.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at September 23, 2016 03:59 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2016 03:59 PM (JfUI4)
Posted by: JoeF. at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (G/luY)
Posted by: the deplorable sock_rat_eez, stay calm and carry on at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (NbJXF)
According to Trump, the government needs to take care of people (even if its not very Republican to say so)
According to Trump, single payer is just peachy, until his advisers told him to stop mentioning that.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (mFkVC)
how many times you gonna post that stuff and how many times do people need to shut it down ?
Posted by: runner at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: WisRich
To me, it's a no brainer.
There was talk in PA about the same thing, it would have locked Dems out of the White House
I honestly think more people would prefer the allocation system as they can feel like their vote counts.
The Electoral College is simply too biased in Democrats direction. Something needs to change.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (fgAYu)
You know, I just don't get these people. I was seriously considering sitting this election out. Both candidates are seriously flawed, not conservative, and generally awful people. Thanks to Hollywood, MSM, pro athletes, & jock sniffing assholes (looking at ESPN), I will be voting for Trump. Not that I think he'd be any good. It will be out of pure spite. Fuck these condescending piles of puss filled excrement. Fuck em' sideways.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (4Sfcv)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: most deplorable Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at September 23, 2016 04:00 PM (Iy6JT)
Posted by: runner at September 23, 2016 04:01 PM (c6/9Q)
I posted a link to an article a few days back how the rank and file of the AFL-CIO bucked Trumka and supported the pipeline through Indian territory.
I think - just a gut hunch - a lot of big labor goes to Trump.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 04:01 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 04:01 PM (kdS6q)
I'm Voting for Kodos!
Posted by: garrett at September 23, 2016 03:39 PM (q6nsK)
Why, thank you. You can be the Bacon Czar in my administration.
Posted by: Kodos the Irredemably Deplorable at September 23, 2016 04:01 PM (BWL+E)
Posted by: Jen the original at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (lvGA4)
Posted by: Birther at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (H0n78)
Hmmmmm.
Posted by: naturalfake"
500 bonus points for trolling the troll.
Posted by: Biergood at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (v8Lx/)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (9P3OG)
I ask in all seriousness, how can this corrupt lying unstable criminal bitch not be down by 50 points?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (ODxAs)
And many of these now have Voter ID laws.
So it's not unattainable for a candidate like Trump to actually win them as he does attract the sort of demographic that is key in those states.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (fgAYu)
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (zu88C)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (1CroS)
I think you're taking a lot of this personally and projecting your own emotions on Trump.
Rhetorical question: If Trump wholeheartedly embraces that endorsement, how will that make YOU feel?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (9P3OG)
It will make me a tiny bit surprised, but he has been running a much better campaign since Conway came on board.
Now, as to policy - Trump and Cruz (to the extent that you can take either at their word) do not agree on foreign relations, on trade, on healthcare, on the role of government, on the importance of the Constitution, on child care, and so on. So... on which major policies do they agree?
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 04:02 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:03 PM (09Ay7)
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2016 04:03 PM (JfUI4)
Take a shot every time Hillary!'s eyes go all googly?
Posted by: naturalfake at September 23, 2016 03:58 PM (0cMkb)
WHAT ABOUT YOUR
Posted by: A Deplorable Reporter 'ette at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (39g3+)
If any of this goes to the Supreme Court and they tie 4-4...
What then?
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (UBzPO)
Posted by: runner at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (c6/9Q)
Every four years, the GOP cedes more ground. Red states turn purple. Purple states turn red. The GOP does nothing.
Posted by: V the K at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (jn7FC)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (+eR2D)
It was mainly Establishment hacks hoping to woo TruCons to their way of thinking.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (fgAYu)
Shit he knows more about the Charlotte riots than the local paper, a low barrier mind you.
Lauren, are you sure it's the new congress?
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2016 04:05 PM (NbJXF)
And then Fairfax/Arlington come in later and always seem to give the D just enough.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 23, 2016 04:05 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 23, 2016 04:05 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Lincolntf at September 23, 2016 04:05 PM (2cS/G)
****
He has some back now that he's making good on his pledge. That petulant fit he threw, not a good look. Slimy.
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:05 PM (09Ay7)
Link goes to FB (sorry).
http://tinyurl.com/jc7v4ld
Posted by: Tami - Powering through being a Deplorable. at September 23, 2016 04:05 PM (Enq6K)
What then?
*Reads constitution*
Two options.
1. Coin flip.
2. Gladiator style death match. Each side can choose a champion.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (WuRdh)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (eT1Yc)
Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: A Deplorable Reporter 'ette at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (qCMvj)
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Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
One push is all you'll need
Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
A fist first philosophy
Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
We watch for GOOGLY EYES!!!
Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM!
So I hope you recognize
I'm on the front line
Don't worry I'll be fine
the story is just beginning
I say goodbye to my weakness
so long to the regret
and now we see the world through GOOGLY EYES
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (8XRCm)
Just spending a few million bucks a year in the off election years on PR could make a pretty big difference, but they act like they not only have no PR problems, but don't need to do anything even if they did. The Stupid Party indeed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: V the K
What do you do?
The easiest thing I can think of is a more centrist approach on social issues as this largely locks Republican out on a Presidential level.
Republican Governors can win deep blue states, but usually they drop the SoCon stuff.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (fgAYu)
Let the Un-Beckening begin.
Posted by: dananjcon at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (NpXoL)
he has a facebook post....he's upset
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (0O7c5)
No, Erick Erickson thinks they'll vote for Egg McMuffin....
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Dead Horse person no grata at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (EnGQE)
Posted by: Skip"
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I like this one. 2 shots if it's a very dark color (Depends can leak).
Posted by: Biergood at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (v8Lx/)
What then?
Beer Pong.
It's in the Constitution.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 23, 2016 04:07 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Benn Gleck at September 23, 2016 04:07 PM (1CroS)
I guarantee you the unions will have busses all over the Rust Belt taking people to the polls for Hillary, and Trump has nothing remotely like that in place.
Posted by: cjw
It's not the 1930s and we all have to wait for the trolley to go downtown.
Almost everyone has a car, everyone has a phone with Uber, and we have absentee and early voting.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 04:08 PM (kdS6q)
Despite everyone pretty much putting Virginia into Queenlackthrone's
column, it's the most centrist of all battleground states. It still
could surprise.>>>
VA native and (unfortunately) NoVA resident. The only way VA will surprise is if you get NoVA to vote Trump. The rest of NoVA should lean or be a solid red, but it's NoVA and its large liberal population that swings the state Democratic.
I just don't see that happening. NoVA is going Clinton. So will VA, unfortunately.
Posted by: MacGruber at September 23, 2016 04:08 PM (kQBSd)
!2th amendment "Shall choose IMMEDIATELY by ballot"
Posted by: Nip Sip at September 23, 2016 04:08 PM (NbJXF)
They're both outsiders. Cruz is utterly loathed by McConnell and the rest, maybe even more than Trump. They're on the same side of probably every major policy issue.
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Politics makes strange boinkfellows.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 23, 2016 04:08 PM (Nwg0u)
Is there an echo in here?
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (+eR2D)
Stop talking into Megan McCain's ear.
Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2016 04:08 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (0O7c5)
Also known as....pick any day.
Posted by: Tami - Powering through being a Deplorable. at September 23, 2016 04:08 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (z/Ubi)
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OK, I take real exception to this. I don't want to see anyone banned and I will never take action to get someone banned.
If you decide to respond to disagreement by becoming so childish that you tick off Ace, that's on you.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 04:09 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Rick Wilson GOP Stategist at September 23, 2016 04:09 PM (OD2ni)
Let the Un-Beckening begin.
Posted by: dananjcon at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (NpXoL)
he has a facebook post....he's upset
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (0O7c5)
Too bad facebook posts don't show the tears.
Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2016 04:09 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:09 PM (09Ay7)
Posted by: washrivergal madly and deeply deplorable at September 23, 2016 04:10 PM (CFc5L)
Posted by: WisRich
If we did this in WI, PA, and OH ... The Dims wouldn't see the inside the White House for fifty years.
Posted by: Jean at September 23, 2016 04:10 PM (ngn8T)
Posted by: Afroman at September 23, 2016 04:10 PM (kdxpy)
Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (z/Ubi)
Yeah. See my #177. Not biting.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2016 04:10 PM (2El4P)
Also person if you really can't come up with a major policy area where Cruz and Trump agree, you should go back and read Cruz's endorsement fb post again, because THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. lol
Posted by: most deplorable Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at September 23, 2016 04:10 PM (Iy6JT)
Posted by: OED at September 23, 2016 04:10 PM (2WoCi)
Why do you continue to troll? Just to be irritating or do you get something from it, some other sort of enjoyment?
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:11 PM (09Ay7)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
The overwhelming majority of voters are a-political; that is, they don't know policy or ideology. They don't visit political blogs to sweat out the details of polls, bills, or political theory. They don't even think there is much at stake to begin with.
They simply respond emotionally or just reflexively based on years of media, pier interaction, or some familial loyalty.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 23, 2016 04:11 PM (V3IFq)
He's stirring shit. I dont know why he is doing it but that's what he's doing.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 04:11 PM (eT1Yc)
both of these Republicans were AWFUL.
And the Republicans control the legislature in VA last I checked.
If Trump is to win this, we have to go into enemy territory and take it from them.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 04:12 PM (fgAYu)
We will see if any of that is actually enacted. But it seems that the GOP has a pretty decent blue print to work with going forward.
Posted by: Nick in South Bend at September 23, 2016 04:12 PM (H43MS)
I just read that Hillary is 5'4.
The debate commission also denied a step-stool of awesomeness for Hillary.
Also..... NO COUGHING BREAKS.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 23, 2016 04:12 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 23, 2016 04:13 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Jean
Yep, but our side is spineless.
The Democrats would have done it decades ago if they had the chance.
Posted by: Maritime at September 23, 2016 04:13 PM (fgAYu)
Republicans here (mid-MI) are motivated to go to the polls and have no problem pushing straight ticket. Without the Obama enthusiasm, I don't see as many low infos making a point to get out and vote.
Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at September 23, 2016 04:13 PM (dQJCS)
He's stirring shit. I dont know why he is doing it but that's what he's doing.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 04:11 PM (eT1Yc)
He said every single thing I said he said. You proved that he has said other things. I would contend he supported single-payer in less guarded, more honest moments, but you can disagree if you like.
By the way, Trump declared he wants to expand Medicaid THIS WEEK.
For Trump supporters, he's always lying to the other guy.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 04:14 PM (mFkVC)
Well done, Glenn. If only you had some other medium in which to spread your opinion, you wouldn't have to support those institutions that hate you.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 23, 2016 04:14 PM (1CroS)
Just to clarify, I don't think you can ban someone for disagreeing or being "wrong." Personal attacks, threats of overt violence or Stormfront-type posts will be dealt with.
Capisce?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2016 04:15 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Dead Horse person non grata at September 23, 2016 04:15 PM (EnGQE)
I knew it was the old congress. Immediately means old congress.
Posted by: Nip Sip
*sigh*
Who Will Elect the President? The Electoral College System
Results of the mid-December vote [of the electors] in each state are sent to Congress to be counted on January 6, in the presence of the newly elected Senate and House of Representatives.
lwv.org/content/who-will-elect-president-electoral-college-system
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 04:15 PM (kdS6q)
Oops, wrong line.
Posted by: Amy Schumer
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I'm not sure who this Amy Schumer person is but I think he's a linebacker for the Rams.
http://tinyurl.com/j2jxuw5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 23, 2016 04:15 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2016 04:15 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
The overwhelming majority of voters are a-political; that is, they don't know policy or ideology.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
They are the free shit army.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2016 04:16 PM (2El4P)
If you're dismissing what a real "ground game" is and relying on armchair sophistry about voter enthusiasm levels, you are missing what politics really is. Like most things, politics is about actually putting in real work, and it's been a few decades since Trump seems to have cared about anything more than coasting along with minimal effort. I don't expect Bannon to know anything about real work either, but *somebody* on Trump's team has to know you can't just hold rallies everywhere to drive up turnout.
Posted by: cjw at September 23, 2016 04:16 PM (onydf)
that is, they don't know policy or ideology. They don't visit political
blogs to sweat out the details of polls, bills, or political theory.
They don't even think there is much at stake to begin with. They simply respond emotionally or just reflexively based on years of media, pier interaction, or some familial loyalty. Posted by: weft cut-loop."
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I agree. It's sad, but I think that's pretty spot-on. (I actually envy them sometimes.)
Posted by: Biergood at September 23, 2016 04:16 PM (v8Lx/)
*happy dance*
Posted by: Mortimer, deplorable at September 23, 2016 03:54 PM
*narrows bunghole*
Soon......
Posted by: The Barrel at September 23, 2016 04:16 PM (bzd8I)
When they prohibit exoskeletons, earpieces, and BIOS updates, then I'll believe they're being fair.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 23, 2016 04:16 PM (1CroS)
Just to clarify, I don't think you can ban someone for disagreeing or being "wrong." Personal attacks, threats of overt violence or Stormfront-type posts will be dealt with.
Capisce?
You must have missed Ace yesterday.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2016 04:16 PM (2El4P)
Hello there. Was Cruz fan, now Trump (more anti brain-seized weeble of doom, but oh well) supporter.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, Deplorables Division at September 23, 2016 04:17 PM (TSJEX)
You want up close with Hillary? You can't handle up close and personal with Hillary!
Posted by: Col. Huma at September 23, 2016 04:17 PM (MWX7h)
What then?
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 23, 2016 04:04 PM (UBzPO)
I was going to say "February 23 1981, Madrid" but then I paused and did some reading and realized . . .
The coup attempt was by members of the Guardia Civil, who attempted to take over the parliament during the debate around the election Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo as prime minister, and I twigged that this was the nephew of Jose Calvo Sotelo, who's arrest and murder by members of the Guardia Civil in 1930 started the Spanish Civil war.
Fifty one years from Uncle to Nephew, the bookends of the Spanish Civil War.
Verification of Mark Twain's dictum: History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 23, 2016 04:17 PM (KOBAq)
He's stirring shit. I dont know why he is doing it but that's what he's doing.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 23, 2016 04:11 PM (eT1Yc)
Because she is a concern troll. Same crap as Warrior just couched in different language. There used to be a troll at NRO who posted pixel penises. Very lifelike. I see no difference in that troll, the warrior troll or the one you name.
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:17 PM (09Ay7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 23, 2016 04:17 PM (Nwg0u)
I've been here the whole time, dude. Not commenting that much.
Now you, you've been scarce. Don't disappear after the election, young man. We may have to have words, depending upon how things go.
Posted by: Pastafarian at September 23, 2016 04:18 PM (sgHEm)
Posted by: Jean at September 23, 2016 04:10 PM (ngn8T)
Don't forget MI. Their chance is gone in PA.
Posted by: WisRich at September 23, 2016 04:18 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:17 PM (09Ay7)
Hey, instead of attacking me personally, how about you explain why you think Trump was lying all those times he endorsed single payer?
Did he mean it this week when he said he would dramatically expand medicaid?
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 04:20 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:22 PM (09Ay7)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 23, 2016 03:57 PM (NpXoL)
he has a facebook post....he's upset
Posted by: phoenixgirl, deplorable is better than despicable at September 23, 2016 04:06 PM (0O7c5)
Too bad facebook posts don't show the tears.
Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2016 04:09 PM (z/Ubi)
I don't FB, but I can hear the chants of Fire Brimstone from the hallowed halls of the great self righteous pontificater. Oh how we have fallen!!111!!
Posted by: dananjcon at September 23, 2016 04:22 PM (NpXoL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks"
Heh!
Posted by: Biergood at September 23, 2016 04:23 PM (v8Lx/)
AAAAaaaaaand that's what it's all aBOUT!
*Clap Clap*
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, Deplorables Division at September 23, 2016 04:23 PM (TSJEX)
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:22 PM (09Ay7)
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Hillary's plan is also bad.
So, do you plan to excuse every awful Trump policy over the next four years by saying "Clinton would have been worse?"
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 04:24 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 04:24 PM (mFkVC)
Abso-fucking-lutely. Besides, he'll be impeached alot easier than Clinton if he gets even a bit sideways.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 23, 2016 04:26 PM (UBzPO)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans
Heh! Very true. The only way to get accountability in DC is to elect a Republican President. All of a sudden, Executive Branch overreach will be a "grave" concern.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 23, 2016 04:29 PM (4Sfcv)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 23, 2016 04:26 PM (UBzPO)
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You say that on the day that one of the few Conservatives opposing him was beaten into submission by donors and the party.
The GOP will support Trump.
Posted by: person(a non grata) at September 23, 2016 04:29 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: The Deplorable Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2016 04:30 PM (fAZRN)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 23, 2016 04:38 PM (264gc)
So, do you plan to excuse every awful Trump policy over the next four years by saying "Clinton would have been worse?"
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Unlike you, I'm not clairvoyant. How long have you been able to see the future? Shouldn't you be helping cops or stockbrokers or something?
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 04:42 PM (09Ay7)
Posted by: Kevin C at September 23, 2016 04:43 PM (9khZC)
Or if she loses the plot.
Kind of a grave subject.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, Deplorables Division at September 23, 2016 04:44 PM (TSJEX)
Posted by: firehorse at September 23, 2016 04:53 PM (//TVq)
Posted by: firehorse at September 23, 2016 04:53 PM (//TVq)
Posted by: John J at September 23, 2016 05:00 PM (TZXEx)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 23, 2016 03:40 PM (0Y6mc)
OK...
Please explain why Cruz has endorsed Trump.
Posted by: Meremortal... at September 23, 2016 05:04 PM (3myMJ)
So, going with Bong Boy then?
Posted by: Meremortal... at September 23, 2016 05:09 PM (3myMJ)
****
Except DoD
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 23, 2016 05:21 PM (09Ay7)
At a minimum, bank on each candidate getting 1 EC vote from Maine.
Posted by: Callawyn at September 23, 2016 05:37 PM (GOoUs)
Still think it's going to be a blowout for T. 35-40 states.
If H collapses (literally) Monday during the no-commercial break debate, he could get 45. The rest would still vote D even if the top of the ticket is (again, literally) a corpse.
Posted by: Callawyn at September 23, 2016 05:41 PM (GOoUs)
Posted by: George LeS at September 23, 2016 05:52 PM (+TcCF)
column, it's the most centrist of all battleground states. It still
could surprise."
Virginia's broken my heart in more ways than one. You could say that I'm afraid to love again.
Posted by: Miley's Deplorables at September 23, 2016 05:56 PM (L2UGl)
Posted by: Miley's Deplorables at September 23, 2016 05:58 PM (L2UGl)
Because Hillary Clinton is a corrupt, lying criminal and anyone who still has a hope for this country would vote for pretty much anyone else.
Posted by: John J at September 23, 2016 06:07 PM (TZXEx)
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