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Dolash posted:Who are these flesh-and-blood human beings who would cast a sincere ballot for Trump? The best I can imagine is Democrats so loaded with schadenfreude they register or do whatever else you have to do simply to keep Trump in the race. Unless the Democratic primary is somehow still competitive when it gets to my state and a vote for Bernie could do something, I'll be voting Trump as hard as I can. I think all Democrats should.
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Joementum posted:This is an actual interview transcript from the Des Moines Register. It'd be just like him to do this now that we won't have Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to ridicule him.... 
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Jun 1, 2015 21:51
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Ben Has Tiny Weenus posted:Unless the Democratic primary is somehow still competitive when it gets to my state and a vote for Bernie could do something, I'll be voting Trump as hard as I can. I think all Democrats should. I don't know the American primary system's details that well, can you only vote in either the democratic or the republican primary?
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Jun 1, 2015 21:55
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Dolash posted:I don't know the American primary system's details that well, can you only vote in either the democratic or the republican primary? In states with primaries you can only vote once and in some of those states you also have to be a member of the party to vote in its primary. When the party runs its own caucus you are always supposed to be a member of the party to participate, though enforcement is often not strict. Most of the time the Republican and Democratic caucuses are held on the same day, at different locations.
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You have to register with one party or the other to vote in a primary election, yes. e:f;b by someone far more knowledgeable and articulate than I am
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Jun 1, 2015 22:00
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Dolash posted:I don't know the American primary system's details that well, can you only vote in either the democratic or the republican primary? Depending on the state you may either be allowed to vote only in the primary of the party you are registered in (closed primary), vote in either party's primary, but only the same party for all positions (open primary), or vote among all candidates in each position in preparation for a run-off election after the primary (jungle primary/top-two)
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Jun 1, 2015 22:02
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Titus Sardonicus posted:You have to register with one party or the other to vote in a primary election, yes. Not in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. They have "open primaries" where you can request either ballot. Arizona and Massachusetts allow unaffiliated voters to pick either ballot, but Democrats can't vote in the Republican primary and vice versa.
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Jun 1, 2015 22:03
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ComradeCosmobot posted:or vote among all candidates in each position in preparation for a run-off election after the primary (jungle primary/top-two) These systems aren't used for Presidential primaries in any state.
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Jun 1, 2015 22:05
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Joementum posted:These systems aren't used for Presidential primaries in any state. Also true. I misconstrued the question as being about primaries in general.
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Jun 1, 2015 22:11
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Back in 2011, Trump had to stop pretending he was running for president when it came time to renew the contract for his TV show. Is that not still the case, or is the show already cancelled?
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Jun 1, 2015 22:19
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A3th3r posted:I forgot about that.. He is technically 'latin american,' although he is the whitest mexican guy I have ever seen Not that Marco's even Mexican, but he's not as white as Louis CK.
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Jun 1, 2015 22:26
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Joementum posted:Not in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. They have "open primaries" where you can request either ballot. Arizona and Massachusetts allow unaffiliated voters to pick either ballot, but Democrats can't vote in the Republican primary and vice versa. Correct. I should have been more specific- I'll be doing that in Mississippi.
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A few major media outlets seem to have finally looked at the poll numbers. "Let's Put Bernie Sanders's 'Momentum' in Perspective," at tnr.com. "It's Time for the Media to Admit that Hillary Clinton is Popular" from Matt Yglesias at Vox. "it is annoying to me that I’m discovering this piece now, instead of three hours ago when I started writing mine." from Slate's Jamelle Bouie on Twitter in response to the Vox article.
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Joementum posted:Not in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. They have "open primaries" where you can request either ballot. Arizona and Massachusetts allow unaffiliated voters to pick either ballot, but Democrats can't vote in the Republican primary and vice versa. Don't know how common this is, but Wyoming does same-day registration, which allows for party-switching on the day of the primary as well. E: Aaaand apparently we do caucuses on the presidential side. Oops. Plastic Megaphone fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Jun 1, 2015 |
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Plastic Megaphone posted:Don't know how common this is, but Wyoming does same-day registration, which allows for party-switching on the day of the primary as well. In Ohio, the way you register with a party is by voting in that party's primary. Registering to vote is a completely separate thing and there's no party affiliation on the voter registration. You can change party every primary if you want.
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Jun 1, 2015 22:53
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Joementum posted:Yup, this campaign ad violates Senate rules, as do his gifs of Graham rolling his eyes at Rand. And Rand's deleted the video 
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Jun 1, 2015 22:56
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GalacticAcid posted:A few major media outlets seem to have finally looked at the poll numbers. Vox is partially owned by Markos Moulitsas, and given his history and more importantly the last year or so of his political rag's shilling for Hillary I'd recommend treating anything coming out of it that obviously isn't opinion in this matter as being extremely slanted opinion. I'd venture a guess Markos is angling for support for a run at a seat in the house or some mid-level position in a Clinton administration to build political credentials for it in the future.
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Jun 1, 2015 23:15
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Joementum posted:Not in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. They have "open primaries" where you can request either ballot. Arizona and Massachusetts allow unaffiliated voters to pick either ballot, but Democrats can't vote in the Republican primary and vice versa. I'm in Ohio, pardon my ignorance. By the way, do you have a blog or anything? Following this thread, you remind me of Ken Rudin, the Political Junkie. I used to look forward to that every week on Talk of the Nation.
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Titus Sardonicus posted:I'm in Ohio, pardon my ignorance. By the way, do you have a blog or anything? Following this thread, you remind me of Ken Rudin, the Political Junkie. I used to look forward to that every week on Talk of the Nation.
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GalacticAcid posted:"It's Time for the Media to Admit that Hillary Clinton is Popular" from Matt Yglesias at Vox. That's a good read. I'll be curious to see how the media evolves with Clinton over the next year or so.
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Spatula City posted:I'm still hoping for Joe Biden, just because I like the idea of him being Vice President for life. But with his son dying, I think he's probably done with national politics when Obama's term ends. Joe Biden, the Don Corleone of this election cycle era? I am still looking for a Sonny to join the fray
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Not that Marco's even Mexican, but he's not as white as Louis CK. Louis CK is whiter than most white people. He reminds me of Darwin, this kid i went to high school with. Black, but like the whitest-acting guy ever on planet Earth. He was like whiter than the white kids, and I grew up in the suburbs so that's pretty difficult to do.
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Jun 1, 2015 23:42
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lol how many loving republican candidates do we have now?
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A3th3r posted:Joe Biden, the Don Corleone of this election cycle era? I am still looking for a Sonny to join the fray The hot-tempered young gun with extramarital issues and an early flameout...unfortunately Carlos Danger's time has passed.
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Just a reminder of how 2012 played out for the Republicans up to the primaries: Basically, each month, a different "not-Romney" candidate would excite the tea party, who would then peak, say something stupid, then crash. I won't be surprised if something similar happens, though some of the not-Bush candidates seem stronger, and Bush seems weaker (at this point).
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Jun 1, 2015 23:50
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Spatula City posted:I'm still hoping for Joe Biden, just because I like the idea of him being Vice President for life. But with his son dying, I think he's probably done with national politics when Obama's term ends. There's also Tim Kaine and Sherrod Brown, if we're talking about white dudes from swing states. But I can't really see a Castro being the nom; Hilary's angle is that she's ideologically like Obama but she's experienced and can Get poo poo Done. Since Bernie jumped in she's been wrestling with the first part, and a Castro VP would muddy up the second.
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Morrow posted:Say what you will about Graham, but he has the best campaign logo. He's not trying to be hip or trendy at all. It's a logo you could proudly hang from banners at a mass rally where people salute their commander-in-chief. Or perhaps a beer hall. richardfun posted:It'd be just like him to do this now that we won't have Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to ridicule him.... Colbert will be back shortly after Stewart leaves. Just because he's not pretending to be a Republican any more doesn't mean he can't still make fun of political (or in Trump's case, "political") figures on The Late Show.
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There will be no shortage of commentary on the GOP field from Colbert, there's no way he'll avoid that comedy goldmine.
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AndNowMax posted:There's also Tim Kaine and Sherrod Brown, if we're talking about white dudes from swing states. Brown is a good progressive as well. I think I'd prefer he stay on Capitol Hill, as with Warren (and Bernie, to be honest).
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Not believable due to the lack of an 802 area code.
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PerpetualSelf posted:lol how many loving republican candidates do we have now? Some would say too many... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6AlQiWatD4
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Some would say too many...
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I wish HillDawg would just choose some competent current secretary or former office holder for VP. Hell, choose them for every position. Had it not been for a Christine O'Donnell and a Ken Buck, his VP pick and Interior pick could have lost Dems the Senate much sooner, not to mention they destroyed Janet Napolitano's political future by giving her literally the most-despised department aside from the IRS to run, AND they destroyed Kathleen Sebelius's career by having her run the OBAMACARE department. Both could have been much stronger competitors for open seats in their respective states in 2010-2012 that what they got.
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Davethulhu posted:Just a reminder of how 2012 played out for the Republicans up to the primaries: EstablishmentSupport.png
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Deep Hurting posted:Or perhaps a beer hall. How political can Colbert really go on The Late Show? So far as I understand TV, the late night audience is too big of a demographic to risk alienating them by appearing partisan. Colbert and Stewart may have taken plenty of shots at Democrats over the years but they're still classic American liberals, I'd think if Colbert spent too long mocking the Republican circus people would assume he's taking the same tact as his last show.
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De Nomolos posted:I wish HillDawg would just choose some competent current secretary or former office holder for VP. Hell, choose them for every position.
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De Nomolos posted:I wish HillDawg would just choose some competent current secretary or former office holder for VP. Huh. How about that: Julian Castro is both!
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Zelder posted:Disreputable Dog is gonna quote this post to make a tortured point about liberals being racist. He's Cuban you monster! *silently mouths "thank you"* (Though really I'd just point out that the birther movement actually had its roots in a whisper campaign started by the Hillary camp)
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