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Wow, I thought the idea of the kiddie table debate was just those candidates kicking up a snit over the fact that they weren't getting into the big boy debate--I didn't think they'd do it. I thought the RNC had put all sorts of clamps on the debate schedules to prevent this very thing. If I were a political commentator--especially a liberal one--right now I would be positively salivating over the potential that the next 8-9 months will hold.
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With Trump actually running, I think it's very unlikely that we make it to August 6 with the Fox News debate rules intact.
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Joementum posted:With Trump actually running, I think it's very unlikely that we make it to August 6 with the Fox News debate rules intact. I'm not so sure. Trump in the debate, while godawful for the GOP, would be ratings gold.
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Joementum posted:With Trump actually running, I think it's very unlikely that we make it to August 6 with the Fox News debate rules intact. I look forward to the next few months where we see the GOP use any and all tactics they can to drive Trump's poll numbers down to get him out of the big boy debate. The idea of him walking on stage with Bush, Walker, and Rubio and watching them having to grimace and shake hands with him...it brings more joy to my cold, black heart than should be physically possible.
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Alter Ego posted:Wow, I thought the idea of the kiddie table debate was just those candidates kicking up a snit over the fact that they weren't getting into the big boy debate--I didn't think they'd do it. I thought the RNC had put all sorts of clamps on the debate schedules to prevent this very thing. They're calling the kiddie table debate a "forum" to get around the GOP debate rules. The next 6 months are going to be amazing. I imagine it will chill out around thanksgiving when the also-fans have all dropped out, but until then, oh man.
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Jun 16, 2015 18:57
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Okay, so now that Trump is in, who else is left that has been making noise but hasn't entered the race yet?
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Jun 16, 2015 19:01
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site posted:Okay, so now that Trump is in, who else is left that has been making noise but hasn't entered the race yet? Christie God, if there was SOME WAY to get a Christie-Trump debate just with the two of them. How long would they last before one of them metophorically tells the other to Go Get Their Shinebox and they have a big fat guy fight all over the stage?
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Jun 16, 2015 19:05
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There is no way he will liquidate holdings in order to pay for an actual presidential campaign. He's got to be in just to revel in the attention and try to bolster his brand or is he actually that insane. I can't even tell anymore.
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site posted:Okay, so now that Trump is in, who else is left that has been making noise but hasn't entered the race yet? Kasich.
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site posted:Okay, so now that Trump is in, who else is left that has been making noise but hasn't entered the race yet? Christie and Kasich might, and Jindal hasn't officially announced but will be soon. Walker, though, is the biggest name outstanding and is the only one of the three without an announcement date that is almost certainly jumping in. I could see Christie and Kasich passing (Christie has to know he's damaged goods, and Kasich might have enough sense to know he has no chance) ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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Jun 16, 2015 19:07
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site posted:Okay, so now that Trump is in, who else is left that has been making noise but hasn't entered the race yet? Walker hasn't actually announced yet and seems to be widely expected to do so. Kasich is still waiting for Jesus to ask him to run.
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Jun 16, 2015 19:10
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Christie and Kasich might, and Jindal hasn't officially announced but will be soon. Walker, though, is the biggest name outstanding and is the only one of the three without an announcement date that is almost certainly jumping in. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/307428831.html Sources in Walker's campaign point to July 13.
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Jun 16, 2015 19:11
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Alter Ego posted:Wow, I thought the idea of the kiddie table debate was just those candidates kicking up a snit over the fact that they weren't getting into the big boy debate--I didn't think they'd do it. I thought the RNC had put all sorts of clamps on the debate schedules to prevent this very thing. The problem is that Fox news isn't so much the propaganda department of the Republican party, as the Republican party is the the legislative arm of Fox News.
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Jun 16, 2015 19:13
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lolquote:Role: Billionaire who will have smallest impact on presidential race
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Alter Ego posted:Wait, there's actually going to be a kiddie table debate? Some New Hampshire newspaper threatened to organize an alternative debate for those not in the top-10 in the polling average, and Fox relented. Kiddie table in the afternoon, big boy debate at night.
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Jun 16, 2015 19:30
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The best thing after he drops out he is going to be upset he didn't win and endorse Hillary and just poo poo all over the entire GOP until election day.
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Three Olives posted:The problem is Hillary doesn't need to just win which honestly is all but a forgone conclusion at this point, she will almost certainly do better than Obama in 2012 short of some sort of major campaign implosion like video popping up of her strangling puppies, she needs to win the Senate too. Jeb loses a hypothetical popular election by like 5 points today, and the trend is drawing the two closer. That's when the Republican field contains like 5 other viable candidates and 16 months before the general. The fact is, getting the Obama coalition back together is not a gimme and it might be out of reach in the same way the Reagan coalition was.
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Jun 16, 2015 19:42
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So Romney rode his private jet to "Fanfare for the Common Man", how will Trump top it?
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Their safest route to avoid having Trump be a candidate answering questions on stage is by having him be the moderator asking the questions 
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Unless trump loses 50% of his support in the next 6 weeks he will make the cut and keep a "legitimate" candidate out of the first GOP debate. Everything is awesome
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Alter Ego posted:Wait, there's actually going to be a kiddie table debate? It's going to be comedy platinum, just like the "Values Voter Debate" of 2007 where you could watch Ron Paul's last wisps of credibility slip away as a mentally challenged girl thanked her parents for not aborting her. Have they named the 'kid's table debate' yet and is there a date set?
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Fried Chicken posted:Unless trump loses 50% of his support in the next 6 weeks he will make the cut and keep a "legitimate" candidate out of the first GOP debate.  "NO MORE ROOM AT THE DEBATES! NO ROOM! Everybody move down! Move down! Move down!"
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Jun 16, 2015 20:15
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Game: Changed!
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Can I ask for an early Christmas present? Can we have Parah Sailin' and Alex Jones in as well? There's still room in this clown car, maybe if we cram enough in we can make a diamond out of pure crazy!
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Joementum posted:Game: Changed! Quite the strange averaging here...
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Jun 16, 2015 20:22
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I'm not sure Hillary's education policy will scale.
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site posted:Quite the strange averaging here... Well if there is a curve involved...
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De Nomolos posted:Christie
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Gravel Gravy posted:Well if there is a curve involved... I'm sure there's a bell curve involved when it comes to Trump.
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Today is the best day, what will the Donald do tomorrow for his run. No one loving knows but it will be glorious.
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CannonFodder posted:So Romney rode his private jet to "Fanfare for the Common Man", how will Trump top it? There's no other possible choice.
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sbaldrick posted:Today is the best day, what will the Donald do tomorrow for his run. No one loving knows but it will be glorious. Actually, we do know. He'll be at a community college in Manchester, New Hampshire. Then he'll be elected as the Greatest Jobs President God Ever Created and Make America Great Again.
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quote:Trump’s greatest genius is offering the same political analysis we hear on sober Sunday talk shows, delivered in the language of a vulgar oaf.
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Haven't watched it all myself yet, but this should be the whole Trump announcement for the others that missed it (I think) Ma Bur 22 minutes ago +Hdtex Donald Trump the Fuckboy
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America, January 21st 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4m848bh1iY
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Joementum posted:Actually, we do know. He'll be at a community college in Manchester, New Hampshire. Then he'll be elected as the Greatest Jobs President God Ever Created and Make America Great Again. A community college is the best he could get or the best NH has to offer?
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comes along bort posted:Ma Bur 22 minutes ago YIS. I can't wait!
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Scoff at Trump all you want, but this CNN analyst makes a valid point:quote:Errol Louis, an anchor with New York City's NY1, compared Trump’s nascent campaign with conservative demigod Ronald Reagan’s first run in 1980.
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