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I think she is still tied way too closely with the Bush administration for the current GOP to nominate her. Maybe in 2016 it will be different, but even now Bush is still a dirty name.
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Joementum posted:I've read all the other 2012 campaign books, but this one might be too tough to get through. Which book is this? Guessing double down but is "Obamans" really the language they use? Fuck You And Diebold fucked around with this message at 20:53 on Nov 1, 2013 |
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Caros posted:While a lot of this is very interesting in an 'I didn't know that' sort of way, do you actually believe that the bolded part was true and that the largest PAC contributers to help R-Money win weren't effectively at his beck and call in a slightly more round about manner? Actually, yes. The big surprise about 2012 is just how ineffective all the extra money from Citizens United ended up being. A big part of this was the huge proportion of conservative funds that went to groups other than Romney's campaign. I do think they will get much better at it. Remember, this was the first presidential campaign since Citizens United, give them some time and they will get great at coordinated non-coordination, but the Romney campaign definitely did not have the control over the money that they would have liked.
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comes along bort posted:That's assuming most of the super PACs are more interested in getting people elected than bilking the rubes. Oh I definitely think that is how they are now, but in the future I think campaigns will have much stronger control/oversight of the super PACs, even though they aren't supposed to. This won't prevent the super rich crazies who basically make their own super PAC to push whatever issue/candidate they are focused on, but overall I think that the loose money will become more efficient than they were in 2012. I doubt they will ever be as efficient, much less more efficient, as direct campaign cash though.
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Jan 25, 2014 23:24
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FMguru posted:It's possible to come back from a bad public appearance. Bill Clinton's first turn on the national stage was a disaster. Even ignoring what you pointed out, Jindal is no Bill Clinton. Unless he comes up with a ton of charisma out of nowhere he wouldn't be able to pull a comeback even with a good record.
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OAquinas posted:
Restricting votes to landowners/"taxpayers"(using the highly disingenuous 47% stat) is pretty high up there too. This is where you hear them cry about "skin in the game" because poor people don't have a stake in how the US is governed  . That fits right in with taking away women's votes though as it hits them (and minorities!) the hardest.
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Mar 2, 2014 16:03
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Filet o' fish? Oh god I'm out of the loop on a political in joke nooooooooooooooooo Secret service codenames for the republican candidates were all fish related IIRC.
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That was it! Secret service sounded wrong, but couldn't remember what else it was. Also Paul Ryan's is definitely the best.
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joeburz posted:Moon Commander? It's a misleading title though, because that is just the title given to the director of the moon zoo.
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Jul 9, 2014 18:41
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"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) denounced Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), an establishment avatar, in a Senate floor speech last month over what turned out to be an Internet hoax, a photo that falsely identified the senator meeting with Islamic State militants." Ahahaha, beautiful. I cannot wait for 2016.
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Oct 9, 2014 01:16
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Actors should be banned from running for office, acting skills are the equivalent of steroids for office seekers. Franken, Ventura*(who was surprisingly decent(ignore his post office antics)). So basically apply that rule everywhere but Minnesota. *wrestling is fake
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Oct 28, 2014 01:28
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radical meme posted:To me, Ted is the scariest potential 2016 candidate. In a shortened GOP primary, where turning out the crazies is the key to winning, he could do it. Who the hell cares if Ted Cruz wins the primary. The only strategies open for crazy Republicans to win the primaries are ones that kill them in the general.
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shadow puppet of a posted:This fills me with joy and sadness because I know that 2016 cannot possibly be half as amazing. There were no bad ideas floated in those (smoky) back rooms. Every single expensive crazy idea got a subcommittee behind it and got made for public consumption. Yeah well we said there was no way that 2012 could be half as great as 2008. Keep your hopes up! I'm sure the Republicans will do their due diligence to keep us entertained next election.
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