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A Winner is Jew posted:Kinda disagree with you there since the more things she does the more it will piss off republicans, and if nothing else she's fueled by republican spite. She was so eager to screw over Republicans that she backed the invasion of Iraq just so it would backfire in Bush's stupid face!!
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Necc0 posted:My thoughts exactly. I think we're looking at a very real possibility of the GOP being a permanent minority party until the southern strategy finally shrivels up and dies which could take a decade or more. Pretty much every election people say this and the GOP has continued to pick up more and more seats over time.
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Gyges posted:The Republican Party is structured in such a way that they are pervasive throughout many states, especially in the South, but have an increasingly hard time with the Electoral College. This is double edged as it keeps them in power legislatively, but that continued success means that they are unable to fix their national level problems. If they continue to fail to course correct, they will eventually run into a wall on the legislative side, but that's not in the immediate future. The real problem is their dominance at the state level. It isn't just in the south, it's like 2/3 of the drat country, and it's somehow been getting more common even as their policies get more extreme.
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computer parts posted:Here are the states by who controls their legislature (purple = split, Nebraska is officially nonpartisan) Dude, those maps don't line up AT ALL. In fact it demonstrates exactly what I'm saying. Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire--all blue or swing states completely controlled by the GOP at the state level. Then there are dark blue states like Maine, Washington, NEW YORK, and Minnesota that are only split. The only "good" news here is split control of Iowa and Kentucky--but no outright Democratic control of a single reddish or even swing state! Republicans have an enormously outsized amount of power at the state level. Looking at this map juxtaposed with posts about the GOP "failing" makes my head spin. If anything the Democrats are failing. I am really unhappy with how the party has performed. Vox Nihili has issued a correction as of 20:03 on May 22, 2016 |
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Jonked posted:You also have to remember that the state franchises of the Republican party are going to diverge somewhat from the national party. In Pennsylvania this takes the form of 'Pennsyltucky' Republicans being pretty right-wing and religious (You may remember Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District) while suburb and industrial town Republicans being still pretty hardline pro-business while more... "accepting" of homosexuality. You even had this playing out to an extreme extent in Indiana with Pence and the rest of the party. The lines are blurrier and less polarized the lower down you go. The same is true with state-level Democrats. To compete in the South they frequently run anti-abortion blue dogs, etc.
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May 22, 2016 23:23
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neonnoodle posted:It's just making me OTOH, his actual actions caused the deaths of millions of Muslims, gave ISIS a home and a cause, and brought a new age of security hell to our dumb country.
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May 25, 2016 19:31
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that I'm actually, sincerely nostalgic for George loving Walker Bush.
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So let's say Hillary wins (probable) and Obama subsequently withdraws his Garland nomination. Assuming Obama holds off on another nomination until Clinton takes office, who does she select for the bench?
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Yoshifan823 posted:A bunch of my friends are complaining about the AP calling the race tonight. One of them even said he was going to support Trump now that Bernie is done. The rest just repeated their hatred of Hillary. It's really dumb of the AP to call the race tonight, especially when the decisive outcome is coming tomorrow. The Clinton campaign seemed upset, though not nearly as much as the Sanders people. Sort of casts a pall over the whole primary tomorrow.
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Jun 7, 2016 04:48
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Yoshifan823 posted:I mean, I agree that it was dumb of them, and I wish they had waited until tomorrow, but they're only confirming what everyone has known for a week. I agree the whole thing is illusory, but that's been true for weeks. The media rush to MAKE THE CALL FIRST is maddening.
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Today some D&D goon finally fulfilled their destiny.
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DemeaninDemon posted:I wasn't around these parts when south park put out the douche v turd episode in 2004(?) so who knows! I don't think South Park invented the idea of voting for the lesser evil, though as libertarians its creators may think that they did.
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owns gonna be the second best president in the last 50 years.
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A Winner is Jew posted:Invest with confidence friend. Kansas is now a battleground state for her. Zogby reality is somehow even stranger than our own.
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celeron 300a posted:For interested people: Hillary beat Bernie in California, 56 to 43%. It didn't help that I'm registered No Party Preference voters were eligible to vote in the California Democratic Primary.
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while this all plays out.
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Clinton posted a +12 poll result today. Gary Johnson is still eating a misleadingly large share, but it's a brutal result for Trump regardless.
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Jun 15, 2016 00:45
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Slate Action posted:No big deal, he can just refill his campaign coffers from his personal $10 billion fortune that totally isn't made up. Well he has been paying for most of it himself so far, it's not like he's getting more than pocket change in donations. The fact that he's pissing away his fortune is an added bonus to this whole thing.
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Gyges posted:I'm down to only worrying about going too hard against Trump now when the RNC can still technically back out. Please keep at least one hand tied behind your back until July 21st. Then bury him in a shallow grave in the desert. Read the FEC filings. Most of the expenses are for campaign personnel, large venue rentals, and ads. Hes not getting any of that money back.
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Reminder that Trump had $1.3m in the bank 20 days ago. He's probably sitting on a cool half million or so at this point. Looks like he's been "borrowing" less and less from himself over time, too, which might signal an unwillingness to sacrifice too much of his fortunate (or, hilariously, the end of his liquidity.)
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I made a "no criminal charges will be filed" bet today, return is still pretty nice: https://www.predictit.org/Contract/1792/Will-a-federal-criminal-charge-be-filed-against-Hillary-Clinton-in-2016#data Lol @ indictment crew. 
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A Winner is Jew posted:Obama won't withdraw the nomination, and I really doubt Clinton would either should he not get confirmed before she's sworn in since it confirm that picking him was purely about politics and not about putting forward a serious candidate. Obama will withdraw the nomination and nominate someone else if it comes to that. He's not going to give the Republicans a handout after everything that's happened.
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zoux posted:Obama isn't going to yank Garland's nom, he's not playing games with loving SCOTUS seats. The only one playing games is the Republican Party. Obama should get the most out of the opening, not let them have a halfway-victory after all this poo poo.
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zoux posted:So you aren't one of the ones who thinks that Obama deliberately picked a more centrist nominee to highlight the intransigence of the GOP? Because you seem to be implying that his first choice is a pawn. I think his pick is an acceptable option for him, but he also chose Garland to demonstrate the Republicans' obstinacy. It was definitely a centrist pick, anyway.
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zoux posted:So you think he is playing games then. I don't think that's "playing games." Garland was a legitimate nomination that also exacted a political toll on the GOP. It was a savvy move.
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Discendo Vox posted:This is the Clinton Toxx thread on the dedicated political comedy subforum, "C-SPAM", on the Something Awful Comedy Forums. Actually, sir, this is a McDonald's drive-through.
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Alucard Nacirema posted:What makes you think she's going to appoint a more liberal judge? She'll probably appoint a centrist She'll almost certainly appoint someone more liberal than Garland, who is a center-center-left choice. Bill appointed Breyer and Ginsburg in a more Republican era, for example.
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Lightning Knight posted:Real talk tho, hypothetically if she died or otherwise stopped being the nominee, do we all get auto banned or does it become a mulligan? We will all die. First ITT, then IRL.
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Discendo Vox posted:OK, so final count up to where I mentioned this was a pattern: You are now Thread Historian. Please keep a running tally.
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Discendo Vox posted:Nah, commenting on it distorts the phenomenon. Good call. Keep a private tally and post it on November 7.
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The safest toxx was actually the no indictment toxx.
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Instant Sunrise posted:Honestly, Bernie bro's who went from supporting a far left candidate to a far right candidate confuse me and I want to understand what would make them go from far left to far right. The folks you're describing aren't really Bernie Bros, they're mostly generic anti-status quo people who latched on to an outsider. A lot of them are quasi-libertarians who don't know an ounce of policy. The hardcore BBs are now either for Stein, write-in Bernie, Hillary because Bernie endorsed, some socialist alternative, or "gently caress this I'm not voting at all!"
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Also please dont (perma?)ban EngineerSean, he is a pillar of the PredictIt thread.
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Nice meltdown tho, lol.
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Discendo Vox posted:What is this toxxing rulechange? I see discussion of it, but can't find the actual post, in the op, in the subforum rules, anywhere. The Trumplings are being put to the stake unless they confess their sins.
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Florida, lmao, that's the least of our loving problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A Winner is Jew posted:
hes right, you know.
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1) America sucks 2) Hillary is mostly good 3) Hillary does not appeal very well to the average American
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Godinster posted:hahahahahahahhahahah Please note the Average American here. This is the problem.
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