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Nailed it.
Because Hillary finally mentioned Citizens United. Which I've eagerly been awaiting, and I wanted her to answer trumps question, since it's the one big thing that makes me a little uncomfortable voting for her. She says she'll try to repeal citizens united, but she takes contributions...
I wanted her to answer Trumps question, nothing more, nothing less. He makes the point that she could've self-funded as he did, I thought it was interesting, and I wanted to know what she said.
Guys Trump didn't throw his own shit at Anderson Cooper, so his campaign is still alive
Isn't that that describing her running mate exactly?
I wanted her to answer Trumps question, nothing more, nothing less. He makes the point that she could've self-funded as he did, I thought it was interesting, and I wanted to know what she said.
Ah, OK. (Except for the fact that he didn't self-fund either, is profiting when others are footing the bill and also has super-PACs working for him.)
It's not like these debates have much of an impact on polls, or swaying people's minds.
In this case, it was more curiosity on how Trump would come out. Does he come out showing any remorse for his words? Does he attempt to focus on the plans he has for this country? Or does he come out full retard and attack, attack, attack.
And the tape really didn't fully set in when this poll was taken. It was taken the same day it was released.Hillary +11 in the new NBC poll (taken after the tape was released). Was +6 in the previous one.
A +8 or +9 national margin on the elections probably puts Georgia into play. Maybe even Texas depending on turnout.
Ryan has told House Republicans that he will no longer campaign or defend Trump.
We go two ways after this election. We decide we want a little better out of our elected officials, or we go further into the trash and nominate more Trumps.
Seems like Pence is still in.
She also,lied about not being there when Obama drew the red line. She was SOS then.
If it weren't so scary and embarrassing to the nation as a whole, their ignorance would be hysterical.
It's interesting to think where the GOP goes from here. There really seems to be only two main possible outcomes.
- The GOP splits in two parties: a nativist one similar to the European extreme right, and a more traditional, conservative wing that resembles European Christian Democrats (Merkel, for example). The latter would undoubtedly appeal to many conservative Democrats, particularly in red states, which could compensate for the loss of the "deplorable" half (which is more like 30% probably).
- The GOP adopts a Ryan-style policy of trying to appease the two camps, which will ultimately fail (apart from local races) as demographic trends shift. The GOP then continues to lose popularity nation-wide, and America becomes Democratic-leaning for the foreseeable future. Democrats should be somewhat scared of this scenario, to be frank, as a vital opposition is important in any democracy.
I suppose there's a scenario, probably even more likely, that the GOP will try to deny that Trump ever happened ("it's the mainstream media's fault!!1!") and proceed to nominate a Pence-type of politician in 2020. But this would eventually become the second option above.
I hope #1 turns out to happen, but not holding my breath given how entrenched the two-party system is in this country.