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{CC}StealthBlue
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frazzle
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TheTenthDoc
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It's also clear Huntsman doesn't mind Obama too much, what with serving under his administration. Neither of them has a snowball's chance in Texas in their respective elections though,so there's that. Edit: I think the media will pitch the Trump doesn't know his own campaign site angle really hard. He'll exploit it for more airtime in the end, though, so he'll be fine. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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Bush, the rest losers. Big. Especially Bush. | ||
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Saryph
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Kasich sure did get a lot of time for being last in the polls. | ||
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Chewbacca.
United States3634 Posts
On October 29 2015 11:30 Saryph wrote: https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/659551379518787584 Kasich sure did get a lot of time for being last in the polls. That only adds up to a little over an hour? Wasn't it like a 2 hour debate? Does that only count the direct candidate time and not all the back and forth bullshit that was happening? | ||
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Fighter
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Bush looks defeated. Cruz did alright. Kasich did just well enough to stick in. Huckabee and Christie need to give up and step aside. Paul's numbers probably won't change, ever. So it doesn't matter if he quits now or later. | ||
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zlefin
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On October 29 2015 11:13 acker wrote: Nobody in the Democratic or Republican primaries is going to get anything done without getting a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and a majority in the House. The thing that matters most is Supreme Court justice nominations. And maybe Department nominations. indeed, that's why my platform is to talk about things you can actually do as president, by focusing on nominations for posts, as well as oversight/making sure people do their jobs well. It also might help a bit with separation of powers if the president didn't do, or have to try to do, congress's (how to pluralize?) job. | ||
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Saryph
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On October 29 2015 11:36 Chewbacca. wrote: That only adds up to a little over an hour? Wasn't it like a 2 hour debate? Does that only count the direct candidate time and not all the back and forth bullshit that was happening? Good catch: | ||
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ticklishmusic
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{CC}StealthBlue
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frazzle
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On October 29 2015 08:29 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: ???? Whatever happened with this? | ||
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GreenHorizons
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caelym
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LuckyFool
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Jeb did almost irreversible damage, I see next to no path to him towards the nomination now tbh. Trump did good enough to stay near the top. Carson seemed a bit out of it, flubbed on the tax question and I agree with caelym, closing statement was awful. I see his numbers dropping after tonight. Fiorina did good enough for another temporary poll boost, but she's going to have to do start doing something outside the debates to really gain any momentum. Christie I thought actually had his best debate. He might start to sneak up in the polls, seemed to capitalize on weak moderators at right times along with Cruz and Rubio. Paul was forgettable again, seemed more interested in talking about his filibuster tomorrow than his presidential aspirations. Kasich said some nice things again but I don't see his numbers changing as a result. Same with Huckabee. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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Americans’ appetite for more gun control has increased slightly over the past two years, according to poll results released Tuesday, and the National Rifle Association launched a campaign calling for the federal government to better enforce existing regulations and put, as the NRA’s chief put it, “thugs” and “gangbangers” in prison. An Associated Press/GFK poll found that 58 percent of Americans support stronger gun laws, compared with 52 percent in December 2013. But the poll showed that Democrats and Republicans as well as rural and urban Americans remain sharply divided over what should be done to reduce the 30,000 gun deaths — 20,000 of them suicides — reported in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 80 percent of Democrats surveyed expressed support for stronger gun regulations, compared with 46 percent of moderate and liberal Republicans, the AP poll found. Among all surveyed Republicans, 20 percent thought existing gun laws should be less strict, and 41 percent said they favored no change. Americans living in urban areas, especially the Northeast, were more likely to favor restrictions, with 60 percent saying new laws would be a good idea. In rural areas, just 40 percent said they wanted new laws. Source | ||
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ticklishmusic
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notesfromunderground
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On October 29 2015 12:57 ticklishmusic wrote: "I sold $2B of stuff to a guy by giving the guy a $2B loan" To be fair, this is how America works. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On October 29 2015 13:04 notesfromunderground wrote: To be fair, this is how America works. Except most people don't make a $2.1B loan to a company with $1.6M in revenue. The company would literally go bankrupt from interest payments alone. | ||
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notesfromunderground
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On October 29 2015 13:20 ticklishmusic wrote: Except most people don't make a $2.1B loan to a company with $1.6M in revenue. The company would literally go bankrupt from interest payments alone. Ever heard of subprime mortgage loans? | ||
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