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| 2015-10-28 |
| Events of the last weeks have made it clear that four things are now probably going to happen. It's possible to use this information to more accurately predict who the next president of the United States will be. 1. Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for the 2016 presidential election. 2. President Obama has been pushed into a re-engagement in the Middle East and Af/Pak to counter Putin; 3. There will be growing tension with China in the South China Sea; and 4. Obamacare will become a political embarrassment and potential issue in the 2016 elections. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #10 UT is not gonna look for another coach. Take that from a GA fan. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-10-28 20:42 |
| #9 to=than (proofreading is your friend) |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-10-28 19:17 |
| #8 Some people being will still be more equal to others. The Cubs won't win another World Series. The UT Volunteers will be looking for a new head football coach. I will still appreciate a good Bourbon. The common man will still be phuked. And not know its happening. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-10-28 19:15 |
| #7 1. Hillary wins her nomination but she's lackluster (like Dole, and Kerry and a few other It's my time candidates). Trump and Carson lose their lead and Cruz gets a large enough chunk of their folks to get the nomination. He picks Carson in an attempt to gain some fraction of the Black vote and work towards racial healing. 2. US meddles with China in the South China sea just enough to annoy them and get chased away when the POTUS has no desire to fight 3. Ultra right parties start winning elections throughout Europe and the powers that be start talking about not allowing them in even if they have to change the Parliamet (as is happening in Portugual I think with a leftist party) 4. US has boots on the ground in Iraq but again the POTUS has no stomach for a real fight so the combat troops are used primarily to provide targeting for air strikes. This pushes ISIS back a bit, avoids any hospitals being blown up, and allows the troops to be withdrawn before the elections start to heat up 5. Cruz wins the election with a fairly large margin. Hopefully enough to ensure control of both houses and get some things done. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-10-28 14:44 |
| #6 Federal unions have to be reined in. The principle that if you work hard you get promoted and if you retire in place you get booted has to be reintroduced into the federal workplace. The deficit has to be brought under control and the economy needs to grow. Well paid manufacturing jobs need to be brought back to the USA. Hard-ball Trump vs. love-ball Dr. Carson? Time will tell. What is love-ball? "I feel your pain. I understand your point of view. But the answer is no." |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-28 13:50 |
| #5 All things considered, America’s foreign policy foes would prefer a [P]resident Hillary to any likely Republican president because her ascendancy would represent the third and possibly the fourth terms of “[P]resident Obama.”... They’ll get eight more years to continue what they’ve done in the last eight. Given this prospect, they should rationally let up and avoid precipitating a foreign policy debacle that could sink a Clinton campaign. I suspect financial support to the Arkansas Mafia would also be in the offing, given past performance. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-10-28 12:01 |
| #4 He might not be evil and ruthless, but he does have the skills to crack open some skulls, root around in the brain, and cut out anything that has gone wrong. A new approach to politics, and long overdue. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2015-10-28 10:04 |
| #3 The fundamental problem for Ben is that he's not 'evil and ruthless' enough to bring the bureaucracy to heel. He'll just be a bit of a figurehead while the Beltway cabal keep moving along concentrating more power and money. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-10-28 09:41 |
| #2 Carson will win the pub nomination and select Rubio as his running mate. The wife of the first black president will be defeated in the Presidential race of 2016 by her second black presidential opponent. Trey Gowdy will be nominated as U.S. Attorney General. Lois Lerner and John Koskinen will be mauled by rabies infected black bears whilst camping in the Great Smokey Mountains. Yes, I see things as I wish them to be. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-28 08:25 |
| #1 anything could happen. my predictions 1) a nuke will be let off by an islamofascist somewhere. Hopefully among their own kind and not near us 2) north korea will implode and cease to exist. South Korea will become the interim government for both koreas. 3) CHina keeps building that island in the south china sea. the US does not do anything except sabre rattle (it cannot afford to) 4) the UN keeps renting 5-star hotels for conferences on climate change and forcing the developed world into ridiculous agreements to hobble their economy 5) Putin does something really outrageous like invade Ukraine and take it all back. NATO growls but doesnt do anything |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-10-28 08:10 |