h/t Instapundit
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) has officially entered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, he announced on his website Thursday afternoon.
Webb, who spent one term in the Senate before retiring in 2013, called for a "fresh approach" to solving the nation's biggest problems and a leader who can stand up to the "shadow elites [of] our political process" in a statement.
He faces long odds of defeating favorite Hillary Clinton or usurping Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as her main foil, but has polled ahead of former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley in some recent polls. Am I wrong, or is he the closest thing to normal person within the democratic party?
No chance of beating her. No chance of moving her to the right even a tiny bit (the power players are boosting Sanders to do the opposite). No chance of affecting the platform or agenda.
No chance she'd choose him for VP. No chance he and his family won't be dusted up by Clinton Inc.
That he is doing this at all is proof he isn't presidential material, given all of the above.
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It is hard to understand why Hillary, a liar, cheat, Alinskyite, unprosecuted criminal and incompetent has such high pollings. Can someone explain this to me?
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John, the low information voters only know what they hear from the MSM. Since the MSM is in full Hillary protection mode, they know nothing about the scandals, Benghazi, etc. All they know is the pseudo populism from her speeches.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
07/03/2015 6:58 Comments ||
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Thanks to an unnamed Mod of Haze Gray persuasion, I see the name Webb then flash to three adolescent Labrador retrievers in a pirogue.
To win there your supporters have toern be really motivated since voting in the caucus is a 3 to 6 hour process. Bernie's radical supporters seem to have a lot of energy. The teacher's union voters will probably go mostly to Hillary. Other labor union voters are still in play and Webb might gets them.
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Does a duck quack?
[SEVENDAYSVT] Librarians at the University of Vermont's special collections say interest is spiking in the "Bernard Sanders papers" -- 30 boxes of meticulously organized material documenting Sanders' eight years as mayor of Burlington.
That should come as no surprise, given the independent senator's rapid rise in the polls in New Hampshire and Iowa, which hold the nation's first presidential nominating contests.
Media outlets, such as the Guardian, have drilled deep into the archives and unearthed tasty tidbits -- but they're not the only ones interested in getting to know the senator.
Last Thursday, two casually dressed twentysomethings were spotted combing through the Sanders files and decades-old Vermont newspapers. As they were on their way out the door at the end of the day, Seven Days asked what they were doing.
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07/03/2015 00:00 ||
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Drudge Report has an article of the forming of Bernie Sanders. His parents immigrated here without a penny to their name. Through hard work the made something. Apparently Bernie wasn't willing to work hard and came to believe the Government should give him everything. Sound familiar?
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Sounds like a job for Sandy Berger and his "Magic Pants"...
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