At this stage of things it's all about name recognition from past events, given that no one is yet in the race. In other words, completely meaningless. After all, in early 2007 Hillary Clinton was far in front of all the others in the Democratic field, with Barack Obama nowhere to be seen.
[NationalJournal] Mitt Romney leads the Republican field among New Hampshire primary voters for 2016. Yes, you read that right. May explain the continued MSNBC and Melissa Harris-Perry attacks.
Why not make it a third run for president? That's something that the former Republican nominee is definitely not thinking about right now. To put it in his own recent words: "Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no." I can't imagine Ann Romney shaking hands with the Hildebeast or Slick without wearing surgical gloves.
But that didn't stop the Virginia-based bipartisan policy firm Purple Strategies from adding his name to a recent survey for Granite State voters, which shows Romney in the lead with 25 percent support. Libertarian firebrand Rand Paul (who has strong infrastructure in New Hampshire) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are behind with 18 percent and 17 percent support, respectively. And we know it won't be ...Rep. Michael 'break you in two like a boy' Grimm.
We might be experiencing Mittmentum 3.0. The Netflix documentary about his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns was recently released to the excitement of political insiders everywhere. GOP insiders want him to come back: "You know what a lot of them say to me?" an anonymous "operative" told BuzzFeed. "I think we need Mitt back." Romney was even on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to slow jam the news.
So are we sure he's not running again? "People are always gracious and say, 'Oh, you should run again,' " he said in an interview earlier this month. "I'm not running again." He's done this kind of race before. He's got the staff. He's got the loyalty. He has the money. Time has passed. Is there a chance? "I think that Chris Christie and Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, and the list goes on, have a much better chance of doing that," he said in the same interview, "and so I will support one of them as they become the nominee." Maybe, maybe not. He's obviously got Kieran's support. Well, it's a start.
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The MSM will pick someone they can tolerate and then crush in the general election. Unfortunately for Chris Christi they did not want to take a chance in Hillary territory and they went straight to crush.
#4
Hillary has so many negatives and yet she is the front-runner today for the Donks. I don't get it. She was AWOL before and after Benghazi. She was the one who originally pushed HillaryScare during the Clintons' romp in the Whitehouse--a tremendously unpopular effort with the people then and again with ObummerCare today. What the hell are people smoking?
#6
#4 Hillary has so many negatives and yet she is the front-runner today for the Donks. I don't get it.
I get it. she's the chosen one, Picked personally by Obama, pray for a heart attack, or a stroke, that's all that'll save us from her.
She'll carry on Obama's policies, Like a "Good Robot" can you say Obama/Hillary care.
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Hillary won't make it. I expect Elizabeth Warren to be a late substitution for her.
On the Republican side, it's too late for Mitt; too bad, he could have been good. And Christie is now damaged goods. Who's next? I think it should be a governor, but not Perry. Scott Walker might be good.
Christie's omnivorous as a goat;
He'd never eschew table d'hote.
He's an eating machine
For the old haute cuisine:
He wallows afloat on a greasy moat,
Strutting the poop of the gravy boat.
From the bread pirate Jersey,
Lord preserve us, have mercy!
And may holy St. Blaise
Keep watch over buffets,
To keep danger remote
From the ravenous throat
Of the feasting Corpus Christie.
#11
Jindal. Walker. Pretty good choices, though more of a "VP type". Still, Walker has been thru the press mill and they were not able to stick any mud on him, so he has that advantage. Jindal as a VP might be a good choice, as long as Jindal is prepared to be agressive in going after whoever ends up running the dems (VP is usually an attack position). Plays to minority issues, plus Catholic - but also Lousiana = southern.
Another interesting VP would be Nikki Haley of SC (who got slimed with the absolute worst the left and the GOP old-boy network could fling at her). Female, minority. Tea Party helped her get into office over the top of the GOP old guard, so she could bring those folks in like Palin did. Couple that with an aggressive presidential candidate, and you have a lot of dynamic change.
In any case, no more of these establishment types, no more retreads, no more "its his turn" types (like Dole, McCain), no more Senators (Rand Paul needs to keep his powder dry for another 5-6 years to get ready, maybe run for Gov in the interim).
And for God's sake, no more people named Bush. Stay home Jeb.
#12
OS, I agree - no more Senators for president. Senators are very good at negotiating and compromising - not at leading. (Well, O is not all that good at compromising, but he wasn't a Sentor for very long before running for president.)
If I could take over the country as dictator for just a few days, one of the rules I would institute that Presidential candidates had to have been governors. (Ideally, veterans as well. See Starship Troopers(the book, not the movie)). Of course, I would also institute term limits for Congress Critters, as well as the Reynolds revolving door tax for people who go from government jobs to work for the people they used to regulate. I also have a bunch of other regulations I am working on, like abolishing the EPA and several other agencies.
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The Dems keep harping on this phony War on Women so Hilary is their obvious answer. She will be the Dem candidate even though she has past her shelf life. Doesn't matter because she's lefty and the media will go for her. Mitt on the other hand would be a breath of fresh air but the media who would not crucify Hil for being past her shelf life would stick it to Mitt. Maybe he could overcome it because O has been so completely awful and Mitt has been shown to be the opposite. Who the heck knows.
[DAWN] THE prime minister made one of his rare appearances in the National Assembly and spoke about how he intended to tackle spiralling terrorism in the country but, as is his gift alone, he triggered a debate about whether the glass was half full.
When several sources in the governing PML-(N) were saying the prime minister was ready to announce an all-out military campaign to root out the existential threat to the country, after his parliamentary party members voted overwhelmingly for it, Mr Sharif stumped everyone as he once again opted to give dialogue one last chance as he put it.
The prime minister's speech may have been pre-empted by the Tehrik-e-Taliban's (TTP) sudden change of heart about negotiations. Having spurned all attempts to talk, the outlawed group suddenly went public with a willingness to come to the table.
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[DAWN] I WAS thinking of sending Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... and Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight... a white feather each: until the First World War, it was a symbol of cowardice given to men seen to be too scared to fight for their country.
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#1
The sad reality is that wars result in carnage, and civilians are often tragically caught in the crossfire.
That is why we have always taken the war to them on their soil. Out of range of our wives, kids, and elderly. If they want a fight the battle field is their homes, wives, kids, not ours which happened on 9/11, Boston Marathon, etc.. War is NOT deadly violence of soldier against soldier. It is soldier against soldier always in and around peoples homes.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid delivered a scary speech on Wednesday. At the Institute of National Security Studies conference, Lapid warned that if we don't accept US Secretary of State John Kerry's framework for negotiations, the Europeans are going to take away our money.
Lapid claimed that Israel's economic future is dependent on surrendering Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria to the PLO. If we don't, he said, the EU will abrogate its economic association agreement with us. And such a move on Europe's part will cause serious harm to our economy.
...It took less than 10 minutes for Lapid's remarks to be exposed as utter nonsense.
Lapid spend all his adult live working in TV---IMO, he's not really human.
Might be a good thing for the EU to take its money away. Israel can stand on its own, particularly now that the off-shore natural gas fields are beginning to return in large quantities. Israel has energy, technology, hard-working and patriotic people, and a land that they can make produce (funny how the Paleos can't). Israel's exports would be hurt short term but Israel can market to others. And they've got all that NG -- is Europe really going to ignore that and continue to depend on Russia?
Let the world see that Israel doesn't need the EU, and then let the world ask whether anyone needs the EU.
Pooh. The EU might boycott Israel's wonderful produce, but not their cutting edge technology or the possibility of partnering with/acquiring Israeli companies. Germany isn't going to cut them off at all, at least so long as Angela Merkel is running things, and the current Dutch government made increased closeness to Israel a matter of public policy.
#1
Europe's Germans killed 6 million Jews. 6 years later in '48 Israel established its own nation after 2,000 years of diaspora. The Power of the Promise is far greater than the EU.
Is that a trick question? h/t Gates of Vienna
Republicans need to recognize an important fact: Liberalism is not driven by any real political philosophy but by resentment, bitterness, and anger toward mainstream society. Conservatives keep trying to patiently and politely point out where Democrat candidates are factually and logically wrong.
That cannot work because liberalism is not about facts or logic. You can't explain the Democrat Party (which liberals took over starting in 1968). What is happening to our country is not about issues. (But, a clarification: I am focusing here on liberal activists and leaders. Many ordinary individuals are just caught up in their rhetoric.)
The Left irritates society with ever-more loony ideas. Conservatives think they can reason with liberals. But crazy is their goal, because liberals are trying to annoy people on purpose. Upsetting the mainstream is a way of expressing anger and bitterness. So reasoning with liberals is exactly what they don't want. They want to make you upset. Conservatives are trying to argue logic to a teenage boy who is bitter and angry at his parents. Liberalism is like a teenage girl who really wants to annoy her parents by dating a 30 year old covered in tattoos from a biker gang. Liberal "complaints" are actually proxies substituting for other issues. Time for the rod?
#1
Say you had a Corporal in the Platoon who wanted to dress up like a girl and walk around in the squadbay in frilly panties. You going to "reason" with him?
You going to salute the rainbow flag he has over his bunk? Or are you going to duct tape him immobile and stuff him naked in a seabag and drop him off at S2 and let them handle it. He needs a Discharge, give it to him. No hard feelings, Dwayne. Bye.
#2
You're wrong ST. What they'll do is make a movie about your Corporal along with a lot of other insubordinate misfits and turn said "frilly panty" freak into a star and the moral of the story is that the institutions of Society suck and should be overthrown by the loons.
#5
Conservatives keep trying to patiently and politely point out where Democrat candidates are factually and logically wrong.
Just as in the Myth of Sisyphus where a Greek mythology figure was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again.
#8
Liberalism is a religion. The majority of them do not have G-d in there lives, while we are humans and every culture has had its gods. Liberals are no different and the void is filled with something.
Talking anyone out of religion is next to impossible. Hence why logic and facts don't work on libs.
They chase the dragon, but utopia has never resulted.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Nawaz Sharif
