Politics The 2016 US Presidential Election

Wait 'til YOU get to be our age. People in their 50s and 60s still have a lot of sex.

Supposedly, some women are attracted to male politicians as power figures. I guess I never had enough power for that to come into play.

 

If she's got a human side it's probably from the same place Buffalo Bill got his...

 

Weird, since he just hired a campaign manager

 

This should be entertaining!

 

Trump could be the pro business, low tax rates for investors and corporations, bring back corporate overseas money, fix people's personal finances, and help people start their own business type of candidate. But he just doesn't have the filter to not say things that will piss people off. There is a year left to talk about the problems with the President and his competitors. Why would he start off attacking at all?

 

And with Jeb officially jumping in this week, we get this:

 

Trump is too used to people jumping when he tells them to jump. I don't see his ego being able to handle "Sir, we can't do that without first (going through layers of bureaucracy for approval)."

As someone suggested in a previous post, the crowded Republican field could hurt the GOP because they don't have one clear strong candidate to get behind early. IMO that's what hurt them in 2012 when Obama was very vulnerable. I try to avoid listening to the conservative loudmouths in the media, but several of them also suggested that too many candidates weakened the GOP in 2012.

EDIT--On a sort of unrelated note....I've seen photos & videos of Hillary where she appeared quite attractive, and also quite 'meh.'

 

It was a joke before he showed up, now it's a three ring circus.

Sometimes the weather messes with her people-suit. It's kinda like when Romney's programming had a glitch and he'd start commenting on the height of the trees in michigan.

 

Who else wants to run for President? I wonder if there have ever been more people running in the history of this country?

One of the people listed below will be the President in 575 days...

Confirmed Democrats:
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Martin O'Malley
Lincoln Chafee
Andrew Caffrey
Willie Carter
Doug Shreffler
Micheal Steinburg
Robby Wells
Morrison Bonpasse
Brad Winslow
Willie Wilson
Lloyd Kelso
Harry Braun


Confirmed Republicans:
Jeb Bush
Ted Cruz
Rand Paul
Donald Trump
Marco Rubio
Dr. Ben Carson
Carly Fiorina
Lindsey Graham
Mike HuckabeeBobby Jidal
Rick Perry
George Pataki
Rick Santorum
Skip Andrews
Mark Everson
Kerry Bowers
Dale Christensen
John Dummett Jr.
Mark Everson
Chris Hill
Michael Kinlaw
Michael Petyo
Brian Russel
Ole' Savior
Michael Bickelmeyer
Jim Hayden


Confirmed Libertarian:
Marc Feldman
Darryl Perry
Steve Kerbel
Cecil Ince
Joy Waymire


Confirmed Green:
John Ferguson
Willita D. Bush
Kent Mesplay


Confirmed Independent:
Paul Chehade
Mark Dutter
Martin Hahn
David Hendrix
David Holcomb
Lynn Sandra Kahn
Bishop Julian Lewis Jr.
Mark Pendleton
Scott Smith
Tami Stainfield
Samm Tittle
Jeremiah Pent
Robert Steele



Confirmed Reform Party:
Ken Cross


Confirmed Constitution Party:
Chad Kopple
Scott Copeland


Confirmed Socialist:
Dean Capone



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Possible Democrats:
Joe Biden
Elizabeth Warren
Al Gore
Jerry Brown
Jim Webb
Barbara Boxer
Andrew Cuomo
Kirsten Gillibrand
Deval Patrick
Michael Bennet
Evan Bayh
Mark Warner
Julian Castro
Cory Booker
Claire McCaskill
Dan Malloy
Russ Feingold
Brian Schweitzer
Jay Nixon
John Kerry
Amy Klobuchar


Possible Republicans:
Scott Walker
Chris Christie
Condoleeza Rice
Paul Ryan
Bob McDonald
John Kasich
Rob Portman
Rick Snyder
John Bolton
Peter King
Jim Gilmore
Bob Ehrlich
Mike Pense


Possible Green:
Jill Stein
Cynthia McKinney
Darryl Cherney


Possible Libertarian:
Gary Johnson


Possible Independent:
Colin Powell
Dennis Michael Lynch
Matt Gonzalez

 

Trump might not be perfect, and he needs new political advisers... But he scares me a whole lot less than some of the other GOP candidates.

He should have talked about entreprenueship, the American Dream, and owning a small business, working hard and doing good. Talk about fiscal policy, individual finance, tax policy, and have a forum with health care professionals to see what their best ideas are for a national health policy. Bring in the charter school administrators to explain how that type of school system works better and what his education policy would be.

The issue is, do you think Trump would look happy getting dirty on a farm in Iowa? Probably not, but he should be going to the tractor dealerships, the manufacturers of wind turbines, and other industry in Iowa if he wanted to be serious.

Maybe he did do some of those, but comments about Mexican immigrants and a fence that exists in most places now, isn't how to start a campaign. I would even say that he shouldn't of even mentioned Obama in his first few speeches.

 

Donald Trump and the GOP is one of those situations where you don't know which is the joke and which is the punchline. And the worst part is he thinks he's serious.

 

Only the top 10 in aggregate polling will make the first round of Repub debates (fewer after that).

Trump is sitting at number eight. I would love to see him in the first debate, just six weeks away (Aug 6)!
RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination

But, wtf? The first debate more than 15 months before the election?

 

Yeah the way things are going we're going to need a law restricting campaigns to the election year itself otherwise they'll start again as soon as the election finishes...

 

I thought he was polling at #2, right after Jeb Bush.

The Republican candidates all look weak and flawed, but remember, winning the nomination closes the book on all their obvious weaknesses. Anything that was raised against them in the primary is old news and therefore irrelevant in the general election.

This doesn't apply to incumbent presidents, or to political figures who are already extraordinarily well known, like John McCain or Hillary Clinton.