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NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#110626: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:01:05 PM

[trumpet] *Doot doo do dooooo* [/trumpet]
That's a bugle call, you philistine! tongue

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110627: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:05:49 PM

[up][lol]

Good speech from Bernie. He got going toward the end, but he sounds kind of hoarse.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110628: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:06:32 PM

I want to like him. I really really do. He's inspiring. Alas...

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#110629: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:09:57 PM

Sanders isn't done yet, but he was always facing an uphill fight.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#110630: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:10:17 PM

Apparently according to ABC News, his number of followers on Facebook just fucking skyrocketed tonight.

but he was SO much the boy of the Koch brothers and similar company that I'm still surprised he dropped out so early.
Walker didn't have enough actual money to run his campaign. He had plenty of Super PAC funds but no very little in actual campaign funds.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110631: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:10:23 PM

There is going to be a big, if short-lived furor over the Clinton campaign's premature declaration of victory in Iowa. She studiously avoided declaring the win in her speech.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110632: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:11:24 PM

I expect/hope Trump's numbers deflates to something more realistic now. And I'm hoping some of that windfall goes to the establishment.

Rubio crows now, but he's gonna get his soon. He's a VERY weak candidate.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110633: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:12:36 PM

Hell, if anything, Rubio is the huge winner in Iowa. I don't think anyone expected him to do so well. His campaign just got fresh legs.

edited 1st Feb '16 9:12:48 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#110634: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:13:08 PM

Cmon, Trump...I need you to stay in this...

The Caucus isn't the actual primary vote, is it?

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110635: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:13:57 PM

[up][up]He's a winner by virtue of staying under the radar. He no longer has that particular advantage. Trump focused on Cruz for the last month, and before that was attacking everyone else in about equal measure. Now that he's getting more prominent, the hairdo and Cruz both will go hard after them.

edited 1st Feb '16 9:14:45 PM by FFShinra

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110636: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:16:32 PM

The caucus, as I understand it, allots delegates to the party's nominating convention later in the year. The delegates cast the actual votes for the candidates.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#110637: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:16:36 PM

Oh wow, yeah, Rubio got a shit ton of delegates.

Guess the establishment isn't as fucked as it thought. I mean, last time, SANTORUM won Iowa, and look what it got him. Rubio definitely outperformed my expectations. Guess he'll probably get the nomination, assuming the establishment can dethrone Trump and Cruz.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110638: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:23:20 PM

Rubio can't stand up to any scrutiny.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#110639: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:25:42 PM

Rubio is a lot more viable than Trump and Cruz during the general; enough that I wouldn't chance Sanders against him. Though he is still quite exposed to attack and his Tea Party quackery should turn off the swing vote.

Also, just saw that O'Malley has suspended his campaign.

edited 1st Feb '16 9:27:11 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
HallowHawk Since: Feb, 2013
#110640: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:27:36 PM

I know this is too much to ask, but can we please have an index of all of Fighteer's posts concerning American political history, because while they're good reads, I can't remember where they are located?

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#110641: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:27:51 PM

If Rubio can be the bridge between the Tea Party and the Establishment; he might just take that nomination.

But Shinra has a good point, if Rubio isn't able to handle being attacked he'll crumble like Carson.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110642: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:27:54 PM

The danger with Rubio is that he would allow the moderates who are utterly disgusted with Cruz and Trump to swing back to the Republican fold rather than stay home or vote Sanders as a protest.

[up][up] You could find my posts in this thread with a Google site search, but how you'd narrow it down to my mega-posts on the political environment, I have no idea, other than a page-by-page search. I could try to come up with something tomorrow.

[down] I'll believe that when I see the whites of its eyes, to mix a metaphor. It's cheap and easy to call fraud when a vote is close.

edited 1st Feb '16 9:38:32 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
LMage Since: May, 2011
#110644: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:45:29 PM

A lot of the politics will be decided if Clinton or Sanders backs down first.

Their essential tie means the best thing for the Democrats is for one of them to be appointed VP by the other.

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#110645: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:50:14 PM

Also Clinton's only leading due to 3 fucking coin tosses in her favor, by the way.

I mean LITERAL coin flips.

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#110646: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:52:35 PM

[up][up]In a field with only two candidates, that certainly seems like the most logical conclusion. I'm curious how many Vice Presidents have been decided in that manner.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#110647: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:54:01 PM

More GOP Delegates have been awarded.

Ted Cruz - 8

King Trump - 7

Marco Rubio - 7 (+1)

Ben Carson - 3 (+1)

Rand Paul - 1

Jeb Bush - 1 (+1)

Looks like Jeb got one after all. Now all the millions of dollars spent were worth it in the end. tongue

edited 1st Feb '16 9:58:13 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#110648: Feb 1st 2016 at 10:08:10 PM

Well, I haven't been watching this very long tonight (was with my brother and his brand new baby for most of the evening) but wow. This Clinton/Sanders thing. I don't think I've heard of something being this close since I started paying attention to politics.

Also the coin flip thing appears to be legal? The explanation Kornacki gave was... not in any way understandable to me?

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#110649: Feb 1st 2016 at 10:11:38 PM

The Precincts they were in were tied. So they had to flip coins.

So Hillary is only ahead by the blessing of the goddess of fate.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#110650: Feb 1st 2016 at 10:11:51 PM

Coin flips are the international way of deciding in equal vote situations, that or drawing straws.

You think it's something when this is decided by a coin flip? Parliamentary seats have gone to coin flips.

We've twice had control of the same district council decided by cutting a pack of cards over here.

edited 1st Feb '16 10:14:27 PM by Silasw

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