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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Carson's whole campaign is pretty much a money making scheme. He isn't in it to win it, he's in it so he and his SuperPACS can make a large sum of money off of affinity fraud, and then run after the convention.
And maybe get a deal with a publishing company, maybe a job on FOX News.
The looser always concedes, it's just them admitting that they lost, it doesn't actually effect anything.
NBC have it at 53-47 for Clinton, but apparently Sanders won the Hispanic vote. They've got some other interesting numbers to.[1]
edited 20th Feb '16 8:24:32 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe interesting thing in those Nevada numbers, to me, is that self-identified(?) Independents are continuing to break hugely in Sanders' favor.
Also, I know this may come off as tinted due to my preferred candidate's loss, but to be completely honest, and speaking from the perspective of my PoliSci degree, I think caucuses are an abomination that should be permanently excised from the American political system. The goal should be to incentivize people to participate in democracy, not provide negative incentives like a mystifying delegate-allocation process or having to declare your allegiance in public where you could be recognized or an investment of nearly a third of your day rather than a simple, anonymous ballot that takes all of fifteen minutes to cast.
edited 20th Feb '16 8:40:44 PM by darksidevoid
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.The entire primary system is crooked as hell, it gives undue influence to the same states year after year, favors those with spending power, allows toxic elements to come out of the woodwork and derail the campaign (mostly a GOP problem, for now) and just drags out the process for far too long.
Any guesses on who Bush endorses? I'd put my money on Rubio but there's a slim chance he goes in for Kasich.
edited 20th Feb '16 8:46:49 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
