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BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#113901: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:25:48 PM

In unsurprising news, the GOP continues to refuse to do their f*cking job.
Given the quiet panic of GOP leadership towards the idea of a Trump presidency, if he won in November would we suddenly have a new judge confirmed before Thanksgiving?

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Julep Since: Jul, 2010
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#113903: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:39:06 PM

Trump is a perfect example of the bad kind of Brooklyn Rage.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#113904: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:41:04 PM

Why would Obama ever nominate Jeb Bush? :I

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#113905: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:42:37 PM

I dunno maybe for the privilege of yelling Jeeeeeeeeeeeeb! while on office?

Inter arma enim silent leges
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113906: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:44:54 PM

If Trump makes it that far I'm not sure there will be a GOP left. The rumblings of a split if he gets the nomination are getting increasingly louder.

Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#113907: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:47:39 PM

Why would Obama ever nominate Jeb Bush? :I

Because given the record between Drumpf and Bush that could turn his presidency into an even funnier soap opera that it would already be.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#113908: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:48:52 PM

...Actually, I think Jeb would be a pretty good choice. I like him.

Leviticus 19:34
Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#113909: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:50:52 PM

Seriously, wouldn't it be funny to have Jeb Bush holding Drumpf's balls for four years every time an important text has to pass? That would made him redder than carotene already does.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#113910: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:53:08 PM

...does Jeb have any kind of legal work experience or other qualifications to be on the Supreme Court? His Wikipedia article says he's educated in Latin American studies and doesn't mention him doing any legal work.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113911: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:54:21 PM

They're talking about a Supreme Court judge; even in this political environment you can't just nominate someone on their politics alone, they have to have an extensive resume in the judicial branch.

Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#113912: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:56:12 PM

Yeah well before Drumpf you also needed a significant experience in politics to become a POTUS candidate. Rules are meant to be broken right?

edited 1st Mar '16 2:56:29 PM by Julep

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#113913: Mar 1st 2016 at 2:58:26 PM

To be fair, Elle's right. Unlike the presidency, qualifications aren't optional for supreme court justices.

Leviticus 19:34
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113914: Mar 1st 2016 at 3:02:32 PM

The nature of an elected position is that in theory there's nothing stopping a complete outsider from winning (but in practice they also have to be rich enough to fund a campaign). Filling a Supreme Court vacancy is much more like a very big job interview where you've been invited to interview by someone already on the inside.

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#113915: Mar 1st 2016 at 3:06:22 PM

There's a minor scandal surrounding Bill Clinton breaking election rules by both campaigning within 150 feet of a polling station, and then by going inside and talking with voters.

Sanders supporters claim his Secret Service agents barred them from entering for as much as two hours until he finally left.

The MA attorney general has given the Clinton campaign a "reminder" not to do that.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#113916: Mar 1st 2016 at 3:09:39 PM

In practice, money is not the only concern in presidential campaigns; Trump is a bizarre anomaly. People who get elected have had some sort of legislative or executive experience which means people know who they are. Reagan was famous at the time for being an actor but he'd also been governor of California by that point. The campaigns are the candidates touting their resumes to the general public that hires them.

Basically, anyone can run but who's going to vote for you if they don't know who you are?

edited 1st Mar '16 3:10:14 PM by AceofSpades

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#113917: Mar 1st 2016 at 3:12:31 PM

Well, isn't Trump not only a millionaire but also campaigning on a "I'm already rich I cannot be bought" platform?

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113919: Mar 1st 2016 at 3:22:32 PM

Mostly what I'm saying is that you need a fair bit of money to even get enough attention to make it on the ballot which in practice excludes "just anyone" from running. However there is a statistic that there is a strong correlation between spending the most money on a election campaign and winning it. [1] [2]

edited 1st Mar '16 3:23:00 PM by Elle

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#113920: Mar 1st 2016 at 3:32:20 PM

[up][up][up] 'Tis the Wall Street strategy. Remember, Trump is from New York, even though his attitude and the stuff he wants to do are more like someone from the South.

edited 1st Mar '16 3:35:09 PM by Bat178

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113921: Mar 1st 2016 at 3:37:30 PM

Not that New York wants to be reminded of that after that whole "New York Values" thing.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#113922: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:34:04 PM

Massachusetts primary was today. Flipped a coin before heading in. Heads Hillary, tails Bernie. It landed tails. I voted Bernie.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#113923: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:40:02 PM

Word through the grapevine is, Hillary won every state but one on the Democrat side. I don't know about the Republican primaries.

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daird Since: Jul, 2014
#113924: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:41:03 PM

And as results start flowing in, the basic outcome of Super Tuesday stands thus:

The Good: Rubio showing strong in Virginia (might actually win), Hillary mauling Sanders

The Bad: Trump and Sanders supporters, please see above statements

The Freaky: Okay, raise your hand if you had Kasich leading the exit polls in Vermont!

Forward, boys! For God's sake, forward!
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#113925: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:41:47 PM

It's good that Hillary hasn't been totally messed up by all the smearing. Of course, it's only a matter of time before there are a million articles about how she held all the babies of Massachusetts hostage or something.


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