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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
At this point, if things look dire enough, the Republican establishment may actively attempt to force Trump to renounce his candidacy and let them put someone else in. I wonder if there is any set of circumstances that would cause him to accept it, though. All of the furor against him has thus far only made him dig his heels in harder.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"He starts the letter by mentioning a bill that was intended to provide case relief to the overburdened system which was passed through the Missouri senate but then vetoed by Governor Nixon.
Then he starts in on the repeated budget cuts.
Because he's an attorney, he even goes so far as to cite a motive, so that the case is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt for any peers that might be reading: overburdening the public defenders' office makes it harder for black youths to find justice by making it so that there just aren't enough defenders to go around.
It's very thorough.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.The condition of public defenders' offices in many states is absolutely deplorable.
edited 4th Aug '16 9:18:40 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"First he came for the Mexicans. And the GOP did not speak out, because they were not Mexicans.
Then he came for the Muslims. And the GOP did not speak out, because they were not Muslims.
Now, he's come for the military families. And the GOP is like, "Whoa man, what the f*ck?!"
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Who would the Republicans get to run in place of Trump, though? At this point it would seem like anyone else would have even longer odds against Clinton, especially as it'd obviously expose party dysfunction (I'm reminded of the presidential elections in Taiwan earlier this year).
edited 4th Aug '16 9:29:21 AM by megarockman
The damned queen and the relentless knight.That is the question, yes. Some have suggested Mike Pence, who's already accepted the VP nomination and is therefore on the official ticket.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Is there any precedent for a major party dropping their candidate in the middle of the campaign?
Oh God! Natural light!
Yep. 1788-89
, 1792
(both with George Washington) and 1820
.
edited 4th Aug '16 10:34:46 AM by optimusjamie
Direct all enquiries to Jamie B GoodJohnson and Stein have fundamentally limited appeal regardless of what the major parties are doing. You simply won't get enough Republican die-hards to agree with military isolationism, drug liberalization, etc.; and you'll never get Democrats to agree to remove most or all regulatory controls on business.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Laughter seems appropriate. I thought they were going to take the GOP autopsy report to heart, but in light of the fact they didn't, screw them.
http://www.salon.com/2016/08/04/republicans_are_doomed_how_the_gops_cynical_election_strategy_is_imploding_partner/

The Now-cast on 538
, which of their 3 models places the most value on very recent polls, is currently showing Trump with an 8.3% chance of winning and Clinton within a hair's width of taking Georgia and Arizona.
To put Trump's rapid collapse of support into context, this time last week the Now-cast model had Trump with a better than 50/50 chance of winning.