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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
think you're posting in the wrong thread there
Clinton's bump from the Trump Tape may have peeked going by 538s percentage tracking, still even if things simply go down from here without another bump Clinton has such a buffer that's he should still do fine.
The news of Trump pulling out of Virginia is interesting, presumably Clinton will be rolling back her ground game there as well due to not needing to compete, this should free up reasources to fight Trump in other states or help with state level elections, either in Virginia or elsewhere.
X4 Local and then state governments would have right of first response but push come to shove Obama could send in federal troops to guard polling stations against voter intimidation. Still with Trump's shitty ground game we may actually see very little voter intimidation, as his voter intimidators won't know where to go.
edited 14th Oct '16 9:55:32 AM 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 President has the necessary authority to suspend local law enforcement and use either regular military or National Guard forces to impose order if needed. In recent memory, this was done most famously to enforce desegregation of schools.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Also just slightly concerned here. Hopefully the country is big enough and Clinton's lead strong enough that anyone attempting voter intimidation will be statistically irrelevant. The worst scenario that's reasonably imaginable are either we get a repeat of Florida 2000 in a close state or something happens like what happened in the primaries in Arizona with the voter registration rolls.
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edited 14th Oct '16 10:06:35 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Birds of a white supremacy flock together?
Nazi ties that bind?
one for all and klan for one?
I'm not very good at this. Trump's kid is a total wannazi.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
Sounds like Trump's rationale is: "Clearly people hate me for being so successful in life. It has nothing to do with me (allegedly) stepping on so many toes. Haters! All of them! Better prepare my kids since they'll be targeted just for being well off and related to me."
edited 14th Oct '16 11:03:27 AM by nervmeister
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Certainly explains Trump's platform.
edited 14th Oct '16 11:00:06 AM by TobiasDrake
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