NickleDimer
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Fair analysis. But it was mostly the banks. None of it happens without the banks' f*cking up on every level for years.
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An argument can be made that regulations help the biggest banks at the expense of smaller ones, because the big banks can afford to get around said regulations. This theory, which I subscribe to in part, makes the case that further regulatory change only makes the Goldman Sachs' of the world even more powerful.
Lloyd Blankfein agrees.
Lloyd Blankfein agrees.
Basically. Whoever the nominee is needs to just make Kasich the VP and they've got it won. If it's Rubio, even better. Guarantees both FL and OH.
Ohio and others.
It's likely that Iowa or Colorado or possibly both will flip R, but the GOP still needs to flip two of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia or one of the aforementioned two states.
The most likely path to the presidency for a GOP president using only swing states:
R Wins: Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, and Iowa
D Wins: Virginia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Nevada
With no other states flipping from 2012, that would make it 288 R 250 D
It's likely that Iowa or Colorado or possibly both will flip R, but the GOP still needs to flip two of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia or one of the aforementioned two states.
The most likely path to the presidency for a GOP president using only swing states:
R Wins: Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, and Iowa
D Wins: Virginia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Nevada
With no other states flipping from 2012, that would make it 288 R 250 D
PA needs to stop being called a swing state. Hasn't gone red since 1988. Republicans keep thinking they will win here. Never happen. The solid blue of CoP and surrounding counties is always enough to carry whole state.
Are you saying that immigrants have done nothing right?
Which banks? Who wrote these loans. You could argue the credit agencies were just as bad. They all sucked.
KMIL, listening these two argue over who is more liberal, attacking each other over who took what contributions and acknowledging none of their proposals are grounded in reality. Just the issues, right.....
KMIL, listening these two argue over who is more liberal, attacking each other over who took what contributions and acknowledging none of their proposals are grounded in reality. Just the issues, right.....
NickleDimer
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A decade of importing fracker republicans from Texas and they can't even loosen the grip of the Southeastern PA socialist machine.
This is an example of bad conventional wisdom. Pennyslvania has been trending red.
If blacks had turned out at the same rates as they had in 2004, Romney likely would have won the state. Also, Obama ran up bigger than normal margins with black voters than a generic D candidate.
The question for 2016 is whether two-thirds of black voters will turn out for a 70 year old white woman.
NickleDimer
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Yes...when running against Trump/Cruz/Rubio and Obama campaigning with her and Cory Booker as her running mate.
NickleDimer
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Cory Booker is gr8, does absolutely nothing, but is on social media a lot.
He's great at squandering other people's money.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/b...kerbergs-donation-to-newark-schools.html?_r=0
NickleDimer
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Probably the dumbest donation ever.
A crappy public school district is the worst place to give money to without a plan.
NickleDimer
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Zero chance Booker is VP. HRC (unless she implodes before being the nominee) will NEVER have someone as undisciplined and social media crazy as Booker. She's way too much of a control freak to have Booker. Also, she doesn't need him because she'll have Obama. And I say this as someone who personally likes Booker. But he's too big a liability for that stage/HRC.
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Booker is not going to be the VP nominee. It's going to be Julian Castro, arguably the most unqualified person to ever serve as a cabinet secretary and would be far and away the least qualified VP candidate on a major party's ticket in recent history. His political experience amounts to being the symbolic mayor in San Antonio's council-manager city government and being appointed to run one of America's least efficient federal agencies in HUD.
What's more is that Castro doesn't speak Spanish. Rubio would be doing ads for himself on Spanish language television while Hillary picks a 42 year old token hispanic guy who doesn't speak the language. If it happens, and I believe it will, people will see through it for the craven stunt that it is.
What's more is that Castro doesn't speak Spanish. Rubio would be doing ads for himself on Spanish language television while Hillary picks a 42 year old token hispanic guy who doesn't speak the language. If it happens, and I believe it will, people will see through it for the craven stunt that it is.
In fairness, he's more qualified than Sarah Palin.....or equally unqualified.
NickleDimer
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Castro has a twin brother!? That would be great for lots of twin-switching conspiracy theories.
Palin was a Mayor, a chairperson of a statewide agency, and an elected governor of a state. I don't like Palin and thought it was a mistake for McCain to pick her, but she was unquestionably more qualified than Castro.
It's also worth noting that Palin was an effective governor who had real achievements to speak of.
NickleDimer
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What were her achievements? (I don't doubt they were grand...but I had never heard of Palin at the time she was nominated, so I'm unaware of what they were.)
The Alaska natural gas pipeline and reducing the Alaska state government's reliance on federal earmarks, which was a third rail in Alaskan politics for decades.
You mean like quitting mid term to maximize her monetary opportunities?
Could you expand on this? What did Governor Plain do in connection with this pipeline?
True on the latter point - she became the inspiration for one of the greatest SNL characters ever.
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I'm not sure I can bring myself to enthusiastically support Rubio who I think will be the ultimate GOP nominee. He is too scripted for me. I suppose I'd vote for ANYONE over HRC but it would just be the lesser of two evils.