In our latest episode, the election year continues to astound and amaze. Despite some political poker faces and a bit of bluffing, no one yet has a winning hand. About the only thing that can be said with certainty is that no one will really know for some time to come. This will cause heart palpitations for some, but for the rest, it provides us with more time and space for armchair political commentary.
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Westward, ho!
Trump seems to be the GOP candidate to-be. Anti-Trump GOPers might have to vote for a Democrat to stop him come November.
New Bloomberg poll for Democrats shows “49 percent said they support Sanders, while 48 percent indicated that they prefer Clinton and the remaining 3 percent said they are not sure.”
R for Sanders
So far, 4 diehard Republican people in my family have re-registered as Democratic to vote for Bernie. They think all the R candidates are nuts. Until 8 years ago, I was the only leftie in the family.
Family
My NY relatives keep sending me notes that they “feel the Bern”. I wouldn’t have expected it a few years ago, either.
Seems like Sanders got a bit cheated in Arizona, with lots of people unable to vote. Ahh, politics.
Youth vote
Since the federal minimum voting age is 18 Sanders might do well with the millennials, born in the 1980s thru 1998. The rest of this primary season will have some indication whether the youth vote turnout is high enough to get him elected. It is a wait and see….
A raft of polling data?
A raft of polling data showing Donald Trump running poorly in the general election has given new fodder to the movement of conservatives seeking to block the front-runner from the nomination.
New surveys show Hillary Clinton opening up a big lead over Trump nationally, as well as in the swing states that will play a critical role in determining who wins the White House.
Trump’s conservative critics are sounding the alarm, pointing to the new data to make the case that the long-time front-runner is sure to deliver the White House to Democrats if Republicans make him their party’s standard bearer.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/anti-trump-forces-seize-on-grim-polls-for-clinton-match-up/ar-BBqXXkp?li=BBnb7Kz
Feel the Bird
Sanders had a good day in Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington. Some trouncing went on. Perhaps this is why Clinton surrogates were hoping he’d drop out a week or so ago. Perhaps it is why the bird came to sit on his podium. : )
The real amazement is that Republicans seem to want Trump, or even Cruz, as their candidate. Neither is very good. Trump is their best shot, popularity-wise, and he’s not much of a republican. And no one really likes Cruz, though he’s more in the mold of a traditional GOP candidate, thumping bibles and trying to scare people.
If I were GOP, I’d feel ripped off this year and be looking at 3rd party options by now.
Mwaaaa!
Clinton says she may not debate Sanders in NY, unless his “tone” changes.
Those who don’t like the “tone” of something, in my experience, are afraid to talk about the actual topic at hand, and use “tone” as a distraction technique.
Sander’s “tone” hasn’t changed in 40 years. Why is it an issue now, in NY? Methinks she doesn’t want to debate because she knows it won’t help her. “Tone” is the excuse.
I don't care for your tone
And interesting that his “tone” hasn’t bothered her until it’s New York at stake. She says she is totally confident that she will overwhelmingly win New York but this refusal to debate says otherwise. I think the good people of New York should have the opportunity to hear what each candidate has to say. Clinton is obviously scared that if they hear Bernie they will want more.