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45894. robertjayb - 1/26/2015 8:14:30 PM Eighteen...Count 'em 18
A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds Republican and Republican-leaning voters scattered among 18 prospective nominees when asked an open-ended question about whom they want the GOP to nominate for president next year. "Undecided" finishes first, at 45%, trailed by 2012 nominee Mitt Romney at 16% and former Florida governor Jeb Bush at 13%.
No one else gets close to double digits, though potential contenders including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and others make the list of those mentioned.
The contrast couldn't be sharper with the other side. A 51% majority of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters name former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as their preferred nominee; 31% are undecided. Just 5% name Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite of progressive activists, and 4% Vice President Biden.
Read a report Scott Walker wowed the GOP's Iowa cattle call. Union-bashing always gets their juices flowing.
45895. robertjayb - 1/26/2015 9:35:39 PM My political fantasy...get your own...
Hillary was my choice before and probably will remain so, barring the unexpected. Elizabeth is my true love but a I fear a no-hoper nationally. Clinton-Warren would be a dream pairing...probably a bad one. I wonder if Hillary isn't a bit too much the corporatist to take that on. The ticket would be fighting against $zillion$ from funds spawned by the Citizens United decision.
At this juncture (thanks, 41) good old Joe Biden seems a reasonable choice. He's known, fairly well regarded, amiable, and his gaffes are forgivable. 45896. robertjayb - 1/27/2015 2:34:42 AM Up above there I was thinking of Biden as Hillary's VEEP, not as the candidate. 45897. robertjayb - 1/27/2015 8:00:58 PM It's not personal, it's just business...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flexing its financial might, the political machine backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch on Monday told its allies that spending across its conservative network would approach $1 billion ahead of 2016's elections.
The stunning sum from Freedom Partners would dwarf expected spending from official GOP committees and many of the hopefuls expected to seek the party's presidential nomination in 2016. The $889 million budget is almost twice what 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney spent from his campaign accounts.
The hefty budget also suggests that the Koch-backed groups are prepared to spend heavily and early to weaken the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Koch-backed groups such as Americans for Prosperity aired tens of millions of dollars in negative ads against incumbent Democratic lawmakers in 2014 and helped Republicans win a majority in the Senate.
Appropriately, The Houston Chronicle carried this article in its business section.
45898. vonKreedon - 1/27/2015 10:21:15 PM Given how many Repubs appear to be running for the 2016 nomination, might this force the Repubs into holding 12 debates rather there expressed lower, and desired, 9 debates? I so hope so, the 2012 debates were much watch TV.
I think that Walker is likely to be the nominee, and I'm nervous about that as I think that Walker has shown himself to be a capable candidate and a dangerous executive. 45899. bhelpuri - 1/28/2015 7:28:45 AM Hillary Clinton and her husband are highly vulnerable to negative advertising. The Koch brothers could probably sway this election the way they could not against Obama. Of course it does depend somewhat on who wins the Repub nomination... 45900. judithathome - 1/28/2015 9:21:30 PM Given how many Repubs appear to be running for the 2016 nomination, might this force the Repubs into holding 12 debates rather there expressed lower, and desired, 9 debates?
Are you kidding me? They don't WANT people to become better acquainted with the candidates.
Hillary Clinton and her husband are highly vulnerable to negative advertising.
At least the Kochs will be precluded from showing Hill and Bill in blackface with bones through noses, stirring boiling pots of "American Values".
45901. judithathome - 1/30/2015 8:01:23 PM
Sen. John McCain Takes A Page From Chris Christi's Playbook
As the protesters were led out by police, McCain said, "I've been a member of this committee for many years, and I've never seen anything as disgraceful and outrageous and despicable as the last demonstration."
Finally, McCain said, "Get out of here, you low-life scum." 45902. robertjayb - 1/30/2015 8:03:17 PM Darn!
WASHINGTON - Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will not run for president in 2016.
Three weeks after unexpectedly saying he was considering a third campaign for the White House, the former Massachusetts governor told members of his staff during a Friday conference call that he is out of race. (AP) 45903. judithathome - 1/30/2015 9:39:53 PM I'm guessing all three of his supporters went over to Jeb. 45904. vonKreedon - 1/31/2015 11:08:19 PM That is disappointing, one less fat cat to fight over the fat cat money. Oh well, I'm still hopeful that Trump and/or Palin will get in for a while. 45905. judithathome - 2/2/2015 10:54:13 PM Palin had better change her meds before she comes in...the ones she's on right now are NOT beneficial.
However, I did love that she showed her ass so nakedly re: her teleprompter. Man, it was like an alien had inhabited her brain when that went down....hahahahaha!!! 45906. arkymalarky - 2/24/2015 4:39:54 PM Our new goosestepping state legislature:http://www.katv.com/story/28181989/arkansas-house-passes-bill-to-soften-social-media-protections 45907. arkymalarky - 2/24/2015 4:40:17 PM http://www.katv.com/story/28181989/arkansas-house-passes-bill-to-soften-social-media-protections 45908. arkymalarky - 2/24/2015 5:44:21 PM And here:
http://nr.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=36642695 45909. arkymalarky - 2/26/2015 7:53:35 AM Sickening. From wash post:
"Some are anti-anti-discrimination measures that would prevent a state’s cities or counties from creating protections for gay people. A prime example is SB 202 in Arkansas, which became law Monday and will go into effect later this year. Arkansas and Tennessee are the only two states in the nation with such restrictions in place, which bar jurisdictions from exceeding state law on policing discrimination. Since both states allow gay discrimination, these laws require all their local communities to allow it, also." 45910. alistairconnor - 2/26/2015 5:43:59 PM ... how does that work with respect to federal law?
Can a state ban local application of federal anti-discrimination measures? 45911. arkymalarky - 2/26/2015 9:56:55 PM I don't smoke pot, but I am all for States legalizing marijuana if that's what they want to do. So I feel like a hypocrite, saying that this law flying against national law is the basis for its failing to stand in a court if it comes to that--and I hope it does. I think federal marijuana laws need to be changed. But this is a civil rights issue, and what is happening to this state just in two months is truly shocking to me. And I've lived here since I was in the 7th grade. Eureka Springs and a few other towns had already passed non-discrimination ordinances. Eureka Springs has a unique community, very tiny, about I think 3000 residents, & it has a bug art scene, a large gay community and a large motorcycle community. I Have a good friend who owns an art studio there, and it's really unlike any place else in Arkansas. It's like a little western hippi town got transplanted right in the middle of the Ozarks. Their gay community is very important to their socio-economic structure, and for the state to tell them they are not allowed to have their anti-discrimination law is going to pit them against the old school rural conservatives in that area. And of course that will hurt economicalky, to say nothing of its unique social fabric. 45912. arkymalarky - 2/26/2015 10:29:23 PM Big art. There may be some bug art among that, but I haven't seen any.
Our friends:
www.deborahm.com/blpdesign/EureKan/index.html
Nancy, a beautiful human in every way, died of lung cancer. 45913. arkymalarky - 2/26/2015 10:50:04 PM To your question, the state legislature couldn't give two shits about federal law, and I have no idea how communities like ES intend to address your point. If I hear I will post. What an irony if AR state govt once again tries to face down federal law to deny equality a la Central High. It's going to be challenged, but I don't know how. Since the wave of Ed reform years ago I've purposely stayed out of state politics and quit reading state and local news. That's about to change in a big way. Yet another reason I'm considering retiring. So glad we have a place in CO.
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