2016 elections - because it's never too early

[crazy canuck]

A bigger concern is that for the GOP to be successful in a national election, it has to play to its perceived traditional strengths on national security and the economy.  These debates have exposed confusion and lack of initiative on both.

You are analyzing this is in a rational way.  How is that related to the kind of voters who find these candidates appealing?

[Savonarola]

CNN getting to the root of the issue:

Trump talks Clinton's 'massive' new hairdo

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 9:54 AM ET, Thu November 12, 2015 | Video Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday he was shocked to see Hillary Clinton's latest hairdo, calling it "massive" in an interview on conservative talk radio.

Asked by host Mark Levin what Clinton's appeal to voters is, Trump simply said: "Well, she has a new hairdo, did you notice that today?"

The quip prompted Levin to suggest Clinton is wearing a wig.

"I tell you what it really was shocking to see it because you're right it must be, it was massive. Her hair became massive," said Trump, whose own hair has been the subject of scrutiny.

Warned that his comments might get him in trouble, Trump brushed off the potential for sparking controversy.

"I don't care. I'm a person that tells the truth," Trump said. "You know it was interesting to see but I've never seen Hillary with that hairdo so I think that's an OK thing to say, but it was very different."

Clinton this summer poked fun at Trump's hair and questions swirling around the brash billionaire's do.

"You know a lot of people have said a lot of things about my hair over the years. So I do kind of know what Donald is going through," Clinton joked at a Democratic fundraiser in August. "And if anyone wonders if mine is real, here's the answer: The hair is real, the color isn't."

"And come to think of it, I wonder if that is true for Donald, too," Clinton added.

Trump has repeatedly sought to silence those who have questioned whether his hair is actually a toupee, allowing several interviewers as well as supporters at his rallies latch on to his locks and feel out the truth. (It's real, according to those first-hand accounts.)

Clinton also sought to prove her hair's authenticity while on NBC's "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon earlier this year.


While talking about Trump, Clinton said, "Have you ever been able to let him touch, let you touch his hair? His real hair, have you ever really touched it?"

Fallon responded: "It feels like a hologram when he is here. No I have never touched his real hair ..."

"You want to touch mine?" Clinton asked.

"Of course!" Fallon said, before grabbing Clinton's hair and pulling it.

"It is real, it's real, it's real. It is real and it has wave and it is fantastic and it smells great," he said.

In a series of tweets Thursday, conservative blogger Matt Drudge also accused Clinton of wearing a wig, prompting People Magazine to give Clinton's hair dresser a buzz.

"She has the most amazing hair in the world," the hairdresser, Santa Nikkels, told the magazine, calling the wig claims "ridiculous."

[Jacob]

CNN getting to the root of the issue:

Sounds like things are getting hairy out there on the campaign trail.

[Tonitrus]

CNN getting to the root of the issue:

Sounds like things are getting hairy out there on the campaign trail.

I think they're missing the mane point.

[jimmy olsen]

Hot damn, the Donald we saw in July and August is back. Will the irresistible force of Trump's egomaniacal personal attacks previal or will the immovable object that are Carson's favorible ratings endure?

Nine minutes of Trump going HAM all over Carson
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FI279UvRK9M

[Savonarola]

Hard hitting punditry from CNN:

Is it wrong for Donald Trump to point to Hillary Clinton's hair?

An issue we all care about:

[KRonn]

To me that issue is neither hair nor there.   

[Admiral Yi]

Fun fact from the Economist: Grover Cleveland was the last Democratic president to not enjoy Democratic control of both houses in his first two years in office.

[jimmy olsen]

http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/here_s_how_the_gop_race_looks_now

Looks like Bush is really screwing the establishment.
Loonbats still have 60% of the vote though.

Trump 27
Carson 20
Rubio 16
Cruz 13
Bush 8
Fiorina 4

[Tonitrus]

It's tragically funny...Trump tweets some of the most asinine stuff, especially about the recent Paris tragedy and more than likely, it will barely dent his poll numbers.

[jimmy olsen]

It's tragically funny...Trump tweets some of the most asinine stuff, especially about the recent Paris tragedy and more than likely, it will barely dent his poll numbers.

Unless he's tweeted something new,  the twèet going around is from January and the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I'm sure his sentiment remains the same.
The answer is always "more guns."

[jimmy olsen]

Krugman thinks the GOP might really go back to the Gold Standard if they win.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/opinion/republicans-lust-for-gold.html?_r=0

[Syt]

It's tragically funny...Trump tweets some of the most asinine stuff, especially about the recent Paris tragedy and more than likely, it will barely dent his poll numbers.

Unless he's tweeted something new,  the twèet going around is from January and the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

Well, he said this yesterday: http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/11/14/donald-trump-paris-attacks-guns-victims-sot.cnn/video/playlists/paris-shootings/?sr=fbcnni111415donald-trump-paris-attacks-guns-victims-sot.cnn0735PMVideoVideo&linkId=18758301

[Savonarola]

I didn't watch the debate, but CNN has their Takeaways from the Democratic Debate.  I'm amazed that it's taken the Bern this long to point out that Hil's campaign gets an awful lot of money from finance and industry. 

If O'Malley's only zinger was to compare Donald Trump to a carnival barker then it's time for him to go back to the Celtic rock band.  He's obviously not ready for prime time.