2016 elections - because it's never too early

[alfred russel]

BB, there are over 300m people in the country. A centralized ground game only gets you so far.

[jimmy olsen]

Wake me up in 4 years.

[mongers]

DOW futures down more than 800 pts.

[Admiral Yi]

Why would the Amish vote for Michel Aoun?

[Barrister]

BB, there are over 300m people in the country. A centralized ground game only gets you so far.

It's a country that looks to have given Hillary the nod by 1% in the popular vote.  Apparently a ground game gets you pretty much nothing.

[mongers]

OK, the BBC invited talking heads are now just talking bollocks, well stuff that is just filler and utterly unimportant as compared to the result of the election.

[DGuller]

Okay, so I always figured myself as a smart and experienced political operator.  I was a Campaign Manager twice - once Federally, once provincially (we predictably got smoked each time as each time we ran against really strong incumbents).

One of the things I was taught, and always believed, was that a "ground game" was important.  Identify your vote, get them out to vote on election day.

That was one of the things Trump scoffed at - and one of the reasons I thought he would lose.  He had no ground game, no GOTV effort, nothing.  Just the power of earned media and his celebrity.

I guess maybe I was wrong about what I thought was important in politics.  And maybe Trump, as stupid as he is, was right.

I'm still not convinced enough to give Trump credit for all his wins.  He was just a stupidly reckless poker player who kept going all-in, and accidentally got into a game full of wimps.  Sometimes those reckless morons live charmed lives and never run into aces with a lot of chips in the middle for far longer than seems possible.  Eventually it catches up with them, eventually...

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, I wasn't slightly saddened by Languish's failure to comment on the return of Zombie Aoun, not even a pip from CdM.

  I noticed that blip earlier tonight, but quite frankly I have bigger fucking problems. 

[Barrister]

Okay, so I always figured myself as a smart and experienced political operator.  I was a Campaign Manager twice - once Federally, once provincially (we predictably got smoked each time as each time we ran against really strong incumbents).

One of the things I was taught, and always believed, was that a "ground game" was important.  Identify your vote, get them out to vote on election day.

That was one of the things Trump scoffed at - and one of the reasons I thought he would lose.  He had no ground game, no GOTV effort, nothing.  Just the power of earned media and his celebrity.

I guess maybe I was wrong about what I thought was important in politics.  And maybe Trump, as stupid as he is, was right.

I'm still not convinced enough to give Trump credit for all his wins.  He was just a stupidly reckless poker player who kept going all-in, and accidentally got into a game full of wimps.  Sometimes those reckless morons live charmed lives and never run into aces with a lot of chips in the middle for far longer than seems possible.  Eventually it catches up with them, eventually...

The man looks set to be the next POTUS.  Summer 2015 his candidacy was a laughingstock.  Hell two weeks ago his candidacy was a laughingstock.

You don't have to like the man (I don't) to be willing to give him some sort of credit for this unbelievable win.

[mongers]

Nikkei down 6.1% at one stage.

London futures down 4%.

[derspiess]

Guller needs a chill pill. Or some alcohol.

[Admiral Yi]

I just had a beautiful fantasy: I wake up tomorrow and read that the KGB hacked the results.

[frunk]

I just had a beautiful fantasy: I wake up tomorrow and read that the KGB hacked the results.

I was thinking the same thing.

[mongers]

I just had a beautiful fantasy: I wake up tomorrow and read that the KGB hacked the results.

I had a similar one, I'd wake up tomorrow morning and it will all have been a bad dream.

[Barrister]

Guller needs a chill pill. Or some alcohol.