2016 elections - because it's never too early

[alfred russel]

Dorsey, do you not live in Atlanta city limits?

Does that invalidate anything? (work yes, live no, though I'm ITP).

[Eddie Teach]

The Republican demographic wet dream comment.

One thing to keep in mind- Trump supporters are poorer and less educated than average Republicans. So less likely to be your coworkers and neighbors.

[DGuller]

Anyone watching the debate?  It's so boring when adults discuss things in adult manner.    And why is that moderators can't seem to hit that sweetspot of retaining control without bulldozing over lively discussion?  They either let themselves be walked all over, or they walk over the candidates, with no middle ground.

[Habbaku]

At least O'Malley is around to provide comic relief.

[DGuller]

At least O'Malley is around to provide comic relief.

He doesn't come across as a comic relief to me.  He's just a forgettable non-entity.

[alfred russel]

I really thought O'Malley was going to take off. Oh well.

[alfred russel]

So I turned on CNN for basically the first time in a very long time...I'm working and thought I'd get a recap on the debate...fuck...why do they have 8 people to analyze and Wolf Blitzer to moderate?

[DGuller]

So I turned on CNN for basically the first time in a very long time...I'm working and thought I'd get a recap on the debate...fuck...why do they have 8 people to analyze and Wolf Blitzer to moderate?

You can't have too much of a good thing.

[PJL]

So it's not impossible for Trump to actually become the president of the USA?

I think it is highly unlikely he gets the republican nomination, and even if he does, regardless of what the poll numbers may say now, he will get trounced. His only hope is for nominee Clinton to get mired in a horrible scandal (which is plausible), or to somehow transform himself into a less polarizing figure for the general election and go against Sanders.

I'm a white guy in Georgia who works for a big corporation in accounting. I pretty much live in a republican demographers wet dream. I don't know anyone that is supporting Trump. The only opinions I hear regard him negatively as a clown or cynical populist (if still entertaining). He may be firing up the rednecks, but keep in mind the state has a massive minority population that is reliably democratic. So the state is 55-45 republican and closing, and if you lose the white professionals, a republican can't win the state no matter how excited the rednecks are. And if a republican can't cruise to victory in Georgia, how is a republican going to win a general election?

Once it becomes a straight Republican vs Democrat fight, they will line up behind the Republican, no matter how outlandish he seems.

[Malthus]

A two-term Trump presidency would secure a vital strategic supply of lulz and butthurt.

The lulz would last a few short days. The stupid would last eight long years.

[Admiral Yi]

Been reading Bernie's website.  Very educational.

[DGuller]

Been reading Bernie's website.  Very educational.

In what way?

[Admiral Yi]

In what way?

I didn't know he was protectionist.  I wasn't aware of the number of tax and giveaway programs he favored.

[DGuller]

That is the frustrating part about Sanders.  He identifies the right problems, but falls back to solutions that have often proved to be self-defeating.

[Razgovory]

That is the frustrating part about Sanders.  He identifies the right problems, but falls back to solutions that have often proved to be self-defeating.

That and he has no natural constituency in congress.  One of the positives of political parties is they can enforce discipline and get things done.  However, since he has no real loyalty to the party, there is no reason to believe that Congressmen will have any real loyalty toward him.