US Presidential election 2016

[Stevencc]

He's bemoaning how his nation has lost its principles, something you have in common as well with Man Utd.

Always with the Man Utd!

 

[HertsWolf]

I don't think it'll be a particularly interesting race. Hillary will steam roll anyone in her way. The Republican nominations are lightweights and she has the Democrat vote sewn up while also being very attractive to Wall Street and the arms manufacturers too. I expect her to win relatively easily and continue the Bush/Obama policy of foreign wars and tax cuts for the rich, just with the odd socially liberal policy thrown in there to appease the progressives too. The only way I see this getting interesting is if Elizabeth Warren throws her hat into the ring.

Just wanted to bump this immortal comment.

 

[HertsWolf]

I don't believe for a second that Donald Trump has any intention of becoming US president. His approach to this has been the same as his approach to everything since his name became sellable, and that's all he's doing, selling his name. I would be amazed if this was all some genius campaign strategy, and not just Trump going out there under absolutely no pressure and saying all the crude and outrageous shit that the hard right conservatives would love to say themselves.

And this.

 

[HertsWolf]

Don't you believe it. Trump knows exactly what he is doing. As with any election, he doesn't need to appeal to vast swathes of the electorate. He just knows he has to be looney enough to appeal to the mid-West (the party of the country that understands what Sarah Palin says when she opens her mouth) in the primaries. Then when he is chosen, he only has to appeal to the critical margins.

American election campaigns are broadly about raising billions of dollars to persuade three old guys in Kansas to vote one way or the other. Almost.

But it's still absolutely the best election money can buy.

But most of all, this.

 

[Ebeneezer Goode]

I call it the Rammy gambit.