That has been touted and republicans know if they derail the process Cruz wont get in and they are handing power to the Democrats.
A Trump candidacy will have a similar effect. Well, according to the polls at least. Depending on how much faith you put in them.
Both Clinton & Sanders appear to be some way ahead of Trump (& Cruz).
Clinton has nigh on bought the Democratic nomination. She has been pulling huge fundraisers, getting the likes of George Clooney in to act as donor bait. Letâs hope sheâs indicted with something before the convention, because sadly for Bernie, I canât see him overtaking the super-delegates and electoral college-like peculiarities sheâs benefiting from.
I really donât like her, donât like her foreign policy ideas (bombing Iran is on her to-do list) and quite frankly, worry about someone that has sought power so aggressively for so long.
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we need a âreally agree big thumbs upâ for posts like that
fucking scary all round
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I think its time for a real life Brewster
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Terry Marsh.
I believe good EU sceptic Bazza has been saying this as well for a long time, the best choice is Sanders, then Trump then Clinton then Cruz.
People bullied and mocked but they come round, they always do.
This, essentially.
As soon as the wicked witch declared her intention to run, her ascention was pretty much a foregone conclusion.
Her connections to the All Powerful Establishment pretty much saw to that from the start. American politics is a dynastical business. They like to keep it in âthe familiesâ.
Iâve never heard of Hilary Clinton, but I would call her into my office and be like, âListen cunt, Clinton has nigh on bought the Democratic nomination. She has been pulling huge fundraisers, getting the likes of George Clooney in to act as donor bait. Letâs hope sheâs indicted with something before the convention, because sadly for Bernie, I canât see him overtaking the super-delegates and electoral college-like peculiarities sheâs benefiting from. I really donât like her, donât like her foreign policy ideas (bombing Iran is on her to-do list) and quite frankly, worry about someone that has sought power so aggressively for so long.â
I seriously worry about somebody running for President who thinks this is a good idea. Utterly cringeworthyâŚ
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Respect for Colbert just fell off a cliff.
Iâd still love Sanders to get the democratic nomination and ultimately, the Presidency. Not only does he represent the only candidate close to socialism, his Jewish background puts him in a unique position to deal with the Israeli lobby and make some headway on the ruinous situation in Palestine.
[Sanders] doubled down on his condemnation of Israelâs 2014 war on Gaza as a âdisproportionateâ response to sporadic terrorist attacks, leaving too many innocents dead. He expressed dismay that the Palestinian economy, especially in Gaza, was so dismally in the gutter. Like Zimmerman, Sanders supports the two-state solution, but clearly finds the indignities of the half-century-long occupation too much to bear silently. And then Sanders took this most impolitic of shots, by elite Washington standards: âThere comes a time when if we pursue justice and peace, we are going to have to say that Netanyahu is not right all of the time.â In more crass terms, fuck that asshole.
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Couldnât agree more Pap.
Hilary Clinton ⌠and why Americans donât trust her.
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Iâve been watching some of the US media concerning tonightâs New York primary. Interesting contest for a lot of reasons. First, itâs New York, and all eyes are on it. Sanders is from Brooklyn, even if he has spent the vast majority of his life in Vermont. Hillary Clinton used to be a Senator in the state, so can likely draw on more connections within the New York political establishment.
There have been rumbles from both sides about the democratic deficit that arises through the various rules that exist for selecting delegates. Weâve already talked about superdelegates, the mass of Democratic votes that almost everyone assumes are going Hillaryâs way. Trump has recently lost delegates in states where the popular vote is less important in the final delegate count, or not important at all. The Republican Party establishment seems to have picked Cruz as their anyone-but-Trump guy. Trump should be far enough ahead to get the automatic nomination. Tonightâs popular vote will help him.
I reckon I might have been a bit pessimistic on Sandersâ chances before. Those superdelegates arenât fully committed to Hillary yet, even though the news channels are treating them as a foregone conclusion. If Sanders can win New York, which she managed to win in 2008 when up against Obama, that big bulk of votes may start to look less certain.
Originally posted by @pap
Iâve been watching some of the US media concerning tonightâs New York primary. Interesting contest for a lot of reasons. First, itâs New York, and all eyes are on it. Sanders is from Brooklyn, even if he has spent the vast majority of his life in Vermont. Hillary Clinton used to be a Senator in the state, so can likely draw on more connections within the New York political establishment.
There have been rumbles from both sides about the democratic deficit that arises through the various rules that exist for selecting delegates. Weâve already talked about superdelegates, the mass of Democratic votes that almost everyone assumes are going Hillaryâs way. Trump has recently lost delegates in states where the popular vote is less important in the final delegate count, or not important at all. The Republican Party establishment seems to have picked Cruz as their anyone-but-Trump guy. Trump should be far enough ahead to get the automatic nomination. Tonightâs popular vote will help him.
I reckon I might have been a bit pessimistic on Sandersâ chances before. Those superdelegates arenât fully committed to Hillary yet, even though the news channels are treating them as a foregone conclusion. If Sanders can win New York, which she managed to win in 2008 when up against Obama, that big bulk of votes may start to look less certain.
Fucked as the system is, itâd be highly unlikely for the superdelegates to return a candidate the public didnât want. If Bernie got himself on a real roll and was leading, the SDâs would almost certainly follow suit.
I sitll donât understand how these candidates are voted in.
In a simplistic way is it like the public get to vote for who they want to run for president?
Unlike our system where the party leader gets voted for by the party?
Itâs very confusing.
The people (party members) get to vore in who they want unless the party leadership doesnât like the candidate so votes in their own choice.