I will keep doing, but not worth it! The 2016 Presidential Primary Voting Thread

I was going to post some James excerpts the other day.

haha i was amazed that you didn't

I refuse to read that entire Bill James post until he adds some paragraph breaks. But I did read far enough to see it turns into an anti-political-correctness rant at some point.

also pro-torture

i think most people who figured trump would have failed by now perhaps didn't foresee this many candidates staying in the race so late? that has played a big role in trump's success in the primaries. the general is a whole other thing and trump simply just doesn't have the demographics to do it. romney got what 59, 60% of the white vote in 2012 but he still lost by 4 points. i can't see trump improving romney's 27% rate w/ hispanics, it won't happen

― marcos, Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:22 PM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

100% this. If just a couple more had quit earlier I think Rubio would have won a primary by now. It's especially weird to me that Carson hasn't dropped out.

NYT editorial calls on Clinton to release $peech transcripts

trump being the front-runner gives them all reason to stick around, as long as they all stuck around because he's the front-runner

no real explanation for carson still being there, but there's no explanation for him running to begin with so I guess he just hasn't run out of money

err " as long as they all stuck around because he's the front-runner" should be "and they all stuck around because he's the front-runner"

err clearly not writing anything coherent today

"trump being the front-runner gives them all reason to stick around
+ he's the front-runner because they stick around"

http://i.imgur.com/Sulr8xd.png

cunning plan exposed

rump being the front-runner gives them all reason to stick around, as long as they all stuck around because he's the front-runner

no real explanation for carson still being there, but there's no explanation for him running to begin with so I guess he just hasn't run out of money

― iatee, Thursday, February 25, 2016 5:35 PM (5 minutes ago)

classic prisoner's dilemma

carson is still a profitable enterprise for a lot of people

not least for Ben Carson

tho probably not most

he kinda reminds me of Brian Wilson

separating those twins was his pet sounds

The presidential race is his playing in a giant sandbox while he's completely out of his mind.

is the campaign his SMiLE?

So Biden literally apologized to Mexico today for the American political landscape. Hey, I wonder if the Republicans will try to use that.

http://www.theonion.com/article/biden-to-cool-his-heels-in-mexico-for-a-while-17996

And now, Jay Nordlinger's love letter to Ted Cruz.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/431943/something-important-know-about-ted-cruz

The media as a whole refused to take him seriously until they were finally forced to by his stubbornly high poll numbers. I don't think refusing to take him seriously is an option at this point.

― o. nate, Thursday, February 25, 2016 9:27 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

uh the media has had trump coverage non-stop ever since his carnival style campaign kick off announcement where he descended from a golden escalator.

the media covered him because he's a circus and it gets clicks/viewers; taking him seriously is a different thing

Also, he likes video games, played on a phone.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/431943/something-important-to-know-about-ted-cruz

so there's a thread for Republican misuse of popular music, but...

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/282210/tobi-vail-copyright-infringement-notice-hillary-clinton-rebel-girl-video/

They've played the Fox "I'm not paying for that fucking wall" clip about six times on CNN tonight, followed by laughter every time. It is pretty great.

There was also a lot of skepticism that Trump could actually turn high poll numbers into actual votes.

This is going to be a fantastic debate. It's going to be so nasty, at one point John Kasich will break down crying and leave the stage.

God, I'd hate to be Vance Plubus and have to give that preamble before every debate.

Only chance for Cruz or Rubio is to throw the Hail Mary and go all-out on Trump, call him out as a fascist.

i believe the only thing that would've taken him down is "liberal" and that just didn't stick.

this monday night football voiceover/soundtrack and ppl wonder where donald trump came from

H.W. looks pretty frail.

That handshake between Trump and Cruz...

are they really doing the national anthem before this

i can just see some guy scooching back in his seat holding a cardboard tray of hot dogs, sodas, pretzels with mustard...

whoa boy

Jindal and Walker manning the exits--they're going to hold Trump hostage for the next ten months.

These "Purge" ads are freaking me out

so i've never actually watched one of these debates and it's amazing how little trump actually says, even compared to the rest of these guys

Trump's got the Arpaio endorsement, what does he really need to say?

A good shot from Rubio

Pro Wrestling intro by CNN. Amazing - “Donald Trump: On a winning streak!” “Marco Rubio: Gaining new momentum!” “Ted Cruz: On his home turf in Texas!” “John Kasich: Looking forward!” “Ben Carson: Fighting on!”

I'm surprised--I figured Rubio would hang back again.

trump attacking the audience now, lol

this can only get wilder

love love love Trump language policing other politicians

Rubio is killing it tonight

oh my god these two lol

yassssss Rubio on a roll

holy shit this is great

Jesus--I've gone from surprise to shock. Never expected this in a million years from Rubio.

describe how (not watching)