The Political Junkie™ Thread - USA Edition

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**dogma**

whembly wrote:

Tell 'em how your really feel Ted...

[url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/03/politics/donald-trump-rafael-cruz-indiana]
I liked CNN's countdown to the Indiana Primary[/url]

**whembly**

Trump kicking arse in IN and Fox has called him the state-wide winner (I think he gets 3 delegates?). On to congressional districts...

Trump kicking arse there too.

He needs at least 45 delegates to "be on pace" and looks like he'll get it.

All Hail Madame President:

**Ustrello**

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Ouze wrote:

It's not about enflaming... anyone. It's about having the same respect for the dead we'd like for ourselves. It was wrong to do it with Saddam Hussein's sons, and it was right not to do it with OBL.

This right here... I think that it's a good thing we're beyond the days of William Wallace and quartering/stringing up corpses as a "warning" to all who can see of how we deal with the law.

And publishing pictures of OBL would essentially be posting the head on a pike at the gates.

Especially considering he hundreds of bullets in him, would of made him a bigger martyr

**Ouze**

Ted Cruz has dropped out of the race, and nothing of value was lost.

**Vaktathi**

Battle of the New York Oligarchs, here we go!

**kronk**

Well then. Third party time?

**Vaktathi**

kronk wrote:
Well then. Third party time?

Aye captain.

**Tannhauser42**

Ouze wrote:
Ted Cruz has dropped out of the race, and nothing of value was lost.

Tweet from Kasich: "Sen. @tedcruz should be proud of his strong and disciplined campaign. Texas is lucky to have you. Best wishes going forward. -John"

Yeah, I would argue the rest of the country is lucky we're stuck with him, not the other way around.

Anyway, Cruz lost, happy dance time!

**Ouze**

The Onion continues to hit all the right notes.

**Dreadclaw69**

Cruz suspends his run for POTUS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/us/politics/ted-cruz.html

You know what this means, right? Kasich only needs one more person to drop out

**Ensis Ferrae**

kronk wrote:
Well then. Third party time?

Depending on how you count, we could be looking at "fourth party" time

**Co'tor Shas**

I... wow. Was not expecting that. I guess they are pinning all hope on a contested convention then.

**Albanyadriel**

And democracy works......sorta......idk I guess? *shrug*

**TheMeanDM**

News is reporting that Sanders will win the Indiana primary.

http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-wins-indiana-primary/

Bernie Sanders was just declared the victor of the Indiana Primary by NBC News at 9:10 Eastern time, with Sanders holding a 6-point margin over Hillary Clinton with 62% of precincts reporting

**d-usa**

Carly Fiorina has the honor of dropping out twice in the same campaign!

**Ouze**

Wow, CEO's really can do so much more than us peons!

**Co'tor Shas**

This is how she must be now.

**Ouze**

Ted Cruz's poor wife seems to be continuing to get the worst of it.

**whembly**

Wow... Teh Bern won IN.

That's gotta sting the Clinton campaign a bit.

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Vaktathi wrote:
kronk wrote:
Well then. Third party time?
Aye captain.

We in the #GaryJohnsonClub?

I know I'm looking...

**Ouze**

While I think I can say the best part of this campaign has been seeing Ted Cruz fail, the second part is probably got to be watching, over the next few months, as Whembly slowly begins to justify why it's OK to vote for Donald Trump (presuming he is the nominee).

**OgreChubbs**

HAHAHAHA trump vs clinton 2 biggest idiots in the world... you guys are as screwed as us with trueman show.... -_- we are all going to die.

**whembly**

Ouze wrote:
While I think I can say the best part of this campaign has been seeing Ted Cruz fail, the second part is probably got to be watching, over the next few months, as Whembly slowly begins to justify why it's OK to vote for Donald Trump (presuming he is the nominee).

Nope.

Will.Not.Vote.For.Trump.Or.Hillary.

Comprende Hombre?

**Ouze**

Shhhh, just let it happen, baby.

**sebster**

TheMeanDM wrote:
News is reporting that Sanders will win the Indiana primary.

There’s been an interesting pattern of Clinton underperforming polls whenever it appears she has the nomination locked up. It’s never been enough to really throw the Democratic nomination into doubt, but it is, I think, a potentially worrying sign.

I suspect that there are a great many voters out there who are happy to have Clinton as their president, but they’re just not that enthusiastic about it.
“What do we want?”
“More of the same!”
“Who do we want it from?”
“A lady with absolutely no personal charisma!”

A large number of people want Clinton to win, but they’re not that excited about it. Nowhere near as excited as a smaller number of voters are about Sanders. So while the Sanders voters will get out and vote even when their candidate pretty much can’t win (often by convincing themselves he’s still right in the race), the Clinton voters tail off as the race gets less competitive. This is something of a reversal of the usual trend – normally voters tail off when their guy has no chance of winning.

I don’t think this has enough of an effect to throw the race in to doubt, and in many ways it’s actually self-defeating – when Clinton voters don’t show up and Sanders has some results that drag him back in to the race, this pushes up Clinton numbers in future races.

But it does potentially make for an interesting result in November when Clinton faces Trump. It’s likely that the general narrative will be that Trump has no chance, I’d be surprised if he led in many polls between now and election day. So it’s possible that with Clinton presumed to win, a lot of people might just not bother voting on election day. Why stand in line for an hour to vote for the ‘meh’ candidate, when ‘everyone knows’ Trump has no chance?

I’m not saying this is going to happen, or even that it’s that likely. It probably won’t happen. But it is the one way I can see Trump getting up in November.

**whembly**

Ouze wrote:
Shhhh, just let it happen, baby.

Only the tip?

Spoiler:

**BrotherGecko**

kronk wrote:
Currently looking at 3rd party dudes and found this fething guy!

http://2016.presidential-candidates.org/?other=other

2016 Transhumanist Party Presidential Candidate Futurist, philosopher, speaker and journalist

Transhumanist Party Candidate 2016 Zoltan Istvan
Declared 2016 Transhumanist Party Candidate

It's all about technology for Transhumanist Party founder and presidential nominee Zoltan Istvan. His main priority is the allocation of funding for research scientists to develop augmentations for the human body that will destroy disease, enhance natural senses, and even conquer the specter of death.

http://2016.presidential-candidates.org/Istvan/

feth yes. With a name like Zoltan Istvan, it has to be good!

40k player? He's got the name. He's got the genetics research.

As a big fan of transhuman science.... thank you for finding me my throw away vote for 2016.

**Co'tor Shas**

I'm really hoping Sanders drops out now. When you have the possibility of someone like Trump becoming president, you need the party to be as unified as possible. Clinton may not be perfect but she's the best chance in the general the D's have right now, and they need it.

OTOH, Trumps favrobility rating haven't pushed 40%, and his unfavrobility is generally mid-60s, so maybe I'm overly concerned.

**whembly**

Co'tor Shas wrote:
I'm really hoping Sanders drops out now. When you have the possibility of someone like Trump becoming president, you need the party to be as unified as possible. Clinton may not be perfect but she's the best chance in the general the D's have right now, and they need it.

OTOH, Trumps favrobility rating haven't pushed 40%, and his unfavrobility is generally mid-60s, so maybe I'm overly concerned.

Dude... Clinton is fine against Trump.

The D's don't have anything to worry about.

**Co'tor Shas**

I certainly hope so.

**whembly**

Co'tor Shas wrote:
I certainly hope so.

You're from NY... why do you think Trump has a better chance than I do?