Random Politics & Religion #00

In Obama's defense .... I'll just say Americans don't know what they want, but it's pretty clear now they certainly don't want change.

Until the day they realize someone has to pay for the changes, then they don't want it.

More taxes, not always but you need to find the money somewhere. Like cutting in the budgets, so those being cut are paying for it.

I'm excited by the prospect of brokered conventions on both the democratic and republican side. We need a repeat of the 68 chicago convention with billy clubs and pepper spray.

Several Jeb Bush campaign workers are already shopping their resumes with Florida political consultants as expectations mount inside his team that their candidate won’t push on after South Carolina.

“I can unequivocally tell you that people are looking for work because they say they’ve been led to believe that they won’t have a job because the campaign won’t be around any longer or their jobs won’t because the campaign won’t have any money,” said one Republican who helps run one of the Florida campaigns.

Four separate and senior political consultants in Florida said they have been negotiating with potential employees who are preparing for the end of the Bush campaign. The entreaties for new work from these Bush staffers – most of whom are not top-level campaign hands – have markedly increased apace with signs that the former Florida governor is under pressure to exit the race after Saturday’s GOP primary.

“I have people in [Marco] Rubio’s campaign and various campaigns I talk to and said ‘hey, if it doesn’t work out for you, come and work for us,’” said one of the consultants. “Suddenly in the past week, I’m getting calls and they’re asking me: ‘Are you looking for somebody?’ And those people are exclusively Jeb people.”

The only consultant who would speak on the record, West Palm Beach’s Randy Nielsen, is a Rubio supporter who is involved in a variety of legislative and local campaigns. He said Bush campaign workers are a sought-after commodity because “he has some talented folks on his team. A lot of people will sign them up in a NY minute.”

“Staffers are floating resumes now. We’ve been contacted by several. People have gotta eat, you know?” Nielsen said.

Whether it’s rooted in clear-eyed reality or just fear of reading bad headlines, the concern of some of these Bush staffers as they talk to other Republicans outside of the campaign feeds the background noise about the campaign being imminently in peril.

Bush and his campaign have consistently reminded the public, press and his own supporters that he’s in it for the long haul and that some polls show he’s doing relatively well in the Palmetto State. And on Friday, in the face of persistent questions about his post-South Carolina plans, the Bush team released a schedule of events in Nevada on Sunday and Monday.

“Jeb Bush is in an incredibly competitive position heading into the last 24 hours heading into South Carolina,” said spokeswoman Kristy Campbell. “He’s running hard and running to win. We are competitive in major polls over the past 48 to 72 hours and in the margin of error for second or third place here. After having come off a surprise victory over Marco Rubio in New Hampshire, we look forward to campaigning in Nevada, where Gov. Bush heads on Sunday after South Carolina. And we have organizations built out through the March states and beyond.”

Indeed, the distance between Bush and Rubio is small in some polls, while others show Rubio ahead by a larger margin.

In the average of South Carolina polls taken since the New Hampshire primary, Rubio pulls 17 percent support and is essentially tied with second-place Ted Cruz, who has 18 percent. Bush trails with 11 percent and is almost tied with fourth-place John Kasich, who stands at 10 percent and hasn’t put much effort into the state. Two of the last three polls, released on Friday, showed Rubio in second place with support in the low 20s and leading Bush by a margin of 13 percentage points each.

Donald Trump dominates in first place, with 34 percent in the polling averages.

“The people who work in the campaign business aren’t stupid. They can read the polls,” said a third Republican consultant who backs Rubio and is involved with a another Florida campaign. “A month ago, we had conversations with people and no one was interested. Now they are. They’re calling us asking ‘Hey, want to talk? I think I’m going to be free on Monday.’ All those people work for Jeb.”

Nielsen said the calls picked up Wednesday after Rubio was endorsed by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and basked in the glow of positive press while Bush was nagged by headlines that he had wanted her support and was “disappointed.”

A fourth Republican consultant who is neutral in the race and is involved with multiple Florida campaigns says he heard from two job seekers who want to line something up to start in the next week. “I get the sense the existing campaigns are not absorbing many people from the remains and being the guy who attacked all the other campaigns is hurting folks.”

Rutgers students are displaying clear-cut signs of the crybully phenomenon, whereby the regressive left feels victimized, traumatized and attacked even while they are viciously attacking others.

52-48 sounds very close, especially if you consider that this is a place where minorities were supposed to give Clinton a landslide victory.

Nevada has a Latino population, but it's no where as big as Texas or California. Additionally, Sander's supporters were yelling "English-Only" trying to prevent Spanish speaking voters from listening to the translation.

Dolores Huerta Accuses Sanders Supporters Of Shutting Down Spanish Translation At Caucus

Wat. Why? That seems completely counter to what the person they support says.

They're bitter. They knew coming in the Clintons have a long history with the Latino community.

I'm not anti sanders or anything but it does seem like his supporters just want to demonize anything Hillary. I don't like Hillary, but the amount of people I've seen say "If Bern doesn't win, I'll vote Trump just to say *** you Hillary" is insane. It's not even that they agree with Trump over Hillary, they would vote against their own interests because "Feel da Bern" lost to her.

Because look at most of Berns supporters. I am not trying to be rude to younger people but they seem very immature. They want free ***and if they can't have it they will turn on Hillary.

Ninaj edit: Which works for me because I support Trump.

The problem is they have a much more likely chance of getting that free *** (usually) by voting Hillary over Trump, so it would make sense to do that. They won't because "watch the world burn".

You expect sanders supporters to make sense?

Because look at most of Berns supporters. I am not trying to be rude to younger people but they seem very immature. They want free ***and if they can't have it they will turn on Hillary.

Ninaj edit: Which works for me because I support Trump.

120k voters so far with 20% in with a population of 4.9mil for the rebups

11k voters with 84% for dems in state with 2.9mil voters..

Appears that a certain group of people feel the need to be heard. Still pretty damn sad considering how few people are voting compared to population size.

What did I just say about caucuses? Its a stupid voting system, and next week the numbers will be switched because the GOP is going in Nevada and the Dems are going in SC. It has nothing to do with ideology, one system is infinitely superior to the other.

Because look at most of Berns supporters. I am not trying to be rude to younger people but they seem very immature. They want free ***and if they can't have it they will turn on Hillary.

Ninaj edit: Which works for me because I support Trump.

What did I just say about caucuses? Its a stupid voting system, and next week the numbers will be switched because the GOP is going in Nevada and the Dems are going in SC. It has nothing to do with ideology, one system is infinitely superior to the other.

It's not even just the idea of tuition free. Universal healthcare would be amazing, have you ever seen someone struggle with hospital bills, after insurance, who just survived cancer? Those hospital bills are close to 6 digits. Why should people who didn't ask to get this illness, who have fought to survive this illness for years, be strapped with bills they never even wanted?