2016 Presidential election campaign

'Inventing New Dragon to Slay': Clinton's Archaic Campaign Tactics Slammed by Russian FM Spokesperson

http://rt.com/usa/267148-moscow-clinton-election-populism/

"Hillary Clinton is running for US president on promises to protect Americans from 'traditional threats' like Russia and a 'rising' China, which Russia's FM spokesperson decribed as coming directly from populist pamphlets of the last century.

'So Welcome! The new enemies of the American people - the 'traditionally threatening' Russia and a 'rising' China."

NorthReport wrote:

It is very sad there is no possibility of Sanders winning...

Don't rule it out.

[url=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/06/my-prediction-bernie-sanders-will... Zuesse: Bernie Sanders will win the White House (June 1, 2015)[/url]

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On May 12th, I presented my analysis of the polling as of that time, headlining, “The Early Signs of Whom The Next U.S. President Will Likely Be: Presidential Polls Look Confusing Regarding Bernie, But Downright Bad Regarding Hillary & All Republicans.” Based on the net-favorability ratings of candidates in the first poll that had really meaningful results on that most important of all factors (which poll had just been published), and also based on the latest available reliable poll of Americans’ ideological preferences (which had been taken in 2011, but that’s okay because ideology changes only very slowly), I concluded that Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders was likely to surprise on the upside at the start of his contest, and that, “Sanders would probably be able to crush any Republican except perhaps Rand Paul, if he were to win the Democratic primaries.” He is already surprising on the upside (though pundits haven’t yet caught on that Hillary’s a dud), and so I am now predicting that Sanders will win, first, the Democratic nomination, and then the White House. But, first, to summarize:

The crucial net favorabilities were shown and documented in that May 12th article to be outright terrible for every candidate except Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, and Bernie Sanders; they were merely bad for Walker and Rubio; and they were probably marginally good for Sanders, but the latest poll hadn’t even included Sanders’s name, and so for him I extrapolated from ideologically the only candidate, who had been named, who was at all similar to Sanders ideologically, and this was Elizabeth Warren; and she had a slightly positive net favorability rating, which was by far the best of any of the named candidates (either male or female). Based on information that I’ve been provided access to, she will not be entering the contest, and Senator Sanders will be the only progressive candidate running in the Democratic primaries.

The 2011 ideological poll showed that of the five ideological orientations that were named, the one with the highest net-favorability — the ratio of “positive” to “negative” ratings — by the American public, was “Progressive,” at 67%/22%, or 3.05; and the second-highest was “Conservative,” at 62%/30%, or 2.07. Like Senator Warren, Senator Sanders is one of the U.S. Senate’s three leading (if not the Senate’s only three) progressives. He clearly represents the most-widely-shared ideology: progressivism. If he wins the Democratic nomination, then the nation will be in for its first clear ideological choice since 1932 in a two-major-Party contest between a progressive Democrat versus a conservative Republican. That time it was FDR versus Herbert Hoover. Of course, FDR won.

Hey if the NDP can get elected in Alberta...

NorthReport wrote:

Jeb Bush by catering to the nut bar GOP leadership race has just eliminated himself from contention for the presidency by supporting the global warming deniers WTF!!!

Um... waiting for [sarc] tag, not seeing it. Perhaps implied?

http://time.com/3842314/bernie-sanders-age-chart/#3842314/bernie-sanders-age-chart/

Bernie would be the oldest U.S president in history..

NorthReport wrote:

If they, read: Hillary, block him, he should run as an Indie

Democrats May Keep Bernie Sanders Off New York Primary Ballot

http://gothamist.com/2015/06/18/bernie_sanders_new_york.php

Hey, NorthReport... how about this:

NorthReport wrote:

oldv,

I expected to hear from the people who supported the right-wing Wynne Liberals in the Ontario election. So you are kinda confirming my hunch abourt Leadnow.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/19/bernie-sanders-profile-de...

Democrats still love  Obama , they will vote for Hillary

I read that Donald Trump is a close second to Jeb Bush in New Hampshire primaries.

That country is so fucked up that I can'' t help but hope that Trump wins the Republican nomination.It would spell the end of the US empire.

BAR: Both Major US Parties Are Plagues On Humanity  - by Glen Ford

http://blackagendareport.com/both_major_parties_plagues_on_humanity

"There has never been a dime's worth of difference between the Clintons (Bill and Hillary) and Barack Obama, and less than ten cents separates the worldviews of these Democratic political twins from the Bush wing of the Republican Party.

They all lie for a living and they live to lie..."

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/06/hillary-clinton-chides-israel-boycott-effort-in-letter-to-supporters/?&moduleDetail=section-news-3&action=click&contentCollection=Politics&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&configSection=article&isLoggedIn=false&pgtype=article

In a letter to prominent Jewish leaders, Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed her “alarm” over calls to boycott Israeli products to push Israel to improve its dealings with the Palestinians.

Mrs. Clinton has largely avoided discussion of foreign policy in her early months on the campaign trail. But in the July 2 letter, whose recipients included some of the biggest donors to her campaigns and a “super PAC” supporting her, the former secretary of state said the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment, or B.D.S., campaign against Israel was “the latest effort to single out Israel on the world stage.”

The letter was provided to news organizations by a public relations firm working for Haim Saban, a prominent Clinton donor who has been particularly outspoken in opposition to the divestment movement. A Clinton spokeswoman said the letter was also sent to other prominent pro-Israel leaders, many of them leaders of large Jewish nonprofit organizations.

Mrs. Clinton called for a bipartisan effort to “make countering B.D.S. a priority” and said she sought the recipients’ advice on “how we can work together — across party lines and with a diverse array of voices — to reverse this trend.”

Mr. Saban, the Hollywood mogul behind the Power Rangers fortune, who also owns a majority stake in Univision, has expressed concern about the current negotiations with Iran and other issues involving Israel. Mr. Saban, who has contributed at least $2 million to a “super PAC” backing Mrs. Clinton, also spoke at an anti-B.D.S. conference in Las Vegas in June hosted by Sheldon Adelson, a casino billionaire and leading Republican donor.

Nevertheless, at a campaign rally on Saturday in Hanover, N.H., Mrs. Clinton reiterated her support for President Obama’s framework for a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program — but she  called the country “the world’s chief sponsor of terrorism.”

Not the NYT: More on Israel and the Clinton campaign from the odious zio Pamela Geller

Hillary Clinton's Top Advisor Defends Claims that Israel is Nazi Germany and Israelis Must Leave Israel

http://pamelageller.com/2015/07/hillary-clinton-top-advisor-defends-clai...

"Are wealthy quisling Jews going to further undermine the Jewish state and its people and support this pro-'palestinian' radical? While Politico rants and raves that Hillary Clinton will be good for Israel, what's been overlooked is that her closest advisor, SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL, defends claims that Israel is Germany, and Israelis must leave Israel.

In her secret emails, Sid Blumenthal was essentially running the State Department from outside the government. In repeated 'confidential' emails, Sidney Blumenthal provides advice to Hillary on conflicts all over the world. Blumenthal repeatedly stands against Israel. In fact, he is also a fierce defender of his anti-Israel son, MAX BLUMENTHAL, who is an activist solely devoted to harming the Jewish people.

Sources in the know indicate that one of Hillary Clinton's other longtime advisors and associates is extremist New Israel Fund supporter Karen R Adler."

Weekend at Bernie's, except that he's the one dragging around the social corpse, ie: the 'progressive' wing of the Democratic party.

bekayne wrote:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/14/1402268/-Trump-campaign-posts-a...

Trump campaign posts a tweet depicting soldiers in Nazi uniforms. Who gets fired for this?

 Fired? I fully expect that asshole go up in the polls, he's already first.

The Donald Trump Insult Generator:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/donald-trump-insult-generato...

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/01/mike-huckabee-end-abortio...

At a succession of campaign stops this week, the former Arkansas governor said he would violate a landmark supreme court ruling to accomplish his goal of ending abortion.

“I will not pretend there is nothing we can do to stop this,” Huckabee said at one stop in Iowa.

The Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi pressed Huckabee at the next campaign stop, asking if he would use the national guard or the FBI to stop abortions. Huckabee responded: “We’ll see, if I get to be president.”

 

Trump's Triumph: Billionaire Blowhard Exposes Fake Political System  -  by Mike Whitney

thanks for this...priceless, but it ought to go in a Canadian election thread!