If, and this is a major IF Hillary wins the nomination, the Republicans will win the White House. There are too many people who loathe the Clintons and are willing to spend money to revel in their hatred of them to let her win. And we have almost a full year before the conventions still to go. I am still sticking to my guns that there is going to be someone come out of the ether in December and storm through the Democratic Primaries and take the nomination. But having one million people give $26 Million, and faster than Obama did, may bring me to rethink this line of thought. Silly Season, indeed!
Oh totally. I feel sorry for the Dem party leaders. They are stuck with either socialist Sanders or Clinton, who seems as scandal prone than her husband. Unless Sanders can take the nomination and strongly reform the party itself, we may be seeing the beginning of the end of the democratic party. It's had major changes in the past year, a strongly polarizing president, these candidates, and a public growing tired of partisan politics. I'm sure this isn't the first time it's looked this way, but maybe this will be it. lIt may be best for the Dems if they lose this election so they can focus on fixing their party. I've got the same hope you do about another candidate. This will be the first election I can vote in, and right now, I don't want to vote for anyone running. Well, I'm sort of partial to Chafee, but I seem to be alone in that. Very alone. And I wouldn't vote for him because such a weak candidate likely won't make a good executive. We keep using Obama as a benchmark though, and that was four years ago, in a climate better suited for a Democrat to win. I'm going to stick to my guns too and say it doesn't matter who the Dem nominee is, next president will be Republican. If you really want to get depressed about Silly Season, look into public opinion some. Not what it is a saying, but the issues with collecting it and understanding it. That stuff is utterly terrifying.
I live in a very red state (60% Romney). I've gone all the way around from depressed to frustrated to hopeful to "aw, fuck it."If you really want to get depressed about Silly Season, look into public opinion some. Not what it is a saying, but the issues with collecting it and understanding it. That stuff is utterly terrifying.
Right there with you, buddy. I start thinking of leaving the South every election, but that would be too much like conceding that the whole region belongs to those guys. Also people from the west coast look at me like they're wondering how many cycles there are in my family tree when they hear my accent.
I'd say spread a little history, but that might not be the safest thing in the world.