Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

Baron Scicluna · Mar 5, 2016

LongTimeListener said: ↑

Theoretically, you could win an election with the asshole vote.
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YankeeFan · Mar 5, 2016

LongTimeListener said: ↑

But that's without this new info. Now they know (or should know) he's by far the weakest.
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They don't care. They hate Ted Cruz.

They'd rather lose.

Mr. Sunshine · Mar 5, 2016

BDC99 said: ↑

She is knowledgeable on every issue of any consequence. And to pretend otherwise is completely disingenuous. Now, whether you agree with her stance on any of those issues is another matter entirely.
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How would you sum up her philosophy?

BDC99 · Mar 5, 2016

Mr. Sunshine said: ↑

How would you sum up her philosophy?
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Ummm, let's see ... mostly liberal? I'm not sure what you're getting at here. She's run for president twice before, served in the Senate and as Secretary of State and first lady, among other things, so to say that she isn't knowledgeable is fucking ridiculous. Whether you think she accomplished anything in those roles is irrelevant. Go to her website or watch the fucking debates to see how she explains her ideas. Because you don't agree with them doesn't mean they don't exist.

BTExpress · Mar 5, 2016

Absolutely. One thing this cycle has taught us is that there are way more assholes in America than most of us thought.
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In my case, it just affirms something I always suspected but didn't really want to believe.

The absolute fascination we have with weapons and blowing shit up --- "We'll put a boot in your ass; it's the American way'' --- has been troubling for some time.

heyabbott · Mar 5, 2016

Dick Whitman · Mar 5, 2016

YankeeFan said: ↑

They don't care. They hate Ted Cruz.

They'd rather lose.
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It's insane.

Songbird · Mar 5, 2016

YankeeFan · Mar 5, 2016

Dick Whitman said: ↑

It's insane.
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Trump wins open contests.

Cruz wins closed ones.

Does anyone still want to argue that Trump has co-opted the Republican party, or that a large percentage of his supporters are not independents and Democrats?

Dick Whitman · Mar 5, 2016

YankeeFan said: ↑

Trump wins open contests.

Cruz wins closed ones.

Does anyone still want to argue that Trump has co-opted the Republican party, or that a large percentage of his supporters are not independents and Democrats?
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I certainly haven't argued that.

amraeder · Mar 5, 2016

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The spin from Rubio supporters explaining this should be fun.

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from fivethirtyeight (still not good for Rubio, but related):

I’m seeing a lot of people get excited about an American Research Grouppoll that shows Kasich (!) pulling ahead of Trump in Michigan, 33 percent to 31 percent. It’s a newsy result, but here’s why you should be a little skeptical.

First, American Research Group is not a highly-rated pollster. In fact, they rank toward the bottom of our pollster ratings. Much to their credit, they’ll sometimes post results that are way different from the pack, so you can’taccuse them of herding. But their results are interesting more often than they’re accurate.

Second, ARG has (for whatever reason) a large, pro-Kasich “house effect.” On average, their polls have been about 6 percentage points more favorable to Kasich than other polls conducted of the same states at about the same time.

Third, there are a lot of other recent polls of Michigan and they don’t show anything like that result. True, not quite as recent as ARG’s poll, which was conducted yesterday and today. But pretty recent nonetheless.

Our polling average in Michigan, which adjusts for house effects, accounts for pollster quality and tries to balance recency against other factors, has Kasich at 19.4 percent in Michigan. That’s good for second place, but it’s still well behind Trump’s 35.9 percent.

Of course, it’s definitely possible that Trump’s numbers are declining based on the debate and other events of recent days. That would give Kasich, Cruz and Rubio a better chance to pick up wins down the road. But the better indication of that is the poor results Trump has gotten so far tonight, and not an ARG poll.
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YankeeFan · Mar 5, 2016

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from fivethirtyeight (still not good for Rubio, but related):
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Rubio's standing in the poll is more interesting to me than Kasich's

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