tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post6793969688606792303..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: SO MUCH FOR THE GOP'S DEEP BENCHSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51748142667280550882015-07-13T22:41:05.073-04:002015-07-13T22:41:05.073-04:00Republicans have every other elected office sewn u...Republicans have every other elected office sewn up (for the most part) in this country right down to local school boards. For the presidency, they are slight underdogs at the moment. There is a lot of unearned complacency among Democrats about their competitiveness and governing viability that I just don't understand.petrillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889489779105405703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-55342938502654324342015-07-13T09:59:22.175-04:002015-07-13T09:59:22.175-04:00We'll see.We'll see.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-56259215147855447612015-07-13T09:40:32.135-04:002015-07-13T09:40:32.135-04:00I'm not saying the Republicans are on their la...I'm not saying the Republicans are on their last legs; I'm saying the Republicans <i>can't win a presidential election</i>. That's all. And frankly, given what they can do (or not do) in Congress, I'm not even sure why anybody wants to <i>be</i> president.Phil Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041604069121995890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-352156280841836862015-07-13T09:20:39.017-04:002015-07-13T09:20:39.017-04:00Did I say he was going to tell the truth on his fi...Did I say he was going to tell the truth on his financial disclosures? I said he'll file. His report will be dishonest, and he'll dare anyone to challenge him. Who's going to do that? The castrated, underfunded FEC?<br /><br />And who cares what Bill Maher's audience thinks of Ann Coulter? She hit #2 on the <i>Times</i> bestseller list with her latest book, which is an <i>ur</i>-text for Trump's pronouncements on immigration. And even if she is past her prime (her books used to spend weeks at #1), the right has plenty of blowhards warming up in the bullpen.<br /><br />Seriously, I don't know how you can act as if the GOP is on its last legs after the 2010 and 2014 midterms. We're one lousy Democratic get-out-the-vote effort away from turning the U.S. into Scott Walker's Wisconsin. Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-18125686724100089972015-07-13T09:13:25.448-04:002015-07-13T09:13:25.448-04:00>>He'll file, and do one of his "Ye...>>He'll file, and do one of his "Yeah? You want a piece of me, little man?" dominance challenges if it's questioned.<br /><br />I genuinely don't think so. Donald Trump has never told the truth about his money IN HIS LIFE. He's not gonna start now. I bet in his head, this campaign has already started to seem like a really bad idea...because it's costing him a LOT of money, in the present and in potential future earnings now drifting away because he's rendered himself toxic from a corporate PR standpoint. He's starting to stink.<br /><br />>>Jeb would probably like to run with Nikki Haley, but Bush-Walker is plausible. They might lose a close one, but the press hates Hillary and wants her to lose (think Gore in 2000), so Jeb really might win.<br /><br />Nope. The press hates Hillary, but she hates them even more, and she can run on that, because most people hate the press, too. Media-imposed narratives don't really matter anymore; if they did, journalists wouldn't be so sweaty and desperate. The New York Times, the Washington Post, Fox News and all the rest really need to stop looking at the present through the prism of the 1990s. A lot has changed. To pick just one stupid example, did you see that New York magazine article about how nobody cares about Ann Coulter anymore? The last time she was on Bill Maher's show, when he announced her name, the crowd went dead silent. No booing, no clapping, nothing. It was like the temperature in the room just dropped 10 degrees.Phil Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041604069121995890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58004233424962248072015-07-13T08:52:37.585-04:002015-07-13T08:52:37.585-04:00He'll file, and do one of his "Yeah? You ...He'll file, and do one of his "Yeah? You want a piece of me, little man?" dominance challenges if it's questioned.<br /><br />Jeb would probably like to run with Nikki Haley, but Bush-Walker is plausible. They might lose a close one, but the press hates Hillary and wants her to lose (think Gore in 2000), so Jeb really might win.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-2524654010398415342015-07-13T08:33:11.713-04:002015-07-13T08:33:11.713-04:00Trump is only in until the financial disclosure de...Trump is only in until the financial disclosure deadline, then he's gonna make excuses and back away. He'd whip his cock and balls out at the podium before he'd let the world know what he's worth in real dollars. So...it's gonna be Jeb, very possibly with Walker as his VP candidate, and he's/they're gonna lose. Badly.Phil Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041604069121995890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-67599782440286433642015-07-12T23:49:01.616-04:002015-07-12T23:49:01.616-04:00Walker is Nixon without the charm and good looks.Walker is Nixon without the charm and good looks.petrillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889489779105405703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-38694554225314554202015-07-12T21:09:55.984-04:002015-07-12T21:09:55.984-04:00Thanks -- I couldn't find those numbers. Inter...Thanks -- I couldn't find those numbers. Interesting that Walker's in 3rd until you throw independents into the mix. Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77001447107477540962015-07-12T20:56:10.124-04:002015-07-12T20:56:10.124-04:00Steve, have you looked at the actual numbers? For ...Steve, have you looked at the <a href="http://www.ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=14681" rel="nofollow">actual numbers</a>? For one thing, they're a bit different from the ones in the Reuters report, which seems very weird. <br /><br />But if you take into account the "credibility intervals" (what the poll has instead of error margins) and difference between self-described Republicans and Independents, it really doesn't look like that much of a deal. It mainly looks like Bush has a real problem, and Trump's numbers are purely about (a) his famousness and (b) Bush's weakness. I'm not disputing that most Republicans like Trump's open nativist spite. But Walker, who I imagine is still more or less unknown, is a pretty close third among Republicans and may even be ahead of Trump. If I were putting money on it I think I'd be putting it on Walker.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-66597563945037549032015-07-12T19:25:33.615-04:002015-07-12T19:25:33.615-04:00This means it's Jeb for sure. As the also-rans...This means it's Jeb for sure. As the also-rans drop out under the Donald's pressure, the Gerbil will pick most of their supporters.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192168958364910423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-63553023700410951472015-07-12T18:44:56.632-04:002015-07-12T18:44:56.632-04:00Who ever thought the GOP had a deep bench? I think...Who ever thought the GOP had a deep bench? I think most of us couldn't figure how they were going to come up with one viable candidate. Sure, they have a ton of them, but not one seems electable.Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983291640844939759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-21229596344338452602015-07-12T18:08:51.317-04:002015-07-12T18:08:51.317-04:00Trump bores quickly. I can see him losing it for r...Trump bores quickly. I can see him losing it for real at some point after about the millionth small town firehall dinner. One can only take so many plates of three-bean salad and cream of mushroom casserole before ripping the rubber face off and devouring something alive.<br /><br />Then, out of the resulting imbroglio, with cat-like stealth, Pataki will make his move.petrillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889489779105405703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-19282996735887956782015-07-12T18:02:26.537-04:002015-07-12T18:02:26.537-04:00In case unclear, the above was an attempt to expla...In case unclear, the above was an attempt to explain the GOP referring to their array of POTUSorial candidates as "deep" versus 'derp'.Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-19596013413165100882015-07-12T14:43:15.810-04:002015-07-12T14:43:15.810-04:00All a misunderstanding - Typo Tragedy, I call it: ...All a misunderstanding - Typo Tragedy, I call it: reach for R, miss, re-hit the next key; oops.<br /><br />In D.C. it happens so often, folks auto-correct. Sometimes the card MEANS "Moops".Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-52967006888254547852015-07-12T13:18:39.485-04:002015-07-12T13:18:39.485-04:00The GOP has a deep bench in the sense that they ha...The GOP has a deep bench in the sense that they have a lot of extra players on their Mentally Challenged And Psychotic Wiffle-ball League.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-59450428769527577142015-07-12T11:39:34.112-04:002015-07-12T11:39:34.112-04:00Meanwhile, John "Who?" Kasich is running...Meanwhile, John "Who?" Kasich is running "Gee golly I'm so wonderful for wonderful America!" TV ads on at least some of the cable networks that serve New England, most especially New Hampshire.Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.com