Your 2016 Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

manic nordic model dream socailist

lol

dunno how Sanders is gonna stand up to the charismatic dynamo that is Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Chafee definitely has a better name

idk it kind of... chafes

whoa, hastert thing gets worse and worse

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/us/politics/hastert-indictment.html

J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, was paying a man to not say publicly that Mr. Hastert had sexually abused him decades ago, according to two people briefed on the evidence uncovered in an F.B.I. investigation into the payments.

wrong thread

of course, for all we know, it could be a simple act of extortion, but if so hastert handled it in the skeeviest way possible.

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oh oops

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/604384185336246272

workin the tuff grandma angle

George Pataki sure must be pissed that Hastert rained on his parade today

I'm constantly amazed at the kind of memory people have for this kind of weird shit:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/243418-dennis-hastert's-weird-2014-CSPAN-call

I wouldn't have thought twice about that call; and it might wind up being unrelated; but that it even stuck in someone's head long enough for cspan to have created a page for it and for people to bring it up now is ... i don't know how much time people have to obsess on this kind of ephemera.

also that caller sounds kind of young to have been abused by Hastert in the 60's but maybe he's turned into some kind of man-child, like a Chuck and Buck thing.

Denny and Benny

I'll stop now.

still the rong thread

also does the extortionist get to keep the money in this case? i mean, obv they know who it was and that person hasn't been indicted.

all is president

George Pataki sure must be pissed that Hastert rained on his parade today

I'm not sure who's more of a hopeless vacuum - Pataki or Chafee

workin the tuff grandma angle

― j., Friday, May 29, 2015 4:45 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

smart

also that caller sounds kind of young to have been abused by Hastert in the 60's

― akm, Friday, May 29, 2015 4:52 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the implication is that it was an open secret

that what was an open secret? the abuse? the phone call? if it's an open secret then why pay hush money if people already know about it?

your paying hush money to the person who can testify against you, a rumor in yr old town isnt enough to get you in touble

i mean if this was a serial abuse situation i guarantee u the word got out or at least kids were suspicious

there was a drivers ed teacher from my school who ended up going to prison after teaching for 25 years and every single girl at school was like that guy is creepy and up to no good

it's sad that i didn't even think to wonder how a congressman ended up with 3.5 million to expend

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign.html?_r=0

O'Malley is officially in. Announcement speech seems a little rough around the edges, but he's got time I guess. Love how CNN is playing up his low poll numbers versus Clinton - - - uh oh, trouble ahead!!! - - he literally just announced his campaign! Like, minutes ago!

I'd be surprised if he's even doubled the number of people who know him vs. this time last year. He's got a long road.

omalleymentum is in full swing!

O'Mentum, surely

whoa lets not get carried away here

O'mallaria

I wonder if Carcetti has better name recognition at this point

what do you folks think of o'malley? is he a serious person? (i don't mean a serious candidate.)

Grahamtastic!

is America ready for a gay vice president?

It's the worst kept secret in the Carolinas, so I'm giving it about two weeks before the floodgates open.

Graham quote from that article:

“If I’m president of the United States and you’re thinking about joining Al Qaeda or ISIL, I’m not going to call a judge,” he said. “I’m going to call a drone, and we will kill you.”

That says all that needs to be said about Mr. Graham. That is Dubya-level stupidity.

huh, thoughtcrime, cool. guess that's what the domestic wiretaps are for. keep your eyes on the skies, folks.

that is fantastic

Yes sending drones over to kill people, surely that will more folks over to our side.

“If I’m president of the United States and you’re thinking about joining Al Qaeda or ISIL, I’m not going to call a judge,” he said. “I’m going to call a drone, and we will kill you.”

http://i.imgur.com/rkVYipe.jpg

i'm sure everyone will be cool with this strategy

http://i15.tinypic.com/53ucxtl.gif

JE unable to wash loser-stink off of himself

btw the Dems are looking for "their" Koch Bros (can u spare $100 M?)

In planning sessions and one-on-one meetings with donors, Mr. Ickes, who is a Priorities USA board member, and other Clinton supporters are discussing how to raise as much as $300 million for Democratic outside groups. That is almost twice as much as Democratic super PACs and other outside groups spent to help re-elect President Obama in 2012, when conservative super PACs far outspent liberal ones.

This ambitious goal will require the emergence of a new class of at least 20 Democratic donors who can give $5 million or even $10 million each. Mr. Ickes said recruiting them would not be easy.

“Our side isn’t used to being asked for that kind of money,” Mr. Ickes said. “If you asked them to put up $100 million for a hospital wing, they’d be the first in line.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/us/politics/democrats-seek-a-richer-roster-to-match-gop-in-2016-election.html

what do you folks think of o'malley? is he a serious person? (i don't mean a serious candidate.)

― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Sunday, May 31, 2015 12:43 AM (Yesterday)

i read a longish interview with him at salon a while back and he came off as decent and thoughtful, but tbh not terribly inspiring.

omg at that lindsey graham quote. sometimes these guys' right-wing ids surface in all their homicidal splendor.

i dont understand why he even needs to send a drone cant we have drones that just automatically read yr thoughts then kill u