Your 2016 Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

really really wish i liked hillary more

a lot of my issues aren’t from left or right

but like clinton foundation; email thing; etc :/

well, all politicians are slime i guess

& oughtn't let perfect be enemy of the good (but)

not all politicians are slime

but i agree w/ last statement, although to rephrase "don't let the good be the enemy of the mediocre"

"don't let the good be the enemy of the mediocre"

yes i think this is more accurate

Robert Costa ‏@costareports 1m1 minute ago
Why did Bush tap Diaz? Friends say they grew chummy on road, both intense night owls and non-stop e-mailers

e-mailing!

worst slash fiction ever

not all politicians are slime

Yeah, sorry, gonna need names.

there's Pat Carver of Rexburg, Idaho, recently elected to the city council. she hasn't started her term yet but people say that she appears to have her heart in the right place, she's a good listener, has a few interesting ideas regarding municipal infrastructure that she would like to bring up early in her -- oh wait, this just in she's been served charges for embezzlement and aggravated assault. so yeah they're all slime

this guy represents my district and i like him a lot

Pelosi's as good as they come imo. Feingold, Mikulski, hell Sanders too - I'll stan for them.

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wow cant believe u guys like politicians those clowns down in dc what clowns

'politicians suck': probably the lowest level of political engagement possible

just a buncha clowns dont know what the heck theyre doin down there fn clowns unbelievable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3W1BiUjp0

The headline on bloomberg right now is "Walker: I like Marco Rubio a lot"

Then they showed a clip of walker saying that, and he speculated about the possibility of a walker/Rubio ticket, saying they'd have to arm wrestle to determine who would be on the top of the ticket.

So there you go, it's settled on the GOP side.

it's odd how Walker's currently in front of a bunch of polls, and yet I see almost zero news pieces on him

you should move to wisconsin, you'll have more than your fill

I read a Walker horror story every day, most recently regarding Wisconsin university system. But Scarbra and "Mika" don't consider it news.

feel free to post some - if it's not on WaPo/NYT/SF Chronicle I generally don't see it

This one is delicious.

The Koch brothers signaled furiously that Walker is their preferred guy, but they aren't loading him up with cash this early. Too much chance of Walker failing and their possibly alienating the affections of whoever succeeds.

so what would potentially sink Walker - corruption charges?

Voters getting to know him

A speaking style that increasingly grates the more you hear it.

Voters getting to know him

idk he seems to be doing okay in the state he governs

aka The Cheesehead State

Mark Kirk said Lindsay graham is "a bro with no ho"

I have no idea how that happened, I'm getting all my news from a scrolling text bar on bloomberg tv in a waiting room

just a no ho bro, no homo

I mean

Sen. Mark Kirk regrets calling Lindsey Graham a 'bro with no ho'

lol

I don't even know what to do with myself here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEie7fPWhVI

mark kirk is also widely assumed to be gay FWIW

the no ho bro should be cut like an afro

http://starrizzo.tripod.com/Graphics/bbd1.gif

b-b-Boys II Men ABC DNC

idk he seems to be doing okay in the state he governs

He beat two weak opponents and won a recall election in a context where many people felt a recall was inappropriate. His current polling here (OK, as of 2 months ago but it's the latest I've got) is 41% approve, 56% disapprove, and he gets crushed head-to-head against HRC (again, I agree, too early to really ask this, but those are the numbers we have.) I don't think anybody here thinks he would still be governor if Feingold had been willing to run, but Feingold doesn't want to be governor, he wants to be a Senator again, which he will be in two years' time.

https://law.marquette.edu/poll/2015/04/16/marquette-law-school-poll-finds-walker-job-approval-down/

I posted in the other thread that he's about to start a fight over tenure.

Oh it's already started

Mr. Obama has rarely employed the kind of face-to-face lobbying and arm-twisting of lawmakers that previous presidents have found to be effective. But the fight for authority to negotiate new trade deals has been different, with Mr. Obama repeatedly urging lawmakers in both parties to support him.

lol imagine if he had this much get-up-and-go during the rest of his administration

oops wrong thread

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/06/12/iowa-straw-poll/71116276/

The Iowa Straw Poll is no more. lol

http://i.imgur.com/IUt2kkE.jpg

right on cue:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/magazine/scott-walker-and-the-fate-of-the-union.html?_r=0

lol these clowns:

Walker credits Act 10 in part for the decline in Wisconsin’s unemployment rate since he took office in 2011 and has said he considers right-to-work “one more arrow in that quiver” for the creation of jobs. But since 2011, the state has fallen to 40th out of the 50 states in job growth and 42nd in wage growth, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data conducted by The Capital Times of Wisconsin. Act 10, officially called the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, was supposed to fix persistent budget shortfalls by lowering labor costs and eliminating union rules. But Wisconsin’s two-year projected budget deficit has actually increased; in May, the Legislature approved a $250 million cut to the state’s prized university system to help close the gap. Wisconsin is now among the top 10 states people move out of.

the no ho bro brouhaha continues:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/sen-lindsey-graham-responds-bro-184629920.html

the walker/GOP strategy is to do things that will raise the deficit, then cut spending on social programs, education, etc. and claim their hands were forced b/c deficits!

which is working oh so well in Kansas

HilRod having her big rally today on ROOSEVELT Island when her Hubba destroyed the last vestiges of the New Deal -- well, doesn't the symmetrical beauty of it make you want to cry?