I've had people say it's a hardening, actually ~ US presidential election 2016 part 9/11 never forget

ah i get early '70s boybands confused

many xps but damn loving the saltiness of Colbert in that video

that's the first time I've seen him look genuinely upset

If Trump paying off his legal bills with Charity money doesn't pop off as a story we are truly fucked

― flopson, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:04 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it hasn't and it won't

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:05 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I dunno, this seems blatantly illegal, so I hope you're wrong about this.

that's the first time I've seen him look genuinely upset

this was my reaction too, his facade seems to crack a bit

if it kept production costs low (mostly talking heads sitting behind desks or in armchairs) then a trump cable channel could probably make a profit just fine

― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:56 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wonder how much of the programming will be stuff like this, how much will be block reruns of The Apprentice, and how much will be The NEW Apprentice starring Ivanka or Scott Baio or somebody?

Nobody cares about proven activity, that's not what excites people. Only conspiracies and hidden things to be uncovered slowly.

xxp

Is self-dealing a felony? I don't see how this is different from straight-up theft. That isn't his money.

I really can't think of any other candidate this sort of revelation wouldn't immediately sink

a big majority of those people are going to drift away

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-florida-poll/

man the polls have been all over the place this election

wtf @ that CNN poll

could've sworn I was just looking at some other poll earlier today showing Trump ahead by a similar margin

can't wait for this debate and simultaneously don't know if i'll be able to stand watching it

Hillary down to 57% in 538's polls-plus model, despite some good polling for her today (????)

yeah i'm going to a yankee game that night just as a distraction, I don't even like the yankees. xp

538 is so shook

srsly, i cannot take witnessing the pollmania y'all are torturing yourself with, you're gonna end up like that reporter in Shock Corridor or Herbert Lom in the Clouseau movies.

i'd rather have my huevos waxed than watch those 'debates'

y'know, I think I agree with you on that last point Morbz

she's up the last few days at nyt and predictwise so who knows who to believe at this point

but 538 has her 85% to win NJ which sounds waaaaaaaay off to me

It's good polling compared to recent polls, but it was still lower than the last ones from same polling companies. It further proves that the race is tightening, though it also seems the tightening is plateauing. We'll see if the plateauing might be reversing soon.

the race is tightening
the tightening is plateauing
the plateauing might be reversing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cJmpwkUx4s

the only thing that should be on huevos is a dash of pepper and a dot of Tabasco

here's a bunch of dumb data visualizations http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

Have the debate dates/moderators/formats even been finalized or announced yet?

http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-presidential-debate-schedule/

Trump's never been in this situation, I imagine his rambling is going to attain new levels

The town meeting participants will be uncommitted voters selected by the Gallup Organization.

the worst part of every election is that we have to pretend these dumb people are important

god that was mean-spirited sorry

with no crowd participation he's just going to look like a fat deer in headlights xxp

yeah and it's one-on-one, he can't just zone out for the boring parts

xp yea i agree the audience silence won't be good, the republican primary debates had cheering audiences that worked in his favor

i don't necessarily think clinton will "wipe the floor" w/ him and im sure he will get in a bunch of zingers that will be replayed endlessly but the format isn't great for him and yea like outic said trump has never been in a one-on-one debate

the race is tightening
the tightening is plateauing
the plateauing might be reversing
Rochelle, Rochelle!

the race is tightening
the tightening is plateauing
the plateauing might be reversing
ATTICA, ATTICA, ATTICA, ATTICA

the race is tightening
the tightening is plateauing
the plateauing might be reversing
free Sacco and Vanzetti!

the race is tightening
the tightening is plateauing
the plateauing might be reversing
AMANDA

i'm looking forward to pence being asked to defend trump for 90 minutes.

me too! i was gonna post that.

:D xxp

contrast of a happy & friendly kaine vs pence defending trump will be great

the race is tightening
the tightening is plateauing
the plateauing might be reversing
and god is empty just like me.

I think Pence/Kaine will be even more boring than most VP debates. Clinton/Trump, I have no idea what to expect, but I think the first one will produce one or two of those moments that get replayed for years.

Hopefully it won't be something like, "I know Ted Cruz, Mr. Trump. I've worked with Ted Cruz--Ted Cruz is a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Ted Cruz."

"Ted Cruz speaks in complete sentences"

i'm just hoping the moderators have been scared enough by the Lauer situation that they don't softball him

Oh god that's the most encouraging thing to come from Lauer blowing it. I hope it motivates them as well.

I think it will. Press is hypersensitive to the kind of criticism Lauer got, so the questioners should go hard on Trump.