Simon Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 And...Vondy is now out of this discusson.READ. THE. RULES.Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Trump has (mathematically) clinched the nom. It's too bad; I was really looking forward to seeing a contested convention. Bernie and Hillary are polling 50-50 in California, which means Bernie is about 30 points short of what he'd need to catch up in pledged delegates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 I was looking forward to a contested convention as well but when no opponents stuck it out to the end there was really no way that was going to happen - even if it did people would think poorly of the 'quitters' who didn't fight to the last, like Sanders has done, and vote accordingly. (Pipe dreams of a 'real' candidate parachuting in through the convention skylight yelling 'Yo, Joe!' and rallying the entire convention behind them was never really an option). If it ended up a contested for the Democrats, somehow, I think Sanders would stand a chance because of that never say die attitude. I respect him a lot more now than I did at the start of the primaries and that's a large reason why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 The Sanders campaign is getting dangerously close to "The Establishment HATES This One Weird Trick That Will Win The Nomination" territory, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Well, according to this article, it was Sanders who initiated the idea of a Trump/Sanders debate. This has been a really weird election season. I think the only thing that would top what's already happened is if Trump chose Sanders for his running mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 And then we have the Libertarian Conference. NSFW warning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 NSF sanity, you mean. Could someone please pass the eyebleach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Well, according to this article, it was Sanders who initiated the idea of a Trump/Sanders debate. This has been a really weird election season. I think the only thing that would top what's already happened is if Trump chose Sanders for his running mate. I don't think I can deal with many more surprises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 I don't think I can deal with many more surprises. It looks like Trump backed out of that debate. So, one less spectacle. Still, it's been an odd election cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 It looks like Trump backed out of that debate. So, one less spectacle. Still, it's been an odd election cycle. Exactly. Too odd for my sanity at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Hermit, Tom, Pariah and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Now hearing from multiple sources that Trump's campaign is $41M in debt and the RNC isn't a whole lot better off financially. The cost of a national presidential general election campaign is conservatively estimated at $250M, and previous funders of Romney and Bush are sitting this one out. So the question then becomes--who is going to fund Trump's campaign, and what are they going to ask for in return? At any rate, since Trump was only loaning money to his campaign, it seems clear that he wasn't even self-funding the primary campaign, let alone the general. womble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 The Trump campaign organization is something, all right. Something that rhymes with "hit show". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 North Korea endorses Donald Trump but Stephen Hawking and Brad Thor don't. Aol reports that Thor got Glen Beck's radio show suspended for the next week for advocating a hypothetical that looked like an assassination attempt when Trump was in office. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Surely $250mill is chump change to a man as rich as the Trump. He can self-fund if he really wants to go the distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 ...and if he loses, there's always bankruptcy. massey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Trump is still rich because he risks other people's money in his ventures, not his own. Trencher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Surely $250mill is chump change to a man as rich as the Trump. He can self-fund if he really wants to go the distance. there is, iirc, a book arguing he is worth significantly less than one billion dollars, in reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Sounds like a Trump rally turned violent yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I just can't wait until the candidates are finalized, so we can see some statesmanlike discourse from two straight shooters cordially debating the merits of their cases. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I just can't wait until the candidates are finalized, so we can see some statesmanlike discourse from two straight shooters cordially debating the merits of their cases. You're the master of irony, PG. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 I just can't wait until the candidates are finalized, so we can see some statesmanlike discourse from two straight shooters cordially debating the merits of their cases. What have you been smoking, and send it to me, so I can get through this election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 there is, iirc, a book arguing he is worth significantly less than one billion dollars, in reality. Aye. And most of that tied up in assets, not cash. It's all part of the Trump persona, I guess; seems like a fertile source of ammunition for his opponents that hasn't, to my awareness, been deeply mined as yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Tomorrow is effectively the end of the primary season, with contests in 6 states. It's true that there is a primary in DC on the 14th, but it will have no real effect on the outcome. I expect that Sanders will concede no later than the 17th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Surely $250mill is chump change to a man as rich as the Trump. He can self-fund if he really wants to go the distance. Trump did not get that rich by paying his own money for his projects. Although actually even if he was as rich as he claimed to be, 250 million would be enough to seriously damage him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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