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The 2020 GOP candidate isn't around yet. All of those names don't stand a chance. The theory that the GOP will magically go back to establishment politics is wishful thinking. If the HRC economy makes the Obama economy look dynamic, that GOP candidate will be from business again, not politics. If HRC gets the United States into foreign affairs that make the Bush administration look competent, it'll be a person with military or foreign affairs experience. I think both Trump and Clinton are one term presidents. I don't think either of them will opt to run for a second term.

There is very little chance HRC is healthy enough or avoids impeachment long enough for a second term. Democrats are thinking they are voting for this super healthy, super energetic, super principled Madam Secretary and Josiah Bartlett mix which I find hilariously naive. The Democrats won't rue the day the first elected female was a Democrat. They will rue that they chose that person.

What about the status quo is "good" in your opinion? What about the last 16 years has been great? Clinton is the hybrid of Bush and Obama. She has Bush's desire for war and intervention and Obama's desire for liberal social engineering. IMO, a Clinton presidency *is* the full blown tank you speak of. I'm no fan of Trump on a personal level but I'm voting for him because the establishment status quo by both sides is the living nightmare for a lot of people, regardless of race and income.

He's not the same guy he was. Skinnier, less muscle, new coach, crappier team, all the drama and to boot, hasnt played meaningful football in a while.

I think the Democrats are content to run out the clock and the last thing they'd do is provoke Trump into going after Bill. That's why I think you'll see the Clinton rhetoric about women go away as we close in on that third debate. She doesn't want the last debate to be spent defending the indefensible and have the optics of trying to laugh and quip her way out of topics like rape, affairs, etc. IMO, she looked terrible smiling all the time about Bill's past and her emails - as if the women in the front row were all liars. I agree too that Trump didn't want to really go after Bill either, partially out of the fact that both men had their kids there and that at some point, Trump and Clinton were friends. That's why I think the GOP sat on this tape and deployed it themselves. Aren't you surprised it didn't come out in the primaries?

Two thoughts I had watching the debate: The GOP did the tape to push Trump into going after Bill and her. I think judging by the first debate, he wasn't going to go there. Just needed a little push because they knew the Democrats couldn't resist walking into it. I bet you in this upcoming debate she will do her damnedest to stay positive and Bill won't be there for whatever reason they make up. She can't hang with Trump in a slugfest with Fox moderators.

Her attempts to laugh off everything are going to backfire. She may not take him seriously. However, you look at the faces of their little crowd there and there was no laughing, smirking.

She will have us in a hot war in Syria by the end of January 2017. "Russian aggression"

I remember impassioned debates on here about Tyler Wilson.

I think it's also the reason the Hilary Clinton brand is really not her at all anymore - it's various little armies of staffers with no primary leader. They don't communicate with each other and that's why you have an inordinate amount of sloppiness because Abedin controls X, Mills controls Y, DNC controls Z and Bill doing whatever the hell he wants - with all having a central interest in "Hilary Clinton: The Idea".

With Reagan? Alzheimer's. With Clinton, I'm of the opinion she and he (Bill) both have progressing Parkinson's Disease. He's better because he's largely off the campaign trail and get treated for it as he should. She's not so lucky. She has all the tells that my grandfather had as he battled the disease for 20 years. ALL of them. Her days of seclusion before debates fits with the treatment protocols for the disease - namely slow drip infusions, rest and a few days for the medications to work because you don't see the effects immediately. The infusions make anyone suffering from Parkinson's look like a million bucks for a little while and calms down they haywire motor control functions. Her race for President is a personal race against time. The last ditch effort to accomplish what she's always wanted.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3826369/Creepy-clown-gets-beat-baseball-bat-tries-scare-group-friends-hanging-car.html Somebody got the bat.

I have been (and remain) a supporter of offloading him this off-season.

If you take a look at the article B-Man posted about the scripted Steve Harvey show and also consider how her health is intensely managed, I think Hilary Clinton's worst nightmare is actually being President after inauguration. It's not like it gets easier once you grab the ring. I'm convinced that if she wins, Tim Kaine is really your next President of the United States. I give her a year, if that. She can't even keep up with a campaign. You're right that it wouldn't be the first time - I think America had a President with progressive Alzheimer's Disease with Reagan. It's why he looked out of touch and clearly something was off with him by the time Iran/Contra hit and you saw less and less of him as his second term wound down. You saw more of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford post presidency than you did him. The difference with Clinton is that her disease is already at an advanced state, requiring frequent treatment. It only gets worse as time marches on, regardless of the small army employed to combat it.

Infusions and rest. Days are spent making her look her best for exactly 90 minutes and not a minute longer.

Kaine as the Joker is spot on. Pence reminds me of the bad guy in Under Siege 2 or Race Bannon in Johnny Quest. These debates are terrible. There is zero decorum and the moderators are woefully out of their league. They should have game show hosts do them. Kind of serious about that. They are used to managing contestants.

The whole "THERE ARE PLAYERS KNEELING and I CAN'T WATCH IT" argument is weak. I see people who attend actual sporting events who are too lazy to 1) stand or 2) take their hats off.

Both men deserve credit for giving this debate an air of two guys on the front porch chatting after mowing their respective lawns.

He needs to stay on General Hospital and get an evil twin who's a better sports commentator.

Democrats are outraged by what Trump says. Democrats ignore what Hilary Clinton does. It's a great story for Scandal but in real life, you put Clinton in the White House and you're going to have a President who'll be impeached in the first term. If she's done all of this just to get in the White House, what do you think she's going to do once she's in there?

How about mandatory body cameras + stop/interview/frisk + a training program developed by the FBI and state police in each state to improve approaches to the use of force, with mandatory accreditation requirements? I don't know what Chicago thinks is going to radically change without a dramatic new approach in the neighborhoods. TBH, and this might be an aside, I thought the police deployed taser technology to avoid having to draw their service weapons on people.

Pennywise and John Wayne Gacy, and to a lesser degree, Brian Dennehy's acting ability in playing John Wayne Gacy. You watch either miniseries and you're not going to like clowns either.

The third parties picked a poor year to have space cadets as their chosen candidates. She (Stein) is really no more firmly grounded on the planet than he is. Both parties (Green and Libertarian) could have probably done some damage with legitimate candidates.

I'm amazed the Libertarian party couldn't find someone better. He comes across even more goofy if you just listen to him on the radio. I was listening live, flipping through the news channels, when he had the Aleppo moment. That's like Ross Perot not knowing who the Kurds were in 1992. Thinking about it - Ross Perot, as a third party candidate, capturing 19% of the vote in 1992, is akin to the Bills going to four straight Super Bowls. Probably won't be eclipsed.

If Tony Romo was my friend, I wouldn't let him pick up a heavy box, not to mention play professional football. Back problems are no joke. Back surgery is like frame work on a car. You're never the same.