Your 2016 Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

It's still HILLARY!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-2016-hillary-clinton-has-commanding-lead-over-democrats-gop-race-wide-open/

rising w/ core Republicans

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/far_right_learning_to_love_christie/

i'm kinda excited to vote for hillary

christie's gonna crush the gop field. he's a formidable hrc opponent, too.

that's p much like getting excited about the last Elders of Krypton election

more like getting excited about the most recent elders of zion election

how can you be excited to vote for Hillary?

http://media.tumblr.com/042655ca89c6fb997aebd8e4add3f557/tumblr_inline_mmtk6fBpMd1qz4rgp.jpg

Mordy in regal white coif presents Palin, Christie and Jeb Bush to The Clinton Foundation

obv it will be HISTORY to have a female sockpuppet presiding over endtimes

Dennis Perrin and his jokes.

http://i43.tinypic.com/16hosok.gif

if you meet me in DC i think i can get hold of Dennis, alfred

how can you be excited to vote for Hillary?

I like her personally, I'm excited to vote for a woman for POTUS, I think she'll hew closely to my beliefs about foreign affairs, she's kinda an ass-kicker which I appreciate, etc.

why do you think she is an "ass kicker"?

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/1/23/1358956313048/Hillary-Clinton-testifies-011.jpg

idk, she's just a badass. i like her. i'll enjoy voting for her.

seriously dreading this election

Any other candidates with airports named after them? Didn't think so.

every POTUS henceforth will hew closely to yr beliefs about foreign affairs, I read it in Revelations

not least because even though i'm usually a 'hold my nose and vote for the democrat' guy i don't know that i can bring myself to vote for anyone who voted for the iraq war

so you say but obama has been a bit of a disappointment in that area xp

i'm voting whoever cranks up Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. I'm guessing Line N.

also ya know i like voting for a winner

I am not excited about this election.

I'm bored by this thread.

http://youcouldfeelthesky.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/farside-wendell-im-not-content.jpg

it will be interesting to see what kind of policy angles she'll emphasize en route to election, she's got no particular causes or goals that are near and dear to her (afaict). given her history there's little to indicate that she'd go for soak-the-rich populism or addressing climate change, and healthcare's now pretty much off the table, so what does that leave for a legislative agenda? more MOR proto-rightwing shit, I imagine.

http://jennifermeaton.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/yay__its_my_turn.png

finally, an Iron Lady of our own

Sully vs his readers.

generally loathe Sully, but he's right on this point

We've had dozens of mediocrities or just passably competent presidents and only a very few great ones. Presidents rarely leave office as popular as when they entered it. I don't see any reason why HRC would not fit comfortably into this long tradition. I'm willing to bet she'd outshine Gerald Ford, Warren Harding and Franklin Pierce.

i doubt it

we had a couple worse presidents than Warren Harding, like the one who succeeded him.

remember the common 2008 theory that the dangerous flipside to the overwhelming youth support of Obama was that when, inevitably, he ended up disappointing people it might alienate young people from politics?

did anyone ever follow up on that with research on voter enthusiasm (with a focus on young voters with high enthusiasm for obama back then vs. their political involvement now, for example)?

all i have is anecdotal evidence because in the runup to the 2008 election i was in a public policy program with lots of politics nerds, and then immediately moved to DC. i don't really have a good feel for how the average young voter in 2008 feels now.

harding granted amnesty to radicals who had been persecuted during the red scare, signed the first child care legislation ever passed by congress, and tried to pass an anti-lynching bill. he's way overdue for reassessment.

except Aimless, none of those guys moved us closer to extinction through inaction. She would.

(so will anyone else who can be elected)

The historical bias against Grant is due to almost a hundred years' worth of historians dismissing Reconstruction (i.e. he was the only president of the era who really believed it and sent troops to the South when necessary)

Gerald Ford, Warren Harding and Franklin Pierce

these dudes were not facing species-extinction-event level scenarios

depends on how you classify The War Between the States.

Gerald Ford had the codes to WWIII to use at his disposal.

The part where Christie is declared Toast

generally loathe Sully, but he's right on this point

― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, February 5, 2014

he's sorta right, but it's a bit unfair. also, she'll make a fantastic candidate, especially if she's savvy enough to pivot left on select issues. of course, she'll become just one more casualty of the coming christie dynasty.

I am not excited about this election.

― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, February 5, 2014

I'm bored by this thread.

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, February 5, 2014

what? CHRIS CHRISTIE will soon by president of the united states of america. this isn't exciting?

i don't get it. i don't get it. would you please explain.

pivot left on select issues

this isn't going to happen. nothing in her career suggests it will.

hm. i dunno. she's pretty savvy, and she moves where the votes are.

anyway, CHRIS CHRISTIE will be president, so observe hrc's moves only in an academic sense.

also, she'll make a fantastic candidate

Would love to know why you feel this way.

(other than "she can raise money")

her electoral strategy is going to hinge on peeling away aging white male voters from the GOP, that's where the votes are. which way do you think they tend to lean.

xp

her candidacy is still seen as historic, she'll peel women and aging white male votes from the gop, she's 20x more savvy than everyone, save obama, who's run in the last two election cycles, she's got a great, cutting way in debates, she's deep into details on policy. by no means perfect, but a very good candidate.

i'm not a fan of her centerist leanings, but i prefer her over, say, a president christie.

chris christie is not going to be president for cryin' out loud

furniture

the # of people

well first of all, it sure is bright outside on that incredible night.

talking about ISIS when you do not have a professional sports team

cabinetry

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ruNJw24v--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1338816080334214179.jpg

guess this is just how u do it now

tuck in your stomach, buddy

that's the little walk/run you do when you're crossing the street but it changes to the "don't walk" sign halfway and there are a bunch of cars waiting for you

wope, wope, wope, wope, wope

or when the microwave timer is going off and you have company and you have considerable distance to cover

wope wope wope

"Talking ISIS with Folks in Iowa" my second favorite Billy Bragg album.

hahahaha

irl lol

that scott walker pose is the exact thing i do when i cut farts with gusto in my house

well first of all, it sure is bright outside on that incredible night.

dude it's summer

https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/620664029644750848

nice

hey he loves cutting stuff

http://theinfosphere.org/images/thumb/1/11/Roberto.jpg/240px-Roberto.jpg

this didn't come out as planned but whatever

http://38.media.tumblr.com/bac78626b4572fd2639bbcee69b3d06f/tumblr_nrign7u71v1qdmmiqo1_500.gif

Should we not have locked this thread by now?

a clown car full of millionaires: the 2016 presidential primary thread

It's hard to believe this Minion meme on a t-shirt loser got embarrassed by Trump at every step.

https://i.imgur.com/3WWFsq1.png