American Politics Thread 2013: I'm a cool Rodham grandma in the USA

He'd probably have one on him, that's for sure.

Yes, but I'm not gonna stay home and dream up a 1975 liberal candidate.

Meanwhile ...

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/obamas_last_minute_effort_for_buono_too_little_too_late_democrats_say.html

Obama did virtually nothing for Buono throughout the election season. In fact, Obama did more for Christie's reelection bid than he did for Buono's underdog candidacy.

"And hey, thanks for coming to Asbury Park in May," wrote Blue Jersey Editor Rosi Efthim. "So cool of you. But it was kind of icky that with all the time you spent buddied up with Gov. Christie, you passed right by Senator Buono, top of our ticket in the party you lead. Didn't single her out, talk to her, even throw a word of cheer."

In May, the president visited the state to check on the rebuilding effort after Superstorm Sandy. During the visit, the president cavorted with Christie, playing boardwalk games with him and calling the Republican "Chris."

In return, Christie won the president a stuffed animal.

But as Buono sunk in the polls, hit a wall in her fundraising efforts and battled her own party to the point of near civil war, Obama declined to spend any quality time with the Democratic nominee.

Yes, but I'm not gonna stay home and dream up a 1975 liberal candidate.

well, we have a Sandinista-loving mayor of the world's most important city

virginia governors are limited to one term only anyway.

wtf. is the governor so mighty that it would be unthinkable to invest such awesome power in the hands of one person for two terms?

It's not that they're limited to one term. It's just that they can't serve consecutive terms.

Also, the official way of addressing the governor of this commonwealth is by calling him "His Excellency".

yeah sorry they can't serve two consecutive terms though nobody's grover clevelanded it in decades. i don't know why, you'd think there'd be some successful popular governor that didn't run for a senate seat and just sat out a turn. we're probably past the age when you could just run yr wife as a proxy.

heh

it goes back to Jefferson's time.

heh

http://images.politico.com/global/news/111128_bill_hillary_clinton_reuters_328.jpg

god I can't bear Bubba's expression of faux pride for another four to eight years.

yeah don't get me wrong i'm glad a dem won (whatever the smallest degree of gladness imaginable is, the same way i was glad the red sox won the world series), i'm just saying if it came down to cuccinelli beating mcauliffe this year or beating warner next year (which i don't actually think is likely fwiw) i'll take the former. i don't live in virginia.

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Oh, I don't even live in the US, so what do I care, you know... But - and correct me if I'm wrong - wasn't Virginia one of the swing states that tried to pass new voting laws to make it go for Romney? And then, might'nt a democratic governor mean quite a lot for the next presidential election? I'm sincerely asking, I might have been mixing stuff up.

Virginia did pass new voting laws, but only after Obama won the 2nd time and they don't go into place till next year. Not sure new guv can do anything about them. As a Virginia resident I have to settle for this election result with Mcauliffe winning and I will take it. I don't think right-wing Cuccinelli can beat Mark Warner (who I also reluctantly have to settle for).

Ok, well, my bad then. Then virginia sucks, I guess...

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Joe-Biden-Dialed-The-Wrong-Guy-In-Congratulatory-4962418.php

url says it all really

Real Biden headlines vs Onion Biden headlines

Whew. Redeemed!

National Review's Robert Costa will join the Washington Post in January as a national political reporter, according to a memo.

and breitbart hires rand paul

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/country-music-stars-mock-obamacare-at-awards-show-video

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We've come a long way from when Country music was the music of the working poor and not siren call to their own self destruction. Then again the only country song I've ever heard that I thought was worth a damn was 'Hurt' which is really a Nine Inch Nails song so doesn't really count.

smh

Oh come on. They're making fun of the website not working which I think everyone agrees is a giant clusterfuck right now. Paisley is big time Obama supporter and Underwood at least supports gay marriage, if nothing else.

You could mention the context of how last night's crowd weren't exactly supporters of the president anyway, but that one cutsey exchange isn't worth getting too upset about.

I mad that someone stole my morning show parody "Obamacare by Morning" more than anything.

smh @ Maxie, I mean. the Obamacare jokes were tame.

pplains otm

soto otm re: pplains

hopefully costa will be able to maintain the access he has.

yeah that was my first thought -- i wonder if the rest of the right commentariat will turn on him

erickson and some of the breitbart maggots have thrown out 'rino' accusations in the past

Even Charles Pierce can be a moron.

fuck rednecks

I have.

If the jokes were funny I would have less of a problen with those hicks

Has anyone, erm, weighed in on Time's Christie cover?

http://media.northjersey.com/images/110713time_dngnk.jpg

Time doesn't exist

Christie is a dream candidate for Democrats

who's more electable than Christie? Jeb?

My tia Blanca.

man what would copy editors do if Christie went full Huckleberry and dropped the weight

http://on.realself.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/youngchris-christie.jpg

"The Frontrunner"

Frontwaddler

ah more thread substance

I could complain about Terry MacAulliffe some if that makes you feel better. I've always hated that guy.

and he's confusingly not fat.

Gods of Food

Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) tweeted at 4:21 PM on Thu, Nov 07, 2013:
Spoke w/ top Christie ally just now, more to come soon @NRO. Says Christie planning trips to early prim states, preparing for '16 run

Well, I knew that was going to happen and I have ZERO political connections. I could do Costa's job.

prim states...

quim states amirite

really don't see how Christie makes it through the GOP primaries

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-46294