Some of us did the dirty work. Love us

[Laura PourMeADrink]

I watched Faux for hours.

Bottom Line...bookmark this

OUT
Rubio and Cruz are history...way too staccato...jittery...hateful. And Faux is praising Rubio - so obviously they had an emergency editorial meeting...

Kasich - the glimmer of sanity is out....nerdy to the zillionth power. Wish I was his consultant so I could tell him to say:...."We can not be the party of hate and injustice. I see the pain people live through every day, as Governor and we can mix conservatism with compassion" i.e. take that high road no one else does. But..he's too dumb or too sincere to get that.

Paul...way too intelligent and esoteric for this audience.

Borderline
Christie. Now what a fucking sad case this is. He could have won. But he is just so way too obsessed with 9-11 and ISIS and hardassness. Yikes, he makes Rudy seem like he came from Utah.

Still a chance
Bush. I hate even to say this because I hate this man and his family forever. But, after watching this shit for hours, he actually seemed to come out of it all with one iota (which is absolutely nothing) of a chance.

I have the feeling I missed someone - if I did, they must have been totally forgettable.

On edit: Geez...have missed tons of forgettable others. Oh well
On 2nd edit: Forgot Carson..guess his comatose-y rubbed off

[pinboy3niner]

1. You missed someone, eh?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. who P3N?

[KamaAina]

18. Carly?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Come on ! No one out there wants to talk Repuke? nt

[tazkcmo]

5. I repuked

a little in my mouth...

Does that count?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Yes. It counts. Not the ultimate in analysis. but better than nothing :)

[PoliticAverse]

4. There's a lot of money behind Bush, that gives him a staying-power many of the others lack. n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. True Dat...but surely the money-makers must be saying "ok, this

is your last chance Jeb." However, for once, I see how what they are thinking...that he can survive and be a "palatable alternative" to Mutt and Jeff is a wrong but "only option" strategy.

[PoliticAverse]

8. A top 3 finish in NH would be great for Bush. His goal would be to be the realistic alternative

to a Trump candidacy for a panicking establishment.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. But geez..don't they realize people will still not love him?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/01/28/new-poll-shows-four-way-battle-for-second-place-gop-primary/qFY8WliGzRzpssBmhXg9DK/story.html


Notably, former Florida governor Jeb Bush has moved into a four-way statistical tie for second place in the survey, along with Ohio Governor John Kasich, US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, and US Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Ok, say you were a member of the Republican establishment. You want things to continue

the way they are and you are scared of Trump because he's too much of a loose cannon.
Who do you support in the Republican primaries?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. I know Republicans up and down the food chain. The upper echelon

- actually shouldn't call them that - the one group, with money and power are not stupid. They will not just throw money away. Either this is just play money they are giving Jeb and they feel beholden for prior support - or the fix is in. *i.e. BushCo has the machine fraud software that they have in the vault and refused to use it to help Romney.

And, the other group....that's the problem. The rank-in-file Joe the Plumber love Trump or anyone who bucks establishment and speaks their truth.

Either way, we should be rejoicing. There is no way on earth the Republicans will win the White House. No freakin way.

[PoliticAverse]

16. "There is no way on earth the Republicans will win the White House."

Sadly there are many ways they might, and we've got a ways to go til November.

[OnyxCollie]

12. The Majority Report with Sam Seder covers the debate live.

It makes for a more tolerable experience.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Thanks OC. But like the raw insanity experience. LOL nt

[Voice for Peace]

14. Cruz?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Must be subliminal. He will be GONE after Iowa :) nt

[Hortensis]

17. Kaisich "nerdy"? Didn't betray even a glimmer

of his corporatist-neofascist leanings? No one asked about his decades-long heavy involvement with ALEC and the Kochs? Delved into his dark record as governor? I did not want to hear that.

[KamaAina]

19. So how many drinks did somebody pour you?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. What the hell does that mean?

[KamaAina]

21. Not even Will Pitt can get through a repuke debate without Jameson

so I was wondering how you managed, and making a play on your username.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Ok KA...you talked me off the ledge :) thought

you were saying my brilliant analysis was drunken...LOL

Yes, it is difficult, infuriating, and entertaining all at once.

Out of it all, just the general sense, you hear how unbelievably horrible Obama did, kill the Islamist terrorists, and keep the foreigners out.

I like to think that there's still a majority of people who are basically good and kind and that these three themes, that lack love, joy, and hope will keep them from voting Republican.