Senate The US Politics discussion

they'll rise if this QE tapering keeps up, they'll rise if they reverse course and go into QE hyperdrive, eventually. it is a matter of time.

 

But, again, QE is only being unwound insofar as the economy is continuing to recover. This scenario would thus avoid a default.

On the other hand, if "QE hyperdrive" was suddenly necessitated, that would bespeak some sort of economic shock that would probably be crippling to the US anyway. I really don't see where you are going with this.

 

Sarah Palin: I told you so
Great, another monumentally insignificant non-story to infuse the GOP with righteous indignation and fuel their victimization narrative. Just what we needed.

 

Chris Christie, first his freeway shutdown, and now dumb comments like this

Reid has escalated his tirade against the billionaire Koch brothers, who donate heavily to Republican causes, recently calling them "un-American" and accusing Senate Republicans of being "addicted to Koch."

"Harry Reid should get back to work and stop picking on great Americans," he added.--Chris Christie

 

Eh.

Top 2 are Paul and Cruz.
Rubio is way down.
Christie and Walker did slightly, slightly better but still really low.

But we know how reliable polls showing a Paul as the winner are.


Paul 31%
Cruz 11%
Carson 9%
Christie 8%
Walker 7%
Santorum 7%
Rubio 6%
Ryan 3%
Perry 3%
Jindal 2%
Rice 2%
Huckabee 2%
Palin 2%

 

The fact that Republicans let Sarah Palin speak at their signature event and give such a vapid, juvenile speech as she did is simply mind-boggling to me.

(Yes, I suppose I am naive for being surprised, but it's just embarrassing)

 

Sarah Palin is a really terrible Tina Fey impersonator.

 

Lmao, the CPAC winner is a racist pro-business bigot. Well color me shocked.

 

oh my god he's pro-business?

 

Hmm, yes, kind of worded that wrong. Perhaps soemthinglike business over humanity, or in spite of humanity, or business should replace government, or some such more accurate statement.

 

Until the Republican Party begins to collectively offer solutions to the problems a majority of Americans face, the Democratic party has nothing to be concerned about when it comes to winning the presidency. For now, it's just a matter of going through the motions for 2016. We already know a Democrat will win, but we don't know the electoral margin (though we can probably come reasonably close to estimating it).

The GOP is going nowhere. It's like the Democratic Party in the 1980s-- able to win state elections and unable to compete nationally.

 

so who are you looking at as the person who will offer the best solutions to the problems a majority of americans face, knightwriter? crinton? biden? o'malley? cuomus? someone else?

 

How about a real senator from NY, Christen Gillibrand. She aint a carpet bagger and she is a good honest hearted person that cares about the people of including our military. Unlike the carpet bagger Clinton she would win the female vote and a good share of guys as well.

 

its stalin. stalin offers the best solutions to the problems a majority of americans face

 

who the **** is carson? carson daly? tucker carson? what idiot did they dredge up now?

 

Carson is the new Herman Cain / Ron Paul

 

death by gulag? you might be right, actually.

 

dekulakization, at the very least

 

also ben carson is closer to a herman cain than a ron paul. i don't know where this ron paul comparison comes from.

 

ooohhh that's right he's the black guy they like now

 

People insist on calling him a doctor (which he is, but the fan insistence is weird). Supporters weirdly insistent that he's going to win it all, and skewing the polls (though not as bad as Paul).

 

i mean, he was a neurosurgeon so...

...bad it hurts