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The End of the 2016 Election Is Closer Than You Think
Politico ^ | July 12, 2015 | DOUG SOSNIK

Posted on 07/13/2015 9:03:05 AM PDT by Daffynition

2016 The End of the 2016 Election Is Closer Than You Think

The campaign might be lost even before the GOP picks a nominee.

By DOUG SOSNIK

July 12, 2015

The end of the 2016 presidential election is actually much closer than you might think.

In every game there are decisive moments that determine the ultimate outcome. We like to think that presidential elections are dramatic fall campaigns pitting party against party, but the truth is that the most decisive moments often occur long before the general election kicks off. If history is any guide, the outcome of next year’s presidential campaign will likely be determined before the Republican Party has even selected their nominee. That uncomfortable fact means that the longer and more divisive the Republican primary, the less likely the party will be to win back the White House in 2016.

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Drivel. Drip. Babble.

The radical left is scared. Writing drivel. Tripping over themselves.

1 posted on 07/13/2015 9:03:05 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
The End of the 2016 Election Is Closer Than You Think

Accuracy is welcome...

2 posted on 07/13/2015 9:04:31 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Daffynition

By his theory Obama and Clinton had no shot in 2008. They had the longest and most divisive primary I’ve seen in my lifetime. Vicious too. Bill Clintons race remarks in SC as an example.


3 posted on 07/13/2015 9:08:03 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Daffynition

The radical left is scared. Writing drivel. Tripping over themselves.
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Hopefully that’s all it is. But if Hillary wins and if the Latino vote is the difference we will be reading about it in the history books for the next 100 years.

Nevertheless, it is well past time that we put our cards on the table and, a la Trump, go for it. If this country wants to be ruled by two Marxist crooks in a row then it’s people will learn the hard way what a huge mistake they have made. But it will be too late to do anything about it.

My thoughts on a somewhat pessimistic Monday morning.
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4 posted on 07/13/2015 9:18:50 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Daffynition
The communist empire of King Obama, no Republican will have a chance. There will be one Party and it will have worked over the entire system that the majority of voters will keep the communists Democratic party in power. America will never recover without a civil war.
5 posted on 07/13/2015 9:21:26 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: Daffynition
The problem is that the Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and (maybe) Elizabeth Warren are up there in terms of age. Compare that against Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker--all way younger and potentially very attractive to younger voters.

And Hillary Clinton has yet to face the day-to-day grind of the election cycle that will start late this fall in the run-up to the Iowa Caucus in January 2016. Given her penchant for attracting scandal and the fact she's the complete opposite of her husband in dealing with the public, there's a real chance her campaign could be derailed very quickly.

6 posted on 07/13/2015 9:24:25 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Daffynition

It’s far worse than people realize. The Republican nominee will not ever win another presidential election again. The numbers are imposable to overcome. Fifty million foreigners (legal and illegal) have moved to the USA since 1990. That is one of every six people in this country (300 million total population divided by 50 million). The vast majority of these people are only here to make money or receive welfare. They have NO allegiance to America at all.

Also, Obama will soon be releasing over a million felons (including illegal alien convicts) from prison and give them the right to vote just in time for the 2016 election.

This new demographic will be responsible for collapsing the current system of government. It is all going to the Alinsky plan.


7 posted on 07/13/2015 9:25:10 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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I think Jebsito and Marco’s campaigns are already toast. I believe Trump won’t go the distance, he is doing God’s work right now but he has flaws. That means Cruz and walker are actually sitting in a lot better position than people think. I’m for Cruz, he has the intellectual firepower.


8 posted on 07/13/2015 9:28:39 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Daffynition

“This Koch brothers-backed effort is being built, funded and operated outside the national political party structure.”

Well, that pretty much explains what this writer is really all about...


9 posted on 07/13/2015 9:32:49 AM PDT by DemforBush (Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Obama can’t give felons the right to vote. Voting is up to the states.


10 posted on 07/13/2015 9:44:59 AM PDT by webstersII
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To: webstersII

Who’s going to stop him, the COWARDS of the GOPe ?


11 posted on 07/13/2015 9:47:42 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Daffynition
First, and foremost, the battle for the Republican nomination for president is really an existential fight about the future direction of the party rather than merely a race to collect a majority of delegates. At its core this is an ideological fight with the ascendant tea party-inspired populist and libertarian wing of the party poised to take over the GOP. This Koch brothers-backed effort is being built, funded and operated outside the national political party structure.

Moron Alert!

12 posted on 07/13/2015 10:02:58 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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“Obama can’t give felons the right to vote”

Yes he can, and he will, because no one has stopped him from doing anything he wants, no matter how treasonous or illegal or traitorous it is. He knows no one will stop him. He can’t be stopped in the courts, they are bought and paid for by the dems. It’s sickening but true.


13 posted on 07/13/2015 10:05:27 AM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: Daffynition

Nice try Doug but no ceegar. :-)


14 posted on 07/13/2015 10:19:50 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Nice try Doug but no ceegar. :-)


15 posted on 07/13/2015 10:19:51 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: InterceptPoint
If this country wants to be ruled by two Marxist crooks in a row then it’s people will learn the hard way what a huge mistake they have made. But it will be too late to do anything about it.

The second amendment solution will remain available.

16 posted on 07/13/2015 10:24:52 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Daffynition

If the Repugnants can’t pick somebody to unite our disenfranchised voting base, yeah, it’s over. We’re tired of old, big money, corrupt, big government frauds. Heck, let’s give Hitlery the reins. It’s time to hit “reset” anyway.


17 posted on 07/13/2015 11:03:11 AM PDT by LouAvul (Venal and evil people are destroying the world you live in.)
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To: InterceptPoint

IMHO Hillary may have won the election today with her economics speech. A full-throated channeling of Elizabeth Warren in a call to all-out class warfare.

Sadly that is the message too many of our fellow countrymen want to hear.


18 posted on 07/13/2015 11:12:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: InterceptPoint

Our only chance is to get out the vote in unprecedented numbers.

It seems simplistic.....but without all the lobby money that Clinton has, that’s all we’ve got.


19 posted on 07/13/2015 11:45:47 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: DemforBush; samtheman

She’s got the corner on crony capitalism.

As she moves more to the left....we’ll have to see what happens as the crook turns the page.


20 posted on 07/13/2015 11:49:03 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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