The hedgehog is reaching out across the aisle.
Best line from debate?
“I am very glad … Secretary Clinton has discovered religion on this issue,” Sanders said, referring to her position on trade. “We’ve lost 60,000 factories since 2001, they’re going to start having to — if I’m president — invest in this country, not in China, not in Mexico.”
Bloomberg rules out running explicitly because he thinks it would lead to Cruz or Trump becoming President.
Does he think a bunch of democrats would vote for him? How popular was he when he wrapped up his last term as NYC mayor?
If Sanders were the nominee, with Trump on the other side, Bloomberg might pick up the centrist votes, I guess?
Nate Silver just tweeted the most bizarre/optimistic projection of how he’d do.
(not sure of its provenance)
also
Wow, I have such pity for the starving actors who saw no alternative to helping choke out that steaming turd.
Hehe, Bobo throwing his weight behind the Paul Ryan train.
Thinkpieces for Victory!
Any speculation as to how pissed off Republicans will be that Obama is going to SXSW instead of Nancy Reagan’s funeral?
(sadly, it’s a prior engagement, it’d be even funnier if it were by choice)
He just said no.
9 AM. David Brooks wakes in a strange bed, head throbbing. He looks to his side across the purple satin sheets and sees the tousled blond combover resting against an incredibly classy gilded headboard. He promised himself never again, why can’t he stay away?
Damn. Tactless phrasing aside, the idea that THIS is the Democrat they’d choose to attack for not supporting veterans is beyond belief. Let’s recap:
- Army veteran
- Married to fellow veteran
- Lost both legs in war, then continued to serve in army via medical waiver
- Inspired to enter politics by fellow disabled veteran and former Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole, who visited her during recuperation and later dedicated his biography to her
- Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
- Winner of the 2007 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Veterans Leadership Award
- In congress, called to make funding of veterans’ health care mandatory (not discretionary) and demanded more oversight and benchmarks for improving veterans care
Oh, and as far as “not standing up for veterans” goes it turns out she does indeed stand up for them, every day. ON STAR-SPANGLED AND CAMOUFLAGED PROSTHETIC LEGS. She’s practically a comic book caricature of an über-patriot, like some supporting character that Captain America would point to while saying “that’s what a REAL hero looks like.”
Edit to add: bonus “classy” points for choosing International Women’s Day to attack this particular veteran.
It doesn’t have to make sense. It only has to sound good. #MakeAmericaGrateAgin