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Thankfully. Heck, he should have been disqualified after he lied about Ben Carson dropping out of the race and stole some of his support on the evening of the Iowa caucuses.
Clinton is not status quo. She is pro choice, she will appoint liberals to the Supreme and lower courts and she is pro all kinds of gov't aid. She is not as left as Bernie, but she is pro gov't social action and she ain't status quo. I don't like how the Clintons ran their foundation, and other stuff,but she's tough as nails, and she is still pretty much a down the line old fashion liberal.
From a typically American perspective I guess she seems very Liberal & stuff...
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This is absurd. Bernie Sanders is an old fashioned liberal, even if he calls himself a socialist to stand out. Hillary and Bill invented the "New Democrat", which was an explicit rejection of liberalism. It's the 'third way', just like Tony Blair and "new labour" they tried to split the difference between their party and the opponent. Trump is to the left of Clinton on several issues.
She was always naturally more liberal than Bill imho.
Ironically, it is Trump who is moving to the centre (from the Repub right) on issues as you note.
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I totally agree bondjames. He will get stuff done. Regarding illegal immigration for example, even if some of his ideas, like the wall for example, turns out to be a lot of hot air, at the very least there's many other things he can do to help stem the tide of the illegal immigration. He can enforce the current E-Verify law to make sure employers are not hiring illegal immigrants. He can allocate some of our military to the border to help keep the most dangerous people out. And he can also make sure that criminals that sneak into this country are actually deported, and not brought back into the country like has been happening under the Obama regime. In other words, he can "shoot for the moon", even if it's not feasible for every thing to work.
And of course, he will have the experience and the influence to really get our economy back on track, unlike this "pseudo-recovery" that has put more people out of work in a so called recovery than ever before. Just accomplishing those two things would make him a great president. I don't care that he's not conservative on a lot of issues, but the ones that matter are the ones that are resonating with lots of people in this country, from both parties. Those who don't like Trump are the ones who have probably based their opinions only on soundbites rather than really looking into what he can do to improve things. His aggressiveness and negotiating skills will serve him well with getting things done.
Trump feels a natural affinity for authoritarian strongmen.
Trump appears to be making a portion of the American electorate 'feel great' again, but the relative decline is still probably inevitable, again due to globalization.
As I've said, I believe he isn't half as dangerous as people think he is. Like Reagan, that is his strength imho. He is seen as dangerous by his opponents, but is at heart more practical than that.
He will do more to secure the borders and prevent illegal immigration than all the other candidates, and that is a win as far as I'm concerned. He will do more than all the other candidates to ensure that waste is reduced at the govt. level (just by default, since he's the only chap who's actually ever done this in his life) and that is also a good thing. He is the only candidate who has openly criticized the US involvement in Iraq & Libya. The others (except for Bernie who is going down) are paid for by the Military Industrial Complex (yes, including Clinton) and so can't open their mouth.
Furthermore, he's the only candidate in the field with some balls. That is also an important characteristic for a US president. As an example, all the comments he's made about border control, illegal and unnecessary wars, and China taking advantage of the US in world trade are true to a degree - but certainly exaggerated.
The flip side to having balls though, and which I see as his greatest weakness, is that he is at heart a gambler. He will bet big or go home. The world is a very dangerous place, and that approach could lead to catastrophe. If he wins, he will have to temper this innate characteristic of his.
I noticed the hit job was in full effect at the debate yesterday. It was messy. Big money probably whipped 'Manchurian Candidate' Robot Rubio to go on the attack. Cruz was being Cruz, and Romney shamed himself with the hypocritical attack on taxes. None of it is going to stick.
Nicely put!
Hillary would be a 4 (8) year extensions of what we got with Obama.
If one finds that ok, then one may vote for her.
Not a stone would be left standing with Trump. And at the moment I think, that might just what the US (and the world) needs.
Furthermore Trump would as a President be much more open to compromise with the Democrats that Rubio or Cruz. Cruz could even be considered dangerous.
Trump is like Spectre, highly successful and highly polarising.
Obama is like Skyfall, an unexpected phenomenon at its time, but years later rather disappointing.
Cruz is like QOS, high-octane action and no substance mixed with dangerous editing.
Rubio is like NSNA, somewhat unnecessary, pales in comparison to his predecessors.
Hillary is like DAD, will please the people at the time, but afterwards be considered a huge mistake.
Sanders is like Johnny English, a joke who tries to be the real thing, but somewhat funny.
Jeb Bush is like TPOAL (The Property Of A Lady), never realised.
Live right now: Trump's "big" announcement, which is that Chris Christie is now endorsing him.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video/yahoo-news-special-report-180000670.html
It's always dangerous to get into political discussions with friends ;)
Let's just say, I can look at the US elections from a distance not being too much involved as a Swiss Citizen and comment on it with some humour.
Each to their own, of course -- but I really don't see how you can say that. The entertainment factor in last night's Rethuglican debate was off the charts to my way of thinking!
BORING?
Then I don't want to know what would qualify as interesting with you...
Republican candidates mud wrestling during the debates perhaps?
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I didn t watch it, but my point is the remaining candidates are more similar than ever before. Or my eyes have finally been opened to the fact.
Let's go bi-partisan: Hillary vs. the Donald vs. The Slime......
Eyes on the prize, @chrisisall: which of them do you think is most likely to nominate a Supreme Court Justice whose rulings you might agree with? Personally, I'll be voting for Bernie in the primary and then whole-heartedly supporting whichever Democrat gets the party's nomination.