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str8line said:
I wonder if a hit would be put on Trump if this election even looks close.
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Then he needs to reverse the current trends. The Ds are pulling away in CO, NV, FL, PA, MI, VA and FL. If he looses most of those than this race is over.
 
He's embracing fundraising now, but not transparency:

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-fundraising-bundlers-226803

"It is a sharp departure from the primary, when Trump claimed he couldn’t be bought and his decision to pour tens of millions of his own money into the race was central to his image as a selfless billionaire sacrificing for the betterment of the nation. But now that both he and Clinton are leaning on big donors to fund their fall campaigns, it is Clinton who is more open about her own finances and where the money is coming from.

“The fact that he has not released his bundlers is very upsetting,” said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics. “This is a basic piece of information that the voters need: Who is bankrolling the campaign? And who are the bag men who are holding out the bags collecting the contributions?”

Clinton has voluntarily released the names of nearly 500 bundlers who raised at least $100,000 for her, and her campaign shares with the press the location of all fundraisers that she or vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine attends, including whose home it is, the price of admission and the approximate number of attendees. She has released decades of her tax returns.

Trump, in contrast, has so far refused to release any of his taxes, justifying the break with historic precedent by claiming he is under audit. Trump’s campaign has also not disclosed the names of his bundlers, and it did not respond to multiple inquiries about whether it intends to do so. Nor does the Trump campaign systematically disclose when he attends fundraisers, who is hosting, or the price of admission."
 
Stoked said:
Then he needs to reverse the current trends. The Ds are pulling away in CO, NV, FL, PA, MI, VA and FL. If he looses most of those than this race is over.
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Julian Assange loathes Hillary. I can't imagine what his October surprise will be, but we can be certain the Clinton campaign is planning for the worst case scenario. Whatever it will be, seems likely to give Trump a bump just before the election. I'm speculating, but Assange said he has more, and maybe from the treasure trove hacked by the Russians.
 
Red said:
Julian Assange loathes Hillary. I can't imagine what his October surprise will be, but we can be certain the Clinton campaign is planning for the worst case scenario. Whatever it will be, seems likely to give Trump a bump just before the election. I'm speculating, but Assange said he has more, and maybe from the treasure trove hacked by the Russians.
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Well he will need it. But he needs momentum before then as well I think.

This thing is a long way from over but right now the momentum is all in her favor.
 
Stoked said:
Well he will need it. But he needs momentum before then as well I think.

This thing is a long way from over but right now the momentum is all in her favor.
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does your inner-political-analysis-brain ever get tired pumping this stuff out?
 
NAOS said:
does your inner-political-analysis-brain ever get tired pumping this stuff out?
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About as often as you get tired of being pretentious. ;)

I find it interesting. Is there something in my post you quoted that you disagree with?
 
NAOS said:
the momentum part. Infuriating.
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OK, how so?

From my understanding presidential elections swing back and forth. Mistakes seem to roll off each other and momentum shifts back and forth. Right now it is all going the Ds way. The Rs need to find something to turn to around.

Not sure why a comment about momentum in a political race on an internet message board would be infuriating but ok.
 
Stoked said:
OK, how so?

From my understanding presidential elections swing back and forth. Mistakes seem to roll off each other and momentum shifts back and forth. Right now it is all going the Ds way. The Rs need to find something to turn to around.

Not sure why a comment about momentum in a political race on an internet message board would be infuriating but ok.
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It's super infuriating, emmk?
 
Stoked said:
Well he will need it. But he needs momentum before then as well I think.

This thing is a long way from over but right now the momentum is all in her favor.
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thanks for always providing good info.
 
Well, there's now a "never Trump" candidate, and he's LDS and a BYU alum.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/08/politics/evan-mcmullin-conservative-trump-clinton/

Washington (CNN)Conservative Republicans have recruited a former CIA staffer and top House GOP aide to launch an independent White House bid -- and he could cause problems for Donald Trump in a key state if he gets on the ballot.

Evan McMullin opened his bid for the White House Monday morning, announcing on his website: "It's never too late to do the right thing. And if we work together, there's nothing we can't achieve."

McMullin said later Monday he decided running for president was something that "needed to be done" by a conservative -- and he saw no other options.

"I hoped for something better for months and months and months, and that somebody would step forward -- somebody with national name ID who could advance another option for Americans, a better option. But it became clear as time passed that that wasn't going to happen," he told CNN's John Berman on "AC360."

He called Trump "inhuman" and said the Republican nominee doesn't care about anyone but himself -- pointing to Trump's criticism of the Khan family, parents of a US soldier killed in combat, and Arizona Sen. John McCain, who Trump once suggested is not a war hero.

"You have to be a special kind of person to attack those that risk their life to protect you," he said.

McMullin also cast Trump as a candidate who's already lost the general election.

"Donald Trump is already losing badly to Hillary Clinton. He is a weak candidate and he's performing that way," he said.

Earlier in the day, McMullin's campaign wrote in a message to supporters: "Evan has spent his entire career in service to our nation and today he's continuing on that path as a candidate for president -- he is running first and foremost out of a deep love for this country, and because he understands the true brand of American leadership that is required to be commander in chief."

McMullin, who had been the policy director for the House Republican Conference, is a longshot for the White House at best -- facing high hurdles in the form of ballot access deadlines that have already passed in many states -- but will offer anti-Trump conservatives an alternative to Trump and Clinton.

McMullin's presence could be felt most in Utah, where anti-Trump conservatives rallied behind Ted Cruz in the primaries and McMullin has one week to make the ballot. Cruz beat Trump 69%-14% in Utah after Mitt Romney urged Republicans in the Mormon-heavy state to fight Trump.

McMullin is a graduate of Brigham Young University, the university owned and operated by the Mormon church, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Utah, which is typically a reliably red state in presidential contests, has emerged as a possible toss-up. If McMullin were to draw enough conservatives from Trump, he could possibly throw the state to Hillary Clinton.

McMullin worked for 11 years in the CIA, three years as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, and as a top staffer on the Hill since 2013, according to his LinkedIn profile.
An aide to the Conference said Monday morning that McMullin is no longer an employee of the Conference.

Anti-Trump Republicans, led by Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, stumbled in earlier efforts to recruit someone to run and some of Trump's most vocal opponents, like Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, have ruled themselves out of running.

McMullin on Monday afternoon sought to differentiate himself from both nominees.

"Hillary Clinton is a corrupt career politician who has recklessly handled classified information in an attempt to avoid accountability and put American lives at risk including those of my former colleagues," McMullin wrote on his campaign site.

And of the Republican nominee, McMullin wrote: "Donald Trump appeals to the worst fears of Americans at a time we need unity, not division. Republicans are deeply divided by a man who is perilously close to gaining the most powerful position in the world, and many rightly see him as a real threat to our Republic."
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It'll be interesting to hear his policies and see if he gets enough support to even get on the ballots.
 
colton said:
Well, there's now a "never Trump" candidate, and he's LDS and a BYU alum.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/08/politics/evan-mcmullin-conservative-trump-clinton/



It'll be interesting to hear his policies and see if he gets enough support to even get on the ballots.
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Joseph Smiths prophecy will prove true. A Mormon candidate will save America from Trump in what will otherwise be a split vote an brokered convention with the repub owned house picking Trump.

Mormons unite an save us from this monster!
 
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Trump-et.

The spirit of God like a fire is burning.
The later day glory to beat Trump will come forth.
 
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colton said:
Well, there's now a "never Trump" candidate, and he's LDS and a BYU alum.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/08/politics/evan-mcmullin-conservative-trump-clinton/



It'll be interesting to hear his policies and see if he gets enough support to even get on the ballots.
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I had read that he has already missed the deadline in at least a dozen states. Good candidate or not its a side show. he should have gotten into the race earlier.

But everyone should vote who they can in good conscience support IMO.
 
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