The "Who is running?" tea leaves thread

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Chris Christie: Striking Down DOMA Was A ‘Bad Decision’

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Christie's rhetoric has taken a huge shift to the right.  Gone are the days of, "It's not Republican or Democrat," now it's:

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Hopefully that ends the Democrats' love affair with Christie, for both the gubernatorial and presidential contests, now that he's shown himself to be yet another politician who says what ever it takes to get elected.

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Peter King 'serious' about presidential bid

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In an attempt to persuade the reactionaries/authoritarian wing of his party, Christie says no to bill expanding medical marijuana program

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Does anyone besides 80 year old grandmas who grew up watching "Reefer Madness" actually care about the marijuana issue? Then again, 80 year old grandmas are an important Republican demographic.

I think that Christie could alienate quite a few voters with this one, especially now that more states are legalizing/decriminalizing it and it will be an issue in 2016.  I've yet to see a poll that shows a majority of people actually opposed to marijuana legalization (even Louisianans support it), and if Christie lets his cruelty on this issue overshadow his positive traits while the Democrats move toward a neutral/states' rights position by the primaries, I'd expect quite a few voters to swing to Hillary.  This will certainly hurt him with young voters and he'll lose ground in states like Colorado.

At least, that's what I hope will happen.

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Yeah, I just don't understand his end game. I mean, is there really a group of people, even within the Republican Party, that would actually think "wow, Christie's against medical marijuana, good for him!". Maybe tobacco lobbyists?

"Think of the children" hockey moms, but they're not as big a demographic as they used to be.

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Mike Huckabee Launching 'Huckabee Post'

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Hillary: "I haven't made up my mind"

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Is there anyone who thinks she won't run?

Any and all policy reasons aside, I hope she doesn't, because, as Ralph Nader said, her essentially unchallenged nomination smells of a dynastic coronation.

Also, I want to see a truly competitive democratic field. Lets bring in some new names to the Presidential contest! Russ Feingold, Ron Wyden, etc...

Keep in mind that a less competitive field will only benefit the Democrats.

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Erickson: Rep. Peter King of New York Supported a Soviet Backed Terrorist Group

I wasn't sure if I should post this here because, you know, it's Red State, but that's one thing that came up on my radar this morning.

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Rove gets in the Paul vs. Clinton debacle

Not that Rove's insinuating a run, but I doubt Paul will be his first choice for president.  Not that Bush-era Republicans are particularly relevant at this point.

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That Huckabee article is three years old, btw.

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Santorum not on the Rand Paul bandwagon, unsurprisingly.

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http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/article_cc3c7b40-84ed-5dbd-8aa9-4d3be15b546e.html

Bob Dole is making another statewide tour through Kansas - he has had several in the past year. With signs indicating that the Kansas caucus may be more relevant in 2016 than in past elections, could this be a sign that Senator Dole is gearing up for one more run?

The man is 90 years old.