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« on: January 18, 2015, 08:29:19 PM »
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey-graham-sets-up-committee-to-explore-2016-presidential-bid/

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What is a "testing the waters committee"?  Somewhere between an exploratory committee and a PAC?  I'll have to get back to you on that.
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2015, 08:41:54 PM »
I think a "testing the waters committee" as he calls it something like the quasi-exploratory committee that Gingrich set up for himself in 2011…which I think was basically an exploratory committee in all but name.  It's different from a regular exploratory committee in terms of having different reporting requirements, and oddly gets set up with the IRS rather than the FEC.
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2015, 08:56:32 PM »
I think he'll realize he's too gay seeming to move to the next step of having an exploratory committee.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2015, 10:19:44 PM »
HAHAHA! Run Lindsey run!
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2015, 12:07:27 AM »
Wasn't he caught on video/audio conspiring with John Kerry? He can't make it through a primary.
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2015, 12:40:43 AM »
The bloodthirsty old queen shall dip his heels in the waters!

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=204333.0
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2015, 03:18:50 AM »
Seems like SUCH a long shot. If he really fancies his chances of becoming president, why didn't he run in 2012 where everybody had a shot? In 2016 his chances are close to zero.
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2015, 12:32:21 PM »
He'll have the success of Duncan Hunter.
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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2015, 12:36:23 PM »
 Lindsay Graham has no Charisma and he won't even win the primaries due to the Tea Party.
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2015, 12:38:32 PM »
Quote from: jojoju1998 on January 19, 2015, 12:36:23 PM
Lindsay Graham has no Charisma and he won't even win the primaries due to the Tea Party.

Really? I was hearing that he was the frontrunner.
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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2015, 12:40:47 PM »
Quote from: Phony Moderate on January 19, 2015, 12:38:32 PM
Quote from: jojoju1998 on January 19, 2015, 12:36:23 PM
Lindsay Graham has no Charisma and he won't even win the primaries due to the Tea Party.

Really? I was hearing that he was the frontrunner.
He was ? I do have a lot of respect for Senator Graham but we need young fresh blood and Graham is not exactly a young hip guy.
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2015, 01:18:05 PM »
MARK MY WORDS.....
He will be a VERY serious candidate- I was pleased to hear the news,this man knows what he is talking about
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« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2015, 04:50:18 PM »
Quote from: clarence on January 19, 2015, 01:18:05 PM
MARK MY WORDS.....
He will be a VERY serious candidate- I was pleased to hear the news,this man knows what he is talking about

I can't bear the thought of him coming anywhere close to the White House.
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« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2015, 05:03:11 PM »
Fabulous news!
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2015, 12:51:48 PM »
Quote from: jojoju1998 on January 19, 2015, 12:40:47 PM
Quote from: Phony Moderate on January 19, 2015, 12:38:32 PM
Quote from: jojoju1998 on January 19, 2015, 12:36:23 PM
Lindsay Graham has no Charisma and he won't even win the primaries due to the Tea Party.

Really? I was hearing that he was the frontrunner.
He was ? I do have a lot of respect for Senator Graham but we need young fresh blood and Graham is not exactly a young hip guy.

I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm.
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« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2015, 03:44:09 PM »
He's not going to run
-my inside source
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« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2015, 06:14:30 PM »
Lindsey Graham voted for a bill amendment that said "Climate Change is Real and Humans are significantly contributing to it" per ThinkProgress, the only 2016 GOP contender to do so.

He ain't running (seriously).
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« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2015, 08:27:28 PM »
It's been several days now, and I've seen no reporting on what this committee is called, nor any news about a website.  Did Graham just make an off-the-cuff remark, and he hasn't actually established this committee yet (if he ever will)?
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« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2015, 09:00:23 PM »
Quote from: SMilo on January 21, 2015, 06:14:30 PM
Lindsey Graham voted for a bill amendment that said "Climate Change is Real and Humans are significantly contributing to it" per ThinkProgress, the only 2016 GOP contender to do so.

He ain't running (seriously).

Not that I would vote for him, but that made me respect him a bit more.
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« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2015, 09:38:03 PM »
No chance of winning, but I like the idea as a theoretical. The center-right will rise again!
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« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2015, 09:53:58 PM »
I wonder if he actually thinks he has a chance.
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« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2015, 10:03:08 PM »
I hope he runs, he'd be my second choice behind Jeb.  If he could make a strong elect-ability argument I'd be inclined to support him over Jeb even so. 
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« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2015, 10:42:53 PM »
People are enthusiastic about him around here? WTF?

Quote from: Fubart Solman on January 21, 2015, 09:00:23 PM
Quote from: SMilo on January 21, 2015, 06:14:30 PM
Lindsey Graham voted for a bill amendment that said "Climate Change is Real and Humans are significantly contributing to it" per ThinkProgress, the only 2016 GOP contender to do so.

He ain't running (seriously).

Not that I would vote for him, but that made me respect him a bit more.

You might be disappointed, because he's essentially abandoned that stance since 2010.

"The science about global warming has changed. I think they've oversold this stuff, quite frankly. I think they've been alarmist and the science is in question. The whole movement has taken a giant step backward."
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« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2015, 03:25:43 PM »
*bump*

Looks like Graham was talking about an exploratory committee (which is just officially being launched now), but got the legal definitions wrong or something:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/29/lindsey-graham-officially-launches-presidential-exploratory-committee/

Don't worry, he's not a lawyer.
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« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2015, 05:10:51 PM »
McCain endorsed.
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