2016 Primary Endorsements megathread.

[Oak Hills]

I don't know how relevant this is, but Jesse Ventura seems to have endorsed Sanders:

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[Oak Hills]

Fomer Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura endorses Donald Trump, open to being his VP

I think he might have forgotten that he already endorsed Bernie Sanders just last month.

Well, I guess Sanders is his preferred candidate for the Democratic nomination and Trump is his preferred candidate for the Republican nomination.

[Oak Hills]

Fomer Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura endorses Donald Trump, open to being his VP

I think he might have forgotten that he already endorsed Bernie Sanders just last month.

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No, see, he's endorsing both: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/14/jesse-ventura-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-campaign/

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So basically he supports general 3edgy5me outsiderism?

I thought we'd already established that?

[Oak Hills]

It appears that former Democratic Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen has given money to O'Malley:

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My Congresswoman, Lynn Jenkins, has endorsed Florin. It is her first endorsement from a current member of Congress.

http://cjonline.com/news/2015-09-20/rep-lynn-jenkins-endorses-carly-fiorina-president

"Florin"?

[Oak Hills]

Really looks like the mormans are lining up behind their totally-not-a-morman-I-promise guy. Told you so.

What this thing of writing morman instead Mormon?

[Oak Hills]

Lucy Flores for Bernie Sanders.

I wasn't expecting that.

[Oak Hills]

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich endorses Sanders

Didn't he already do that a long time ago?

[Oak Hills]

It is widely reported on social media that former Michigan senator Don Riegle will endorse Bernie Sanders.
Interesting tidbit: since his retirement from the senate in 1994 Riegle has worked as a corporate lobbyist.

Yeah, he already endorsed him.

My question is: why did he endorse him?

[Oak Hills]

Chicago Tribune for Rubio

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-marco-rubio-tribune-endorsement-clinton-sanders-0310-md-20160309-story.html

And, since I believe that only Kasich had an (outside) chance in IL, this pretty much guarantees vote splitting and a Trump victory! They should frame this endorsement and put it next to the Dewey beats Truman headline!

Kasich has no chance and Rubio could drop out by Tuesday so let us see what happens.

Rubio is the only candidate that can beat Trump in Florida right now, due almost solely to the huge number of early votes that he has already banked. If he drops out, those votes will have been wasted and they will not be able to go to someone else like Cruz or Kasich.

This is why we should just get rid of early voting in presidential primaries or at the very least do it like Massachusetts does there's

So how does Massachusetts do it?

[Oak Hills]

NY Times for Kasich (in a editorial arguing that "Never Trump" should really be "for Kasich"). I agree with them about 99%. I particularly liked this part, explaining why the establishment is backing Cruz and not Kasich:

Some conservative leaders see Mr. Cruz as their best chance for maintaining their influence and are thus reluctant to work for Mr. Kasich. Others who backed Jeb Bush or Mr. Rubio resent Mr. Kasich for not yielding to their candidate. Others worry that Mr. Kasich’s views on the poor, Muslims and immigrants place him too far from the right to win in a brokered convention....But in a year when cruelty and exclusion stand as hallmarks of conservatism, “It would be courageous to stand up and say that Kasich is a different kind of conservative,” who doesn’t see government, or foreigners, as enemies, Mr. Olsen says. “These voters exist, and there’s a lot of them.”

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/opinion/why-should-never-trump-mean-ted-cruz.html

But only for the primary, right?

They haven't endorsed a Republican for the general since Eisenhower, so I assume so.

[Oak Hills]

Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey says the GOP should rally behind Trump:

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