Two Train Wrecks Underway?

[tgards79]

Trump is the high-speed version already in progress.  Is Hillary one as well..in slow motion?
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2015/08/july-2015-election-review-one-high.html

[Mehmentum]

The term 'train wreck' is used to describe something so horribly spectacular that its impossible not to watch.

That describes Trump's campaign pretty well.  I'd be surprised if the Clinton campaign became that much of a spectacle.  Even if her campaign fails, it won't be the horrifying-hilarious-amazing train wreck that some past campaigns have been.

[dudeabides]

President Bush

Can't wait to say it again. Getting tired of saying President Hussein Obama

[King]

President Bush

Can't wait to say it again. Getting tired of saying President Hussein Obama

Good timing.

dudabides reaction to Jeb failing to win a single delegate is going to be the superior trainwreck to watch.

[Crumpets]

Is Trump really a train wreck if he's consistently leading in national and state polls? Sure, his campaign is held up by what I can only assume is some form of dark magic or the most elaborate prank of all time, but it's held up nonetheless.

[tgards79]

Is Trump really a train wreck if he's consistently leading in national and state polls? Sure, his campaign is held up by what I can only assume is some form of dark magic or the most elaborate prank of all time, but it's held up nonetheless.

The reference to train wreck is to what Trump is doing to the GOP:  the nominating process, the identity, the brand, etc.  Not his campaign itself; he is the engineer on a joy ride that is going very well indeed, for him.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Is Trump really a train wreck if he's consistently leading in national and state polls? Sure, his campaign is held up by what I can only assume is some form of dark magic or the most elaborate prank of all time, but it's held up nonetheless.

The reference to train wreck is to what Trump is doing to the GOP:  the nominating process, the identity, the brand, etc.  Not his campaign itself; he is the engineer on a joy ride that is going very well indeed, for him.

What's going on with Trump and the GOP isn't a trainwreck, it's a rocket launch. One that leaves the launchpad on fire and possibly destroys it, and the rocket itself may still explode, too. But the burning launch facilities are the result of years of mixed neglect and carefully placed explosives.

The Clinton campaign does look like a slow-motion trainwreck, to me. Hillary's unwillingness to take a stand on anything is becoming sadly comic. Many metrics that they'll need in the general are dropping. They're losing some support are more enthusiasm to Sanders, and can't seem to even compete with him. The scandals are petty (so far) but keep piling up, like gritty sand. What was presumed to be a coronation now comes across as a dull, uncertain crawl.

[dudeabides]

President Bush

Can't wait to say it again. Getting tired of saying President Hussein Obama

Good timing.

dudabides reaction to Jeb failing to win a single delegate is going to be the superior trainwreck to watch.

If Jeb Bush doesn't win the GOP nomination for President because Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, or another one of the sane candidates does better, I will be extremely disappointed, but I will support the nominee.

If, however, Donald Trump wins the GOP nomination, I will assume the Republican Party has been taken over by people who can't read and I will leave the party and support the Libertarian nominee or an independent because Trump is a socialist who hates America and I won't be a part of the downfall of the GOP.

[Brittain33]

Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination is literally the only scenario I can conceive of where Dems win the House in 2016.

[pbrower2a]

President Bush

Can't wait to say it again. Getting tired of saying President Hussein Obama

Once the calumnies by FoX Propaganda Channel end due to irrelevance once he is no longer President, people are going to recognize how good a President Barack Obama has been. 

[tgards79]

Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination is literally the only scenario I can conceive of where Dems win the House in 2016.

If the generic ballot gets to Dems +7, it could get interesting.....

[Landslide Lyndon]

The Clinton campaign does look like a slow-motion trainwreck, to me. Hillary's unwillingness to take a stand on anything is becoming sadly comic.

What the heck are you talking about? Did you miss her speech on criminal justice reform where she essentially repudiated her husband's tenure?
The fact that she fully supports Obama's push for new EPA regulations?
Her call for more protections of the voting rights?
You can disagree with her but accusing her of not taking positions on hot button issues is downright ignorant.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

President Bush - Trump destroying GOP..... LOOOOOOL. NO MORE BUSH'S!

[Angel of Death]

President Bush

That period certainly was equivalent to more than one train wreck.

[tgards79]

President Bush - Trump destroying GOP..... LOOOOOOL. NO MORE BUSH'S!

If you want Trump to head the GOP ticket instead of Bush, go ahead, it's your funeral.

[Eraserhead]

Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination is literally the only scenario I can conceive of where Dems win the House in 2016.

Seriously?

[Mr. Morden]

Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination is literally the only scenario I can conceive of where Dems win the House in 2016.

Seriously?

Don't the Dems need to pick up 30 seats to win back the House?  Hard to see an easy path for them to do that in just one election.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

President Bush - Trump destroying GOP..... LOOOOOOL. NO MORE BUSH'S!

[Fuzzy Says: "Abolish NPR!"]

President Bush

Can't wait to say it again. Getting tired of saying President Hussein Obama

Good timing.

dudabides reaction to Jeb failing to win a single delegate is going to be the superior trainwreck to watch.

If Jeb Bush doesn't win the GOP nomination for President because Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, or another one of the sane candidates does better, I will be extremely disappointed, but I will support the nominee.

If, however, Donald Trump wins the GOP nomination, I will assume the Republican Party has been taken over by people who can't read and I will leave the party and support the Libertarian nominee or an independent because Trump is a socialist who hates America and I won't be a part of the downfall of the GOP.

So where's the thread of dudeabides endorsing Gary Johnson or McMullen.

[Crumpets]

President Bush

Can't wait to say it again. Getting tired of saying President Hussein Obama

Good timing.

dudabides reaction to Jeb failing to win a single delegate is going to be the superior trainwreck to watch.

If Jeb Bush doesn't win the GOP nomination for President because Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, or another one of the sane candidates does better, I will be extremely disappointed, but I will support the nominee.

If, however, Donald Trump wins the GOP nomination, I will assume the Republican Party has been taken over by people who can't read and I will leave the party and support the Libertarian nominee or an independent because Trump is a socialist who hates America and I won't be a part of the downfall of the GOP.

So where's the thread of dudeabides endorsing Gary Johnson or McMullen.

He rage-quit the forum in about March 2016.

[Mr. Morden]

President Bush

Can't wait to say it again. Getting tired of saying President Hussein Obama

Good timing.

dudabides reaction to Jeb failing to win a single delegate is going to be the superior trainwreck to watch.

If Jeb Bush doesn't win the GOP nomination for President because Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, or another one of the sane candidates does better, I will be extremely disappointed, but I will support the nominee.

If, however, Donald Trump wins the GOP nomination, I will assume the Republican Party has been taken over by people who can't read and I will leave the party and support the Libertarian nominee or an independent because Trump is a socialist who hates America and I won't be a part of the downfall of the GOP.

So where's the thread of dudeabides endorsing Gary Johnson or McMullen.

He rage-quit the forum in about March 2016.

Actually, he quit before the primaries even started.  He said that the forum had become too unpleasant, so he wanted his account to be banned, then he made an obvious sock account to insure that he'd be banned.


The precipitating event was when he called Melania Trump a "bimbo":

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=224174.msg4820038#msg4820038