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Old 10-17-2015, 11:46 AM
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Is there anyone in the country that really thought any one of these six had a chance.....
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Is there anyone in the country that really thought any one of these six had a chance.....
No, but I didn't think Trump or Carson had a chance either, but they are leading the field. I thought Jeb would walk away with it. He's still got a good chance though because the big money players want him.
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Old 10-17-2015, 12:25 PM
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No, but I didn't think Trump or Carson had a chance either, but they are leading the field. I thought Jeb would walk away with it. He's still got a good chance though because the big money players want him.
I think pretty much everyone thought that Bush, or maybe Rubio, would sail into the nomination. And who knows? They still might get it after the Republican base comes out of the ether.

On the one hand, it doesn't surprise me that these three assholes - sorry, they really are assholes - have excited the Republican base. What surprises me is the amount of big money Carson and Fiorina have attracted. (Trump's using his own big money.)

Who knew billionaires could be so stupid??
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I think pretty much everyone thought that Bush, or maybe Rubio, would sail into the nomination. And who knows? They still might get it after the Republican base comes out of the ether.

On the one hand, it doesn't surprise me that these three assholes - sorry, they really are assholes - have excited the Republican base. What surprises me is the amount of big money Carson and Fiorina have attracted. (Trump's using his own big money.)

Who knew billionaires could be so stupid??
Infighting is brewing in Florida.
Trump is already battling Bush and Carly, Carson and Trump are joined at the waist, Kasich is looking on and Cruz is lurking in the background. I do love political fights, brings out the real 'me' in them.

The rivalry between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio just burst out into the open

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The campaigns of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) publicly traded barbs Thursday over the reports, each trying to outdo the other over which campaign was thriftier and in better position going forward.
So Rubio is not going to be Jeb's VP afterall?

http://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-b...eports-2015-10
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Infighting is brewing in Florida.
Trump is already battling Bush and Carly, Carson and Trump are joined at the waist, Kasich is looking on and Cruz is lurking in the background. I do love political fights, brings out the real 'me' in them.

The rivalry between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio just burst out into the open



So Rubio is not going to be Jeb's VP afterall?

http://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-b...eports-2015-10
I dunno. Saint Ronnie and Rubbers had some pretty rough patches in 1980.
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I dunno. Saint Ronnie and Rubbers had some pretty rough parches in 1980.
We have the master-protegee dynamic at work with unfulfilled promises perhaps.
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I dunno. Saint Ronnie and Rubbers had some pretty rough patches in 1980.
They have had memory problems and honesty problems on tape for many years now and still fail to realize it's being taped....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8hnM6xNjeU


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On the one hand, it doesn't surprise me that these three assholes - sorry, they really are assholes - have excited the Republican base. What surprises me is the amount of big money Carson and Fiorina have attracted. (Trump's using his own big money.)

Who knew billionaires could be so stupid??
According to the latest Polls Fearina is fading.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...tion-3823.html

She's now in 5th place behind Bush and Rubio that are duking it out for 3rd.
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Is there anyone in the country that really thought any one of these six had a chance.....
Superpacs....are the candidates able to pocket money from them?

Or pay a son or daughter a $100k salary for being a campaign consultant?

Then have it go back to daddy or mommy?
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Superpacs....are the candidates able to pocket money from them?

Or pay a son or daughter a $100k salary for being a campaign consultant?

Then have it go back to daddy or mommy?
Answer to your question is going to be murky but from the article I linked, Perry's SuperPac returned the money to the donors.
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