Yep. "Most progressive platform ever". Will the candidates actually abide by it once elected though?
Agreed. Can't believe it has come down to these two. I'm hopeful trump picks a nutter as his running mate otherwise he may start to look palatable to more people. I don't see any pick giving Hilary a bump.
Even if Hillary is as Machiavellian as you make her out to be, once she obtains the White House, she's gone as high as she can go. No more reason for "Hillary being Hillary" at that point. Also, should she win, she will have a 2nd term she needs to win, so she cannot alienate an ever growing base of progressives who identify with Bernie's message and with the new more progressive Democratic platform. A Machiavellian politico will do what is necessary to stay in power, and for a 2nd term, that will include giving in to more progressive ideas.
That is useful. Thanks. Q2 is more worrying. Most polls keep excluding Stein/Johnson and they seem to take more votes away from Clinton than Trump.
This thread has slowed to a crawl in the face of the omnishambles of Labour and the swift, swift, Cameron-and-Leadsom-self-swiftboating rise of Theresa May... Even Dancin' Dubya can't get this thread going. Cmon Donald, get back in the game!
You'd get the feeling that all of the madness so far is going to pale against what's yet to come..And the tenth is gun control, which never goes anywhere despite all the dismay at gun violence.
This thread has slowed to a crawl in the face of the omnishambles of Labour and the swift, swift, Cameron-and-Leadsom-self-swiftboating rise of Theresa May... Even Dancin' Dubya can't get this thread going. Cmon Donald, get back in the game!
I think everyone here knows my medical condition, and I've been struggling lately after doing so well in the last couple of months so I've taken a break from ALL Politics for a couple of weeks. I've been watching a bit here and there, but nothing much really. I have just felt completely deflated and utterly dismayed at what is happening here in the UK, so the US election doesn't really seem as amusing anymore, quite simply because the worst or unlikely is actually far more likely than anyone really wants to admit. Also, the sheer amount of people getting shot, including Police Officers, is sickening. I had to take a break because it's just been far too depressing.
Even Sarah Palins mad rant the other day wasn't enough to raise a laugh, I just sighed and shook my head at her hypocrisy and complete lack of self awareness. Lecturing others on violence after her families record recently was a step too far, also her labelling all the BLM protesters as "not real people" was taking the fecking piss.
