The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[YOhio]

Good article on Rob Portman. I've always really liked him and he's the only name thrown out so far that excites me.

http://thehill.com/opinion/john-feeh...the-anti-obama

[I.J. Reilly]

If Jeb Bush is out, Romney is in.

I'm all for this.

[Maximus]

If Jeb Bush is out, Romney is in.

I'm all for this.

romney would never win the nomination

[All-American]

romney would never win the nomination

You'd think not, but it's a pretty weak-looking field at the moment. Can't blame the guy for dipping a toe in the pool.

[MarkGrace]

I was wondering what all his recent appearances were about.

[Maximus]

You'd think not, but it's a pretty weak-looking field at the moment. Can't blame the guy for dipping a toe in the pool.

there are a lot of great candidates that for some reason poeple are down on because of "RINO" etc. Marco Rubio should be the front runner but made some conservatives mad for pushing for immigration reform. Dumb reason for him to fall out of flavor. Bush better not run. Id rant paul to win nomination over him. christie, we will see what it looks like in 2 years. but no way romney could beat someone like Hillary if he cant be an unpopular Obama

[All-American]

there are a lot of great candidates that for some reason poeple are down on because of "RINO" etc. Marco Rubio should be the front runner but made some conservatives mad for pushing for immigration reform. Dumb reason for him to fall out of flavor. Bush better not run. Id rant paul to win nomination over him. christie, we will see what it looks like in 2 years. but no way romney could beat someone like Hillary if he cant be an unpopular Obama

When your list of "great candidates" starts with Marco Rubio, I feel pretty good about my earlier statement. He's a junior senator who has yet to finish his first term. He will have as much experience as a Senator in November 2016 as Obama had in November 2008. The same is true of Rand Paul, whose primary draw is being so crazy that it just might work. Bush is, well, a Bush. Christie's stock is plummeting. Walker is an unknown. Jindal is trying out the Huntsman strategy of despising Republicans, with similar results so far.

I'm not saying your suggestion that there's no way Romney can beat Hillary is wrong. I'm just saying that may also be true of just about every other Republican, too.

[Omaha 680]

If it is another Bush vs. another Clinton, I would probably vote third party for the first time in my life...probably.

[Uncle Ted]

"It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress…"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/monica-lewinsky-interview_n_5273234.html?ir=Politics

This is will be good to get this all out and in the past so Hillary can make a clean run.

$12 million dollars for a tell-all book? Not bad, Lewinsky.

[All-American]

"It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress…"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/monica-lewinsky-interview_n_5273234.html?ir=Politics

This is will be good to get this all out and in the past so Hillary can make a clean run.

$12 million dollars for a tell-all book? Not bad, Lewinsky.

That's an incredibly awesome word choice for the cover. I mean, come on, ma'am, it wouldn't if you hadn't.

[imanihonjin]

Freaking hypocrites:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...they-back.html

[TripletDaddy]

Freaking hypocrites:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...they-back.html

that at is a stupid criticism given that tax avoidance is practiced by every politician while tax reform is preached with the same frequency,

what I did find interesting was that for all the Clintons have done or accomplished in their collective careers, Most NBA players make more in 9 months than the low estimate of the Clintons entire net worth.

[Omaha 680]

what I did find interesting was that for all the Clintons have done or accomplished in their collective careers, Most NBA players make more in 9 months than the low estimate of the Clintons entire net worth.

Estimates of the Clintons' net worth I have seen are between 60 and 100 million dollars. Aren't there only a handful of athletes who could make that much in nine months?

Edit: Ah I see you must be using the range reported in the article. Does anyone really believe the Clintons could possibly be worth only $5M? Bill has been giving speeches at $200k-300k a pop for over a decade. Hillary has now followed suit. They both have had massive book deals. Not that any of this really bothers me. I just found your NBA comparison odd.

[imanihonjin]

that at is a stupid criticism given that tax avoidance is practiced by every politician while tax reform is preached with the same frequency,

what I did find interesting was that for all the Clintons have done or accomplished in their collective careers, Most NBA players make more in 9 months than the low estimate of the Clintons entire net worth.

So the Clinton's don't really believe in paying their fair share?

[All-American]

Estimates of the Clintons' net worth I have seen are between 60 and 100 million dollars. Aren't there only a handful of athletes who could make that much in nine months?

Edit: Ah I see you must be using the range reported in the article. Does anyone really believe the Clintons could possibly be worth only $5M? Bill has been giving speeches at $200k-300k a pop for over a decade. Hillary has now followed suit. They both have had massive book deals. Not that any of this really bothers me. I just found your NBA comparison odd.

You're measuring income, not outgo. It wouldn't surprise me at all if money was going out at near the rate it is coming in. Those things that mean more than money can be very expensive.