TBD on Ning

Too Early?

Who do you think will win? Why?

1. Clinton is leading other Democrats for 2016 by ~4x.

2. Christie is leading other Republicans for 2016 by two points or more.

3. Christie leads Clinton for 2016 by two points.

However, Clinton claims she still hasn't made up her mind to run. Baloney, she'll run, she can't lose.

Christie's the only moderate in the primary race. He'll win the primaries the same as moderates did the last two times -- then lose the election because the TP types won't turn out for what they consider a RINO. The economic war of the Libertarian will again play second fiddle to the Big Tent Religious Right.

Who will win? After what 2000, 2004, and 2010 Republicans have done and are doing to the country -- and what R states did/are doing to gays, minorities, and women -- I don't think it'll even be close. *

* Two years is enough time to fight a real war, but not the Old-Time-Religion virtual war against gays, blacks, and women -- even in this day and age of increasing progressive and scientific thinking. It would take an New Testament kind of miracle, and it seems to me Ds are the party of Jesus, moreso than the Rs.

Extra Credit:

If Hillary wins, with the Rs automatically treat her as badly -- oppose, scandalize, persecute, and prosecute -- as they did Clinton and Obama?

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on January 2, 2014 at 12:32pm

A Deadly Mix in Benghazi

By David D. Kirkpatrick

December 28, 2013

Benghazi, Libya

Months of investigation by The New York Times, centered on extensive interviews with Libyans in Benghazi who had direct knowledge of the attack there and its context, turned up no evidence that Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault. The attack was led, instead, by fighters who had benefited directly from NATO’s extensive air power and logistics support during the uprising against Colonel Qaddafi. And contrary to claims by some members of Congress, it was fueled in large part by anger at an American-made video denigrating Islam.

A fuller accounting of the attacks suggests lessons for the United States that go well beyond Libya. It shows the risks of expecting American aid in a time of desperation to buy durable loyalty, and the difficulty of discerning friends from allies of convenience in a culture shaped by decades of anti-Western sentiment. Both are challenges now hanging over the American involvement in Syria’s civil conflict.

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/benghazi/

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on January 2, 2014 at 12:50pm

and fox has aired an in depth report for it's viewing audience...