Richard Allen
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Post by Richard Allen on Mar 8, 2015 15:10:55 GMT
Any question as to whether or not Rand Paul will run for President is now as good as gone. The one major problem that he faced was that Kentucky law prevents a candidate appearing on the same ballot twice, which would prevent him for running for President and for re-election to the Senate. There had been a move to change the law and it passed the GOP controlled Kentucky Senate last year but was blocked in the Democratic controlled Kentucky House of Representatives. With the Democrats retaining the House last November the Paul campaign moved onto plan B and this has had more success. Yesterday the Kentucky GOP Executive Committee voted unanimously to scrap the Presidential primary scheduled for next May and replace it with a Presidential caucus in March. This will need formal approval from the Kentucky GOP State Central Committee at its annual meeting in August but this now seems certain. This will allow Paul to run in both the Presidential caucus in March and the Senate primary in May.
This isn't a complete end to his problems as in the event of him winning the nomination he still won't be able to appear on the general election ballot in Kentucky for both races, that though is a problem for another day.
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Post by maxque on Mar 17, 2015 11:33:22 GMT
Rick Santorum happily has been rendered unelectable by a superb juvenile gay joke. No. He was already unelectable before that. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 19:04:49 GMT
Ted Cruz to make announcement.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2015 23:25:44 GMT
Announcement made, wonder how long it will be before he runs out of money.
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Post by markgoodair on Mar 23, 2015 23:49:53 GMT
Announcement made, wonder how long it will be before he runs out of money. Lets hope as soon as possible. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2015 23:55:58 GMT
If this thread is going to be around for the next 3 years, can we at least have the title spelt correctly  No, this is the US Election site. |
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Post by neilm on Apr 7, 2015 9:25:40 GMT
Rand Paul to launch today. Also the run off in Chicago which Rahm Emanuel should win easily.
Paul's election logo looks like the Tinder logo.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 20:13:10 GMT
Hilary to declare on Sunday.
Jeb Bush has hired foreign policy advisers.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 12, 2015 20:55:13 GMT
They'd have been better off picking her in 2008.
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Post by Richard Allen on Apr 12, 2015 23:39:53 GMT
They'd have been better off picking her in 2008. I am genuinely struggling to see why. Obama may have been a disappointment to many on the liberal (in US terms) wing of the Democratic Party but I doubt that many who voted for him over Clinton regret that they didn't chose an amoral, warmongering, corporatist. |
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Post by mrhell on Apr 13, 2015 10:47:08 GMT
As I've said before I am lost by why she is 1/4 favourite for the nomination. The Democrats go for younger candidates than the Republicans and she'd be the same age as Reagan when he was elected in 1980. I won't get into ideological battles but he was past it during the latter part of his second term.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 13, 2015 10:59:26 GMT
As I've said before I am lost by why she is 1/4 favourite for the nomination. Have you seen the polls? She gets 60%+ even with a multiplicity of other names. Contrast that with the GOP field where there are a mass of names all on around the same level, and no-one gets more than 20%. |
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Post by slicesofjim on Apr 13, 2015 11:27:23 GMT
As I've said before I am lost by why she is 1/4 favourite for the nomination. The Democrats go for younger candidates than the Republicans and she'd be the same age as Reagan when he was elected in 1980. I won't get into ideological battles but he was past it during the latter part of his second term. I hold no brief for her, but people of that age today tend to be less physically and mentally aged than people of that age 30 years ago. If she loses the Democratic nomination (it's possible, but unlikely for the reason David Boothroyd pointed out), it will be because of her politics, not her age. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 22:06:15 GMT
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Post by Tangent on Apr 16, 2015 18:08:42 GMT
Yet another reason to vote for Kodos.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 18:13:33 GMT
Yet another reason to vote for Kodos. Not a natural born citizen. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 28, 2015 21:04:19 GMT
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Richard Allen
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Post by Richard Allen on Apr 28, 2015 23:05:37 GMT
Democratic primary voters will therefore have the opportunity of voting for a candidate that possesses both principles and integrity.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 28, 2015 23:21:55 GMT
It'll be interesting to see if it flushes out any Dems- I can certainly see him attracting activists.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 5, 2015 16:04:24 GMT
Mike Huckabee just announced his candidacy. Toe-curling speech.
Dr Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina also announced over the weekend.
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