2016 will be just like 2008, I predict.

[MineralMan]

It will be a new first for the presidency. In 2008, we elected our first black President. In 2016, we'll elect the first woman as President. Another historical election!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Or maybe the first Jewish president.

You never know. It will be historical in any event.

[peacebird]

10. ^^^this!^^^

[PowerToThePeople]

28. I am on board for that!

[JackInGreen]

29. From your lips to gods ears

Pardon me, I have lox waiting with breakfast (no joke, jusr too damn great a timing)

[PatrickforO]

49. Yes, the first Jewish president.

That's it!

I'm sure plugging for Bernie, and I'll be supporting him every step of the way!

[artislife]

53. +1000

[840high]

56. Yep

[ThePhilosopher04]

2. Elizebeth Warren will be the nation's first woman President.

She's not running this year. #FeelTheBern

[redstateblues]

5. I love her but her time has come and gone

[mwrguy]

9. How so?

[PatrickforO]

51. Perhaps a non-sequitur but your reply reminds me of that old Steely

Dan song, Midnight Cruiser.

The time of our time has come and gone,
I fear we've been waiting too long.
Tell me where are you going, midnight cruiser?
Where is your bounty of fortune and fame?

Great song, and it may be that Warren, like Teddy before her might become the new Lion of the Senate. I don't think she'll ever run for prez either.

[Owl]

13. Exactly!!

[onehandle]

22. LOL!

Seriously, I laughed out loud.

[brooklynite]

27. ...at age 70 or 74?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Hillary is 68. If she were elected she would be 69 when taking office

and if she ran a second time she'd be 73. Not a whole lot of difference...

[brooklynite]

33. ...at age 70 or 74?

[RiverLover]

60. I wish.

I think that ship has sailed. She'll be 71 June 2020.

President Warren....would have been outstanding for US.

[sonofspy777]

64. ^^^THIS^^^

GoBernieGo!!

[JaneyVee]

3. Love it.

[Chan790]

4. You really think Fiorina can pull out the GOP nomination? n/t

[peacebird]

11. Sweet! LOL!

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. I suspect you are correct. n/t

[NorthCarolina]

7. I think you better get a better crystal ball,

or at least check the batteries in the one you have.

[MineralMan]

8. I read the future in

Chicken entrails. Crystal balls are a distorted way to scry the future.

[NCTraveler]

14. Thank you.

scry
skrī/
verb
foretell the future using a crystal ball or other reflective object or surface.

[MineralMan]

15. Cool word, isn't it?

[NCTraveler]

16. It really is.

There are a couple of people here who send me to the dictionary often. I enjoy that aspect.

[1StrongBlackMan]

26. I know ...

I thought it was a typo.

Filing the word away for future use.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. No

[MeNMyVolt]

17. From your keyboard.... K&R

[yallerdawg]

23. to God's blog!

[rhett o rick]

18. I think the hubris of the Democratic Party Elites may make this election like 2000.

The Party elites fight to keep progressives off the ticket like they did in 2000. They like the DLC/Third Way candidates that are beholden to the Oligarchy. Sanders has a much better chance of winning the general but the Democratic Party Elites would rather see another Bush than let a progressive win. Goldman-Sachs made it crystal clear that the Oligarchy supports either Clinton or Bush.

[one_voice]

30. wut?

yeah, the Democrats caused that clusterfuck...

[rhett o rick]

41. Glad you understand. They didn't heed the warning. Hubris. Same as today.

Of course their sponsors don't really care if Democrats win as long as progressives don't win. Goldman-Sachs, the Oligarch spokesperson for HRC says they will be happy with Clinton or Bush.

[one_voice]

44. Actually no...

this was at how crazy your post was. you blaming the Democrats for the bush clusterfuck is one of the strangest things I've heard in a long time.

[one_voice]

46. uh-huh...

lemme break it down for you..



mkay. I'm done now.

[rhett o rick]

47. Let me go one more. The Clintons and Bushes are great friends. nm

[840high]

57. ...^ that

[Owl]

19. How reliable has your predicticating been?

[MineralMan]

21. Very accurate, starting in 1968.

I haven't always liked the results, though.

[JonLeibowitz]

54. "past performance does not necessarily predict future results." -SEC. ;-) n/t

[Proud Public Servant]

20. Actually, I suspect it will be more like 2004

As the dull establishment figure who is terrible at campaigning and out-of-touch with ordinary Americans handily defeats the candidate generating all the enthusiasm. I just hope the general election doesn't also play out the same way as 2004.

[niyad]

24. they are both leap years.

[PufPuf23]

25. If Hillary Clinton wins the POTUS, there is zero chance she will

enter office with the momentum and support that Barrack Obama had in 2008.

Clinton does not bring out supporter rallies as did Obama much less Sanders at her campaign stops.

Clinton has high negatives outside of and within the Democratic Party unique to Democratic Party candidates for POTUS in the last 50 years.

Clinton as POTUS is the strongest recipe for a divided DP and divided USA and DP loss in 2020.

Clinton promises to be a weak POTUS because of lack of support and she has the inclination to be a War POTUS. Her voting record and public comments on war are repulsive.

Personally I would like a woman POTUS just not Hillary Clinton.

It is apparently more important to HRC and many of her supporters that she be candidate even if it means the DP loses the election (and has weaker down ticket support) and at best a POTUS with weak support.

[Thinkingabout]

34. There are more women than men.

[PufPuf23]

35. So? Why don't you address my specific comments and speculations?

If HRC should win the election, there is no chance she will enter office with the momentum and support Barrack Obama enjoyed after the 2008 election.

Historic election, yes; but also wounded POTUS from the start.

Hillary Clinton and the presumption that HRC will be the Democratic candidate for POTUS has blocked other potential candidates.

The problem is compounded because HRC is the candidate of Big Money, Big Politics, Big Media, and Neoliberal philosophy.

Unfortunately, HRC does not generate the in person rallies of Obama in 2008 nor Sanders in 2016.

[Thinkingabout]

37. I did address with a comment, why the personal attack on me?

[PufPuf23]

42. What personal attack? There is more to HRC's than her gender.

All things being equal (and as stated), I would prefer and be excited to have a woman elected POTUS in 2016.

I apologize if you took my response as an attack.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. So? Are you assuming women will vote for Hillary just because she's a woman?

If so, you assume incorrectly. I'm voting for the old grumpy Jewish guy, and so are all the other women I know.

[Thinkingabout]

38. Because there are more women than jewish men.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. Does a man have to be Jewish to vote for Bernie?

Is it your assumption that all women and all non-Jewish men will vote for Hillary, therefore leaving only Jewish men as Bernie voters? Huh???

[Thinkingabout]

40. This isnt about voting, it about the turnout after Hillary wins the

Presidency, the turn out after Obama was elected.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

43. Not "after" she wins; "if" she wins. Not a single person has voted yet.

And, I still don't get what difference it makes if someone is a woman or a Jewish man or whatever. Most people vote for, and thereafter (if that person wins) support, the candidate who most closely represents their positions. Most people, at least the smart ones, don't care about ethnicity, race, religion or gender in that respect. So I really don't understand what you're trying to get at.

[Thinkingabout]

48. I am not trying to get at anything, you must be over reading what I have posted. bye

[SheilaT]

31. Wait, did I miss something?

Has the election already occurred?

Mumble, mumble, something about chickens, and hatching, no before they're hatched.

[azurnoir]

50. I agree it'll be just like 2008

Hillary will not get the nomination and we'll have our first Jewish POTUS

[840high]

58. Oh yes.

[NuclearDem]

52. Well, at the very least the PUMAs are back.

[Binkie The Clown]

55. According to my granddaughter's Magic 8-Ball...

"Reply hazy try again"

So there you have it. I'm happy I was able to settle the issue for all of you.

[brush]

59. Yep! Thinks are changing fast, too fast for some but screw them

A black president, a woman president, majority minority demographic.

Some peoples' head will soon explode.

[DrDan]

61. from what we know today, I fully agree

Anyone thinking otherwise is in denial.

Things certainly could change, however. And that is the magic of politics.

[Gothmog]

62. A Female POTUS would be great

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

63. Carly Fiorina? Not so much.

Whatever greatness a POTUS might have will be irrespective of gender.