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2016 Postmortem

Attorney in Texas

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23. Trump is giving the MSM plenty to talk about other than Bush's and Walker's collapsing campaigns but

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #22)

Sat Sep 12, 2015, 02:27 PM

Sep 2015

on the Democratic side, the MSM does not find a juicier story than Clinton dipping in the polls so they make that into the juiciest story they can.

If the Clinton story runs better with a Biden angle, then they add a Biden angle.

The fact that the MSM has to exaggerate all of this campaign nonsense is the result of the fact that most people aren't really interested in the race 5 months before the Iowa caucus.

The bullshit that the MSM is reporting in September won't matter and won't even be remembered in November, and the bullshit that the MSM is reporting in November won't matter and won't even be remembered in January when most people will only start beginning to pay attention.

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James Zogby "Remember Talk of a Bush-Clinton Match-up?" ("I wouldn't place a bet on it") [View all] Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 OP

Clinton's 'downward correction'... HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #1

The article at the link has plenty of the-Clinton-sky-is-falling! hand wringing if that's your thing Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #2

... Faux pas Sep 2015 #3

In the sense that the north slope is still far higher than anywhere Bernie has or will be, DanTex Sep 2015 #4

Gravity is a law. HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #6

Nate Silver has her as a 93% favorite to get the Nom. Personally I think that's a little high, DanTex Sep 2015 #7

That's only a current probability. HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #12

It isn't THAT steep Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #16

Nate Silver just gave HRC a 93% of winning nomination. SonderWoman Sep 2015 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #8

I'm guessing you never heard of Nate Silver? SonderWoman Sep 2015 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #11

He also failed very badly TM99 Sep 2015 #13

Good thing about Nate, his numbers adjust over time. morningfog Sep 2015 #14

I have a 50-50 chance of winning the Powerball Lottery. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #18

Where did he give Clinton a 93% chance of winning the nomination? I think he gave Sanders about a 7% Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #19

One problem is that going from being proclaimed a prohibitive favorite to 'competitive' HereSince1628 Sep 2015 #10

Your argument that Clinton is merely "competitive" presumes she's running against the sitting VP who Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #17

I'm not presuming anything that isn't present in the polls HereSince1628 Sep 2015 #20

The polls are commissioned and published by news agencies who are trying to sell product. It is a Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #21

Well Obama running would be interesting from a constitutional perspective HereSince1628 Sep 2015 #22

Trump is giving the MSM plenty to talk about other than Bush's and Walker's collapsing campaigns but Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #23

Zogby hasn't been right about anything since 2000 RandySF Sep 2015 #15