Election 2016
Category archives for Election 2016
The argument for voting for Ted Cruz
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2016 
Only kidding! Here’s the argument for disdaining, or at least, laughing at, Ted Cruz:
Joe Biden Did Not Endorse Hillary Clinton. On Purpose.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2016 
Everybody loves Joe Biden, and the main thing you’ve got to love about him is that he has stuff in his head and then says it out loud, like a normal person. And here is one of those moments. And, as you can see, some of Joe has rubbed off on Barack.
Republican Candidates Running Away from Trump. And Phyllis Schlafly.
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2016 
… and why we never got the Equal Rights Amendment. Donald Trump is a very good Republican candidate. In terms of both style and substance, Trump does a good job of representing that part of the Republican Party that has been in charge of that party for several years, the Tea Party. The Republican Party…
Democratic Primary: 2008 vs. 2016 Delegate Math
Posted by Greg Laden on April 12, 2016 
There is some discussion about Bernie Sanders’ strategy for winning the nomination despite being significantly behind in the pledged delegate count. Most of this discussion is nearly worthless because those engaged in it (talking and listening) are, or seem, poorly informed about how the system actually works. So I thought this would be a good…
Something important, something troubling, and something dangerous
Posted by Greg Laden on April 11, 2016 
The important thing first. I predicted who would win the Wisconsin primary, although my prediction suggested that Sanders would do better than he did. (He underperformed.) I predicted the outcome of the Wyoming primary exactly. These are the most recent two in a long series of mostly correct predictions of which Democratic candidate will win…
Who won the Wisconsin Democratic Primary? (Final)
Posted by Greg Laden on April 5, 2016 
I’ll post the results when they are available, after 8 or 9 PM central, below. Meanwhile, as of 6PM Central time, early info from Wisconsin suggests that Sanders will do very well in today’s primary. The good news for Sanders: My prediction of 55 delegates for Sanders and 31 delegates for Clinton appears to be…
The Rest of the Democratic Primary
Posted by Greg Laden on April 2, 2016 
We are in the Primary Doldrums. For the last several days and the next several days, there is not too much happening, big gaps between the action. Wisconsin is important, and it is Tuesday, Then Wyoming by itself, then New York by itself, then a sort of Super Tuesday with several states. As you know…
19% of Sanders supporters would throw Clinton under the bus
Posted by Greg Laden on March 29, 2016 
A new poll (March 24th) by Monmouth University says, “Among Democrats who support Bernie Sanders for their party’s nomination, 78% say they would vote for Clinton over Trump in November, while 12% would actually vote for Trump and 7% would not vote at all.” The Republicans have a similar problem, where “two-thirds (68%) of voters…
Keith Olbermann: Why Trump Wont Win
Posted by Greg Laden on March 26, 2016 This discussion is a little ambiguous about “winning the nomination” vs. “winning the general election” but it is fun to see Keith Olbermann again. He states here that he is coming out of retirement. Olbermann correctly points out something I think a lot of people don’t know or understand. A political party is an independent…
The Bernie Sanders Bird
Posted by Greg Laden on March 26, 2016 
Everybody knows about the little bird, a House Finch, I believe, that flew up to Bernie Sanders at a recent event. However, the YouTube Video that is circulating has lousy sound quality and cuts off some of the context. So, here I give you a better version.