On 10/16/15 11:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/16/2015 11:22 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus had hoped for a very
different kind of 2016 election cycle.

He sat down yesterday with the conservative Washington Examiner, and
looked ahead to next fall.

…”I think that we have become, unfortunately, a midterm party that
doesn’t lose and a presidential party that’s had a really hard time
winning,” Priebus said. “We’re seeing more and more that if you don’t
hold the White House, it’s very difficult to govern in this country –
especially in Washington D.C.”

“So I think that – I do think that we’re cooked as a party for
quite a while as a party if we don’t win in 2016. So I do think that
it’s going to be hard to dig out of something like that,” Priebus told
the Examiner.

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Cooked as a party...that'll be good for America and average Americans.


Reuters just announced the results of a computer generated prediction
for the 2016 Presidential election. It predicts a Republican will be
moving into the White House in 2017.

The prediction is full of flaws though. It's based primarily on
historical data of things like how many times a two term party has
successfully retained the presidency and other factors not really
germane to this election cycle. The way things are going, the
Republicans will be responsible for a major aberration of historical
data by handing the White House to another Democrat after eight years
and possibly control of Congress.


The White House and the Senate are possibilities for the Dems. I don't
see the Repubs losing the House, what with all the gerrymandering
they've done over the years.

I'm at a loss trying to guess who the 2016 GOP POTUS candidate might be.
If Trump doesn't do himself in, I can't see any of the others who are
running knocking him off. I think Jeb has cooked his own goose. Rubio?
Pretty slim pickings there.

I don't see Sanders getting the nomination, but he and his campaign are
performing a great service for this country in many ways.