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He is facing a major cash crunch, ending the last fundraising quarter with $261,000 on hand. But his financial disclosure forms show heās finding ways to campaign cheaply, bunking at affordable hotel chains. Santorum, who is also low on cash, appears to be looking around for deals on online travel sites, with multiple payments to Expedia and Hotels.com.
Pretty hilarious to have two potential Presidents brought down to using Airbnb and Uber to keep their campaigns afloat. Who knows? One of us might end up driving these guys around town.
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Running for president can be a stepping stone to high-profile television jobs and other lucrative opportunities.
Ding ding ding ding!
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No one seems to mind or admit that Fox News is selecting the Republican presidential candidates and ranking them as most or least favorable to attend the debate. Is there a Republican Party anymore?
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In modern G.O.P. politics, everything is a commodity and, therefore, suitable for marketing possibilities.
Even āmullingā.
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Like a golfer turning pro can I buy a slice of future earnings now? Iād really like 2 or 3 net points of Rubioās money down the road.
Jeb Bush supporters have said the crowded field is contributing to the former Florida governorās struggle to gain traction.
What a weird way to put it. Dude, you are the crowded field!
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Hey give credit where itās due. Itās true that when you split the vote between fewer trailing candidates, each of their percentages is more likely to go up, and doing math correctly is an improvement over there!
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"They need to recognize that moment and make a move," Madden said.
That is really funny on SO many levels ā
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HuChristie hanginā on in hopes the KochBoys will pay 'em to get outā¦
Or their superPACs collect enough to afford a comfortable life style for each of themā¦
āIāll go there, debate, and as soon as I leave the debate Iāll go to
Iowa and get back to work,ā Christie said Friday.
Thatās really interesting, mainly because youāre the governor of New Jersey, you fat fuck. Did it ever occur to you to āget back to workā there?
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āIāll go there, debate, and as soon as I leave the debate Iāll go to Iowa and get back to work,ā Christie said Friday as he filed his paperwork to run in the New Hampshire primary.
A New Jersey resident might point out that Christieās salaried job is Governor, not running for President. But I suspect that most residents are grateful heās not paying much attention to NJ.
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I suspect you donāt live in NJ. If you did, youād want Christie to stay as far away as possible.
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Whatever made you think that Fox News and the Republican Party were two different things?
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Iowa sure has a bunch oā gubernorsā¦why would Christie be back to work in Iowa? isnāt he governor of another state? or have they run him off? I thought Iowa smelled bad before the gop got thereā¦with all that lipstick on pigs ya would think someone would bring some perfumeā¦
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Lindsey Graham for President!
(Said nobody, anywhere.)
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Much as I hate to agree with Donald Trump, but yes, Jindal, Graham, Santorum and Pataki (I keep forgetting those last two are even in the race) should just give it up, theyāre obviously going nowhere. Things are not looking much better for the next tier of candidates, Christie, Huckabee, Paul, Kasich, Fiorina. The spectacularly underperforming Jeb Bush ought to at least be competing with Rubio and Cruz, but Jeb is too busy failing and flailing. I suspect Carson and Trump have both peaked, but I think it will be up to Rubio and Cruz to try to salvage this election for the GOP, ācause it looks like poor olā Jeb just aināt up to it.
BetweenTheLines:
Each of the candidates has so far vowed to stay in the raceā¦
ā¦until theyāve accumulated a large enough mailing list,
and grifted enough cash to last them until the 2020 POTUS primaries.
All but the newbies have known for a couple of months at leastā
that there would be no more traction than they had at that juncture.
(Do we really want a POTUS who canāt understand when a situation is futile?)
All that remains is thieving from gullible Ā®ubes tithing their butter&eggmoneyā
in support of their single-issue candidate-of-choice.
jw1
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If popularity is the measuring stick, then only Trump and Carson should stay in, their lead is 5 to 10 times bigger than the not so popular chumps and much more.
It looks to me like Rubio is going to pull this thing off by default. JebBush is such a magnanimous disappointment and Cruz is the leader of teabagger central and that wonāt amount to a hill of beans. Trump and Carson may be popular but they arenāt Presidential by a long shot and the rest are just the rest. Yep, it looks like Rubio to me and heās a piker in comparison to our candidates.
Plus, Rubio hasnāt gotten the treatment yet and you had best believe that itās coming and coming hard.
Personally, I want to hear the dirt on him, he has gotten a pretty big pass so far.
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Jersey resident here. Our LT. Governor, Kim Guadagno is just as bad as he is. Sheās going to use this for her run, next term. What we need is Cory Booker to run for Governor and chop this Christie tree down. But, from all accounts, itās going to be Steve Sweeney. Heās the head of the DNC in Jersey. Smart, well like and respected guy. But if it was Booker, it would be a lock that Dems take back the Governor seat. Sweeney vs. Guadagno is going to be too close for my liking.