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I was hoping that Campaign 2016 would get its own Forum header INDEPENDENT of Campaign 2012 and not just a thread.
Maybe later.

I think you're right, Jeffery. We have over 20 candidates to keep track of and only the single thread to do it in. It's going to get pretty jumbled over the next year. For instance, Trump's Trumpet belongs under the Campaign 2016 header. Phil was our last official administrator and that duty should have fallen to him but since he is MIA and SkyHawk has not been heard from here or anywhere else for a very long time I suspect he has retired from his position as Chief Engineer of Administrative duties. He was the one who actually knew how to twiddle the knobs and tweak the settings. I honestly don't recall whether lowly moderators are given the power to add forums.

I agree with a forum rather than just a thread, but don't know how/if I can do it. Inquiring.

I have a PM to Doug to make this an independent forum.

Been watching the Democratic debate. It is remarkable how much more intelligent these folks are that the Republicans.

I am not a Clinton fan, but she is acquitting herself very well - I was afraid she would suck.

Still like Bernie the best.

I don't care much for Webb.

Anderson Cooper: Hillz, how can you be president of America if you can't be president of EMAILS?


Hillary: Here are my emails, which were legal. Read them. READ THEM! And oh, also, ANDERSON, did you watch the news last week about how the whole "email" thing was just a big Republican bullshiit scam to tank my presidency? AND LOOK WHO'S STILL HERE, BITCHEZZZZZ.

Lincoln Chafee asked Anderson not to be so rough with him.


(BET ALL THE BOYS SAY THAT TO COOP #GAYJOKE)

Coop: How will you be different from Obama?


CHAFEE: Wars, wars, all the wars. I am sad about the wars.


O'MALLEY: I would be a real Democrat unlike that impostor, or something.


CLINTON: Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina.


SANDERS: All the socialist words you know and love.


WEBB: I'm a boring Marine. Argle, bargle, I'm really a Republican on most issues.

To be sexist, but pragmatic, Clinton finally got a hairstyle that works.

Now that I think of it, so did Sanders...

I didn't feel any need to watch the debate. Chaffee and Webb are less than window dressing,

This is all you really need to know at this point...

Clinton 48.3% Leads the polls by 18.2%

Sanders 25.1%

Biden(who isn't running) 17.4%

Webb .9%

O'Malley .4%

Chaffee .3%

Real Clear Politics

Webb appeals to the Very Conservative Democrats who simply can't stomach the GOP and a few veterans. O'Malley and Chaffee, whatever their stances on the issues, essentially appeal to no one.

Joe Biden is a good man, but as Vice President he cannot break with President Obama's policies during the campaign. His two terms as Vice President were the pinnacle of a long and illustrious career. At 72 he should retire and enjoy the rest of his life, doing speaking engagements, fundraising, and driving his Corvette whenever and wherever he wants. He has seen enough misery in his life and does not need the added weight of the Presidency to drag him down from what should be a long and pleasant retirement.

There is a bit of a horse race forming up between Clinton and Sanders but over the course of the next year Bernie's "small donor only" funding is liable to prove insufficient as the primaries begin in earnest and demands for staff salaries, travel, and radio and television air time add up.
We may see Sanders narrow the gap but most of the 17% currently allocated to Biden in the polls will swing more heavily towards Clinton once it becomes clear that Vice President Biden is not going to run.

Right now Clinton, in my estimation, stands at about a 60% chance of winning the nomination compared to 40% for Bernie. I expect these numbers to hold true throughout the campaign.

I would also note here that should Clinton win the nomination and select Sanders as her running mate the Democratic Party might see an amazing turnout come November 2016. The Clinton's are masters at political triangulation and I'd be willing to bet that Bubba and Hilly have at least discussed this privately.