The most illegal thing allegedly is that they payed $600K to try and physically attack RNC delegates at the republican convention.
The funniest thing I read was an internal email thread about a Trump Facebook post. Someone said, "Are they aggressively deleting comments or do that many people really like Trump?"
The DNC emails are making Sanders supporters moan again too.
You are wrong on A. For example Al Gore largely won the popular vote because he picked Lieberman who the party base disliked, McCain in the long term did not help himself by picking Palin in 2008 whom the party base loved. Kaine was a far more shrewd choice for Hillary than Warren, a centrist and Spanish speaker he can help her with independent males and Hispanics and he is from Virginia, a key swing state. Warren would have turned independents towards Trump-Pence and being from Massachusetts adds nothing in terms of electoral votes Hillary does not already have.
A few Sanders voters will now vote for Jill Stein but they will be cancelled out by the Bush, Rubio and Kasich voters voting for Gary Johnson
Gore probably lost the election in 2000 because of Lieberman, he should have chosen someone who could have helped in either Florida (like Bob Graham) or New Hampshire, and to stop the leaks towards Nader. Selecting Lieberman made his situation worse on his left flank.
McCain's trick with Palin worked (his support spiked in the polls) but only until people discovered how smart she was (or not).
Getting the VP right may add some limited support but doesn't guarantee victory, getting it wrong may set you behind.
Hillary got it wrong, the question is how many votes will this cost her.
Tim Kaine speaking spanish doesn't give her extra votes, I can speak spanish that doesn't mean that I can get votes, but Kaine is on the right of Hillary and that's making democrats who where already in trouble voting for someone as right wing as Hillary to have second thoughts about voting for her.
Virginia was already likely to be a Hillary win because of the D.C suburbs, so that adds as much as Pence does for Trump in Indiana, but the difference is that Pence made most dissident republicans happy, but Kaine made dissident democrats unhappy.
In an election with many 3rd parties around you have too keep your party base happy and in line, Pence so far did the trick, Kaine has not.
Some Jihadist chatter is calling the incident today in Germany a good kill and called for more 'lone wolf' attacks.
No firm evidence yet that this is 100% informed comment but it does compare with the incident on Friday proper Jihadist talking shops were remarkably quiet.
Lieberman was meant to help in Florida. It perhaps worked, who knows? The problem with Clinton-Warren is obvious, many people in America would feel motivated to vote against two liberal women, just look at the response you get from internet types when you are a woman in the spotlight.
This is always assuming that Corbyn would resign after losing an early general election and before he had the chance to purge the PLP. I somehow doubt it.
This is why Hillary is going to struggle. She's just empty words. Trump offers something, many of us may not like what he offers, but Hillary brings nothing to the table.
This is why Hillary is going to struggle. She's just empty words. Trump offers something, many of us may not like what he offers, but Hillary brings nothing to the table.
That felt like a 3m Trump advert to me bar about 20 secs. What are they doing???
This is why Hillary is going to struggle. She's just empty words. Trump offers something, many of us may not like what he offers, but Hillary brings nothing to the table.
The ad tells us precisely nothing about what Hillary will do ! It's the worst political ad I've ever seen tbh.
This is why Hillary is going to struggle. She's just empty words. Trump offers something, many of us may not like what he offers, but Hillary brings nothing to the table.
The ad tells us precisely nothing about what Hillary will do ! It's the worst political ad I've ever seen tbh.
It made me think Trump with rough edges is right. I'm astonished at it.
I just read an interesting article about how early retirement was a grossly expensive way to hide redundancies and the effect this has had on occupational pension schemes (spoiler: not good)
As I am not pension industry literate does this ring true to those of you who are?
Not in the industry but it has featured in some litigations that I have been involved in. The difference in the cost to the pension fund of a pension at retirement and early retirement is called the strain cost. Certainly in the early years of this century it was grossly underestimated by many public bodies who failed to appreciate what getting a pension 2 years early was worth. It is a lot more than the payments made in those 2 years because it also means there are 2 years less contributions, 2 years less of investment returns and at least 2 more years of payment (early retirement is positively correlated with life expectancy).
Those in receipt of public sector pensions already do spectacularly well. Additions like this should really be banned.
...Britain still has a vast cultural empire covering about a third of the worlds surface...[reply excised...we created it and are still a big player in it, we made up the rules they run on to this day...
If by "it" you mean the Anglosphere, we don't own it and are not the sole creators of it.
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I never said we were.
We don't need to own it because we created it.
Legal system and common law - check.
Language - check.
Parliamentary system - check, even for USA which has an elected Georgian Monarch.
Thats the framework. No one needs to own it now although the Commonwealth will come to be its foremost institute in time.
This is why Hillary is going to struggle. She's just empty words. Trump offers something, many of us may not like what he offers, but Hillary brings nothing to the table.
...Britain still has a vast cultural empire covering about a third of the worlds surface...[reply excised...we created it and are still a big player in it, we made up the rules they run on to this day...
If by "it" you mean the Anglosphere, we don't own it and are not the sole creators of it.
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I never said we were.
We don't need to own it because we created it.
Legal system and common law - check.
Language - check.
Parliamentary system - check, even for USA which has an elected Georgian Monarch.
Thats the framework. No one needs to own it now although the Commonwealth will come to be its foremost institute in time.
This is why Hillary is going to struggle. She's just empty words. Trump offers something, many of us may not like what he offers, but Hillary brings nothing to the table.
But she's a woman. She could be 'merika's Merkel.
What, letting in any foreigner into her country who can reach it, unchecked? That'll go down like a house on fire in the US, I'm sure!
Trump's message on immigration is the definition of simple but effective. It will be a net vote winner for him. What can Hillary retort with? Some vague tweaks to the current system? People have give up on that kind of thing.
'Gore probably lost the election in 2000 because of Lieberman, he should have chosen someone who could have helped in either Florida (like Bob Graham) or New Hampshire, and to stop the leaks towards Nader. Selecting Lieberman made his situation worse on his left flank.
McCain's trick with Palin worked (his support spiked in the polls) but only until people discovered how smart she was (or not).
Getting the VP right may add some limited support but doesn't guarantee victory, getting it wrong may set you behind.
Hillary got it wrong, the question is how many votes will this cost her.
Tim Kaine speaking spanish doesn't give her extra votes, I can speak spanish that doesn't mean that I can get votes, but Kaine is on the right of Hillary and that's making democrats who where already in trouble voting for someone as right wing as Hillary to have second
In an election with many 3rd parties around you have too keep your party base happy and in line, Pence so far did the trick, Kaine has not.'
No it was Lieberman winning centrist Jewish votes in Florida that was key for Gore, Graham certainly would not have stopped leakage to Nader. Picking an. unqualified candidate to appease the base as you suggest did not help McCain.
Kaine speaking Spanish suggests Hillary is reaching out to Hispanic voters unlike Trump who is hammering them. Virginia is a far closer swing state than Indiana and Pence largely appealed to those who were in the Trump camp already. Pence will certainly do nothing to stop Jeb Bush and Kasich voters leaking to Johnson
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Selecting Lieberman made his situation worse on his left flank.
McCain's trick with Palin worked (his support spiked in the polls) but only until people discovered how smart she was (or not).
Getting the VP right may add some limited support but doesn't guarantee victory, getting it wrong may set you behind.
Hillary got it wrong, the question is how many votes will this cost her.
Tim Kaine speaking spanish doesn't give her extra votes, I can speak spanish that doesn't mean that I can get votes, but Kaine is on the right of Hillary and that's making democrats who where already in trouble voting for someone as right wing as Hillary to have second thoughts about voting for her.
Virginia was already likely to be a Hillary win because of the D.C suburbs, so that adds as much as Pence does for Trump in Indiana, but the difference is that Pence made most dissident republicans happy, but Kaine made dissident democrats unhappy.
In an election with many 3rd parties around you have too keep your party base happy and in line, Pence so far did the trick, Kaine has not.
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No firm evidence yet that this is 100% informed comment but it does compare with the incident on Friday proper Jihadist talking shops were remarkably quiet.
It could 100% be a Trump ad.
It'll be up in the next 20 mins or so.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/757290614815727616
Those in receipt of public sector pensions already do spectacularly well. Additions like this should really be banned.
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We don't need to own it because we created it.
Legal system and common law - check.
Language - check.
Parliamentary system - check, even for USA which has an elected Georgian Monarch.
Thats the framework. No one needs to own it now although the Commonwealth will come to be its foremost institute in time.
Trump's message on immigration is the definition of simple but effective. It will be a net vote winner for him. What can Hillary retort with? Some vague tweaks to the current system? People have give up on that kind of thing.
'Gore probably lost the election in 2000 because of Lieberman, he should have chosen someone who could have helped in either Florida (like Bob Graham) or New Hampshire, and to stop the leaks towards Nader.
Selecting Lieberman made his situation worse on his left flank.
McCain's trick with Palin worked (his support spiked in the polls) but only until people discovered how smart she was (or not).
Getting the VP right may add some limited support but doesn't guarantee victory, getting it wrong may set you behind.
Hillary got it wrong, the question is how many votes will this cost her.
Tim Kaine speaking spanish doesn't give her extra votes, I can speak spanish that doesn't mean that I can get votes, but Kaine is on the right of Hillary and that's making democrats who where already in trouble voting for someone as right wing as Hillary to have second
In an election with many 3rd parties around you have too keep your party base happy and in line, Pence so far did the trick, Kaine has not.'
No it was Lieberman winning centrist Jewish votes in Florida that was key for Gore, Graham certainly would not have stopped leakage to Nader. Picking an. unqualified candidate to appease the base as you suggest did not help McCain.
Kaine speaking Spanish suggests Hillary is reaching out to Hispanic voters unlike Trump who is hammering them. Virginia is a far closer swing state than Indiana and Pence largely appealed to those who were in the Trump camp already. Pence will certainly do nothing to stop Jeb Bush and Kasich voters leaking to Johnson