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What's the deal with him? Seems sharper, but not as polished as Ryan. Way sharper than Darrell Issa, who's a dipshit who could never gain any traction statewide in CA. Has pledged to release the final report on Benghazi before Dem convention, but is hedging. I'll believe it when I see it...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/08/kansas_governor_sam_brownback_threatens_to_defund_judiciary_if_it_rules.html Brownback ran for President in 2008, but bowed out before Iowa. Left the Senate to become Governor. Implemented a bunch of kooky Tea Party wet dreams and was barely...

Hastert began a sexual relationship with a 14 year old wrestling manager in the late '60s. The kid died from AIDS nearly 20 years later. Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 M to silence info about a sexual relationship with another student. Kinda doubt those were the only gay relationships Hastet had...

Was there ever any talk of Bob Gates running for President? Seems like a really sharp, competent guy who would carry the center and govern in a pragmatic way. GOP base would never forgive him for working for Obama, but, as loopy as the GOP has become, there are still sharp pragmatists (Gates...

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025688052_shootingpascoxml.html Some homeless guy in Pasco, WA was throwing rocks at cars and cops. Apparently they tried to tase him, but he ran away. There's a disturbing video of the shooting embedded in the article. I get that being a cop is an...

Several current threads (Christie, National GOP debacle, etc...) have posts about Huckabee, but wanted to consolidate them into a single thread since I doubt he's going to stop making loopy out of touch statements any time soon: -Jay Z's pimping out Beyonce -Obamas are crappy parents because...

The realtor who disappeared in Arkansas is a tragedy, but one part of the story startled me. She's 49, has 4 grand children, and has been married for 35 years. I get it's Arkansas, but 14 year olds are allowed to marry?!? Papa Duck Dynasty advocates marrying young, but 14 seems absurd.

Heading to Miami for a long weekend and finally got around to reading Tom Wolfe's latest book, "Back to Blood". A huge theme in the book is Cuban immigration and assimilation. Obviously the GOP has problems with Latinos and immigration, but it's kinda amazing that the GOP base is so hostile to...

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/8/5/5971093/steve-king-rand-paul-meet-DREAMer-erika-andiola-run-away Rand Paul made an appearance with Steve King in Iowa and two Dream Act advocates approached them. Once Rand heard they were immigration advocates, he stopped eating and got the hell out of...

Gotta believe Rand is ecstatic about Cheney and Perry bashing him on America's future military role in the Middle East. The Cheneys are so toxic that Liz couldn't even win a Senate primary in Wyoming (the least populated state in the country). Cheney can't shut up and will be forever chasing...

http://time.com/2896165/brian-schweitzer-gaydar-eric-cantor-dianne-feinstein-national-journal-democratic-party/ Schweitzer just destroyed his 2016 chances before he formally announced. Some Dems hate the South, but South Carolina's a key early primary. Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581877/Ben-Carson-emerges-sleeper-threat-N-H-Republican-Party-event-straw-poll-Rand-Paul-Chris-Christie-lead-field.html So what's the GOP's fascination with Ben Carson? He's finished third in two consecutive straw polls, but he's said a bunch of nutty...

Has anyone seen any of the clips from CPAC? I get that this board is hardly a bastion of Tea Partiers, but do any conservatives/'Pubs think CPAC is helpful for the GOP in 2016? Seems like the tenor and tone is straight from Limbaugh and Palin and I don't see how that appeals to moderates in...