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This seriously came as a surprise to me, but then again it probably shouldn't have. The moment Lynch stepped up and put the DOJ in charge of "helping expedite" this new evidence I should have known that the ultimate determination was actually predetermined.
Now we are looking at a full scale war between the DOJ, Comey, and the rank and file FBI agents who have been leaking damaging information they have found on the Abedin laptop. Comey was said to have gotten a string of resignations after his decision to not indict Clinton. One could assume that he will get more after this.
Comey's reputation has been shot on both sides of the aisle at this point. He is either a man with no real good political instincts (in a political job) or he is merely a man trying to be more than a puppet, but ultimately not succeeding.
Let's not ultimately forget that none of this would be an issue, if one of our Major Parties had not nominated a candidate who has been under investigation by the FBI for multiple reasons.
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Worth reposting here:
Comey's mistake was not recommending indictment when the facts, law and precedent demand that a grand jury be convened and indictments handed down.
Comey did more harm to America by proving "rules are for the little people".
That there is unequal justice and if you are wealthy and well-connected, you can elude justice altogether.
Trump
Oct 25th: "This election is rigged!"
Oct 29th: "Maybe the election isn't rigged after all!"
Nov 6th: "Nope, it's definitely rigged!"
Still want Comey fired Roger?
twit, I don't respond to your spam. Try it with your ex love.
It's a fair question Roger. Do you still want Comey fired?
LOL, Roger's a troll.
I have a couple thoughts. Although this is a very late in the election event, but it's nuclear. Trump and his super pacs were all claiming that Clinton was under investigation. That's been his "lock her up" strategy. It was having some affect, but it's now moot.
I think that a lot of voters who were going to vote for Trump, even if his comments bothered them. Mainly because of the email event that Trump was comparing to WaterGate, this blows up that balloon. I think it will change enough minds, the possible blue state pickups Colorado and Nevada. Early voting in Nevada has been reported as favoring Clinton. I think she's going to take both of them, as well as Florida and North Carolina.
Resetting my map, Clinton 340, Trump 190 I added Ohio to Clinton, one is this and yeah, LeBron's endorsement will get the black voters out in Cleveland and other areas.
Down the list.
Senate, Tie or one or two vote Democratic majority.
House, a chance, but only about 10%.
Chuck Todd could not get any Trump people on his MTP daily show, Sunday edition.
It occurred with about 36 hours to go, but for many, the final weekend is where they decide to go. Clinton will benefit from this, big time.
CS, i have made it clear, Comey should go. He did something even J. Edgar Hoover wouldn't do, insert the FBI into the election. Bad judgement, he's got to go.
Those agents who read a book that was nothing but a badly botched hit piece on Clinton and believed it -- (did it actually say she participated in Satanic ceremonies involving sperm, blood, and breast milk?*) -- THEY may have resigned but may face being pulled back in and prosecuted for violating FBI policy.
*Yes, I actually heard that on Alex Jones.
(You know, the guy who thinks we faked our trip to the moon.)
Blogger Roger Amick said...
I have a couple thoughts.
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i thought i smelled something burning.
I heard she had a sparse crown in Cleveland, even with James in attendance. Only a couple thousand, and 5.5K viewers on the live stream.
Keep in mind that James made his endorsement of Clinton weeks ago. Not today.
On Sunday evening, Trump is set to campaign in Michigan with rock star Ted Nugent, Detroit’s “Motor City Madman” who has a very public history of calling for the assassination or execution of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
“Hey Hillary [Clinton], you might want to ride one of these [guns] into the sunset, you worthless bitch," Nugent said during an infamous mid-concert rant in 2007.ested that a President Trump would “kick ass and take names, and that's what America needs right now.”
This Tuesday, American voters are expected to elect to the highest office either LeBron James’s candidate or Ted Nugent’s.
HIGH CLASS PEOPLE Donald hangs out with.
You mean Jay Z's candidate?
You see my mind's on the finish line, facing the wreck
I put my motherfucking faith in the tec, tell Satan not yet
You understand I am chasing my breath
I am narrowly escaping my death, oh yes
Justify my thug!
"For you!"
My thug (hoping)
My thug (praying) for you
To justify my thug!
My thug (hoping)
My thug.. (praying) for you
"For you! Fresh"
The director of the FBI inserted the agency into the election. The letter nine days ago, was incorrect. The letter he released today, does not excuse his original letter. I don't know how it works, but he should not be retained as the director of the FBI.
If you watched Trump this evening, this was right on.
Trump
Oct 25th: "This election is rigged!"
Oct 29th: "Maybe the election isn't rigged after all!"
Nov 6th: "Nope, it's definitely rigged!"
He again said the DOJ and FBI were part of the Clinton conspiracy. He kept pointing at the cameras and attacked the biased media.
But not a "Lock her up". chat.
The size of the audiences at rally's are meaningless in the real world.
"Now, if somebody can't handle a Twitter account, they can't handle the nuclear codes."
His staff members have taken his phone from him.
North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as "a prescient presidential candidate" who can liberate Americans living under daily fear of nuclear attack by the North.
A column carried on Tuesday by DPRK Today, one of the reclusive and dynastic state's mouthpieces, described Trump as a "wise politician" and the right choice for U.S. voters in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election.
Reuters
Putin's choice and North Korea's.
Yep, right HIGH CLASS PEOPLE Donald hangs out with..
How Harry Reid Likely Delivered Nevada for Clinton
Jon Ralston: “Yet about one thing Trump was right: Harry Reid built this. After two years of boosting voter registration among key Democratic demographics, the retiring Senate majority leader has brought turnout among Hispanics in the state to record levels. In doing so, he’s almost surely delivered the state for Hillary Clinton—and possibly with it the presidential race (Trump has only the narrowest path to 270 electoral votes without Nevada). The reality of this election is that if Clinton wins, especially if she ends up needing Nevada, it’s not a stretch to declare that Reid was the single most important person in her victory.”
“Reid’s ground operation exploited the fear and loathing of Trump to the max, and the early results bear it out: Whereas the Latino vote was 15 percent of the Nevada electorate in 2008 and 18 percent in 2012, data I have seen shows now it is up 30 percent from 2012 in early voting, meaning it could go above 20 percent of all voters by Tuesday evening.”
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Trump Must Run the Table to Have a Chance
“After months of campaigning, the presidential race has come down to this: Democrat Hillary Clinton has several apparent paths to the White House, while Republican Donald Trump must sweep battleground states and seize at least one Democratic-leaning state,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“For Mr. Trump to win, he must finish ahead of Mrs. Clinton in the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and, in most calculations, North Carolina, analysts from both parties said. His path to victory, far narrower than Mrs. Clinton’s, also requires a win in at least one state that has long been in the Democratic column.”
“Mr. Trump’s chances are dim unless he can wrest away a state such as Michigan or Pennsylvania, where he campaigned Sunday, places that haven’t voted Republican in presidential races since 1988.”
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Most Say Election Has Made Them Less Proud of America
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds a majority of Americans – 62% – say they are less proud of America as a result of the 2016 presidential contest, while only 7% say they are more proud of the country because of the race.
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Bonus Quote of the Day
"Apparently his campaign has taken his Twitter. In the last two days, they had so little confidence in his self control, they said we’re just gonna take away your Twitter. Now, if somebody can’t handle a Twitter account, they can’t handle the nuclear codes.”
— President Obama, quoted by Politico, about Donald Trump.
Latest RCP LIVE BETTER ODDS
Hillary Clinton's chance of winning 82.7%
Donald Trump's chance of winning 17.0%
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Hang it up. It's all over but the whining.
I have been puzzled by the conundrum of two un-electable candidates, yet one must win. But there is a third scenario floating around: Utah going third party and neither Trump nor Clinton reaching 270. Then the House decides.
Even though it would drag this insane contest out until January, it may be the best case scenario for America.
You'd love for people to believe that James, so that people give up, don't vote, and your corrupt candidate wins. Heaven only knows why.
Too bad for you, hardly anyone is accepting that. You'd realize it if your judgement wasn't so clouded by your emotional investment in seeing an evil person gain power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/donald-trump-presidential-race.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
This is a look at the Trump campaign from inside. It's simply falling apart as the candidate simply cannot believe he's not going to win. My comment.
Snip
Donald J. Trump is not sleeping much these days.
Aboard his gold-plated jumbo jet, the Republican nominee does not like to rest or be alone with his thoughts, insisting that aides stay up and keep talking to him. He prefers the soothing, whispery voice of his son-in-law.
He requires constant assurance that his candidacy is on track. “Look at that crowd!” he exclaimed a few days ago as he flew across Florida, turning to his young press secretary as a TV tuned to Fox News showed images of what he claimed were thousands of people waiting for him on the ground below.
And he is struggling to suppress his bottomless need for attention. As he stood next to the breakfast buffet at his golf club in Doral, Fla., eyeing a tray of pork sausages, he sought to convey restraint when approached by a reporter for The New York Times.
“I’m on message,” Mr. Trump asserted, with effort. “I’m not playing around. In fact, I’m a little nervous standing here talking to you even for just a minute.”
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Mr. Trump’s campaign is no longer making headlines with embarrassing staff shake-ups. But that has left him with a band of squabbling and unfireable advisers, with confusing roles and an inability to sign off on basic tasks. A plan to encourage early voting in Florida went unapproved for weeks.
The result is chaotic. Advisers cut loose from the campaign months ago, like Corey Lewandowski, still talk to the candidate frequently, offering advice that sometimes clashes with that of the current leadership team. Mr. Trump, who does not use a computer, rails against the campaign’s expenditure of tens of millions on digital ads, skeptical that spots he never sees could have any effect.
Not even staff members who volunteer to be dismissed are let go. The senior communications adviser, Jason Miller, offered to resign after he was spotted at a Las Vegas strip club the night before the final presidential debate. The offer was rejected.
This inside account of the Trump campaign’s final stretch is based on interviews with dozens of aides, operatives, supporters and advisers, many of whom were granted anonymity to describe moments and conversations that were intended to be confidential.
Mr. Trump at a rally on Saturday at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times
Hope Hicks, Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman, said the campaign was on course and gaining ground. She firmly rejected suggestions that advisers were clashing, and said voters were responding to Mr. Trump’s message.
Ms. Hicks denied that Ms. Trump had misgivings about promoting the ad in which she appeared. “That’s simply not true,” Ms. Hicks said. “Ivanka is totally supportive.”
The whole thing won't fit here, but it's worth your time if you are really interested in how a campaign is falling apart.
Let me throw out a real crazy scenario. Trump and Clinton each fail to reach 270 electoral votes. Between election day and the day the electors vote (early December, I think) there is a mad scramble within the GOP to identify a "third choice" that their House majority can unite behind and get him votes. Pence, Ryan, Romney, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and even Bush are all in the mix for the coveted third highest vote total.
Meanwhile, the Senate splits 50-50 and Biden casts the tie breaking vote to make Kaine the VP. If the House cannot get 26 states to vote for one of the three top vote getters, Kaine becomes president.
Plagiarized spam
It's not going to go that way. Clinton will top 300.
I posted the url.
Or does that go over your head?
8:43PM
Wp, it is obvious that you never had a shred of objectivity in this contest. That you would even for a moment think that Clinton is more corrupted than Trump, or lies more, is astounding. I used to think you were a person of reason, but no longer.
I posted the live better odds, which vastly moved toward Clinton over the past two days, just because they are what they are: One of the better indications of what the real situation now is.
How much weight people give them, or how they vote or don't vote is up to them.
Monday, November 7, 2016
Clinton’s Electoral College lead with one day left increases to Clinton 313 vs. Trump 225
A Clinton victory is the most likely outcome of tomorrow’s presidential elections.
Balancing on a wire, Florida tips back to Clinton
Hillary’s lead is less than one half of one percent in the Sunshine State.
5:02 That is the opinion of one of the most objective prognosticators, a conservative evangelical Christian and no fan of Clinton's, but an objective polling evaluator.
Perhaps Wp would like to accuse him of seeking to suppress the Republican vote.
"I posted the url."
The comment wasn't directed at you.
Too far over your head Roger?
I forgot to give the link. Here 'tis.
http://www.electionprojection.com/presidential-elections.php
You have to be kidding, your happy because on the eve of a the election your canidate has the FBI clear her of One of the Two investigations.
The FBI is still investigating the Clinton Crime Family Foundation.
This morning at politicalwire.com:
November 7,
The final Bloomberg Politics national poll finds Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump by three points, 44% to 41%, with Gary Johnson at 4% and Jill Stein at 2%.
State Poll Roundup: Monday
Here are the latest state polls in the presidential race:
New Hampshire: Clinton 49%, Trump 38%, Johnson 6% (University of New Hampshire)
Virginia: Clinton 48%, Trump 42% (Christopher Newport University)
Ohio: Trump 43%, Clinton 40%, Johnson 8% (William and Mary)
"Wp, it is obvious that you never had a shred of objectivity in this contest." - James
LOL. Look who's talking about OBJECTIVITY, LMAO!
"You have to be kidding, your happy because on the eve of a the election your canidate has the FBI clear her of One of the Two investigations"
Roger and James love to hear themselves talk.....
I post objective polls, LMAO.
And objective as well as partisan commentary, LMAO.
Trump is surging .
MI Tied
Trump Leads in FL and OHIO
More of the States trend for Trump.
MORE good news. :-)
Philadelphia Transit Strike Ends Before Election Day
“The six-day work stoppage that sidelined subways, trolleys, and buses and threatened to complicate a closely contested presidential election ended in the pre-dawn hours Monday as SEPTA and leadership for the Transportation Workers Union Local 234 reached a tentative five-year agreement on a new contract for 4,738 transit personnel,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Hillary Coughing again, left stage quickly, video, not good, weak physically, mentally and no policies other then the failed ones of Obimbo.
FBI still has an open Criminal Investigation going on over her Money Laundering, even Clinton is dirty in this one.
Obama supports Illegals Voting, we have the video, it is clear, they have to cheat to win.
"More good news" Jane
Really, stopping the normal lives of People is good for this Republic.
Why the Economy no longer matters in the US Election, simple, 94 million able aged Americans don't work, supported by the Government, so they vote for the hand that feeds them.
New Normal.
CS, i have made it clear, Comey should go.
Well we agree on this point although for far different reasons.
Nov 7 Final National Polls
Here are the final national polls:
Bloomberg: Clinton 44%, Trump 41%, Johnson 4%, Stein 2%
CBS News: Clinton 45%, Trump 41%, Johnson 5%, Stein 2%
Washington Post/ABC News: Clinton 47%, Trump 43%, Johnson 4%, Stein 2%
NBC News/SurveyMonkey: Clinton 47%, Trump 41%, Johnson 6%, Stein 3%
Between election day and the day the electors vote (early December, I think) there is a mad scramble within the GOP to identify a "third choice" that their House majority can unite behind and get him votes.
The constitution forbids it. It specifies the House must choose among the candidates receiving electoral votes.
Clinton looks poised to lock it up
Trump dashes across the country as she seeks solidify the swing states after the FBI cloud lifts.
After the FBI reaffirmed its conclusions from July, Donald Trump returned to railing against the “rigged system.”
Pressing to lock in her electoral advantage in the final hours of the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton will summon the collective firepower of the last two Democratic presidents on Monday while Donald Trump scrambles furiously across state lines in a last-ditch bid to scale the blue wall of support she has built.
In a shock announcement only 40 hours before the first polls were set to open, Trump was robbed of his favorite rhetorical cudgel on Sunday. FBI Director James Comey told Congress he had concluded his review into new Clinton-related emails only nine days after he shook up the race by announcing there was a review underway at all.
The news of his probe — and the subsequent ricocheting jumble of the words “FBI,” “email,” and “Clinton” on television and news sites — had allowed Trump to claw back into the presidential race, lifting him from his polling doldrums in late October. His campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, tried to brush aside Comey’s announcement as insignificant.
“We have not made this a centerpiece of our messaging,” she said on MSNBC.
Except that Trump had. And now he can’t.
He had used the return of the FBI review to powerfully make the case that Clinton was the candidate of yesterday’s problems, and he was the outsider with tomorrow’s solutions. The probe was quickly and prominently spliced into TV ads. And only hours earlier, Trump in Iowa had railed against Clinton as the “prime suspect in a far-reaching criminal investigation.” He has repeatedly called Clinton’s private email server investigation “worse than Watergate” in recent days.
But after the FBI reaffirmed its conclusions from July — when Comey said “no reasonable prosecutor” would bring a case against Clinton — Trump returned to railing against the “rigged system.”
“You have to understand, it’s a rigged system and she’s protected,” he said at a Minnesota airport rally.
Later, in Michigan, Trump questioned the FBI’s quick resolution. “You can't review 650,000 emails in eight days," he said. [EXCEPT THEY DID.] "You can't do it folks. Hillary Clinton is guilty.”
Even before the FBI cloud lifted, the final round of national polls released Sunday all showed Clinton with a lead. Trump languished below 45 percent in each. Her leads were powered by strong showings among minority voters and women, while Trump’s total was padded mostly by white men.
The education gap was stark. Among white voters in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, those without college degrees preferred Trump by a 60 percent to 30 percent margin. Clinton led white voters with college degrees by 10 points, 51 percent 41 percent — a remarkable 40-point spread.
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FREE COLLEGE FOR EVERYONE. THEN EVERYONE WILL BE A DEMOCRAT.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-countdown-230856#ixzz4PKbYDLAp
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Khizr Khan recounted the way the Republican nominee repeatedly "attacked" his family after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention this summer.
Khan's son died while serving in Iraq in 2004 and his speech in Philadelphia gained significant traction after he held up a pocket constitution and challenged Trump to read it.
On Sunday, Khan said he had a few "questions" for him.
"Would my son, Captain Humayun Khan have a place in your America? Would Muslims have a place in your America? Would Latinos have a place in your America? Would African Americans have a place in your America, Donald Trump? Would anyone who isn't like you have a place in your America? Well thankfully, Mr. Trump, this isn't your America," he said.
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And that's about to become even more obvious.
On her final full day on the trail, Clinton will start with a stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan and then the blowout rally in Philadelphia, where she, President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton will all attend.
It will be the first joint rally for the two Democratic power couples. Adding to the event’s star power, the campaign announced that Bruce Springsteen will perform, reprising a closing role that the rock star held for Obama in 2012...
One of the reasons Clinton has focused on Pennsylvania and Michigan in the closing days is that both states do not allow for early voting, meaning motivating supporters on the eve of the election is key. Clinton also will hold a midnight rally in North Carolina on Monday.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-countdown-230856#ixzz4PKhSfkir
FINALLY Nate Silver has turned NC and FL blue (along with NV) -- but ONLY on his now-cast.
What is taking him so long? An excess of caution?
Spam
So blue today, but red tomorrow?
FINALLY Nate Silver has turned NC and FL blue (along with NV) -- but ONLY on his now-cast. What is taking him so long?
Um... because Trump has been ahead (or within a percent) in all three states.
You understand that Silver uses regression testing to make his determinations. Without new data, he cannot simply flip states because he wants to or otherwise decides to.
That being said, he does have the ability (and sometimes does so) to change arbitrarily his own polling "adjustments".
Since there really hasn't been any polling showing movement for Clinton in these states.
- A Clinton plus one from Emerson that was plus 2 a week ago in Nevada (backwards)
- Two polls where Hillary's larger N.C. leads were cut (in one case dramatically cut)
- Three new polls in Florida (Clinton +1 Trump +4 and Clinton +2) Only one of those polls moved since the last release. (The Clinton +2 was +3)
So technically out of those three states, there was six polls, and in four of them Trump has gained, and in two of them they didn't move.
So "THAT" James is why Silver would be reluctant to move these states "from" the person who appears to be gaining.
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