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| Anniemae - 2016-05-04 1:07 PM
Trump hasn't spent much money, because he hasn't needed to. Â The media, social media, etc, has kept him in the headlines, and you just can't buy that level of coverage. Â
Now, both Clinton and Tump have high unfavorable ratings. Â The general election will be about voting AGAINST the candidate, not necessarily about voting for a candidate. Â And since the electorial delegates will be making the final choice, Â I see Trump as having the edge. Â He is a deal maker after all....
As for a VP candidate, I just don't see him picking the traditional way. Â Nothing about his campaign has been normal or along traditional lines, he'll think outside the box and pick someone that has strong foreign affairs experience, maybe strong military background. Â This person will energize the conservative base and that he can trust to have his back. Â His choice will also garner much needed GOP $$$...
Kasich may be an outside option. Â Paul Ryan would be an excellent choice. Â Or someone that can pull in the western states...Â
Carson and Christy will have cabinet positions.Â
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Absolutely Carson, I will bet money on it |
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Location: OH | Reester - 2016-05-04 3:46 PM Anniemae - 2016-05-04 1:07 PM Trump hasn't spent much money, because he hasn't needed to. The media, social media, etc, has kept him in the headlines, and you just can't buy that level of coverage.
Now, both Clinton and Tump have high unfavorable ratings. The general election will be about voting AGAINST the candidate, not necessarily about voting for a candidate. And since the electorial delegates will be making the final choice, I see Trump as having the edge. He is a deal maker after all....
As for a VP candidate, I just don't see him picking the traditional way. Nothing about his campaign has been normal or along traditional lines, he'll think outside the box and pick someone that has strong foreign affairs experience, maybe strong military background. This person will energize the conservative base and that he can trust to have his back. His choice will also garner much needed GOP $$$...
Kasich may be an outside option. Paul Ryan would be an excellent choice. Or someone that can pull in the western states...
Carson and Christy will have cabinet positions.
Absolutely Carson, I will bet money on it
I don't think so---Trump has stated that he doesn't feel the TWO outsiders are needed. |
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| Reester - 2016-05-04 2:46 PM Anniemae - 2016-05-04 1:07 PM Trump hasn't spent much money, because he hasn't needed to. The media, social media, etc, has kept him in the headlines, and you just can't buy that level of coverage.
Now, both Clinton and Tump have high unfavorable ratings. The general election will be about voting AGAINST the candidate, not necessarily about voting for a candidate. And since the electorial delegates will be making the final choice, I see Trump as having the edge. He is a deal maker after all....
As for a VP candidate, I just don't see him picking the traditional way. Nothing about his campaign has been normal or along traditional lines, he'll think outside the box and pick someone that has strong foreign affairs experience, maybe strong military background. This person will energize the conservative base and that he can trust to have his back. His choice will also garner much needed GOP $$$...
Kasich may be an outside option. Paul Ryan would be an excellent choice. Or someone that can pull in the western states...
Carson and Christy will have cabinet positions.
Absolutely Carson, I will bet money on it
He said he would put Carson on the committee to select a vp. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Anniemae - 2016-05-04 1:07 PM Trump hasn't spent much money, because he hasn't needed to. The media, social media, etc, has kept him in the headlines, and you just can't buy that level of coverage.
Now, both Clinton and Tump have high unfavorable ratings. The general election will be about voting AGAINST the candidate, not necessarily about voting for a candidate. And since the electorial delegates will be making the final choice, I see Trump as having the edge. He is a deal maker after all....
As for a VP candidate, I just don't see him picking the traditional way. Nothing about his campaign has been normal or along traditional lines, he'll think outside the box and pick someone that has strong foreign affairs experience, maybe strong military background. This person will energize the conservative base and that he can trust to have his back. His choice will also garner much needed GOP $$$...
Kasich may be an outside option. Paul Ryan would be an excellent choice. Or someone that can pull in the western states...
Carson and Christy will have cabinet positions.
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Location: North Texas | oija - 2016-05-03 10:06 PM
foundation horse - 2016-05-03 6:02 PM
oija - 2016-05-03 12:32 PM
NFM - 2016-05-03 10:38 AM
The college system is going to implode itself. No institution can keep all the tenured teachers on full pay (teaching 3-6 hours, if any) while having to hire other full-time teachers to teach the rest of their classes. It can't work. Hence the outrageous tuition. Now, when graduates don't get jobs and have high tuition, college may be out the window. Technical school may be the ticket.
Can you imagine tuition prices if the government pays for students to go? Colleges are not run by top business people.
Ignorance is bliss.
Currently as a professor I teach 12 hours and most semesters teach 15. I have a two course release to run our Writing Center and tutor 6 hours a week in addition to my regular load. In effect I do the same work as teaching 18 hours with some of my teaching load replaced by tutoring. The professors who teach less at universities often have very heavy research loads and must publish every 3-6 years or lose their jobs, tenure or not. Do you like the fact that open heart surgery can be done, well university research pays for those types of advances. All of these I know also teach a minimum of 9 hours still or 3 classes, even with the research load. I do not have much of a research load but a heavy teaching load. And all those 'full time' teachers hired to teach for those who may teach fewer than 15 hours are not full time at all but part-time adjuncts making less than 2000 per class. If they teach their full permitted load (3 classes one semester and 4 the next and one class in the summer ), they make a whopping 16000 a year gross, not really bringing home the bacon are they. A huge part of the problem is that people forget that EDUCATION IS NOT A BUSINESS. The problem is that colleges have hired too many business people. Used to be administrative work was done part time by the faculty. The faculty ran colleges, not just in teaching but day to day business too. It saved a hell of a lot of money and kept institutions focused on what they were there for, teaching and research to advance their communities. Instead half the staff of colleges have some type of education/business degree. They have no experience in the classroom and unfamiliar with student needs. These people pursue degrees just to avoid the classroom and make the higher administrative salaries. So we fund a ton of middle management jobs making more money than teachers. That is your problem, not your instructors. And of course it makes tons of sense to pour as much public money as possible into prisons when demographic studies show that educated people are far far less likely to commit crimes. And most of those people getting college degrees, they would be your taxpayers funding these programs. Ask and see how many of them would rather pay to feed a murderer versus helping pay for a single mom's education so she can pay taxes and support her kids.
Well if college ain't a 'racket' then explain this please.....................
A military veteran with a College Transcript of 104 Credit Hours attempts to complete a degree in mechanical/aeronautical engineering, already has twenty plus years of real world hands experience. Speaks with multiple 'military friendly' schools. All the responses are variations of the same answer............We only allow (accept ) 40-50 of your college transcript hours. You will have to 80-100 of 'OUR' credit hours to finish out the degree plan. Please explain how this is not a 'racket' to enhance the 'military friendly' school's bank account?
There are problems with execution of any number of good ideas. This policy of getting a degree requiring at least a certain minimum of hours from the institution itself is based on the idea that certain universities specialize in certain methods or theories based on the research done there. Students may even choose to go to one over the other based on that particar program's curriculum. To truly be representative of that program, one must have a certain amount of exposure to its ideas. I knew I wanted my PhD from the get go but when talking to my professors they always recommeded I get my three degrees from different places as each one would expose me to different ideas and help build my critical thinking skills. It is much like horse training; the best trainers will absorb the theories and ideas of multiple other trainers. But just going to a week long clinic does not make one truly proficient in that method. An internship of several months or years is needed too. This is not just an idea adopted by only universities.
And twenty plus years (at the time) was not enough diversified experience to give a solid realistic background? Come on now! These "schools of higher learning" are making a mint on their students! And my real world scenario illustrates this to a "T"!
I actually find your response to be a 'tap dance' in defense of 'higher education' institutions.................................. |
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Location: SE KS | GrahamKayleigh - 2016-05-04 1:02 PM Dinero10 - 2016-05-04 11:28 AM GrahamKayleigh - 2016-05-04 9:48 AM Got this from my preacher.... I am NOT a Trump supporter, I voted for Cruz. However this November I will vote Trump, because I can not vote Hillary! Now I realize there are many of you who will say " you can't violate your convictions and vote Trump because he is not a Christian." I would like to take this moment to say God can work through the ungodly just as He can the Godly. For example, when God used Joseph to influence the Pharaoh and saved Israel from a massive famine. Also, when God used Daniel to show Nebuchadnezzar who the One true God is. So all that being said, I will pray for the salvation of Donald Trump, and I will pray that Godly men will surround him, should he become President to steer this country back to God. may I use your quote on FB persay - this is very good. The lord does work thru unbelievers or ungodly people.....
Joseph is a great example. Did a bible study on him last night and his intregrity and how Mr. pontifar and Pharoah saw his goodness, and the lord bless Egpyt because of Joseph. Jospeh still had some trials though - Mrs. P - bad woman.
Yes you sure can!
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| The GOP is (surprisingly) graciously conceding the nominee to Trump. Reibus just tweeted as such, so to reward this effort, I bet Trump really does go for their holy child at the moment. That leave us with Ryan or Rubio.
But...
If he doesn't give a rip, and wants to stay in the headlines, he picks Palin. Since she's stumped for Trump in almost half of the states. Why would she unless...
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | RidenFly - 2016-05-04 5:22 PM The GOP is (surprisingly) graciously conceding the nominee to Trump. Reibus just tweeted as such, so to reward this effort, I bet Trump really does go for their holy child at the moment. That leave us with Ryan or Rubio.
But...
If he doesn't give a rip, and wants to stay in the headlines, he picks Palin. Since she's stumped for Trump in almost half of the states. Why would she unless...
Hopefully, he isn't THAT stupid.....she jumped in to "help" him in Iowa and he promptly lost the state....she stumped for him in ALASKA and couldn't even get voters to support him there....that would be suicide for him to pick her! |
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| 1DSoon - 2016-05-04 9:24 AM OregonBR - 2016-05-04 12:11 PM  The Donald has been getting a lot of votes. I think he'll win the presidency IF there are no shenanigans with the votes. I don't get people throwing their sucker in the dirt and not voting at all. This is the process. It's not perfect but it's what we have. I personally don't like the delegate system. It undermines the popular vote of the people. I don't listen to polls. They are SO wrong many times it's amazing.
you would really be up a creek if we did not have this process in place.
It has been perverted over time, but still affords a great deal of protection for the masses.
Has hell frozen over and I have not heard about it? First time I think I have agreed with 1DSoon! |
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| RidenFly - 2016-05-04 5:22 PM
The GOP is (surprisingly) graciously conceding the nominee to Trump. Reibus just tweeted as such, so to reward this effort, I bet Trump really does go for their holy child at the moment. That leave us with Ryan or Rubio.Â
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If he doesn't give a rip, and wants to stay in the headlines, he picks Palin. Since she's stumped for Trump in almost half of the states. Why would she unless...
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No way will either Ryan or Rubio latch on to this. They both would like to have a future. |
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| NJJ - 2016-05-05 3:29 PM RidenFly - 2016-05-04 5:22 PM The GOP is (surprisingly) graciously conceding the nominee to Trump. Reibus just tweeted as such, so to reward this effort, I bet Trump really does go for their holy child at the moment. That leave us with Ryan or Rubio.
But...
If he doesn't give a rip, and wants to stay in the headlines, he picks Palin. Since she's stumped for Trump in almost half of the states. Why would she unless...
Hopefully, he isn't THAT stupid.....she jumped in to "help" him in Iowa and he promptly lost the state....she stumped for him in ALASKA and couldn't even get voters to support him there....that would be suicide for him to pick her!
Trump likes to stay in the headlines...that's why I mentioned her. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | brlraceaddict - 2016-05-04 6:36 PM 1DSoon - 2016-05-04 9:24 AM OregonBR - 2016-05-04 12:11 PM The Donald has been getting a lot of votes. I think he'll win the presidency IF there are no shenanigans with the votes. I don't get people throwing their sucker in the dirt and not voting at all. This is the process. It's not perfect but it's what we have. I personally don't like the delegate system. It undermines the popular vote of the people. I don't listen to polls. They are SO wrong many times it's amazing.
you would really be up a creek if we did not have this process in place.
It has been perverted over time, but still affords a great deal of protection for the masses.
remember that feeling
That's how it feels to be right.
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Location: Florida.. | RidenFly - 2016-05-04 7:57 PM NJJ - 2016-05-05 3:29 PM RidenFly - 2016-05-04 5:22 PM The GOP is (surprisingly) graciously conceding the nominee to Trump. Reibus just tweeted as such, so to reward this effort, I bet Trump really does go for their holy child at the moment. That leave us with Ryan or Rubio.
But...
If he doesn't give a rip, and wants to stay in the headlines, he picks Palin. Since she's stumped for Trump in almost half of the states. Why would she unless...
Hopefully, he isn't THAT stupid.....she jumped in to "help" him in Iowa and he promptly lost the state....she stumped for him in ALASKA and couldn't even get voters to support him there....that would be suicide for him to pick her!
yes he does but he doesnt want to lose.. |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | Bibliafarm - 2016-05-04 9:18 PM RidenFly - 2016-05-04 7:57 PM NJJ - 2016-05-05 3:29 PM RidenFly - 2016-05-04 5:22 PM The GOP is (surprisingly) graciously conceding the nominee to Trump. Reibus just tweeted as such, so to reward this effort, I bet Trump really does go for their holy child at the moment. That leave us with Ryan or Rubio.
But...
If he doesn't give a rip, and wants to stay in the headlines, he picks Palin. Since she's stumped for Trump in almost half of the states. Why would she unless...
Hopefully, he isn't THAT stupid.....she jumped in to "help" him in Iowa and he promptly lost the state....she stumped for him in ALASKA and couldn't even get voters to support him there....that would be suicide for him to pick her!
There has been some talk about Trump choosing Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin as his vp. Great - she is about finished gutting this state so why not on to bigger and better things. |
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | Kizzy_177 - 2016-05-04 12:16 PM
I think, as of 35 minutes ago John Kasich has stepped down (unofficially from CNN news), but what is so bad about him??
Can't say he has done much for Ohio. Ashamed this state voted for him....yet again why my heart is in WVa ;) |
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Location: So. California | Who has strong a foreign affairs and/or military resume? Someone who knows the in/outs of DC.
This will not be your normal VP choice, nothing has been normal in this race... someone outside the box, with the right resume. |
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Location: North Texas | Allen West |
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Location: Kansas | foundation horse - 2016-05-05 7:17 AM Allen West
Allen is like Ben Carson, just a bit too stoic and laid back.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Condolezza Rice's name always comes up when discussing attractive running mates or VP picks, and she has repeatedly declined in no uncertain terms. It would be nice, but it won't happen.
This idea of "foreign policy experience" is a little overblown. Washington is teeming with career people in foreign policy experience. Reagan had none. Clinton had none. Bush, 43, had none. Obama had none. It's not absolutely mandatory. Hillary, on the other hand, has tons of it......that alone should tell you how much that really matters.
It's a fun game to guess VP picks, but with Trump especially, good luck with that. That being said, I'm intrigued with this idea that Susanna Martinez, the NM governor, would be a smart pick. She is evidently popular and won re-election. She's a Latino and a woman.
Might be a smart pick, depending on whether or not she's one of the #NeverTrump crowd.
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| Who ever he picks that person better be able to deliver that states electoral delegate's and it better be state with a lot of delegate's because he heads into the general way behind in the delegate count. Other than Florida his record so far in the battleground states sucks. |
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