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The GOP’s Headache

May 16, 2014 Buck Banks

The Republicans are seeking to manage
Cognitive dissonance to their advantage.
First they said she was faking,
But now they seem to be making
The argument that Hillary’s brain-damaged.

It’s All Fray All the Time Nowadays

May 15, 2014 Buck Banks

There is no ‘above the fray’ in politics anymore. There is only ‘the fray.’

— GOP strategist Mark McKinnon, quoted by the Washington Post, when asked whether Hillary Clinton is still a stateswoman operating above the political fray.

There’s a Campaign to Convince Hillary to Campaign

May 15, 2014 Buck Banks

We think what we’re seeing is an elaborate campaign, directed by Hillary, to lock down the 2016 nomination and solidify her image as a leader. But in reality, this isn’t emanating from Clinton, and it has nothing to do with voters. What we’re really looking at is a campaign orchestrated by nervous Democrats and aimed at persuading Clinton herself.

— Matt Bai, writing for Yahoo News.

Plouffe: Clinton More Formidable in 2016 Than in ’08

May 14, 2014 Buck Banks

Having run the campaign that beat her last time, and we barely beat her, she’s in a much stronger position than she was then.

— David Plouffe, quoted by The Hill, suggesting Hillary Clinton will be an even more formidable presidential candidate than she was in 2008.

Rove: Clinton Has Brain Damage

May 13, 2014 Buck Banks

Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she’s wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what’s up with that.

— Karl Rove, suggesting that Hillary Clinton suffered brain damage from a fall in December 2012, the New York Post reports.

McCurry Willing to Bet that Clinton Will Run

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 Buck Banks

You seem to be convinced that Mrs. Clinton’s running. I like to say I’m the only person… the only last person in Washington who’d be willing to take some bet that she might not run.

— Former Clinton White House press secretary Mike McCurry, in an interview with Real Clear Politics.

If Republicans Don’t Pass Immigration Reform, They Shouldn’t Run in ’16

May 12, 2014 Buck Banks

If the Republicans don’t do it they shouldn’t bother to run a candidate in 2016. I mean, think about that. Think about who the voters are.

— Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, quoted by Huffington Post , on the need to pass immigration reform.

Clinton Comes Out Against Guns

May 8, 2014May 8, 2014 Buck Banks

We’ve got to rein in what has become an almost article of faith that anybody can have a gun anywhere, anytime. And I don’t believe that is in the best interest of the vast majority of people.

— Hillary Clinton, delivering harsh criticism of gun culture in America and denouncing the idea that “anybody can have a gun, anywhere, at any time,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Perry: Execution ‘Botched,’ Not ‘Inhumane’

May 5, 2014 Buck Banks

I don’t know whether it was inhumane or not, but it was botched.

— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), quoted by The Hill, on Oklahoma’s trouble carrying out the death penalty last week for a convicted murderer.

Not Sold on Hillary? It Wouldn’t Be the First Time

May 4, 2014 Trish

The air of inevitability surrounding Hillary Clinton is unlike anything we’ve ever seen – since 2008, that is — when she was also considered inevitable. Then a first-term Senator from Illinois came along, and we know how that story ended.

— Gwen Ifill, anchor on the PBS Newshour, in a blog post titled, “Beware The Clickbait (Or Why There’s Always More To The Story), which is pretty self-explanatory.

There is no ‘above the fray’ in politics anymore. There is only ‘the fray.’

— GOP strategist Mark McKinnon, quoted by the Washington Post, when asked whether Hillary Clinton is still a stateswoman operating above the political fray.

— Matt Bai, writing for Yahoo News.

Having run the campaign that beat her last time, and we barely beat her, she’s in a much stronger position than she was then.

— David Plouffe, quoted by The Hill, suggesting Hillary Clinton will be an even more formidable presidential candidate than she was in 2008.

Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she’s wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what’s up with that.

— Karl Rove, suggesting that Hillary Clinton suffered brain damage from a fall in December 2012, the New York Post reports.

You seem to be convinced that Mrs. Clinton’s running. I like to say I’m the only person… the only last person in Washington who’d be willing to take some bet that she might not run.

— Former Clinton White House press secretary Mike McCurry, in an interview with Real Clear Politics.

If the Republicans don’t do it they shouldn’t bother to run a candidate in 2016. I mean, think about that. Think about who the voters are.

— Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, quoted by Huffington Post , on the need to pass immigration reform.

We’ve got to rein in what has become an almost article of faith that anybody can have a gun anywhere, anytime. And I don’t believe that is in the best interest of the vast majority of people.

— Hillary Clinton, delivering harsh criticism of gun culture in America and denouncing the idea that “anybody can have a gun, anywhere, at any time,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

I don’t know whether it was inhumane or not, but it was botched.

— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), quoted by The Hill, on Oklahoma’s trouble carrying out the death penalty last week for a convicted murderer.

The air of inevitability surrounding Hillary Clinton is unlike anything we’ve ever seen – since 2008, that is — when she was also considered inevitable. Then a first-term Senator from Illinois came along, and we know how that story ended.

— Gwen Ifill, anchor on the PBS Newshour, in a blog post titled, “Beware The Clickbait (Or Why There’s Always More To The Story), which is pretty self-explanatory.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%