{"id":14840,"date":"2015-03-04T16:09:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T00:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14840"},"modified":"2015-03-04T16:09:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T00:09:31","slug":"open-thread342015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/04\/open-thread342015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/4\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s another busy day.  I\u2019m waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries (They came late.).  I may have no articles tomorrow, because I have to go out o renew my cell phone contract and get a new phone.  The old one will hold hold a charge.  I\u2019ve been wanting to replace it over a year, but have put it off to escape either a long walk or an involved transit.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 2:51 (average 5:26),  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A new poll indicates that the American people are deeply disappointed in Hillary Clinton\u2019s State Department e-mail flap because it does not live up to the high standards of sordidness set by Clinton scandals of the past.<\/p>\n

Davis Logsdon, who supervised the poll for the University of Minnesota\u2019s Opinion Research Institute, said that those surveyed were \u201creceptive and even intrigued\u201d by the idea of a new Clinton scandal, but then were deflated when they learned what the scandal actually involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people hear the words \u2018Clinton scandal,\u2019 they expect a certain amount of sex and sleaze,\u201d Logsdon said. \u201cBut once they find out that this one is about State Department e-mail regulations which may or may not have been disobeyed, they feel very let down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a sense, the Clintons have created this problem for themselves,\u201d Logsdon added. \u201cThey set an extremely high bar with some very memorable scandals in the past, and for a lot of people, this one just doesn\u2019t live up to the hype.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy has a perfectly valid point. Hillary should win the Presidency first, and then get a BJ from an Intern.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>What if Obamacare critics finally win?<\/p>\n