{"id":22306,"date":"2016-06-08T14:39:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22306"},"modified":"2016-06-08T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:39:43","slug":"open-thread-682014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/08\/open-thread-682014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/8\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual, I’m running late,  Julie was here.  Killer Dawg<\/em> loves his service animal vest.  Julie went on a feist and did most of the housework tasks I planned for Saturday.  Now that the heat wave is finally over, my shower was especially welcome.  I’m waiting for my groceries to be delivered and for a former prisoner’s daughter to stop by.  I’m helping them with a bus ticket to Portland.  I look forward to a night’s sleep without needsing AC.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:07 (average 5:14).  To do it click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Real Clear Politics<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

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Clinton<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sanders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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(2,382 Needed to Win)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4763<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Superdelegates<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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571<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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48<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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District of Columbia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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California<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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June 7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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475 (71)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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257<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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73<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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47<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Primary<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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June 5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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60 (7)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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36<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Virgin Islands<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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June 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Caucus<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The fat lady has sung. Hillary has won enough delegates to be nominated. She has won a majority of pledged delegates. She has won the popular vote by over 3,600,000 voters.  I have been a Bernie Sanders man from day one, but the time has come for me to admit defeat and urge Bernie to throw his considerable fire and skill behind the presumptive Democratic Nominee. The only other alternative is Rump Dump Trump.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Donald Trump’s GOP nomination isn’t a hypothetical anymore and he is proving even worse than originally anticipated, what with his repeated attacks on the ability of Mexican and Muslim judges to do their jobs. Unfortunately for Republicans, they’ve all pretty much caved and endorsed Trump and now they "own" him, reports<\/a> CNN:<\/p>\n

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Veteran Republican strategist Rick Wilson warned this weekend that GOP leaders who have endorsed Trump "own his politics."<\/p>\n

"You own his politics," Wilson wrote in a column for Heatstreet<\/a>, adding later, "You own the racial animus that started out as a bug, became a feature and is now the defining characteristic of his campaign. You own every crazy, vile chunk of word vomit that spews from his mouth."<\/p>\n

The GOP’s deepest fear: A Barry Goldwater effect that could last far longer than Trump’s political aspirations.<\/p>\n

Goldwater, the Arizona senator who was the 1964 GOP nominee and a leader of the conservative movement, alienated a generation of African-American voters by opposing the Civil Rights Act — opening the door for Democrats to lock in their support for decades. Republicans fret that Trump could similarly leave a stain with Latino voters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On the other hand, many Republicans continued to oppose AuH2O after the nomination, but today, virtually all Republicans are goose-stepping in lock-step behind Rump Dump. He says what they pretend not to support, but do support through their policies.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Upping the ante in his quest for the White House, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders vowed on Tuesday night to continue battling for the Democratic Presidential nomination even if Hillary Clinton is elected President of the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf, on November 8th of this year, Hillary Clinton is elected President, we will have only begun to fight,\u201d Sanders told a packed rally in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Sanders acknowledged that continuing to fight for the nomination after Clinton is elected President would represent a \u201csteep challenge,\u201d but added, \u201cWhen we started this race we were only at three per cent in the polls. Anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh Andy!!<\/font><\/p>\n

FOMCROTFPIMPLMAO!!<\/font><\/h1>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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