Public Address | Cafe | Polity: Jeb! reports. Prescription: Panic!

onsos

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:07:27 +1300

Bamboozle them with Jebberish...

onsos

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:10:10 +1300

That slide set is amazing.

Let’s assume some competency for a change. What if the slide set is achieving its desired effect? What effect does it have? Is this what they were aiming for?

The slide set is an impermeable wall of metrics, graphs, and charts. It appears to have…

Howard Edwards

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:24:40 +1300

Rubio may seem less extreme than some of his rivals, but his policies are straight out of the neolib book – see this for example.

Mark Hadfield

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:23:54 +1300

Is it even possible for a headless chicken to clutch at straws? In my limited experience their preferred course of action is to run around like, well, a headless chicken.

George Darroch

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 10:09:31 +1300

With Carson, Cruz, and Trump collectively catching about half of all stated Republican voter support, they have to be very worried.

Neither of those candidates are electable by a plurality of voters. Too many negatives. Bush was thought to be, but in his absence only Rubio really stands out.

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:26:21 +1300

Lesoon#23…
Let that be a 'lesson' to me...
to have less on during the edit window!

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:09:34 +1300

Speak 'Beltway': Lesoon#23...
...they called in Ackbar (“It’s a trap!”)
Aaaah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4qzPbcFiA
So this is The Full Ackbar

What other Star Wars references underpin political commentary these days?

...I am of course au fait with Star Trek Public Relations maxims like:
'Set your phrases to stun.'*

*Warning: Recycled pun,
__may…

big.ross

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:38:43 +1300

Strangely enough, Trumps "Low Energy" thing is right. His family made him do it. Doesnt seem that interested.

linger

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:15:38 +1300

Hell, who thought a Bush after George Sr could possibly be less impressive?
The whole family seems to exist to lower expectations for Republican leaders.

Sacha

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 21:19:29 +1300

Who thought a Bush after GW could possibly be less impressive?

SteveH

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 21:07:43 +1300

FiveThirtyEight point out that his lead in the endorsement primary is unimpressive because 80% of both the most conservative third and the central third of the party have not committed their endorsements yet. They agree that Jeb! is probably toast.

I think Rubio is the most likely candidate now too,…

Public Address

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 21:07:43 +1300

Discussion from blog post.