2016 Primary Endorsements megathread.

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Iowa House Speaker Paulsen endorsed Christie.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/caucus/2015/08/20/paulsen-christie-caucus-republican-endorse/32063087/

What a waste of an endorsement.

I think Christie will have a resurgence at some point, just like McCain had. Besides Bush, Rubio and Kasich, he's actually the only serious person in the race. Out of 18, which is kind of impressive. 4 out of 18 makes up a grand total of 22% lol. Well frankly speaking Rand Paul is serious too, he's just had a terrible campaign so far (for the most part, with exceptions clearly). I think Rand Paul could make a comeback at some point too, just not anytime soon I think. He hasn't much good will going around for him right now, so he's probably better adviced staying a bit in the background for a few weeks.

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Julian Castro to endorse Hillary Clinton next week.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/sources-julian-castro-is-endorsing-hillary-clinton-for-presi#.ohd7mP5qo

Not exactly the biggest bomb ever lol.

[eric82oslo]

Julian Castro has just endorsed Clinton at a rally with her in Texas, according to Hillary's Twitter account. What a bomb! lol
Don't think anyone saw that one coming.

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Bill Maher endorsed Sanders a day or two ago (I think, I'm not really sure of the exact day or when his show is on - maybe on Fridays?). We all know that he donated no less than a million dollars to Obama's campaign in 2012. I'd personally say that he has the second biggest bully pulpit in all of the US, after Obama. So this could make a difference, could it not? I think Sanders is pretty flattered by this endorsement. Much more so than he was by the endorsement by Seth MacFarlane and other celebrities for instance, lol. Maher endorsing Sanders should mean a lot for him for reaching and getting to the polls the youth vote in primaries and caucuses, and especially so in more liberal states.

[eric82oslo]

Bill Maher endorsed Sanders a day or two ago (I think, I'm not really sure of the exact day or when his show is on - maybe on Fridays?). We all know that he donated no less than a million dollars to Obama's campaign in 2012. I'd personally say that he has the second biggest bully pulpit in all of the US, after Obama. So this could make a difference, could it not? I think Sanders is pretty flattered by this endorsement. Much more so than he was by the endorsement by Seth MacFarlane and other celebrities for instance, lol. Maher endorsing Sanders should mean a lot for him for reaching and getting to the polls the youth vote in primaries and caucuses, and especially so in more liberal states.

I think you're overestimating the reach of these guys.

Not among young liberal Democrats (and probably even some libertarians). I have some friends in Europe who are big big fans of Maher even though they're not overly interested in politics as far as I know. At least not anywhere near my level lol. Maher has the brains, and an enormous political devotion. You can't compare him with Jon Stewart, as he's mostly just trying to be funny. Stephen Colbert is somewhere in between, and extremely smart as well, but probably closer to Maher than to Stewart. Colbert is pretty political as well, although it's mostly subtle most of the time. The other comedy/tonight show hosts don't even deserve a mention I think. (Stewart is a bit of a lightweight to me compared to Maher & Colbert.)

[eric82oslo]

Schweitzer for O'Malley.

Well...that's random.

Did you already forget how Schweitzer railed against Hillary like she was some kind of king ruling for 40 years already just a year ago? That was the only reason that he decided not to run for president, because he was exposed as an absolute hypocrite again and again.

Having said that, I knew you were ironic. I just had to remind people of the actual truth lol.

[eric82oslo]

Question of the day: who will be the first Senator to endorse Rubio (if any)?

Maybe Gardner or Flake, they could mesh with him.

Yeah, Flake might be a good posibility.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news-campaigns-presidential-campaigns/258162-mike-tyson-endorses-trump-for

Trump for President has endorsements from the rapist Mike Tyson, the white supremacist David Duke, the treasonous Dennis Rodman, and the bigot Ann Coulter.

Great summary to say the least. The fact that Ann Coulter has still not been shot, tells me that the gun laws in America are too conservative lol. Okey that was a bit harsh perhaps, but really she should have been deported to a deserted island with aboutly no prospect of ever being able to Return to civilisation ever again.

[eric82oslo]

De Blasio endorses Hillary Clinton

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-30/nyc-s-mayor-de-blasio-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president

I don't like it

I like it. USA is not Chile. "Socialism" would not work in the USA at this point in time. It might work in the future though, once people are slowly getting used to the idea. But it'll take at the very least 20-25 more years. Don't be so unpatient please. [I've lived in Chile, so I know what I'm talking about lol. I really like Michelle Bachelet btw. ]

[eric82oslo]

Interesting. Does Rubs also support banning condoms?

He's a former Mormon, so he probably supports Romney's 47% view lol.

[eric82oslo]

Reagan endorses Kasich! That is, Michael Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ronald-reagan-s-son-endorses-john-kasich-n532796

Buuuttt I thought TRUMP was the next reeaggan......

TRUMP is NOT, I repeat, NOT the next Reagan. Reagan was a raging partisan who only appealed to the far right. TRUMP appeals to conservatives, moderates, liberals, and everything in between.

Wrong. Trump only appeals to racists.