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Ted Cruz

7 (6.5%)

Rick Santorum

16 (14.8%)

Michelle Bachmann

13 (12%)

Chris Christie

23 (21.3%)

Rand Paul

49 (45.4%)

Total Members Voted: 107

[palsch]

A good rule of thumb with this sort of thread is read the first post/page then the last 3-5, depending on how long the current conversation has been going on. Gives you a sense of the topic and the people engaged in it.

And don't expect to come in and instantly know what has or hasn't been discussed regarding what you consider the most important topics. There was a bit of discussion of Warren a while ago but there isn't that much of substance to say this far out. Democratic field is less entertaining to watch kick the crap out of each other on the lead up as well.

[Reelya]

4)You guys really expect me to read 159 pages to understand what the heck you all are doing here?
Geeze. No WONDER people don't vote. TL, DR!

I sincerely hope this is sarcasm. It's like asking nobody to post for your personal benefit. Just pick up whatever conversation is happening at the moment.

Also rather than "why aren't you discussing X? Screw you!" you can try and introduce topics in a non-confrontational manner.

[FearfulJesuit]

Guys, please don't bicker. Looks to be pretty low-level, but still.

[GreatJustice]

I don't recall ever saying that I expected the Fed's bonds to increase at the same rate as comparatively high risk stocks. I said that the Fed's policies meant that a 2% rate of return is basically meaningless and not a profit, but also that the Fed's purpose isn't to make a profit regardless so why do you keep harping on it

Because you called the assets worthless.

[Citation Needed]

I don't really give a shit about your harebrained handwaving on the other stuff but I want to set the record straight on the fact that no, the Fed doesn't give money away.

I bought my cousin's dollar store hat off him for $500,000, but see that isn't giving him money that's making an honest market purchase and I'll have you know that hat is actually worth something too

[Mictlantecuhtli]

[Citation Needed]

Yep, you would do well with some

[FearfulJesuit]

GreatJustice, cut down on the trolling, please.

[SalmonGod]

A little perspective on just how bad police brutality is.

[nenjin]

The USA isn't a quote.

Now it is. BAM! Got my bumper stickers being made on Etzy right now.

Lighten up guys. This one has gone a good long while. I enjoy a good intellectual dickering session just as much as the next keyboard jockey, but it's like one person is having fun and one person is dead serious.

[Wolfhunter107]

A little perspective on just how bad police brutality is.

I'm suddenly glad that I live in an area that has a decent police department.

[GlyphGryph]

A good article on Biden's time as Vice President:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/biden-agenda

[palsch]

How badly do you have to fuck up to get 100 of your own party's ex-lawmakers and officials to endorse your opponent...

[nenjin]

“All of us are proud Republicans. We came together because of our common love of Kansas, our commitment to Kansas families, and our belief in moderate, commonsense leadership,” former state Sen. Wint Winter said in a statement for the group.

Here's taste of his wikipedia entry:

Brownback supported the 2007 Iraq War troop surge and has also voiced his support for Israel.[4] He supports marriage as the union of a man and a woman. He has described himself as pro-life.[5] As Governor, Brownback signed into law one of the largest income tax cuts in Kansas' history,[6] turned down a $31.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to set up an insurance exchange as part of the federal health care reform law[7] and has signed a pro-life bill that blocked tax breaks for abortion providers, banned sex-selection abortions and declared that life begins at fertilization.

Kansas has a long history of being rapidly Republican, and maybe moderate Republicans are finally sick of shit like this being what most people know of their state.

Politico article has a little more meat on it.

[Descan]

Prediction: This is both going to be called "not a big deal," and also them being traitors. Because loyalty to your party is more important than loyalty to your ideals and to your voters interests. :V

[Dutchling]

From what little I know of American democracy it seems like a form where party loyalty doesn't really make sense.

I mean, here most politicians don't get enough votes for their own seat, they're just granted it by the party, so party loyalty does make sense.

[Rolepgeek]

Does anyone else feel like the two-party system didn't really end up working how it was meant to, originally?

I get the feeling that five or seven parties each representing different viewpoints, perspectives, and ideologies, in more or less equal proportions of power, would get a lot more done...