It now seems possible that a man with the most comic haircut in history could become leader of the most powerful country in the world. I'm unclear what his views are given that he constantly contradicts himself and he has the debating skills of a 14 year old who has just learnt how to wind people up.
What fascinates me the most is how the hell he will conduct American foreign policy - combination of him, Putin, Islamic State and the clown in North Korea should be fun.
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a sanders vs trump presidential debate would be unreal to watch.
Rubio is my bet.
Get the feeling many Americans don't share this outsider's view though. Would be interested to know what the US posters think of Obama.
If Trump gets in it will be a tragedy for a great country and humanity in general.
Haven't yet seen a single candidate who is anywhere near his league.
I digress. If someone other than Tump wins the nomination, it is incredibly likely that Trump will run as a third-party candidate. He will split the vote on the right, making it a cake walk to the White House for a Democrat.
On the other side, as a Marxist, it's great to see someone as far left as Sanders doing quite well, even if I consider him more of a Keynsian than a Socialist. That said, Hillary Clinton will be the nominee. Her campaign funding is far superior, and her organization, profile, and backing by so many other Democrats will see her through. It's unfortunate, but it won't change until we are able to slowly climb out from under the money influence on politics (and break the two party system).
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Many of his policies have been vetoed by the Republicans who have majority control over Congress. This was put in by the constitution to maintain checks and balances but, in this case, it has just hampered progress. That is what he has been dealing with (being a black democrat is a double whammy).
I voted for him in 2008 knowing that I disagreed with various policies of his, but that he was a smart, articulate, and principled individual. I abstained from voting for president in 2012 (keep in mind I live in California so my vote for president doesn't matter) because I disagreed with the continued drone strikes in sovereign nations, the fact that Government surveillance of US citizens clearly hadn't been scaled back or brought into the light, and most importantly, because his health care reforms expanded our broken, for-profit healthcare system, and I fear may have set us back a decade or two from reaching a single-payer system.
Please don't vote him in US of A, otherwise we will send you Katrien.
Republican politicians might not like him but the voters seem to.
If he goes up against Clinton then she will win. Clinton is the safe option. However if Sanders gets the Democratic nomination then anything could happen. Americans in general do not like a leftie and he's as far left as you will find in mainstream American politics. I could see Trump edging that election.
Hope I am wrong.
Any party that elevates Sarah Palin to a Presidential ticket can hardly be surprised when a self serving opportunist like Trump comes along and jumps on the train to see where it might take him.
Right now its impossible for any relatively sane, sober Republican like Jon Huntsman, Jon Kasich or even Chris Christie to win the GOP nomination because the Tea Party crowd are running the joint and they only want the certified nutters like Trump or the execrable Ted Cruz.
To be fair the Democratic choice is hardly great either, an uninspiring Hillary Clinton who campaigns with all the aplomb of a tax inspector or the utterly unelectable Bernie Sanders whose policies are hopelessly impractical in the American context.
If Hillary doesn't get into gear soon I think we may see another big beast emerge into the race on the Democratic side, there is no way Sanders will be allowed to be the nominee.
As for someone else emerging from the Democrats, Joe Biden aside, there just isn't anyone who could step in and change the race. Joe Biden has left it too late and, coming toward the end of a long and relatively successful political career, wouldn't chance it now.
My disappointment with the Democrats is that the young, progressive leaders like Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren clearly got the message to steer clear because this one is earmarked for the Clintons. The two of them can point to accomplishments over the last decade that I think would make many wonder what of substance a current Senator, and former Senator and Secretary of State have contributed.
which I *should*, really ;-)