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          • Agreed. Nothing better for the Dems than Trump to win the nomination. Even better if Sarah is invited to the party.

            Doubt that the Republicans will allow it to happen but you never know.

            Vamos Bernie!!!

          • I like Hillary but I’m starting to think Bernie has a better chance to beat the Republicans. (Also he seems to be less “bought”.)

          • don’t know anything about bernie hawks…
            you think he stands a better chance?
            i like hillary and would love to see ‘merica have a woman president
            don’t you think that the feelgood factor attached to clinton’s period in office where they ended up with a budget surplus would help?
            as a brit i am not very interested in british politics but get very worked up about the us elections (for obvious reasons, as the repercussions are so much greater in terms of global politics)
            i stayed up all night the fateful night bush was elected…

          • just looked up bernie..his views are quite left wing by us standards…hillary is more of a centrist..
            by a very strange coincidence i realise that i have met his brother who lives in england…is a green party activist..

        • Bernie Sanders is too left-wing to win. He has zero chance of being elected. Hillary is the best person for the Democratic party.

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    • Trump is trying to win Iowa. That’s why he got Sarah Palin to endorse him. That’s why he is going after Ted Cruz for not being born in the U.S. and also attacking him for having some supposedly shady money dealings.

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          • At first, awful. And freaking unbelievable depressing. After months of the hype, I settled into it. All I feel at the moment is a mixture of apathy and amusement.

            Sanders is my man but agree with Nny, it’s unlikely he’d get elected. I lost my trust in Hillary after she voted yes on the Iraq war in 2003. Both Dems and Reps, sound bad to me…except Bernie.

          • yes ratcliff he may be great..but he is an old-fashioned european style social democrat. america won’t go for that! so i am going for hillary because although flawed she still has good points and she can beat the republicans. i was very opposed to the iraq war as well, but some decent people made a mistake and voted for it…
            i hate the donald! here in gb we find it very difficult to understand what america sees in him…
            he is a demagogue and very dangerous IMO

  4. I am for Hillary. I am not about tilting at windmills or going on some idealistic crusade. I am being pragmatic and realistic. Sanders cannot get elected and handing the White House to the Republicans would be disastrous.

    I don’t care about Hillary voting for the war in Iraq. A lot of people did because the Bush administration lied about the facts. There was tremendous pressure to respond after 9/11.

    Hillary apologized and it’s old news. We have more important things to worry about now. Hillary can win.

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    • I understand what you are saying, Nny. You are more pragmatic and a better Bracket picker! My whole life – I’m an idealist. I’m considering what you say, even before you said it. Never have voted anything but Democratic. Right now I cannot see much point.
      The answer is more tennis! Get me a fiddle while Rome burns.

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        • The Democrats will win regardless of who the Repubs nominate. But if it’s Trump or Cruz, then the Democrats will win in a landslide.

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          • My “fiscally” conservative – socially liberal, Greek-American boyfriend and his friends are all Marco Rubio, for whatever reason.

            You make sense, Nny.
            It’s quite possible that I’ll come around – let me dream a bit longer 🙂

            Gulbis-Halys 3-3 in the 1st set.

          • rc,

            Dream on girl! You go! Stick to what you believe!

            Do you happen to know when/if we are going to see any of these tennis matches?

          • Gulbis-Halys is on TC right now, Nny!

            it’s good. Halys just saved a set point, he’s serving from behind 4-5 first set.
            and another set point for Gulbis on Halys’ serve.

      • rc,

        Every vote counts! Remember 2000! I am not trying to tell anyone what to do. Voting is sacred and personal. I am just giving my perspective. I was idealistic back in the day, but still with a strong pragmatic streak.

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        • Nny, I know. It’s cool. Pep talk appreciated, actually.

          Gulbis wins. Wishing he’d get back to early 2014 form and carry it through the season this time. Halys is a beauty.

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  5. I believe that Trump made a huge tactical mistake in trying to go for an outright victory in Iowa. It was never going to happen, but his hubris and arrogance got the better of him. He should have tried to lower expectations and talk about being happy with even a second place finish. But he said flat out that he wanted to win Iowa and through everything but the kitchen sink at Cruz. It didn’t work and now Trump looks a bit foolish.

    I think this shows that Trump doesn’t have the best political instincts and that his overblown ego can get him in trouble. He is the one who raised expectations for Iowa and that was a mistake.

    There were polls showing Trump leading in Iowa. They were wrong. Maybe now people will be a bit cautious before just buying into the hype. I also don’t think Trump’s lead in New Hampshire is as big as the polls would indicate.

    Now Trump has to worry about Rubio. This is getting interesting and more fun to watch what happens with the Republicans. One lesson learned is that you haven’t won anything until the people vote!

    It’s called democracy! 🙂

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  7. i see that donny is dealing with defeat with his usual grace and dignity.
    i do like his subtle nuanced distinction between a legal steal and an illegal one. what a wordsmith.

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  8. Somehow, I am not surprised! Trying to say that Cruz stole the election in Iowa illegally! I guess reality is hard for Trump to take! He believed the stupid polls, which happened to be wrong. Now he’s having a hissy fit because he can’t face the fact that he lost!

    Trump has proven that his political instincts are non-existent. He complains that everyone is saying Rubio won because he came in third. That’s because Rubio was not expected to win or even to do that well. So since he exceeded expectations, that’s essentially like a win.

    Trump was expected to win, but he came in second and almost was overtaken by Rubio. He is the one who set the bar high with his expectations. He is the one who kept saying that he would win. He even said that he didn’t need to campaign anymore, because it was all a done deal.

    But a funny thing happened. The people voted and Trump lost! Democracy in action!

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  9. As I said earlier, Bernie Sanders is polling better than Clinton against Republican candidates and would therefore have a better chance of defeating the Republicans.

    Have a look…

    http://www.270towin.com/2016-polls/2016-general-election-matchups/

    Either way, according to current polling, Sanders comes out on top against any of the Republican candidates whereas Clinton trails Rubio and Cruz.

    Small margins and the numbers fluctuate but it does show that Sanders is every bit as a serious contender as Clinton.

    And he’s not bought by corporate America.

    #VamosBernieNoMatterWhat
    #NE1ButRepublican

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    • No. Polls for the general election don’t mean much now. This country will never elect anyone too far to the left or the right.

      How about the polls leading up to iowa? Oops! Wrong! How about the polls leading up to the 2012 election? Wrong! They said it would be a nailbiter. Nope!

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  10. Hahahah I just went on second Serb blog. I randomly go on there but I like to see the top 20 under 20 lists. I saw an ATP predictions list with a bunch of bloggers including you. And a guy named Dave gertler or something predicted Mannarino beats Djoker on grass and muller wins multiple grass titles. Had to comment about that. Just outrageously good. ???

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  19. Was in my kitchen making coffee and heard Tennis Channel quoting our Ricky! But I didn’t get there in time to see which tweet it was…

    Actually hope it was this tweet ?

    Ricky Dimon ‏@Dimonator 2h2 hours ago
    I thought pro tennis had surpassed the Republican Party in reality television value, but…Cruz sex scandal? It may be competitive now.

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      • I heard Mary Carillo’s voice say “Ricky Dimon”, and she was cracking up…by the time I finished what I was doing and ran to see, all I caught was the briefest glimpse of the tweet they were showing and saw your name, Ricky. Anyway – I’m curious –

        It was during the Kerber/Strycova match. They will replay the broadcast tonight – have it set to record – and verify which tweet ? just joking about it being the Ted Cruz one…might have been tho

        Impressive fight from Fritz the 1st set but Ferrer wore him out as usual and 2nd set was a blow out – 6-1 Ferrer.

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      • It wasn’t on the Kerber match recording. I remember the Kerber match was coming on …but Mary Carrillo made mention of the tweet at the end of the TC live talk show, right before the match started at 9 am – which wasn’t part of my recording. I’m not hallucinating — honestly wouldn’t make this up! Rats. Wanted to have it.

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