And a 1 for being the kiss of death.

The top of the Marlins lineup ate your lunch, drank your beer, and smoked your spliffs.

i don't begrudge the Mets' having Yo - Oakland doesn't deserve him

All this is what it is, the horse race.  I mean seriously where exactly is this 29% of women democrat voters going to go, the GOP, the proud misogynist ?  If it's Bernie, no skin off democrats back, they aren't losing voters they are just looking at like candidates.  Either way D's will be voting for D's when push comes to shove because the alternative isn't in reality an alternative.

It's like the market, up and down, all anyone really cares about, except for the media, is the day you cash out and probably some lead up to that date.  This business where the candidate who has astronomical numbers in the summer is losing ground is only because she was in the stratosphere, now she is simply back to leading at more reasonable numbers.

The article fails to mention her decline also coincides with other candidates getting into the race.  It would be odd for a single candidate's numbers not to drop when other competitors entered the race.  It also fails to mention where they actually went, it suggests Sanders, but doesn't back up the claim because they aren't interested in reporting anything but the Clinton slide.

It is of course the episode that is raising questions and reviving memories....not the endless yammering and lying about the episode...reviving memories of other invented-scandals.

Gotta say Rubio seems to have screwed the pooch with this comment about FSU.

And guess what?  That's where more voters are too.

So, if you don't nt like her or what she has to say or what her plans are, then don't vote for her.  But also realize that a) no candidate will fit your bill 100%, and b) if there's a candidate you like, you must think of the general election and ask, "Can my candidate win?  If not, why not?  Because while his ideas may sound good, are they actually workable and realistic?"

Now, I have a feeling that many of you from the just win/Congress won't go for it/aim low school will say that winning is everything, that we can't have any chance of getting what we want if we don't first win.  And that's true, but the problem has been for some time that we, the people, have been led to believe that if we did our part to ensure the wins, that they would do their part and fight to get us what we want.

That's where this has all broken down.  We keep doing our part - although I still think it's inexcusable how few people actual participate in the voting process - and we too often get a pat on the head for thanks, and attention turns to serving the corporate masters or grooming themselves for more lucrative work down the road.

That Sanders is trying to change that dynamic is the kind of good thing we've been wanting and needing someone to captain.  It's why we wanted someone to challenge Clinton from the left.  That way of looking at things helps the effort regardless of whether Sanders is the nominee, or Clinton is.  If Sanders bows out, I have to think he will encourage his supporters to hold Clinton to a higher standard than "just win."  At least I would hope so.

I appreciate that we aren't going to get everything we want just by electing our preferred candidate.  We know about the gridlock and the never-ending efforts of the GOP to block any and everything just because, but we still need a voice, and I think that's part of Sanders' attraction.

Trump, Keep on doing what you are doing. Do not change a thing, whatever you do, do not appear presidential. Your promise for repeal of Obamacare and replacement with "something terrific," is brilliant policy; and, in case some missed your genius on foreign policy, repeat whenever you get the chance your admission,  as you did earlier to CNN, that you do not know the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas, but you will when its appropriate. The candor of your foreign policy deficiencies will be endearing and your claim to get up to speed when you need to should clinch the deal.

Carson.  Republicans are naturals for extremes and extremists.  Your number one competitor is bombastic; you need to market your somnambulism.  It separates you from the pack with the ease of a scalpel. Stay away from policy, not your forte.  Announce you are adopting Bellini's La Sonnambula as our campaign theme music. They won't know what you mean, but it will be praised as being profound.  Genius, really.  

Fiorina. You have skyrocketed off the kid's table, based on your facility with foreign policy, cunningly staying away from business. .  Good to keep on a track on which you have no experience and let them wonder, than to move to one in which you have, and remove the need to wonder.

And, keep this quip up your sleeve if Trump says, once again, that you can't be president because of your face:  "Gee, and you guys are such handsome devils--except for Jindal, he is handsome, but no devil." (brings up that creepy exorcism thing Bobby has going).  Not directly at Trump, and will get a good laugh and kudos for quickness.

The rest of the lot get some general advice:  It will not matter what you really say, what will matter is that you say it loudly and show that you will kick a$$.  Who's?  Everyone's.  Start with Obama, move on to others.   Stay away from facts, they are not appreciated.  Or statistics. Optics are fine--like Jeb's! superman shirt under his dress shirt, but have a T-shirt emblazoned with Bush/Cheney, or a depiction of a Mexican family being deported.--be sure to include infants and children.  

The New Hampshire State Democratic Convention will be held this weekend. All the candidates, including Jim Webb, who currently is engaged in running the party's first stealth presidential campaign, are scheduled to speak.......y