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发帖数: 2273 | 1 Mitt Romney, his presidential aspirations suddenly endangered by Newt
Gingrich’s rapid resurgence, is employing aggressive new arguments in an
effort to disqualify Mr. Gingrich as a credible choice to Republicans,
calling him “zany” in an interview on Wednesday and questioning his
commitment to free enterprise.
But in an acknowledgment that he might not be able to reverse Mr. Gingrich’
s momentum quickly, Mr. Romney and his team are bracing for a far rougher
slog through the early Republican nom... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 David Cameron has risked souring Britain's relations with Berlin in the
runup to next week's crucial European summit by calling on Germany to play a
larger role in safeguarding the single currency.
Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, the prime minister said
resolving the ongoing crisis was not just the job of indebted countries such
as Greece and Italy, which have been forced to adopt punishing austerity
measures; "surplus" countries, such as Germany, should also have to play
their par... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 By JENNIFER SMITH
Law firms are finally starting to recover from the recession, but they aren'
t taking their young lawyers along for the ride.
Even as profits return, cautious partners with one eye on damaged balance
sheets and the other on stingy clients plan to hang onto the lean
silhouettes they acquired during the downturn.
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Eric Fishman's colleagues thought it risky in a tight job market when he
left an elite New York practice for a midsize one. 'There was little chance
many of my peers w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 Catholic bishops said Friday night that they would not support the Obama
administration's proposed compromise on a controversial rule that requires
most employers to fully cover contraception in their workers' health plans.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which had led opposition to the
regulation, issued a statement saying that they didn't believe their
concerns were addressed by a new policy offered by President Barack Obama on
Friday morning to allow religious employers who object to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 By Mark Steyn
March 3, 2012 4:00 A.M.
Say what you like about Afghans, but they’re admirably straightforward. The
mobs outside the bases enflamed over the latest Western affront to their
exquisitely refined cultural sensitivities couldn’t put it any plainer:
“Die, die, foreigners!”
And foreigners do die. USAF Lieutenant Colonel John Loftis, 44, and Army
Major Robert Marchanti II, 48, lost their lives not on some mission out on
the far horizon in wild tribal lands in the dead of night but in the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 6 Hawaiian ex-lawmaker goes from serving in Washington to Afghanistan vetting
suspected Taliban
WASHINGTON — While other candidates for Congress have spent the past six
months wooing voters and donors, former Rep. Charles Djou of Hawaii took a
detour through Afghanistan where he was part of a team responsible for
interrogating suspected Taliban fighters and determining who should be
detained or freed.
Congress is made up of numerous veterans who served during war time.
( Kent Nishimura / Ass... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6327 | 7 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/oct/13/
The country's economic woes were a somber topic at the presidential debate
in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 7, 2008, with both candidates explaining their
thoughts on the root of the crisis.
"I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke,
and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did
anything about it."
It's undisputed that Obama wrote the two officials a letter on March 22,
2007.
"The... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 8 By Herbert W. Titus and William J. Olson
On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Arizona v.
United States, involving the constitutionality of the State's effort to
combat illegal immigration. In one sense, it was a rematch between former
Solicitor General Paul Clement, arguing for Arizona, and the current
Solicitor General, Donald Verrilli, contending for the United States. The
two had squared off just a month before in United States v. Florida, the
battle royale over ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 9 François Hollande, the new French president
6 May 2012
The French have just confirmed their political creativity. In other Western
democracies, a presidential election leads to the clear-cut victory of one
candidate over another, along with the endorsement of a more or less
predictable program. Not so in France. On April 22, the elections’ first
round, French voters were free to choose from among ten contenders,
including Trotskyists, radical ecologists, and a representative of America’
s L... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 10 By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, Associated Press
July 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in
nearly three years, adding to signs that economic growth is weakening.
Production declined, and the number of new orders plunged, according to a
monthly report released Monday by the Institute for Supply Management.
The slowdown comes as U.S. employers have scaled back hiring, consumers have
turned more cautious, Europe faces a recession and manufacturing has slowe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 While Americans might enjoy throwing politically-charged barbs at their
neighbors to the north, Canadians now have at least one reason to be smug.
For the first time in recent history, the average Canadian is richer than
the average American, according to a report cited in Toronto's Globe and
Mail.
And not just by a little. Currently, the average Canadian household is more
than $40,000 richer than the average American household. The net worth of
the average Canadian household in 2011 was $363,20... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 12 If we put the current situations in a very primitive and over-simplified
perspective between the two Americas:
No matter how much hatred Liberals show to the Conservative, the former
needs the latter more than the other way around.
Liberals have little to lose in a dirty battle that would drag both down in
reputation ( weirdly the Dem just don't look as bad as GOP in such phlegm-
tossing wars, must be the media ). Conservative have to be cautious in not
to irritating dogs - their wealth are now ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 13 你看新闻吗？
The Romney campaign drew fire on Wednesday morning for issuing a blistering
statement condemning the American embassy in Egypt for speaking against an
incendiary anti-Muslim film, even though the embassy made the statement
before any attacks had taken place. NBC's Chuck Todd, for instance, called
the statement "irresponsible" and a "bad mistake." ABC's Jake Tapper said
that Romney's attack "does not stand up to simple chronology."
National Journal's Ron Fournier called Romney's actions "h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 14 by Jammie
All bad economic news is unexpected, of course. Well, only for the media and
Obama zombies.
The MNI Chicago Report said its purchasing managers’ index fell to 49.7 in
September from 53.0 in August. Any reading below 50 indicates contraction.
This is the lowest level in three years. The size of the decline was
unexpected. Economists had expected only a small decline.
Amazing how consistently these so-called economist are wrong, huh?
Can you say recession, boys and girls?
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发帖数: 1637 | 15 I was more cautious, though I predicted O will win, but after I viewed RCP,
I conservatively allocate all states that O's ahead are < + 2 to Romney. O
still wins, but he will get 286 guaranteed, I did not expect he can take
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发帖数: 17225 | 16 Investors Rush to Beat Threat of Higher Taxes
By NATHANIEL POPPER and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Business owners and investors are rapidly maneuvering to shield themselves
from the prospect of higher taxes next year, a strategy that is sending
ripples across Wall Street and broad areas of the economy.
Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times
Kristina Collins, a chiropractor, is monitoring her business income.
Related
Business Chiefs Step Gingerly Into a Thorny Budget Fight (November 12, 2012)
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发帖数: 77 | 17 Why is it so difficult for those idiots to understand?
Chinese NOT equal to PRC.
the way for Chinese to make progress does not equal to PRC to make progress.
One example: T.D. Lee did not want to work with PRC and disregard Zhou's
persistent invitation when Mao was in power. Lee changed and started working
with PRC when Deng took the power.
The only people who want to make Chinese ==== PRC are those 50 cent morons.
or parasites who do not want to take responsibility for their own action and
drea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3322 | 18 我也很希望大家团结,但每个人的背景不同,代表的利益也不同,如何可能团结起来? 共
产党和国民党如果不是大敌当前,团结得起来吗?民主党和共和党如果没有9-11,团结得
了吗?
我们中国人都希望尽快移民,但合法的和非法的,抽签的和难民的,根本就没有交集.我来
自合法移民的队伍,当然要大声为他们呼喊,鄙视那些插队的非法移民和骗婚骗难民的那
帮人.人有人道,狗有狗途, 你非把他们捆在一起,大概他们也不乐意.
最后,我对白人和红脖没有什么亲善,只是实话实说他们的优点.相反对他们是很
Cautious,保持警惕.老墨,老黑是一帮乌合之众,他们会和平的劣币驱逐良币.白人就不
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 Europeans Living in a Parallel Universe
by wheatington
Delusional DisorderDalibor Rohac is an economist at the Legatum Institute in
London. He writes for National Review Online. He thinks that too many
people are living in an alternate reality.
The crisis raging in the Eurozone reminds one of an old Soviet-era joke:
“The future is known, it’s the past that is always changing.” To
European leaders in 2012, what is “known” is that Greece is on the path
toward fiscal consolidation and eventual... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1509 | 20 I decided to support Barack Obama pretty early in the Democratic primary,
around spring of 2007. But unlike so many of his supporters, I never
experienced a kind of emotional response to his candidacy. I never felt his
election would change everything about American politics or government, that
it would lead us out of the darkness. Nothing Obama did or said ever made
me well up with tears.
Possibly for that same reason, I have never felt even a bit of the crushing
sense of disappointment that at... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 Health Costs on His Mind
Small Factory Owner Looks for Ways to Cope With New Law
By EMILY MALTBY And SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
Sales at Automation Systems LLC, a parts-assembly factory in the Chicago
suburbs, dropped 60% following the 2008 financial collapse. Owner Carl
Schanstra was able to get the firm back on its feet by breaking into new
markets, such as the auto industry. Sales are up 12% this year, and are
likely to rise again next year, too.
But for the 34-year-old, the expected growth in sale... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 by Jed Babbin
The Newtown, Connecticut massacre of children has changed the gun control
debate to an extent no other event has in decades. One of the reasons it has
had such an effect is that it came at the time when liberals are at the
height of their power and conservatives — and Republicans — are at their
lowest ebb. It also came at a time when the maneuvers between House Speaker
John Boehner and President Obama over solving the “fiscal cliff” crisis
fell apart, leaving Boehner severely weake... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 Fathers disappear from households across America
Big increase in single mothers
By Luke Rosiak
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The Washington Times
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Nicole Hawkins' three daughters have matching glittery boots, but none has
the same father. Each has uniquely colored ties in her hair, but none has a
dad present in her life.
As another single mother on Sumner Road decked her row-house stoop with
Christmas lights and a plastic Santa, Ms. Hawkins recalled that her middle
child's father has never spent a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 24 by Matt Purple
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, Chuck Hagel was
grilled by Senator John McCain. McCain immediately brought up Hagel’s
opposition to the Iraq surge, including his calling it a “quagmire”, and
wondered why he opposed it “even as it became clear that the surge was
succeeding”.
Hagel waffled a bit and McCain cut him off, demanding a yes or no answer.
Finally Hagel said, “I’m not going to give you a yes or no. I think it’s
far more complicated than this.” H... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8800 | 25 网上的神回复
The more individual homeowners we have the better off we are in both
community and economics. Unfortunately the last housing crisis lead to a
huge real estate grab by investment firms and the wealthy. That being said,
of course we need to be cautious not to make the same mistakes. But there
are some small steps we can take to minimize risk and yet not lock out
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发帖数: 29846 | 26 Obama: 'We will find out who did this'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, responding to the explosions at
the Boston Marathon, says the United States does not know "who did this or
why" but vowed that whoever is responsible "will feel the full weight of
justice."
He said: "We will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable."
Obama made his remarks Monday evening from the White House about three hours
after two explosions detonated near the marathon's finish line. At least
two... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 Governments across the eurozone have again been left counting the human cost
of the financial crisis after news that unemployment in the currency bloc
reached a record high, driven by soaring youth joblessness.
Eurozone unemployment rose to 12.1% for March, an all-time high, according
to Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union. In the wider EU
area of 27 countries, unemployment stood at 10.9%, as the rate increased in
all but eight countries compared with a year earlier.
Economists... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 28 By NEIL KING JR.
More than half a year after his election loss, Mitt Romney is putting a
tentative foot back onto the public stage.
Restless, a little wistful and sharply critical of President Barack Obama's
second term, Mr. Romney said in an interview that he plans to re-emerge in
ways that will "help shape national priorities."
As a first step, the former Republican presidential nominee plans to welcome
200 friends and supporters to a three-day summit next week that he will
host at a Utah moun... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 29 Welcome brothers from all the world! Greetings from the Imam of 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue! Be sure to pick up your Eric Holder issued weapon as
you cross the border, welfare application, temporary EBT card, Section 8
housing assignment, cell phone, prescription/health policy, and democrat
voter registration card. Permanent residency will be granted as soon as we
can collate a few more NSA files and contact the affiliated lawmakers.
Meanwhile, keep the phone numbers included in your welcome packet... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 596 | 30 英美法系的陪审团制度具有反精英的倾向：陪审团的挑选一般倾向于找平淡无奇的人来
充任。在法庭上双方要尽量展示自己一方的证据，以求他们的观点被这些普通人所接受
从而作出对己方有利的判决。所以满脸都写着聪明两个字的人，和法律知识特别丰富的
人，都不太可能被挑选为陪审员。
因为对陪审团的预期是他们的智力和知识水平都一般，所以法官给陪审团在闭门讨论时
的指示就十分重要，这些指示包括以下主要内容：
1. 被告被控的罪名，和陪审团可以有的选项（可定哪些罪，或者无罪）。
2. 被控的罪名含义和要满足定罪标准所需要的充分条件。
3. 讨论时的注意事项与规则。
2是最不容易的一项，因为法官需要把往往详细繁琐的法条，用普通人都听得懂的语言
描述出来以便陪审团理解。
以下是Zimmerman法官指示的全文，共27页。不过因为有大段空行并且文字浅显易懂，
有文献阅读能力的人大概十分钟以内就可以通读。
http://www.flcourts18.org/PDF/Press_Releases/Zimmerman_Final_Ju
我最喜欢的是以下这一段：
In deciding whether George Zim... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 July 13, 2013 - 11:36 PM
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and KYLE
George Zimmerman, right, is congratulated by his defense team after being
found not guilty during Zimmerman's trial in Seminole Circuit Court in
Sanford, Fla. on Saturday, July 13, 2013. Jurors found Zimmerman not guilty
of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin
in Sanford, Fla. The six-member, all-woman jury deliberated for more than 15
hours over two days before reaching their decision Saturday night. (AP
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发帖数: 4276 | 32 Even if the man was convicted before, there is no direct relationship that
he is to commit crime this time. Then police should never question/stop
anyone because he looks suspicious. Those suspicious activities do not
warrant he will commit crime. And you can also go freely live in a community
full of criminals and sex offenders, there is no logic that even after 1000
people have been killed or raped, the 1001th will happen.
There is no way we can truly determine whether the man is malicious or ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21627 | 33 Michael Lewis: Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-
Programmer?
A month after ace programmer Sergey Aleynikov left Goldman Sachs, he was
arrested. Exactly what he’d done neither the F.B.I., which interrogated him
, nor the jury, which convicted him a year later, seemed to understand. But
Goldman had accused him of stealing computer code, and the 41-year-old
father of three was sentenced to eight years in federal prison.
Investigating Aleynikov’s case, Michael Lewis holds a s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7126 | 34 http://fox8.com/2013/06/11/cash-only-doctors-abandon-the-insura
Cash-Only Doctors Abandon the Insurance System
Posted on: 8:51 am, June 11, 2013, by kaitlynsawyer, updated on: 08:53am,
June 11, 2013
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By Steve Hargreaves
NEW YORK (CNN) – Fed up with declining payments and rising red tape, a
small but growing number of doctors are opting out of the insurance system
completely. The... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 35 Vive La France on Iran
The French save the West from a very bad nuclear deal with Iran.
Updated Nov. 10, 2013 5:23 p.m. ET
We never thought we'd say this, but thank heaven for French foreign-policy
exceptionalism. At least for the time being, François Hollande's
Socialist government has saved the West from a deal that would all but
guarantee that Iran becomes a nuclear power.
While the negotiating details still aren't fully known, the French made
clear Saturday that they objected to a nucle... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 MSNBC Focus Group Agrees Obama’s a Total Failure: ‘He’s a big
disappointment’
by Jammie
You know things are bad when even the Obama supporters, on NBC no less,
realize what a disaster Obama has been.
Once staunch supporters of the President, former Obama voters are now
expressing their disappointment in him, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd reported.
A focus group conducted by Peter Hart, a Democratic Pollster, found that
President Obama is losing credibility with his faithful allies.
Eight of the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 Republican David Jolly wins Fla. congressional special election in test race
over health care
Republican David Jolly narrowly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a
Tampa-area House race largely seen as a critical test for ObamaCare.
With nearly 100 percent of the vote counted, Jolly had 48.5 percent of the
vote to Sink's 46.7 percent. Libertarian Lucas Overby had 4.8 percent.
The race to replace the late Rep. Bill Young was considered a tossup, and
was cast as a political bellwether, and... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 Cease-fire reached in Palestinian camp in Syria
June 22, 2014 - 4:34 PM
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Various fighting factions and the Syrian government reached a
cease-fire agreement in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus,
activists and state media said Sunday.
If it holds, the agreement in Yarmouk, the largest of nine Palestinian camps
in Syria, could help ease the suffering of some 18,000 civilians who have
been trapped there since the government imposed a blockade in mid-2013.
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
Lawmakers investigating the Internal Revenue Service’s treatment of
conservative groups released new emails Wednesday suggesting that top IRS
officials communicated through an instant-messaging system that wasn’t
routinely archived.
The revelation adds to lawmakers’ concerns about the agency’s handling of
documents related to their inquiry into the IRS’s alleged targeting of
conservative tea-party groups for burdensome scrutiny as they sought tax-
exempt status... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 11:16 PM 01/27/2015
Voters will side with the GOP if they fight President Obama’s effort to
print work permits for millions of migrant workers, according to a new poll.
The large poll shows that 47 percent of the 1,593 respondents approve of
Obama’s overall performance — but also shows lopsided opposition to his
amnesty among the critical independent voters and lower-income voters that
the GOP needs to persuade and turn out in 2016.
Just 19 percent of 691 people who earn less than $50,000 a year... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 Exclusive: DEA chief says heroin ‘back with a vengeance,’ drugs a national
security threat
By James Rosen, Matt DeanPublished September 05, 2015
“Not much of a gambler,” Chuck Rosenberg says about himself, a tad
sheepishly. Indeed, in the seven deadly sins department, the new chief of
the Drug Enforcement Administration is something of a zero: He’s never
smoked marijuana, doesn’t drink alcohol, and lists as his only vice an
excessive intake of Diet Dr. Pepper.
Such abstemiousness may be a prized... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2215 | 42 Yep, need to be cautious.
But I still have my trust in Trump.
Both Emerson and Savvy polls under-represent the new voters. |
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发帖数: 2249 | 43 Real estate mogul Donald Trump and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton
each spoke with cautious optimism Monday morning as the first nominating
contest of the 2016 election approached in Iowa, finding common ground on
one unified message: Get out and vote.
“You have to be a little bit nervous, and you know I like to win,” Trump
said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” show on Monday morning. “This is
actually my first election night. I’ve gone through many election nights,
but it was always fo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4150 | 45 Donald Trump continued to push the contentious issue of Ted Cruz's
presidential eligibility on Friday, threatening that he has legal standing
to sue Cruz for not being a "natural born citizen."
"If @TedCruz doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads,
I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen," Trump
posted on Twitter.
Does Trump really have grounds to sue Cruz? According to some legal experts,
the answer is yes, but they're divided on how a court would ha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2973 | 46 McConnell: Senate should not confirm Scalia's replacement until after
election
By BURGESS EVERETT 02/13/16 06:34 PM EST
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate should not confirm a
replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia until after the 2016
election.
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next
Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we
have a new President,” the GOP leade... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2215 | 50 Now SC is the key. If Trump wins here, who cares the national poll?
But let's be cautious. |
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