politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
There is no "long-run" for the Republican party. Haley isn't even a Republican at this point, she's just the non-Trump pick. The Republican party is becoming the Trumplican party. The two party system is shaking a bit.
She's staying in the race just in case Trump is found ineligible to run. That way she gets to be the one remaining option. Happy to let her be a spoiler candidate if Trump makes it to the general, though.
I could see her thought process being something like:
Stay in and get as much good will as she can.
Trump is found ineligible or something
Haley wins primary by default
Haley props up trump as a martyr and promises to pardon him or some shit if she wins
Nikki Haley says she would pardon Donald Trump if elected president.
Makes him vice president
Steps down
Trump is new dictator
US becomes easternmost part of russia
Hey, didn't Germany fall to Hitler in a similar way.
Not to mention, trump’s hold on the party is… not as solid as he pretends. It’s far from a landslide.
The Republican Convention this year is going to make 1968 Chicago look like a quinceañera.
Edit: Oh god, it's in Milwaukee. That's like seceding from the Union and then putting your new capitol city 100 miles from Washington DC.
These people are nothing if not "traditionalists". I'm sure it's so they don't have to think.
I'm registering as R in my state's primary just to take a vote away from Trump.
Hey wouldn't he try to push Mercedes as a 3rd party then? Plenty of Q's would answer the call
If we can manage not to fall into a hellish fascist dystopia, that would be a good thing.