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It is commical though it also represents the need for change. And Obama jokes but is on him. The republican monnies are very diluted which may handicap and the leading democrat seems to have no flaws if you only source you knowledge from mainstream media. The low info voters are led by the shepard, while each and every running republican is highly scrutinized. The bias is overwhelming!

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Cocky as Obama is and with 497 more days left in office, I wouldn't give Obama a grain of salt, soon this nightmare too, shall pass. At this point, who really cares. And yes, the sad thing is, the majority of voters are politically ignorant, on both sides, voting for Obama and supporting Trump. Now that is a serious mystified assessment of the situation.

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Every recent U.S. presidential election has been pretty darn close. Once this Republican dust storm has settled, this one coming up should be as well.

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Haha, I had thought of the hunger games myself in reference to the republicans! It's actually a pretty apt comparison. Funny that Obama made the comment publicly.

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The number of Republican candidates shows how fractured the party is. No real leadership, no policy for anyone to hang their hat on.

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this nightmare too, shall pass

That is hilarious! Best job growth in decades, deficit levels down by huge percent, no stupid republican wars started, no letting OBL attack us again(because Obama killed him while Bush let him go), USA standing in the world much better than 8 years ago, millions more of Americans on healthcare, healthcare costs moderating finally, and on and on it goes. Only someone living in a bubble of spin would say these results are a nightmare. The nightmare was 2007 and 2008 when Bush nearly collapsed the US economy.

Everry recent U.S. presidential election has been pretty darn close. Once this Republican dust storm has settled, this one coming up should be as well.

Thai is hilarious!. Obama won with a 5 million vote cushion last election. It was a landslide. The electoral vote was 332 to 206. In 2008 Obama won with nearly ten million vote cushion a bigger landslide (thank you so much Palin). The electoral vote as 365 to 173.

2016, expect another landslide victory for Hillary over Trump. Trump is on fire now across all the polls. He is the perfect republican. Rich, out of touch, obnoxious. married three times, and racist.

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@zucronium

"Obama won with a 5 million vote cushion last election. It was a landslide."

True. It was a 5 million vote cushion, but a landslide? If you look at it in terms of percentages, Obama had 51.1% of the popular vote and Romney had 47.2%. That's just a few points and not exactly a landslide by any stretch of the imagination, is it? Along party lines, America is still pretty evenly divided.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-02/payrolls-in-u-s-rose-in-june-with-little-change-in-wages

Not quite the healthy economy the mainstream would lead you to believe. Highest rate of labor OUT of the workforce since 1977! Wouldn't catch me gloating!

The republican diversity cache demonstrates a seriously broken direction with each seeing their own solution. Unlike the democrats only Sanders is out of place with his socialist views. And we've all seen how well the socialistic governing systems perform.

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“They will have enough for an actual ‘Hunger Games,’” he joked,

I don't support Obam, but LoL that was pretty funny.

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Wouldn't catch me gloating

If it was a republican president we would.

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stormcrow: a landslide? If you look at it in terms of percentages, Obama had 51.1% of the popular vote and Romney had 47.2%. That's just a few points and not exactly a landslide by any stretch of the imagination

Except for the fact that the popular vote has nothing to do with who gets to be president. In the only metric that counts (Electoral College votes) Obama won 332 - 206. That qualifies as a landslide to me.

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@The Original Wing

True indeed. Honestly, I don't have a dog in this fight. To look at my family is to see a broad range of Republicans and Democrats alike. There are some things I think Obama has done spledidly and other things not so splendidly, but then I can say the same thing about Bush. One thing I do know, is that the Republicans are stubborn and disciplined and they'll throw their support behind whoever their candidate is 110%. The fact is, the electoral vote is all that matters, but when nearly 50% of the country is still voting for a Republican presidential candidate means they shouldn't be counted out too quickly. I predict another close fight, or, I mean election.

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The bad news is the next U.S. president will be either a Democrat or a Republican who will have to work with a bunch of Democrats and Republicans in the Congress.

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15 candidates? Some of them completely unknown. This is the Palin effect. After McCain made the huge mistake of picking her to be his VP candidate every republican in America said if she is qualified, then so am I.

No matter, Trump is going to destroy his opponents in the debates and end up being the front runner at some point.

Rather than the hunger games the republican nomination is more like the Survivor reality show. Who of he list below will be voted off the island? And when is Ted Nugent gong to announce?

Republicans Declared Jeb Bush Ben Carson Chris Christie Ted Cruz Carly Fiorina Lindsey Graham Mike Huckabee Bobby Jindal George Pataki Rand Paul Rick Perry Marco Rubio Rick Santorum Donald Trump Scott Walker

Possible Kelly Ayotte Mitch Daniels Nikki Haley John Kasich Susana Martinez Brian Sandoval

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Sanders is out of place with his socialist views

Sanders is not a socialist. He's what the left in America used to be, before the Republicans moved the center so far right.

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Strangerland: I prefer the comparison to Mortal Kombat, myself, but I suppose The Hunger Games is a pretty funny one as well.

bass4funk and MarkG: Wow, it is HILARIOUS to watch you guys panic! You canNOT deny the joke the GOP field has become, and if you try don't forget who's polling at #2 -- your buddy Trump!! He's definitely going to make the major debates, and I can't WAIT to see those with him on them... man are you guys toast! hahaha.

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Mr Bum is spot on. Sanders is LBJ or FDR. Sadly, as an American liberal, Obama and Hillary are the equivalent of Bush the 1st.

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No panic smith. And I'll agree it is a bit comical with so many candidates. It goes to show how much the party opposes the failure we've had the past 7 years.

@stranger.....you can label all you like, a spade is a spade. If I agree with policies I support them, if I disagree, I oppose. I don't paint the canvas one color as many democrats seem to do. Remember, an open mind is precious painting with variety is much less mundane.

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Hmm, it seems to me we had another poster on here recently make claims to be non-partisan, when it's glaringly obvious that they are very Republican.

Is this a new trend amongst republicans? To claim they are non-partisan?

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here we go again, accusations, insults, and lies. Seems to be the MO.

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That is hilarious! Best job growth in decades,

Hmmm...until you factor in about almost the same amount of people that took themselves out of the job market. Still over 40 of graduates can't find longterm employment and then there is the baby boomers that retiring at a very fast rate now. But I'm not expecting the WH to comment on any of these issues. So still no mention about high wage jobs or high employment in the gas and oil industry, no mention of that either, Oh, I keep forgetting, these are jobs where you can make too much money.

deficit levels down by huge percent,

But there is still the issue of the $18 Trillion debt that will bloom to $20 Trillion when this guy is out of office.

no stupid republican wars started,

But we have ISIS, an unstable and unpredictable Iran, China and Russia and Putin who is studying the legality of the Baltic independence...here we go...Radical Islamists everywhere, what did Obama again say about his Red Line threat?

no letting OBL attack us again(because Obama killed him while Bush let him go),

As well as Clinton and special forces had him in their sights and at the last minute he pulled back, don't forget that as well.

USA standing in the world much better than 8 years ago,

Our enemies hate us, our allies don't trust us and to my amazement and befuddlement Jimmy Carter himself of all people said, our standing in the world since Obama has been in office has greatly diminished and our relations soured.

millions more of Americans on healthcare, healthcare costs moderating finally, and on and on it goes.

That's why 57% of people hate it, hate the rising cost of the premiums and just wait until the Cadillac Tax kicks in, watch that number rise!

Only someone living in a bubble of spin would say these results are a nightmare.

Or people NOT willing to deal with reality.

The nightmare was 2007 and 2008 when Bush nearly collapsed the US economy.

So who will fix America from 2008 and 2017????

Wow, it is HILARIOUS to watch you guys panic!

I have personally no reason to panic, but I am worried for my fellow Americans.

You canNOT deny the joke the GOP field has become, and if you try don't forget who's polling at #2 -- your buddy Trump!!

And on the Dems side, you have a joke of a socialist Bernie Sanders, who is equally as embarrassing as Trump, but to his credit at least Sanders is honest about his vision for America and that he is a huge entitlement, redistributionist. I do like that about him, unlike Obama and Hillary who would lie to save their own skin.

He's definitely going to make the major debates, and I can't WAIT to see those with him on them... man are you guys toast! hahaha.

I feel the same about Bernie, should be one of the best debates to watch and I wouldn't miss it for the world!

here we go again, accusations, insults, and lies. Seems to be the MO.

Seriously, you expected something else from them??? LOL

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@Bass A quick hypothetical to a non-partisan. Hilary or Trump? No evasions, please. Hilary or Trump?

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The Vince Foster syndrome may be keeping other democrats from running ...

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Bass,

IS was formed in response to the US's actions! What short memories people have. Let's invade Iraq, Syria and Libya to fix them up (i.e. let's test our soldiers and new weapons in real situations). Oh, hang on, they are now worse than ever before. Let's sell Iraq, Syria and Libya our weapons so they can defend themselves. So the cycle repeats itself.

Under Obama America's standing in the world has improved greatly but the GOP seems to find this offensive and thinks communicating, negotiating and using diplomacy is a sign of weakness. Anyone with half a brain can see the Democrats are on the right track. Their supporters tend to be well educated and live on the east and west coast. The other 50% of the population in the middle need to apply for a passport and visit some other countries. In 1992 just 7% of Americans had passports. In 2002 it was 19% and in 2012 36%. So, still, only about 1 in 3 Americans have been overseas! Amazing statistic for a country that seems to love trying to help other countries by invading them. It would be interesting to know the percentage of passports issued by state......

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A quick hypothetical to a non-partisan. Hilary or Trump? No evasions, please. Hilary or Trump?

If it really were to come down to that: Definitely Trump!

IS was formed in response to the US's actions! What short memories people have. Let's invade Iraq, Syria and Libya to fix them up (i.e. let's test our soldiers and new weapons in real situations). Oh, hang on, they are now worse than ever before. Let's sell Iraq, Syria and Libya our weapons so they can defend themselves. So the cycle repeats itself.

Obama was told back in 2009 of the growing threat of ISIS and was given the proper recommendations as to how to deal with them, Obama rejected all of it, left ISIS to fester and his NON-involvement and unwillingness to engage the enemy and take the fight to them as a monumental error on his part and the rest as they say is history.

Under Obama America's standing in the world has improved greatly but the GOP seems to find this offensive and thinks communicating, negotiating and using diplomacy is a sign of weakness.

That is a complete and utter lie. When you have Jimmy Carter, one of the worst presidents ever (after Wilson) and tells you our standing in the world has been greatly diminished, your ears should perk up. Spying on the Germans, the French, NOT supplying weapons to the Kurds, Yazidis, the Ukrainians, turning his back on the Saudis and the Israelis, allowing China to build artificial Islands and to destabilize the entire region and his overall foreign policy has been a huge disaster.

Anyone with half a brain can see the Democrats are on the right track.

Yeah? How?

Their supporters tend to be well educated and live on the east and west coast.

If that's true then why are a large majority that voted for Obama the first time that are now in their mid 20's now having buyers remorse about electing this guy, because many are now married have their own families and have bills to NO jobs, paying student loans and are in debt. People and employers are cutting back work hours to about 30 so that they don't have to pay benefits. How are our public schools doing? The teachers union is extremely progressive left and we rank pretty much at the bottom when it comes to education and most subjects. 40% of people in Baltimore can't read about the 8th grade level, so if you think Dems/libs should get a pat on the back thinking that this failure is success, they all need to get their heads examined.

The other 50% of the population in the middle need to apply for a passport and visit some other countries. In 1992 just 7% of Americans had passports.

I have been to 23 countries, seriously....they're not missing out on anything.

In 2002 it was 19% and in 2012 36%. So, still, only about 1 in 3 Americans have been overseas! Amazing statistic for a country that seems to love trying to help other countries by invading them. It would be interesting to know the percentage of passports issued by state......

One reason also is that Americans work hard, they don't get 6 to 8 weeks vacation time that allows them to travel extensively like their European counterparts and for a large percentage of Americans, traveling is not that important.

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Obama's straight up throwing it in their faces now! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSffZUB_0G4

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It wouldn't be the first time Obama acted like a first grader, but when it's thrown back in his face, now all of a sudden he's thin-skinned.

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On the last Republican watch we saw thousands of Americans killed on US soil by jihadists. Thousands more Americans were killed overseas. They oversaw the biggest recession in our lifetimes and almost caused a global economic collapse. Republicans put 3 million Americans out of work in less than 6 months during their leadership and spent trillions of dollars on war.

Why would we go back to that? It all happened on their watch.

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On the last Republican watch we saw thousands of Americans killed on US soil by jihadists.

This is very true and at the same time in 1998 we had a Democratic president that squandered the opportunity to take out the greatest Jihadists that caused the death of those 3000 people on 9/11.

Thousands more Americans were killed overseas.

This is also very true and now we NOW currently have a president that oversaw the birth of the most vicious, inhumane and brutal group of Jihadists spawn up with a belief that the world should be thrown back into the 7th century and follow Sharia as the law of the land.

They oversaw the biggest recession in our lifetimes and almost caused a global economic collapse.

Yes, again true and we also had Chris Dodd (Chairman of the Senate Banking and Housing and Urban affairs committee) and Barney Frank (Chairman of the House financial Services committee) both were advised by the previous admin. of the concerns they had about Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac writing these loans with rock bottom low interest rates that essentially NO one could pay back in the end giving to anyone that wanted a home and by the way Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac are at it again and who is the current president residing over another possible loan scandal buildup.

Republicans put 3 million Americans out of work in less than 6 months during their leadership and spent trillions of dollars on war.

And now we have 47 million Americans on food stamps for OVER 37 months.

Why would we go back to that? It all happened on their watch.

I agree and now we have another bungling and polarizing president that wreaked havoc on the economy, the social infrastructure and increased the racial division in this country with the lowest and most stagnant wage growth since the great depression. We want to get away from that, but we have to wait 493 days until that miracle can happen.

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Excellent work, bass! Now, when a Republican supporter here tells us what happened "on Obama's watch" I fully expect a non-partisan such as yourself to jump into action and provide just as many background details as you do above.

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Obama is right to make of of Republicans because Republicans are a joke. Donald trump slanders Mexicans and the whole host of wannabe's say nothing.

There's leadership for you.

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Excellent work, bass! Now, when a Republican supporter here tells us what happened "on Obama's watch" I fully expect a non-partisan such as yourself to jump into action and provide just as many background details as you do above.

Sorry, if the truth hurts.

Obama is right to make of of Republicans because Republicans are a joke.

With Trump at the helm, I think so.

Donald trump slanders Mexicans and the whole host of wannabe's say nothing.

Why? They have no responsibility to what Trump says, that's on Trump and Trump alone.

There's leadership for you.

We have no leadership in government from either parties.

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Behind the scenes the GOP is having a difficult time with this issue. They don't want a famous candidate going out saying racist things and getting support from the GOP pollsters.

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That's really not the full reason why they don't like Trump for one thing he's not a real conservative, second, he just overall doesn't really know how to talk, he's not eloquent and he is too in your face, doesn't understand the complexity of Geopolitics. That's the REAL reason why he is an embarrassment.

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He's definitely getting a lot of support from conservatives. Calling Mexicans rapists is what they want to hear, usually admiring him for "speaking the truth." His poll numbers keep increasing.

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