How many had and of what? There is the thread within a thread: how drunk is everyone and on what?

My wife has left the room three times, that was one of them. It’s her own fault for trying to watch this without a drink; I offered her wine. Good wine

Much as I appreciate Carson not taking the bait on the Clintons, I found it funny hearing him say the hate in comments sections doesn’t have any Judeo-Christian roots, when some of the UGLIEST comments are angry, right wing religious types.

A group of candidates is pretty bad when John Kasich sounds the most reasonable by that much

Can we put a dome over South Carolina, like right now?

I think the republicans have assembled probably the most punchable field ever

I hear you, I have a double in my hand and a dvr’d episode of Arrested Development to flip to when I just can’t take it anymore. I find I don’t have the stomach to just watch straight through

He just went there to hand out boot straps and copies of “Atlas Shrugged"

“For once in my life I felt pretty"

Exactly what it is like. They should be sitting around a couch talking about the lessons they all learned while their sassy housekeeper keeps cracking wise in the background until finally the lisping little kid says something like “Yeah, the press sure did WIG out over that!” they all laugh, cue credits over the laugh…

I’m so glad you said that, I just texted my wife to suggest going for a steak for dinner

Of course she is establishment but let’s not act like her support base is just wealthy and powerful. She has a very supportive base that includes, in addition to older dems, women and the Hispanic and African American communities. I just have to say this because of the last part of your comment, I had the privilege of…

I gotcha, like I said I was mainly asking because of down-ticket races. CA has some tight Congressional races coming, depending where you are

That is why I had originally wanted him for Secretary of State. I know some people think he’s too gaffe-proned for that, but to me is is how we want America to be seen. Strong, straightforward and honest, and sure he makes mistakes and is occassionally offensive, but he has a great heart planted firmly in the right…

As in not voting or just not voting for her? We still need every dem in the voting booth, there are many critical races, even in CA

She is a pro; she may be establishment, but she is establishment in the good ways as well, meaning big picture thinking for the party. Making sure a Democrat is in the White House and winning as many seats as possible, a statehouse here-and-there, this needs to be a priority. She is a party loyalist which is a nice…

I’m with you on the near-sympathy. I really believe, much as I disagree with his Rand-loving self on almost everything, that he is a serious person who wants to do serious(ly bad for most of us) things, but now he’s stuck running the nuthouse. Nothing said more than how much he didn’t want the Speakership, how sad was…

Hillary is a better stump-er and I think she will do a better job stumping for down ticket races, midterm numbers don’t apply here because they are always lower but yeah, turnout is absolutely the name of the game. I really worry that Bernie won’t really stump for her like he should if he loses the nomination, we…

I bet they mock the tea party for it too. This is no different than Paul Ryan last Sunday, being forced to admit that eliminating an existing plan is not the same thing as having a plan of your own.
“We’d dismantle Obamacare”
“And replace it with what?”
“Well...something better than Obamacare, I can tell you that…

I believe the thinking is that a Bernie to win would require non-likely voters to turn out in big numbers, which will help down-ticket candidates.