Yeah, I know.

Props to the campaign if they’re actually able to keep it under wraps until the announcement is made. Double props if it’s not (as is being widely rumored) Tim Kaine.

Schedules can be changed. Honestly, given the press does shit like track the tail numbers of charter jets known to have been used by the campaign in the past, I would guess every VP pick has a “conflicting” obligation right now that will come off schedule quickly once things shake out.

You get NDAs from everybody. EVERYBODY. Hot dog guy, dude who changes light bulbs, EVERYBODY. Because you never know what someone is going to see or hear.

“Can you make me look like someone else so I can deny that I was ever here?”

Exactly. He got himself a national stage to “stand on principle.” If Trump wins, he’s still got the numbers in Texas, he can stay in the Senate and hunker down (and he’s given himself an out - Trump called his wife ugly and said his dad assassinated JFK - he can credibly claim some kind of moral stand). And if (as is…

Because he’s a bumblefuck stoner nightmare whose only possible influence on this race will be to skew the polling and make Democrats more nervous than they need to be.

“People should vote their conscience”

I feel like this was some kind of weird Trumpian setup where both sides felt like they were playing each other. Cruz has clearly decided to make his stand on the Never Trump hill, assuming (probably correctly) that when Trump gets crushed and the party is shellshocked, he can emerge as the guy who told ‘em so and is…

That’s what’s genius about the disavowal - where else is the Trump camp gonna go? Switching to another manufacturer = made in China or Indonesia. They either suck it up and stick with a company that has publicly humiliated them or go foreign.

I’ve been on fairly big stages, and I have to say, neither the urge to shit my pants nor the urge to salute the Fuhrer overtook me. I think maybe Laura Ingraham is just a shitty person.

Fair distinction regarding “working hours,” but one that goes to the heart of the issue in this case - McIver is (presumably) an exempt employee who draws a salary. In the case of a salaried exempt employee, an employer CANNOT designate fixed “working hours” lest the employee be found to be “nonexempt” (in which case…

She’s allowed volunteer her services. If I work in food service and I volunteer at a soup kitchen on the weekends, that’s kosher, even though I usually get paid to serve food. Or if I work as a writer and I spend my weekends writing speeches for Hillary Clinton, that’s ok, even if I draw a salary for my work as a…

Yes. Corporations are forbidden from donating to campaigns, and the lending of resources (including employee time) would be considered an “in-kind” donation. This is why the campaign has to pay the Trump Org. for the use of the plane, hotel space for campaign events, etc. The campaign could pay the Trump Org for the…

He’d have been a hell of a lot more successful if he’d asked QUIETLY that DWS resign from the DNC. By being super public about it all, he forced both Clinton and Obama (neither of whom could give two shits who runs the DNC) to make public declarations of support and dig in in her defense. It’s a dumb fight to pick in…

Yep. You start to wonder whether Bernie’s able to set aside his own ego to actually pursue progressive principles. Given that he sacrificed leverage to stay in the presidential race way too long and is now going after DWS, with whom he had a very personal and public beef, maybe answers that question in the negative.

I saw a tweet last night that described her as “Vanessa Bayer’s impression of Miley Cyrus” and now that’s all I can think whenever I look at her.

Wait, are you saying Twilight Sparkle plagarized Michelle Obama? OH IT IS ON NOW.

I don’t know why the Rickroll isn’t getting more press, or why the campaign isn’t just like “look, somebody was clearly fucking with her and we’re firing them.” I do think it’s funny as HELL that after a night that was less of a shitshow than everyone expected (keeping in mind the bar is insanely low), this is the…

I have a sneaking suspicion that young man will be telling the story of that interview to either a therapist or his boyfriend in about 10 years.