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I highlighted the part about the Democrats. The 2008 Clinton-Obama primary was far more contentious than this one is. In fact, here's a brief podcast about just that from FiveThirtyEight: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elections-podcast-is-the-2016-democratic-primary-as-nasty-as-the-2008-democratic-primary/

??????? It's like nobody was alive in 2008.

Finding fresh Sculpin or Grunion in the store always makes my day.

I'm pretty sure he actually believes it. Similar to his comments and "arguments" against climate change.

Not necessarily as the motivating factor, but I think that's a component in anybody's decision to run for office. Especially president. I doubt that Bernie's decision to run is purely altruistic.

I think each team does have rules about it. And with the White Sox, there has never been an issue with it until now for some reason.

I don't doubt that Clinton is running for her legacy. But doesn't everyone? And does that necessarily mean she would be a bad president?

Playing baseball isn't a normal job, though. And it's hard to figure out who had a problem with the kid being there. First they said some players did. Then, after the threatened boycott of a game, they said it was coaches complaining. Then they said it was Reinsdorf. I also read that LaRoche might be filing a grievance because his contract had something in it about his son. There was also an article from a few years ago that talked about what they did for his schooling, but I don't remember the specifics. It just seems that the line management decided to draw was arbitrary and out of the blu

It's especially weird because of how it escalated so quickly when it seemingly didn't need to. Unless it was a calculated move to get him to retire, but that just doesn't seem plausible. Here's a good article on how the Rangers handle kids in the clubhouse, which I assume is similar to how most clubs do it: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/mlb/texas-rangers/article66793592.html

Still time to take back all of the predictions putting CWS in the World Series #familyfirst

Again, though, Biden merely said that during a contentious election season, there was no use in the president nominating someone at the far end of the political spectrum. In other words, Obama is technically following the "Biden Rule" by nominating a centrist judge, while the Republican majority is just being partisan.

Actually, it isn't. The entire speech Biden gave was about the confirmation process in general. He said in the same speech: "I believe that so long as the public continues to split its confidence between the branches, compromise is the responsible course both for the White House and for the Senate," he said. "Therefore I stand by my position, Mr. President, if the President [George H.W. Bush] consults and cooperates with the Senate or moderates his selections absent consultation, then his nominees may enjoy my support as did Justices Kennedy and Souter."

The goal at this point is to do everything possible to prevent Trump from getting a majority before the convention.

Rubio's campaign has just told Ohio supporters to vote for Kasich. I can't wait for Tuesday!

Doesn't anyone else get tired of talking about guns? Nothing is changing.

Also, does anyone remember when Bobby Jindal was a rising star??? Ha! Louisiana is an absolute mess right now because of him. (And how do you make Louisiana worse?)

After Rubio loses Florida, it will be interesting to see what he does. Is there a chance for a Cruz-Rubio ticket? Will Rubio regroup and run again in 2020? I can't tell if he's too young (although the same age as Cruz), or just a weak candidate. The other strange thing I've been reading a lot is how last year it was noted by everyone how strong the potential list of GOP candidates was. I know it's hindsight now, but I honestly never thought that Cruz, Rubio, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, etc., were particularly strong candidates. Last year's enthusiasm for those guys seemed as strange to me then

Figures.

I've never been a big fan of predictions. Just looking forward to the season to start. Why do you hate baseball?

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I drove by the Fort Worth Convention Center this morning and the line for the Trump rally was already really long.

I guess I'll vote for Rubio as the least objectionable of the three?

No way. This has been the most entertaining and interesting primary in years.

Interesting read. Thanks for the link! It still has the feeling of a "perfect storm" set of circumstances for Trump to win, but the fact that a chance exists at all is a little frightening.

I think you definitely could be right about Trump, but where there is some question as to whether Trump would actually bring that tone to the presidency, I don't wonder that about Cruz. Everything you typed above can be said about Cruz with the addition of religious zealotry. Cruz's brand of conservatism really bothers me. The only instance I could ever see myself voting for Donald Trump would be if it was just a race between him and Ted Cruz.