Hillary Down In The Dumps: Is Clinton About To Drop Out Of 2016 Race?

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

That was opinion written like dialogue in a novel. There is no attribution of the source of the "quotes." I take the report with a boulder of salt.

Regards,

D-Ray

You should watch that interview. Hillary Clinton really gets it!

I was disappointed when the interview clicked off too soon. Now, I want to watch it in its entirety.

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by finnbow

There's no upside to formally announcing at this point, only a downside. She still has quite a while to make up her mind.

What do you think of Martin O'Malley?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by VanishingPoi

What do you think of Martin O'Malley?

I like him well enough, but he's never met a dollar he didn't want to spend. It would be pretty easy to label him a tax & spend liberal. Real easy, actually.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I like him well enough, but he's never met a dollar he didn't want to spend. It would be pretty easy to label him a tax & spend liberal. Real easy, actually.

Maybe but there is a hell of a lot here in MD that desperately needs a dollar spent on it, like some of our bridges.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Maybe but there is a hell of a lot here in MD that desperately needs a dollar spent on it, like some of our bridges.

That may well be. However, Maryland (and certainly Montgomery County where I live) tends to tax and spend quite a bit unnecessarily, leaving it at a competitive disadvantage with northern Virginia when it comes to companies choosing to locate in the metro area. There's really no arguing this point as it has been very well established over the past 20 years.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by VanishingPoi

What do you think of Martin O'Malley?

Is he anything like O'Malley the Alley Cat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw0j5Y4_7FE

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by finnbow

That may well be. However, Maryland (and certainly Montgomery County where I live) tends to tax and spend quite a bit unnecessarily, leaving it at a competitive disadvantage with northern Virginia when it comes to companies choosing to locate in the metro area. There's really no arguing this point as it has been very well established over the past 20 years.

Perhaps but we have the highly educated workforce and that was reflected in the type of businesses that opened along the 270 corridor. And be honest would you rather live in Virginia?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Perhaps but we have the highly educated workforce and that was reflected in the type of businesses that opened along the 270 corridor. And be honest would you rather live in Virginia?

There's really not a dime's worth of difference between NoVa and MoCo, other than they are more attractive to employers due to tax considerations. I really like the state of Virginia, notwithstanding the preponderance of 'Bagger knuckleheads in the rural areas. I love the Blue Ridge and all of Virginia west of there. Richmond's also a nice city. FWIW, Virginia easily has a better university system that Maryland (and nearly every other state in the country). It's one of my favorite states.

[Zeke]

Anyone who believes Hillary won't fight for the Presidency if it is winnable doesn't know anything about Hillary.

She's an American Thatcher.

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Condoleezza Rice at Rutgers for $35,000 fee. Hillary Clinton at UNLV for $225,00.
Both were secretaries of state. How does one explain the disparity.

FWIW, I thought Ms Rice's fees were excessive so Clinton's is insane. But it seems the money for Mrs. Clinton is not coming from the university's general funds and the money she is getting paid is going into the Clinton foundation.

Yeah, and that foundation has done some really amazing stuff:

Since 2001, the Clinton Foundation’s work has resulted in more than 5 million people benefiting from lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment; more than 19,000 U.S. schools building healthier learning environments; more than 55,000 micro-entrepreneurs, small business owners, and smallholder farmers improving their livelihoods and communities; and more than 248 million tons of CO2 being reduced in cities around the world. And Clinton Global Initiative members have made more than 2,500 commitments that are improving the lives of more than 430 million people in more than 180 countries. -

See more at: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/cli....7TFUtkfq.dpuf