Today we’ll try something a little different.
Sails made a suggestion that I’d like to try.
This thread will be an open one. Post whatever you like, you decide.
I will post a few other news items in different posts as the day goes on. This should allow the discussion to be narrowed a bit on each. We’ll give it a try and see how it goes.
So what’s news today?
Wandering Views 
In December, 2007, I told my wife we were going to get eight years of Obama. Sadly, I was correct. Now I believe we will get eight years of Hillary after Obama’s last four. I would welcome arguments to the contrary.
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Too early to say, Ricky; the political landscape is forever in flux, it’s really quite unpredictable. A whole lot can happen in 4 years that could help or hurt the Democrats’ cause and chances of yet another WH win. But Hillary is riding a wave of popularity I suppose — still, she can grate. People have forgotten that (for now).
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Even when I agree with the end result, I think government should stay out of it.
I see in The Times-News that the FCC is adopting the CALM Act. CALM is Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation. Much evil comes from seemingly harmless rules. I hit the mute button when the car salesman starts yelling into my ear. I don’t need government help.
We have too much government help already.
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Hillary is very popular. However, she is a terrible campaigner. She let an empty suit like Obama beat her out of the nomination.
T think people are tired of Clintons.
Also, Jeb Bush may be the best man the Republicans have. But people are tired of the Bushs.
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If you thought the press fawned over Obama, wait until you see how they treat Hillary. She is a lock to get the Democratic nomination. In 1980 Reagan won young people and most stayed Republican. This generation of young people are largely Democrat and they will likely stay that way. Republicans are literally dying as Democrats turn 18.
We should focus on how God wants us to lead our families and serve in our churches. The political situation will only get worse.
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Chas, If the Rs nominate another Bush, that alone may drive me from the country. Reagan’s biggest mistake keeps bearing fruit.
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RW: She won’t run. We might not be around by then anyways.
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She’ll also be close to 70. I don’t see her running.
But I’ve been wrong before. 😉
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Tychius, you may be more right than you know when you say we might not be around then anyway. Link: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/12/belafonte-advice-to-obama-imprison-opposition-like-a-third-world-dictator-video/
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The age issue will definitely be a question and a potential game changer.
And RickyWeaver, in my first voting decade (the 1970s, before the rise of Reagan), it was simply unhip to be a Republican if you were young and in (or just out of) college. Most people are more liberal when they’re young and then become more conservative as they get older. I began seriously rethinking things in my 30s.
The Republicans do, though, face a challenge in the next 4 years. But I’m hopeful that the new generation of leaders will chart a new course and will be able to present a more thoughtful and persuasive argument for conservatism to the electorate at large.
And don’t forget, there’s still 2014 in which a new (and better, please) Congress could emerge.
It’s way too soon to be giving up.
(And I agree that Jeb Bush was always seen as the most politically adept of the Bush clan, but it would probably be one Bush too many — and too soon — for most folks.)
For the Democrats, if Hillary is somehow out of the picture, the problem becomes who will be that party’s standard bearer? There’s really no other natural heir at this point. Obama was an aberration in many ways, a party rock star who came out of nowhere.
Who’s lined up on their bench for future generations?
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The primary trait of the Clintons is ambition. She will run and she will win. There is a long list of young socialists ready to take her place when she is done.
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She might run Ricky, providing there is an America left to govern. The Dems are selling out America to Islam faster than you can shake a stick.
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Ricky,
Even if Hillary doesn’t run, there’s still another in the pipeline.
Chelsea. Not in 2016, but eventually……..
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National life continues, thankfully, without the inevitability of family dynasties. The Adams, Roosevelts, Kennedys, Clinton’s, and Bushes had their days; so far among America’s sins family idolatry has proven to be ephemeral, though Jeb Bush would likely get my vote. Thank heaven we have at present no more Obama’s on scene.
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And we can maybe take heart that we have only 4 more years of the current administration … Weak, I know, but at least there’s an end to it in sight.
Keep the faith!
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I can see the country saying that Obama didn’t go far enough and electing someone who will make us miss Obama the way we miss Clinton now.
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Ricky
I think when the Secretary says she’s tired, she means it. I’ve been wrong about her before, but I don’t see her running.
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CB, She probably is tired now. Give her a month off and she’ll be ready to run. You know she thinks she can do better than the last three presidents.
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I think she should stay home and bake cookies, LOL! Maybe she’ll want to take time to be with her grandchildren.
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