Quote:I don't know how much I agree on O'Malley being the guy who'll open up the Hillary History book on her unless he's within striking distance come primary season. If he's a distant second, I expect him to revert to being a friendly "competitor" with an eye on the VP job. Right now, Bernie Sanders is O'Malley's best friend. O'Malley will pull centrist Democratic votes, and if Sanders can take away enough of Hillary's far left supporters, O'Malley has a real shot at the nomination. If we're to have a Democrat in the White House again, I'd rather it be O'Malley than anyone else in the field. I'll admit that I haven't really looked at his history in any great detail yet, but he does seem to have a very Bill Clinton-esque "moderate" feel to him. If you put the Lewinsky scandal aside, it's, imo, hard to argue that Bill Clinton wasn't, along with Ronald Reagan, one of the better Presidents of the 20th century, and imo better than guy before him and the last two guys who've held the office.


Sanders doesn't remind me of Hitler in his speeches. He strikes me as one of two candidates, along with Trump, who feels like he has nothing to lose and is speaking straight from the heart. I don't know who I'd compare his speaking style to, but it certainly wouldn't be Hitler. Everything Hitler said was a carefully-crafted political message, delivered with two ounces of hellfire, a half cup of brimstone, and a pound of racist crap. Side note: the Nazis were about as "socialist" as the Stalin-era Soviet Union was. Both were much closer to fascist regimes, and many historical scholars agree that there was nothing socialist about the National Socialist Party. I don't think you were making the comparison between Socialism and Nazism, but others have, and it's just patently wrong.


I'm not sure how much Bush's speeches in particular are from the heart. Bush is a groomed dynasty politician, with a brother and father no doubt giving him loads of advice on getting into the White House and staying there. Rubio seems to be speaking from the heart, but one need only look at his voting record, particularly on immigration, to question how much is him being genuine and how much is him wanting to be President. With Cruz, it's impossible to tell. I'm certain he believes a lot of what he says, but I'm also certain that he's a skilled politician who recognizes how to play to the emotions of his voting base while making it seem like he's solely talking issues.