Forward to 2016

++We were told that Hillary Clinton's popularity plunged this week to 61% of Democrats ,instead of the previous 67%. 

++Bernie Sanders, star of Brunch with Bernie, says he will decide in March of this year wether to run.

++The political press is start harping on Senator Warren entering into the race.

++And I am the sole person urging Jerry Brown to make another run for the Democratic nomination.

++It would be good for Hillary to have some competition just so her debating skills would sharpen. It will be eight years since she ran against Barack Obama.

++On the GOP side, Jeb released his e-mails as governor. ZZZ. He also stepped down from his $1 million a year post at Barclay's Bank, which had been fined for violating the Cuban, Syrian and Iranian embargo. He also quit a firm which profited from Obamacare.The question I have--If Obama outperformed all three Bush administrations (terms) economically, what can Jeb say to make anyone think he's different.

++More importantly,America faces key structural problems and a foreign policy without any geostrategic sense for the past twenty some years or since the end of the Cold War. Who do you believe has the moral vision that can lead the country forward in the 21st Century?

++Remember you are electing a political party, not just an individual. What talent exists in either party to make you confident in the future? The Obama people are basically burned out. The GOP personnel are all discredited from the Iraq War or the Global Depression.

++The GOP has some weird in-fighting over Cuba. Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Jeb. Is Cuba going to be the Ebola Virus of the 2016 campaign? 

++While Mideast Christians are being slaughtered, Vishnu Jindal will be launching his campaign at LSU before a throng of the Religious Right. Sadly the Religious Right did play a major role in the defeat of Southern Democrats this year, siding with the GOP 70% of the time. The group Jindal is speaking to believes 9/11 was caused by homosexuals. This should make for an interesting campaign. 

++I think Jindal's bumper sticker should be" Try a Hindu,He's better than the Muslim." Actually Jindal is a Catholic and brags about his skills as an exorcist.

++The GOP campaign will be against Barack Obama and trump the glories of 9/11 and the Iraq War, which Obama obviously lost in the end. The economy really didn't come back, taxes should be lowered, abortion outlawed, and regulations rolled back or ended completely. We are drowning in debt--forget Obama's record. And we are running for our grandchildren.

++The United States' influence has waned. We are in decline and crime may make a comeback because Obama taught minorities to hate the police. We have to increase defense spending because Obama eviscerated our defense. (Note: Russia spends $50 billion on defense, we spend $650 billion. Russia has two overseas bases, we have 650 and climbing.)
We face no greater threat than Islamic fundamentalism and we must fortify Israel, our greatest ally--anywhere.

++Will this sell? Among the GOP, absolutely. Will they have enough money to wage a national campaign? Absolutely. Could they win? Yes. With continued voter suppression, massive dark money,they have a shot at making it at least close.

++The problem with Hillary's campaign is that it can not be seen as too reactive and defensive. I don't advise distancing yourself from President Obama. So far in by-elections it hasn't worked.

++We will all be nostalgic for Obama during the 2016 campaign which should be the nastiest in a long time.

++I believe there is only one Republican who understands the complex issues we face in the 21st century. He was the only Republican last time who appears as a modern man. Jon Huntsman, Jr. He won't be running but by passing him by last time the Party is stuck somewhere in the 1890s and 1920s. 

++Hillary's problem will be not to laugh out loud at the GOP's platform.

++The only issue for me is The Supreme Court.