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BootinUp

(47,156 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 12:09 PM May 2016

Halperin just picked Trump in the GE - talking to Andrea Mitchell (edited)

Just more confirmation he's a dumbass, but we already knew.

Let me clarify, he is saying Trump will win because Hillary is not as good as Bill in making the election about the future.

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SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
1. No wonder he bends over backwards to defend Trump on WADR...
Tue May 17, 2016, 12:10 PM
May 2016

Trying to puff up Trump so he doesn't look like an idiot.

 

wisteria

(19,581 posts)
3. Never liked his commentary, never will.
Tue May 17, 2016, 12:18 PM
May 2016

He already has the general election over, and it hasn't even begun.

LiberalFighter

(50,942 posts)
11. Halprin predictions
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:14 PM
May 2016
To be clear: I don't know what @MittRomney will say this morning, but every talk I've had w/ Mitt World leads me to believe he will run. 30 Jan 2015

Mark Halperin on Charlie Rose 11/5
said there were 3 possible outcomes:
Obama narrow win, Romney narrow win, Romney landslide.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
8. He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer
Tue May 17, 2016, 12:41 PM
May 2016

From Raw Story: "Halperin on MSNBC now just predicted based on "instinct and a little bit of reporting" that HRC will choose a prominent GOP woman as VP.
5:27 PM - 13 May 2016


BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
12. Halperin is a Libertarian Republican. I'm not surprised that he'll choose a nincompoop like Trump
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:18 PM
May 2016

over a qualified and strong presidential candidate like Hillary Clinton.

And the only way Trump will become president is if Republicans in those Republican-controlled States get away with newly enacted voter suppression laws and Democrats don't counter them.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
14. He wants to be on video tape making this prediction -
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:31 PM
May 2016

if it somehow came to pass, he looks like a genius.

If it doesn't, well, it's forgotten in all the hoopla and he can later pass it off as just being a provocateur.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
15. Yep. Either way, he wins. It's how the game is played in the U.$. Media these days, and
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:36 PM
May 2016

it's just more evidence that our 4th estate is DEAD.

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