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(25,487 posts) Wed Sep 5, 2018, 04:52 PM Sep 2018

POLL: Who is the NYT Op-Ed writer? [View all]

Keep in mind... it is someone who has been in the administration from the start, based on the section where they talk about the 25th amendment early on.

53 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Nikki Haley
	5 (9%)
	Mike Pompeo
	2 (4%)
	Steve Mnuchin
	0 (0%)
	Jeff Sessions
	3 (6%)
	James Mattis
	9 (17%)
	KellyAnne Conway
	0 (0%)
	Sarah Huckabee Sanders
	1 (2%)
	John Kelly
	0 (0%)
	Other (please specify)
	18 (34%)
	Mike Pence
	15 (28%)
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POLL: Who is the NYT Op-Ed writer? [View all] scheming daemons Sep 2018 OP

Mattis OR Kelly, kozar Sep 2018 #1

Whoever it is fallout87 Sep 2018 #46

Steven Miller sarah FAILIN Sep 2018 #2

No way Trump is not crazy enough for Miller HopeAgain Sep 2018 #35

I agree. Miller is a xenophobic liberalhistorian Sep 2018 #71

I voted other hellacia Sep 2018 #3

That is my guess exboyfil Sep 2018 #9

I think he was set up with the dense pick mikeysnot Sep 2018 #18

I don't think the Times would have run it if it had been him EffieBlack Sep 2018 #47

Pence wouldn't have presented it to the Times hellacia Sep 2018 #61

Wasn't it Manafort who picked Pence thucythucy Sep 2018 #59

No way. He is a lump. Lumps don't do something like the OpEd. Unless.. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #81

Javanka! VMA131Marine Sep 2018 #4

Pence uses "lodestar" jberryhill Sep 2018 #5

Good sleuthing! That's not a common word to use.... scheming daemons Sep 2018 #8

Henry Kissinger used it to refer to McCain's honor at the funeral jberryhill Sep 2018 #12

Oh boy. joshcryer Sep 2018 #10

It's possible that others have picked up use of the word. yardwork Sep 2018 #16

Love your description of Pence! bettyellen Sep 2018 #29

wow - good catch JB !! Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #82

I doubt Mattis or Kelly Sanity Claws Sep 2018 #6

If you read Omarosa's book and there's any truth to it - John Kelly is a super asshole. nt Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #86

Good points. You may be right on Mattis or Kelly. Isn't the "don't buck Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #88

Keith Kellogg National Security Adviser for Mike Pence grantcart Sep 2018 #7

Kellogg... Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #91

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has a poll for you to vote on Gothmog Sep 2018 #11

Ouch! Three family and one outside parasite. nolabear Sep 2018 #19

That's no way to refer to Melania. Drunken Irishman Sep 2018 #97

Has to be a cabinet official, because it reference the cabinet marylandblue Sep 2018 #13

Cabinet or VP jberryhill Sep 2018 #14

Could be VP, but he would mentioned family values, the court marylandblue Sep 2018 #23

"Lodestar" DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #37

Yes, but that's not.enough for me marylandblue Sep 2018 #39

And knowing Mike Pence likes to use that word, calimary Sep 2018 #103

Pence dameatball Sep 2018 #15

Can someoone explain the question to me? CTyankee Sep 2018 #17

You may note that umpteen threads have been posted.... jberryhill Sep 2018 #20

OK. Guess I didn't read that section of the NYT today...hmm... CTyankee Sep 2018 #22

Its tomorrow's paper grantcart Sep 2018 #72

It doesn't sound like they really have him under control that well marylandblue Sep 2018 #24

Pence. yardwork Sep 2018 #21

Someone as delusional as Trump Solly Mack Sep 2018 #25

I don't think Pence had the balls to write this. scheming daemons Sep 2018 #26

I don't think the letter took nerve or guts or daring. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #32

There's a cowardly aspect to it jberryhill Sep 2018 #45

Yes ! One thing that stuck out to me - "We've accomplished a lot" Besides being Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #84

Maybe Mother wrote it. nt madinmaryland Sep 2018 #48

maybe....? Blue_Tires Sep 2018 #27

I'm thinking Pompeo because the Op-Ed references a flip-flop within a week on something. Vinca Sep 2018 #28

Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor berni_mccoy Sep 2018 #30

NYT wouldn't publish it if it was Pence. Ilsa Sep 2018 #31

Trump himself C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #33

can we all breathe and agree? kozar Sep 2018 #34

Dan Coats. DNI jezebel321 Sep 2018 #36

That's not a bad guess... ADX Sep 2018 #40

Very interesting guess. Coats and Pence are my prime suspects. LonePirate Sep 2018 #43

That's Lawrence O'Donnell's guess. triron Sep 2018 #69

Yep. honest.abe Sep 2018 #75

Dan Coats - Russell Kirk quote in Op-ed and Dan Coats' has quoted him before zenmeta4 Sep 2018 #95

Interesting. Welcome to DU. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #96

In Sarah's response she said "he..." She could be trying to throw us ecstatic Sep 2018 #38

Wait! Wait! "His accomplishments in less than two years have been astounding." sprinkleeninow Sep 2018 #90

John Barron torius Sep 2018 #41

I'm going with Don Jr voteearlyvoteoften Sep 2018 #42

I'm going with Mattis. It's gotta be someone with military R B Garr Sep 2018 #44

Either Elaine Chao or Robert E. Lighthizer populistdriven Sep 2018 #49

Let's ask ourselves: "who benefits?" DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #50

Nikki Haley benefits marylandblue Sep 2018 #52

Yes, but she's at the UN, not involved DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #60

Actually she is involved marylandblue Sep 2018 #64

Plenty of viable suspects! DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #65

Yes, I am buying extra popcorn. marylandblue Sep 2018 #66

You can't spell Chaos without Chao populistdriven Sep 2018 #67

Who cares? NNadir Sep 2018 #51

They may not have enough support in the Cabinet yet marylandblue Sep 2018 #53

Deep Throat WheelWalker Sep 2018 #54

I think it's Bobbie Jo Sep 2018 #55

He has no reason to be anonymous... Trump is letting him go next month. scheming daemons Sep 2018 #56

OK, I checked my paper version of the NYT from this morning and it wasn't there! CTyankee Sep 2018 #57

That's why I thought Bobbie Jo Sep 2018 #58

He can't salvage his rep if he doesn't put his name on it scheming daemons Sep 2018 #100

The name will be revealed eventually. Bobbie Jo Sep 2018 #102

I think it's Mattis or Kelley... cynatnite Sep 2018 #62

It is definitely not any of these people listed oberliner Sep 2018 #63

Not too many Sr. officials we haven't heard of marylandblue Sep 2018 #68

My guess is nick ayers. Mosby Sep 2018 #89

I'd wager it's someone who works with Pence, not Pence himself. JHan Sep 2018 #70

"A-moral" is the biggest clue - Pence Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #73

Don McGahn n/t Lucinda Sep 2018 #74

Don McGahn is leaving JI7 Sep 2018 #80

The White House janitor tirebiter Sep 2018 #76

Dan Coats RandySF Sep 2018 #77

Yep, Lawrence was pretty convincing tonight. nt. PearliePoo2 Sep 2018 #92

Dan Coats. Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #78

Could it be Jeff Sessions? He would benefit by having Trump gone and has shown some spine lately. Liberty Belle Sep 2018 #79

Don "I'm Gone" McGhann BadGimp Sep 2018 #83

I Think Sessions NickPeace Sep 2018 #85

Dan Coats representing a small group of senior officials--with Coats willing to take the fall. Garrett78 Sep 2018 #87

Daniel P Walsh JonLP24 Sep 2018 #93

Who it is Not. Not Sarah Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #94

Guesses from The Last Word panel DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #98

It's nobody in the cabinet SkyDancer Sep 2018 #99

Dan Coats. calimary Sep 2018 #101

The CEO of Nike Jersey Devil Sep 2018 #104

it's Q for sure 0rganism Sep 2018 #105

I think the actual author is Raj Shah PRETZEL Sep 2018 #106