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US Tuesday governors' election brings forward a generation of pragmatic leaders

Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 08:11 UTC
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United States Tuesday's election results point the way to next year's mid-term elections and showed the emergence of several candidates with the charisma, age and capacity to attract outside voters that could help them have a go at the White House in three years time. Read full article

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  • wesley mouch

    “Pragmatic leader” aka left wing sleaze ball.
    Blasio is a Communist and former Sandinista supporter.
    McAuliffe is a Clinton crony sleaze ball who made his money with sleazy business deals.
    These two parasites remind me of CFK. By your definition she is a “Pragamtic Leader”. She has stolen hundreds of millions and stashed it in Swiss bank accounts. A true visionary on the level of Al Capone

    Nov 07th, 2013 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Good thing it's not your state.....lol. Either way....he got 74% of the vote. It could have been worse.......it could have been tea balls.....I mean bags.....or whatever the hell they are.

    Nov 07th, 2013 - 01:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Casper

    Bad day for the Space Rangers. Bloomberg was a good Mayor ( Letterman will miss him, he'll have to come up with some new jokes ) and Christie could well be the next President.

    Nov 07th, 2013 - 02:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Christie could be because of the shear fact is is more a centrist and not an extremist. But I still think it's a stretch. Whoever runs needs to be able to negotiate, compromise and seek consensus for the country and not the party. They also need to work on real changes in the budget process, *allow line item vetoes
    * pass a resolution that ALL debt will be funded and paid and the government cannot shutdown unless by law passed by congress, rather than shutdown from inaction of congress.
    *Limit budget increases to inflation indexes
    *New programs funded independent of existing budgets
    *Fund the military based on military requests, not senators that represent states that make tanks, jets, ships and subs.
    and....and...and. Ohhhhhh....to boldly dream of real change!

    Nov 07th, 2013 - 04:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Casper

    @4 Poppy

    I'm sure you're better informed than me. I said that more out of hope than any kind of deep insight. I just like the guy - he seems to be more inclined to trust his own instincts than do what others think he ought to.

    Nov 07th, 2013 - 04:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    I sincerely meant that I hope whatever party gets in, works for the country and not the party. Since 2000, USA presidents have sucked on both sides of the aisle.

    Nov 07th, 2013 - 04:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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