In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Oh my goodness.  Mr. Lou Dobbs just lit the fuse on Paul Ryan’s ‘splodey vest…
Rupert Murdoch will probably fine Dobbs for this one:

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Great interview with Paul Manafort.  [Chris Matthews is an insufferable dolt 99% of the time.  Then there’s the 1% of the time when he’s an ordinary dolt.]

Chris Matthews responses to Manafort in this interview made me remember a rather large forum speech Matthews gave about Trump in the fall of 2015.
It is really well worth watching. In the video below Chris Matthews is speaking to an exclusive DC based audience of limo-liberals.
The Aspen Institute Washington Forum has an average audience member income $850k /yr.  That’s about $15,000 per week.  (These are the beltway people paying $5k to have their Christmas Trees decorated professionally each year).
We’ve previously mentioned how disconnected the DC, MD and VA beltway communities are. In this video the elites are trying to understand what’s going on in flyover country amid the rubes. Matthews is explaining to them who those torch carrying vulgarians are.
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Sometimes you might find yourself having an imaginary conversation with the insufferable moonbat pundits on TV:

• Pundit: Candidate Donald Trump has a woman problem…
SD: But he’s winning large majorities of women voters in the primary and polling.
• Pundit: That’s only Republican women…
SD: Well, actually Republican and Independent women, but that’s women.
• Pundit: But he needs to win women in the General Election…
SD: He’s winning women so far.
• Pundit: But that’s only republican women.
SD: Republican and Independent women are general election voters...
• Pundit: But that’s only republican and independent women.
SD: So, you’re saying he needs to win non-Republican women, Democrat women?
• Pundit: Yes, exactly.
SD: Are you saying Democrat women are going to vote for a Republican?
• Pundit: No, heavens no. Of course they’re not.
SD: So why should he change message to appeal to a constituency with no intention of voting for him?
• Pundit: Well, um… because.
SD: Thanks. Carry on.

One of the best Trump attributes in the current political season is his ability to campaign on common sense. Unfortunately for the media enterprise, this makes much of their influential punditry seem silly. It’s not a matter of Donald Trump defying the intellectual logic of the professional political class; it’s more a matter of just plain common sense.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan answered a few questions from reporters today about the upcoming meeting with republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.  One of the continuing phrases Ryan repeats is his belief that he and Trump come from two different wings of the party:

Speaker Ryan’s response highlights the 2016 electoral shift.  A ‘common sense’ conservative movement (wing) is focused on fiscal responsibility and solutions. While the preferred Ryan (big government wing of progressive UniParty) constructs focus on Wall Street’s legislative agenda. (more…)

[Updated 5:50pm with Andy Savage response below]:
Officer Michael Slager is the South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Walter Scott.  Officer Slager’s trial is set to begin October 31st 2016, however the DOJ announced additional federal charges today.
The back story for today’s DOJ announcement frames the motive for the Obama Dept of Justice, Civil Rights Division, to file proactive charges today – the media will avoid highlighting the transparency.  However, long term CTH readers will understand it well. Remember, Hillary Clinton called Ryan Julison.

The State of South Carolina has put itself in a very difficult position with prosecution of the case against officer Slager.  Despite the media presentation of the event, the charge of Murder is a significant reach given the actual events which occurred in the entirety of the several minutes of the physical struggle with Walter Scott which were not recorded or discussed in the media. (more…)

Almost two years ago the Washington Free Beacon broke the story of a recording within the Clinton Library of Hillary Clinton laughing and describing her work as a defense attorney for a predatory child rapist.   –AUDIO HERE–
The entire WFB Story is available HERE – April 10th is the 41-year-anniversary:

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †