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Biden's first shot at Sanders viability? “Listen, I’m not Bernie Sanders. He’s a great guy, by the way. No he really is. I’m not a populist. But I’m a realist.” http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/joe-biden-im-not-bernie-sanders

He could be a call up if there's an injury.

Well the Constitution says you have to be born American to become president, there's nothing about being dead.

I'd rather watch Reinhart than any of the others that might take his spot.

Shooting at Oregon community college. Reported 10 dead, 20 injured. Shooter in custody.

Most of what's written here is our opinion or interpretation of the facts. It's the truth for whoever believes it. I say let the Bernie supporters have their moment in the sun before reality hits. Even if for some crazy reason Hillary couldn't finish the primary, the majority of Democrats would support Biden, O'Malley, or even Webb before giving Bernie the nomination, in my opinion. He would be considered a modern version of McGovern, with no chance of winning purple states.

Next time? He'd be 79! So fellow Republicans are upset with probable Speaker Kevin McCarthy for admitting their real agenda by implying that the Bengazi committees have succeeded in hurting Hillary's poll numbers.

Not really, Dean was a viable general election candidate, which Sanders isn't. But it's good practice for Hillary, so he's doing a service for the party. Biden is doing well in polls because he's not running. If he did, he'd be branded as a third Obama term and his numbers would drop. In other news, Fiorina has been proven to be wrong about her debate PP video claims. The story she told about an aborted baby being kept alive for its parts was in fact a miscarriage and was not done at PP, and the audio was spliced in from another recording. The mother who had the miscarriage confirmed it today. Will Fiorina apologize and say she was duped by the video, or double down?

1. They used to be run by the League of Women Voters, but the Republicans claimed they had a liberal bias. 2. No, he should quit politics while everyone still thinks well of him, and definitely no, we don't need another too liberal unelectable candidate.

Special Victims Unit, they deal with sexually based offenses.

She might be worried she's not going to get a piece of the payout if the evidence is weak. I expect this case to be the basis of a future episode of Law & Order: SVU.

That's an interesting take, I hadn't thought of that.

Boehner announced he's resigning as Speaker next month. That's sure to set off fireworks between the factions in the Republican Party who will fight to replace him with one of their own. The Democrats could become the kingmakers by siding with one faction to give them the majority of votes.

There's certainly enough reasonable doubt.

This is starting to sound like some clumsy attempt to get money from Kane. Who's the Jeff Gillooly in this case?

Speaking of Fiorina, how many of the 30,000 jobs could have been saved at HP with the $24 million golden parachute she got when they fired her. I guess owning two yachts requires a lot of gas money.

They all blow. Give me Rock and Roll part 2. And stay off my lawn!

Despite who did what, now that the evidence has been tampered with, I assume that it is inadmissible. So unless they can show that Kane was involved with the tampering, it's down to circumstantial evidence at best.

She followed the rules that were in place at the time. She didn't receive or sent any info labelled classified at the time. There was no breaking the law as some public opponents claim. Given that she's been the most scrutinized public official over the past 25 years, and that her opponents are constantly fishing for anything that they can twist to make her look bad, it's understandable why she would want control over her emails. And given the numerous hacks to both gov't and business networks in recent years, she was probably smart to do so. Any proof that any info from her server was hacked? People that don't want her to win have a hard time attacking her policy positions because a majority of Americans agree with them. So it's emails and Bengazi. Is that the best they can do? In other news, it appears that conservatives aren't happy that the Pope is emphasizing the need to deal with climate change. Some are calling him a Marxist. By their definition Jesus was a Marxist.

Except that Hillary did, and came out with a prescription proposal Tuesday. "On Monday, Clinton sent out a tweet referencing a New York Times article about a drug to treat a life-threatening parasitic infection that increased in price overnight from $13.50 to $750 per tablet. She referenced the story again in her speech." http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/09/22/hillary-clinton-prescription-drug-plan/72598898/

That's a simplistic BS response. I've always said it starts with bad parenting. But short of taking kids away from bad parents, there isn't a solution that just money can solve. You can be poor and still be a good parent and set a good example. You just need to look at some of the most recent immigrants from Asia and the Middle East. They come here with practically nothing, and they make sure their kids take school seriously so they can have a better life. There's more that the gov't should do, but there are too many who oppose additional spending. But it all starts with parenting and the disciple to want to do better.

The kids that are that conscienous to work to help the family usually succeed. And kids in high school know how babies are made. I agree it's complex, but self discipline is needed for success.

I'm all for giving people the tools to succeed, but the best way out of poverty is to stay in school, do the work, and don't get pregnant. Otherwise the cycle just repeats.

What's killing the US is the percentage of overweight people which leads to more medical problems. Nothing bothers me more than when I see overweight kids. I just want to shake their parents and tell them to get their act together. They're subjecting their kids to a lifetime of medical issues. And I'm all for providing funding for athletics and gym in school, and nutrition assistance if needed.

I'm most interested in seeing how the goaltending shakes out. Will Lehner be good enough to play the majority of games? If not, then what? I don't see a spot on the roster for Larrson if Reinhart stays and plays wing. Possible trade bait. The 4th line will be Nick D, Legwand, and McGinn.