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QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 4, 2016 -> 04:12 AM) Kasich would get completely exposed if anyone actually cared about him. He also needs to realize nobody thinks well of Ohio. Why exactly would he get exposed? All he has is a track record of success (every where he's went)? Because he's boring and cerebral? Is that why he'd be exposed? Or are you referring to how aggressive he has been in the past to get things done (that ended up being pretty successful)? Dude knows policy well and is actually relatively moderate.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Mar 3, 2016 -> 08:54 PM) Also, now I really want to hear what is on those New York times tapes. We should. Trump is feeding whatever BS possible to get into the white house. Now part of me feels good about that, cause if he was serious about half the stuff he said and somehow got elected, we'd be screwed. But it is also just shameful...beyond typical political games. I thought Kasich was fine (actually got more air time than Rubio), but he's not electric. That said, I don't think he has to be, he's the best candidate on either party to make this country better. That doesn't seem to matter though. Experience (check), track record (check), ability to enact change and work with others (check). I was surprised, but I didn't really have any issues with anything Cruz did (and normally I did). I suppose I'm warming up a bit to him. What I'd give for Kasich to take Ohio and get some momentum and win a few states and get this thing to a brokered convention.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Mar 4, 2016 -> 07:27 AM) You think he falls this far? As of late, it sounds like both Dallas and Browns are interested. Not at all. Paxton might.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 3, 2016 -> 03:45 PM) Pffft I got to see him destroy the Salukis You see everyone destroy the Salukis. I would destroy the Salukis. Note: Watch me ban Rowand, Brian, and Kyle.

Screw you all...I've been on the Wentz train before all of you.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Mar 3, 2016 -> 03:13 PM) IF the Bears managed to come away with Trevathon, Janoris Jenkins, and Jays Howard, I wouldn't HATE to see Elliott. I would still prefer another LB, DT, or maybe even Stanley if he's there though. Wentz baby...wentz.

You guys realize, the target audience is the kids, whose parents were the primary demographic of the original. I don't think, outside of some early nostaligia, the goal was for people in their early to late 30's to be watching the show, rather their kids to be watching the show and the parents at least having that ability to "relate" to it, so to speak. I could be wrong and my kids aren't old enough. And I thought the show was a classic and watched it plenty growing up.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:32 PM) Things are things. I'm working endlessly, chilling out east, missing regular White Sox baseball. Hope things are good your way! All is well on my end. Are you working any campaigns or still in the travel industry?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:31 PM) Remember Florida is more like the Northeast then Alabama or Mississippi electorally. Rubio has a good shot, but who knows what will happen. If Trump ends up with the nomination, I would not be surprised if a retread Republican runs a third party challenge to allow the GOP to lose the Presidency but save the house and Senate. Because if establishment gets behind Trump in the end, it will be only halfheartedly - and the machine won't work for Trump to win. It's actually the same way that Chris Christie became governor in 2009 believe it or not. Fully agreed.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:29 PM) All the polling I've seen shows Kasich is far more likely to win Ohio than Rubio is to win Florida. That is what I meant to say. My bad.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:30 PM) How did Snell miss the flight? Did Hoiberg give him the wrong flight time on purpose?

QUOTE (Tony @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:28 PM) Knowing the Bulls, they are going to blame all the failures this season on injuries too. To some extent it is justifiable, but as DA alluded to earlier today, that excuse doesn't hold water given the history of this team being hurt. If this was an anomaly, sure, but I also look at what actually happened and the dysfunction and just shake my head. Gar made the mess and should be held accountable. Please, AD, force a trade to Chicago and save us.

I didn't realize if the season ended we would be out of the playoffs.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) Horrendous defense by the Bulls so far tonight (I think this can just be an autofill post for Bulls games right now). The thing that bothers me is people like to make excuses for our defense and injuries. Its a joke, our defense shouldn't be this bad. I realize we have had injuries, but the trend has been absurd for some time now and I blame coaching. The further we are removed from Thibs and the habits he instilled, the worse we get. We did see improved ball movement with Butler out (and I guess I'll give credit there) but the defense can't stop anyone and Gar tried to transform this into an offensive team but the offensive guys aren't elite (or in many cases even good) and they make us softer and worse defensively.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) I think Florida really is the key here for whether Trump will get to a convention with a majority. Trump won 7 states, but he did underperform in a few interesting places according to the polls - Virginia, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont. If Rubio can surge into a win in his home state, I think the chance of a brokered convention is very very strong - especially if Kasich can close in Ohio. In fact in the aggregate vote totals across the board over all states that have voted, Trump is at about 34% of votes cast. He has some states where he's performed very well - but the argument of a ceiling is still plausible. I think Trump is definitely the favorite, but unlike the Democratic fight - its not over yet. It could be in a couple weeks though. On your actual points, I definitely agree, if both Ohio and Florida don't go to Trump, than it means we are pretty much assured a brokered convention. If he wins at least one, I think he's still probably the guy, although that could change. It would appear Trump is more susceptible in the non south states (with exception to states closest to Cruz where Cruz has shown he can get Trump). The question I have is whether Kasich or Rubio is actually the better candidate for that play. I personally think it is Kasich because he seems to have a easier path to win his state vs. Florida, that said, if Rubio goes out in Florida, it would seem Trump would win in a landslide (as he already has a wide margin and I don't think the other candidates have spent much any time there so would have a really hard time pushing Florida so maybe the view truly is to allow this super pac to hit Trump hard and than back door let kasich focus on select states, Rubio on select states and Cruz will kind of do his thing and potentially win a few states as well)?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) I think Florida really is the key here for whether Trump will get to a convention with a majority. Trump won 7 states, but he did underperform in a few interesting places according to the polls - Virginia, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont. If Rubio can surge into a win in his home state, I think the chance of a brokered convention is very very strong - especially if Kasich can close in Ohio. In fact in the aggregate vote totals across the board over all states that have voted, Trump is at about 34% of votes cast. He has some states where he's performed very well - but the argument of a ceiling is still plausible. I think Trump is definitely the favorite, but unlike the Democratic fight - its not over yet. It could be in a couple weeks though. Holy hell....blast from the past. How's everything going good sir?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 03:58 PM) Estimates last year generally came down suggesting the full Presidential campaign alone will run in the range of $4-$5 billion (half per candidate), with another $5 billion down the ballot, for a $10 billion election season. I don't think you're quite getting how much money is available for these guys. Those numbers are absolutely appalling to me. I can't even fathom how that is truly necessary. Makes you understand why no one could possibly get into the white house without being controlled to at least some extent. The reality is it doesn't have to be that way as you should be able to leverage the media for free to get your attention. Would it be that wrong if we just switched to having extra debates, etc and a hard limit on how much each party can spend (and just outlawing super pac's)? If you have your point, make it in the debates and through free media appearances. How in the hell could something cost that much. That is just absurd.

I don't quite know what Carson is doing, but he's essentially out of the race. He won't be attending the debate on Thursday and sees no path forward. Not sure what exactly that means and why he hasn't yet suspended his campaign, but that clearly is next.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 12:15 PM) Ha, nothing would "do him in" with his base. I think if they heard a recording of him saying something like, between me and you, all the wall talk is total bs and I'm just milking these people to get in and than from there, I'll make a real difference and blah blah blah, it would irate his base. Oddly enough, it might make those who can't stand him at all, feel a little better about him (other than the fact that he'd be lying through his teeth to get elected, even more so, than the normal politician).

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 11:19 AM) Any polls for states that haven't seen much campaign traffic yet should be taken with enormous amounts of salt. I'd wait a bit. Could be true, but Trump has a lot of roots in Florida. I think you continue to undersell Trump because you have a huge bias against him. Not blaming you for it, but like I said, I'm at the point that for the 2nd time in the last 3 election cycles odds are high that I'll have to write-in my vote for president (I didn't vote for McCain, instead wrote in Romney). I always thought Mccain was a joke as a presidential candidate (VP, sure, but Pres...no way).

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 11:17 AM) If Trump takes all the big WTA states, he is in. But I am not at all sure that happens. It's sort of fascinating in fact, that Ohio and FL are two of the biggest ones and home to two other candidates. And they haven't really begun campaigning in them yet, to speak of. Kasich is within a few % points but Rubio is like 20 points off in his own state. How the hell is that even possible?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 11:11 AM) I wouldn't mind giving Hoiberg another year. It's not like the Donovan situation where he's had a full roster, few injuries and he makes boneheaded decisions. Hoiberg just isn't getting wins and the team plays without energy. Sure, he gets part of the blame for that, but he's not the sole reason. 30 years since the Bulls gave up 100 points this many times in a row. Defense isn't about talent, it is about effort and coaching. We have failed miserably in critical areas, which are damning to players on the roster, but also damning to the coach. I laughed at the Trestman comparison's earlier in the year, but its getting comical how bad things are. All I hear is players talk in soft tones, with exception of Taj. All talk, no action, 2016 Bulls.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 10:39 AM) I keep hearing all the talking heads say the only chance to beat Trump is to have others drop out, but really it looks like exactly the opposite. Cruz and Rubio, and probably even Kasich need to stay in because you have to assume that if any of them drop out, at least some of the people who would have voted for them would switch to Trump. The winner take all states mean if the other three split their votes amongst each other, Trump, even in the high 30's or low 40's will do fantastic and just roll up the delegates. Unless these other candidates strategically target certain states to run up their numbers in specific states and let the races be "smaller" in other states. Not even sure how that is possible. Say kasich picks 4 states and Rubio picks 4 and cruz picks 10, but in no world is that going to work. Basically a collected effort to say lets get this to go to the convention and than at that point, Kasich / Rubio / Cruz stop working for each other and see who can be the nominee through the brokered convention?

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 2, 2016 -> 10:43 AM) I feel that rookie coaches for veteran teams usually do not end well... The unfortunate thing is, I feel for Hoiberg, I think he walked into a disaster of a situation and I'd imagine if he had a time machine, he'd have handled things slightly different from the start (to put his stamp and overall control on things). If I had a time machine, I'd go back, get a JR costume and can Gar just before he could get rid of Ron Adams (and have Thibs pull Rose a minute earlier in that Philly game)...oh and of course buy some winning powerballs so that when I got back to the future, I could buy my favorite franchises and than read posts on Soxtalk about people b****ing about ownership

Is there any truth to this NY Times report that Trump indicated the whole talk about a wall, etc, is just talk and never has any intentions of doing it? If so, I'd think that would do him in with his base? Or is this just Cruz pushing something non existent.