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Who flunks — and who passes — the beer test?
The Washington Post's Right Turn ^ | April 15, 2015 | Jennifer Rubin, Queen of the Neocons

Posted on 04/15/2015 10:42:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In every election we get the “Which candidate would you rather have a beer with?” question. It’s a shorthand for testing how genuine, fun and likable a candidate may be. With the exception of Richard Nixon in 1968, the nicer guy actually does finish first in most elections. Politics after all is the marriage of personality and policy, so it’s worth looking at candidates from a non-ideological point of view, which by the way is how a lot of casual voters who turn out only in presidential races make up their minds.

We will start with an easy one. David Axelrod acknowledges Hillary Clinton had an authenticity problem in 2008. “In 2007, her campaign was this juggernaut of inevitability and it was a top-down experience. Voters don’t like to be told that their decision is predetermined. . . They want to be asked for their vote and more than that they want to have a genuine connection with the candidate.” Those darn voters, always expecting a human to whom they can relate. But not to worry — Axelrod assures us Clinton is on the way to being more authentic....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2016; hillary; rickperry; tedcruz

1 posted on 04/15/2015 10:42:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not clicking the link, i will guess her ‘non-ideologucal’ test results nearly exactly the way her ideology falls. I doubt this writer can write about anything without showing her biases.

I will guess she put Cruz at or near the bottom.


2 posted on 04/15/2015 10:47:34 AM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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To: GeronL

Yep.


4 posted on 04/15/2015 10:47:59 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'd love to have a few brews with Mrs. Bill Clinton.

...the stories she could tell. hehe

5 posted on 04/15/2015 10:49:43 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

‘unexpected’... Not


6 posted on 04/15/2015 10:49:46 AM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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To: TexasCajun

So that Huma woman goes EVERYWHERE with her?


7 posted on 04/15/2015 10:50:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: Uncle Miltie

We can’t post AP photos here.


8 posted on 04/15/2015 10:51:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can you imagine Joe Biden after 3 or 4 beers? Hilarity would ensue (well, it would anyway).


9 posted on 04/15/2015 10:52:53 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whoops. Didn’t see the bug. Will self-report.


10 posted on 04/15/2015 10:53:01 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I want the Halal butcher to cut up my pig. If he doesn't, I'm filing charges.)
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To: GeronL

I will guess she put Cruz at or near the bottom.

Yep. Says he is “angry”


11 posted on 04/15/2015 11:01:18 AM PDT by Paisan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary has all the charm and warmth of a pit viper, and it isn’t going to change. If I were to have a beer with her I’d be taking a taster along.


12 posted on 04/15/2015 11:18:09 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
So that Huma woman goes EVERYWHERE with her?

And everywhere ON her.

13 posted on 04/15/2015 11:26:47 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Those too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.)
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To: Disambiguator

Good Lord man,Joe’s barely self-aware when sober.


14 posted on 04/15/2015 11:31:46 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Paisan

Very predictable


15 posted on 04/15/2015 12:48:48 PM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why would I waste my time reading rubenesque tripe, I predict without reading that she slimed Republicans.


16 posted on 04/15/2015 1:35:06 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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