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A new candidate has tossed his hat in the ring for president. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough has the details… BREAKING FIRST ON @Morning_Joe: Multiple sources say an independent conservative candidate will announce his candidacy for president today. — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 8, 2016 The candidate revealed by sources has an impressive resume and the backing of key $$ contributors in the Republican Party. — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 8, 2016 Multiple sources tell me the candidate is Evan McMullin. Wharton grad, CIA alum, Goldman Sachs, Republican Policy Director, US House — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 8, 2016 Who is Evan...

Dunno how this will come over in the U.S. Recently, I had an interesting debate with a Dutch column writer in our best national newspaper. In short: he wrote, a Dutch proverb: a kiddie's hand is filled quickly, by which he meant: Obama is massively popular in Europe whilst no one can list his ideas (or even one of them, for that matter). I am not always in agreement with this writer, but this time he hit it on the head. Every young(ish) European seems enamoured with Obama, and being fancying him as the next Christlike figure. Without having an...