-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Democratic Presidential Primary |February OT| It Can't be Worse than Iowa, Right? (Discussion Guidelines in OP)
- Thread starter Poodlestrike
- Start date
- Status
His ads are all over Texas too. Tons of TV and radio stuff in this area. And Texas ain't cheap.
User Banned (3 Weeks): Trolling about Doxxing
Bloody Jeffery Epstein doxing people
His ceiling thus far is at best 2nd in every state and much lower at worst. Giving him more legitimacy by putting him on stage only helps him.
looks like we're gonna be narrowed down to Bernie/Bloom/Biden(?) by the end of Super Tuesday
Stacey Abrams, the voice of the movement against voter suppression, is out there defending Bloomberg trying to buy an entire election with his billions, which apparently is no different in her view to having charisma or a dog.
I don't think she should be in serious contention for VP at this point.
I don't think she should be in serious contention for VP at this point.
Hard disagree. A lot of the stories about his shitiness are based in Twitter and left wing internet media. Having him get wrecked by the other candidates on national television will do 10x as much damage because the networks will have to talk about it for he next several days.
I don't buy this at all. He literally has the airwaves to himself in so many states. He's already been legitimized, and because no one can counter him, he basically has free rein to define himself. This is their first chance that anyone else has to attack him with a wide audience.
to my point above...
I'm kinda shocked people actually think Bloomberg would be helped by debates. Without debates, the only place where he can be challenged are town halls, and those tend to be much easier to shrug off pointed questions from. In a debate, the other candidates are free to rip him to shreds and he's a relatively easy target.
I thought Kasich and the large contingent of Ohio RNC not supporting Trump would make Hillary winning Ohio a 50/50 chance. Yet Trump won the state by a significant margin.
He isn't going to get wrecked by every candidate. They'll spend maybe 5-10 minutes on his criminal justice policies where he'll own up and apologize, he'll get hit for his money in politics and then have the remaining two hours to pitch his campaign.
Thats fine. The airwaves in the southern states aren't winning him the race. It doesn't matter.
Not just that, Bloomberg has the charismatic qualities of a wet blanket. For all the faults of Trump, he does have some degree of emotional awareness and plays well to his base of chuds very well.
Any time that Bloomberg speaks probably isn't a good thing for him. I don't know what sort of conservative suburban moderates feel but Bloomberg's apology to stop and frisk was awful.
It was especially odd considering how many communities here were helped by the auto bailout. For them to give up the ghost and go red is really disheartening.
After 5 years, we finally get Bernie unleashed.
End this nigga's dreams, Bernard
Biden will make it right by joining Bernie to absolutely shank Bloomberg.
R-right?
Bloomberg truly is the Anti-Trump: Actually a billionaire, not pretending to be one, Intelligent and devious, yet also a black hole of charisma.
Yeah, I've come around on this one. Look at how Bloomberg's big attempt to gotcha Bernie Bros today went lol
Especially stanning for someone who practiced one of the earliest forms of voter suppression - locking up black people. She really is showing an impressive lack of judgement here.
He's skipping everything until Super Tuesday. Because he's running a totally legitimate campaign and definitely doesn't pose an existential threat to American democracy.
If no-one else ends up hitting 15%, Sanders gets 100% of the delgates, right? 👀
Based on those numbers, certainly possible.
Even if that poll is right, people will be hitting 15% on the second alignment.
Correct. Seems like a long-shot, but it'd be amazing to see the Chuck Todds of the world try to make excuses for it.
Right, forgot that part. Definitely not gonna happen, then.
Looking good for Bernie, nice to see Warren polling second as well. They are the candidates who truly deserve support.
Really hope we end up with Bernie in 1st and Warren in 2nd. Would quell the argument that the moderates definitively outnumber the progressives
I just hope Klob doesn't drop out. We really need to keep that moderate vote divided between these clowns.
The moderates DO outnumber the progressives...in Iowa and New Hampshire. Now that we are getting states that aren't overwhelmingly old and white things are different.
If the results are close to this I think Biden loses South Carolina.
With her showing in NH there's no way she drops out before Super Tuesday, which is where she'll do the most damage anyway.
I wouldn't worry about it, he hasn't done a good job of deflecting so far, has no charisma or nostalgia to prop him up, and isn't friends with anyone on the stage the way Biden is. Plus, the media loves drama, and there's a much greater chance that he or the other candidates would be asked about his horrible past if he's present than if he isn't.
He's red meat to literally every single other person on the stage. Even people like Pete and Klobuchar could differentiate themselves from Bloomberg the way they failed to do with Biden.
If keeping him out of the debates were a good strategy, he wouldn't be in 2nd place anywhere. Bloomberg already has legitimacy and his choice of platforms. If ignoring him actually worked so far, I would have no problem with it, but since it hasn't, a new strategy is needed.
The amount of people agreeing with Bloomberg on Twitter and slamming Bernie for his "attacks" on Bloomberg is a scary sight to see.
Bernie really can't do anything right. Either stand still and let other candidates and pundits attack him or slightly push back in which case he immediately is labeled as a divisive and toxic candidate.
Yeah Bernie might have some online supporters who are a bit offensive but that happens when you have such an incredibly large online fanbase. Other candidates with a big online platform also have toxic supporters but you never hear about them. And I swear I've seen wayyyy more Neverbernie accounts than Bernie or Busters. But of course Bernie is the one who's divisive.
And either way, this is so incredibly irrelevant in the great scheme of things. Who cares about Twitter users when the future of the country is at stake? Attack him for his policies for god sake. But they can't or won't but they have to attack him on something so they create this false Bernie Bro narrative.
Bernie really can't do anything right. Either stand still and let other candidates and pundits attack him or slightly push back in which case he immediately is labeled as a divisive and toxic candidate.
Yeah Bernie might have some online supporters who are a bit offensive but that happens when you have such an incredibly large online fanbase. Other candidates with a big online platform also have toxic supporters but you never hear about them. And I swear I've seen wayyyy more Neverbernie accounts than Bernie or Busters. But of course Bernie is the one who's divisive.
And either way, this is so incredibly irrelevant in the great scheme of things. Who cares about Twitter users when the future of the country is at stake? Attack him for his policies for god sake. But they can't or won't but they have to attack him on something so they create this false Bernie Bro narrative.
Again its irrelevant. 2nd place in a few states isnt getting him anywhere near the nomination. His legitimacy is going to compounded when he gets on a national tv with the other candidates and spends 90% of the time pitching his platform and 10% of the time getting attacked. Idk what people are freaking out about with the money hes spending to get a bunch of 3rd and 4th place finishes mixed with a couple 2nd place states.
Sweet Jesus this Nevada poll!
I was checking Data for Progress before saying anything, and they are pretty much OK considering NH and Iowa. Not too far off the others. After two nail biters, if Sanders can win this one with a bigger margin it´s a huge plus going in to SC.
I was checking Data for Progress before saying anything, and they are pretty much OK considering NH and Iowa. Not too far off the others. After two nail biters, if Sanders can win this one with a bigger margin it´s a huge plus going in to SC.
Love seeing mi gente come out for Benie! My family is all in.
You're ignoring what I actually said.
Romney is what the GOP could be in some not horrible future. You asked what GOP official isn't horrible, and I told you. Romney is essentially the best shot at some type of "normal" opposition party, and in such a future the possibility of having a non-broken government is actually achievable.
However, your plan is essentially, always win no matter what while ignoring the very real drastic swings that trifecta governments get smacked down with. Now obviously this is the reality, but having been presented with a possibility of having actual functional government when you don't control all branches, you scoffed at it.
Like, no shit, the country can't function with the GOP in any position of power. That's not a hot take. The hope is the GOP can and will destroy itself and out of the ashes something can be born that isn't pure insanity. Romney is the best shot at that imo, and hoping that the GOP dies and is reborn as something not insane isn't some fucking evil thing to wish for like you're painting it out to be, or at all right to attack someone and call them "Joe Biden", with all the clear insinuations that you aiming for.
- Status