Among those states to which you allude, only TX being closer than OH was truly surprising. We knew that GA and AZ were moving toward us. They were not "unwinnable" and no one thought they were.
yeah lol
Though IF Bernie is the nominee, there is probably a lane for him to play in those state that are both high white pop but low religiosity with low relative evangelical %. Maine/Montana/Alaskas of the world. I talked about this theory that we'd overperform in a few types of these seats. We ended up only winning in ME-2, but we did really well in AK-AL and MT-AL and okay in MI-01 etc etc etc.
I think evangelicalism complicates things (see: why MO-02 is still red even though it's suburban af), but it gives you neat options. And yes I think Bernie would do very well in Iowa.
Though he'd probably underperform in Georgia/Florida/Arizona.
Yeah, if Bernie's the nominee holding down WI, PA, MI and crossing your fingers for OH is probably the best bet.
Debs got like 15% or so in OK in 1912 although I think either teddy or Taft were not on the ballot
I'm thinking cross your fingers for OH as an insurance plan in case one of the other three fall through. Obviously you don't need all four but you'd be dumb if you were Bernie to not invest time in all four.
He's also openly calling for abolishing the electoral college. Really swinging for the fences when it comes to defying our political norms.
Putting him on my top 3 vindicateddddddddddd
It was on a list of states they're looking at, not necessarily a state they're "focused" on
Okay.
I was being sarcastic( probably should have made more obvious - didn't want to use /s) because that statement is both arrogant and paternalistic I feel.
I like the optimism that a black woman and a gay man ticket wouldn't be a blow out loss. But maybe I'm too cynical about how shitty the US is.
Bill Clinton was a no-name candidate in '92 and even lost both Iowa and New Hampshire. It's not impossible for Buttigieg to rise up the ranks, especially with how, well, democratically the democrats are handling the debates. Although Clinton was a centrist so today's closest analogue might be, like, if John Delaney somehow won.
Oh it's definitely tougher than, say, coronating Biden, having him tap Sherrod Brown for VP, and calling it a day. I think they'd have a lot of appeal though when the general is well underway and they're known as Kamala and Pete rather than just the black woman and the gay guy.
"Expanding the courts to relieve the immense workload that has rendered the judiciary sluggish and thus providing more expedient results for the American people."
*Rosen takes off tiny mustache to reveal he was Rosenstein all along*
Strong White Daddy Republicans are great with money and would never waste it on extravagant tax breaks for the rich.John King had a round table discussion earlier today on his show about talked about a lot of the democratic candidates bringing up topics like free healthcare, affordable childcare and he kind of rolled his eyes at the subject with a smirk and said something to the effect of: "That talk might work with democratic primary voters but....where are we going to get the money for it...let's have that discussion". Meanwhile our president calls a national emergency for billions of dollars for a non-existant wall... I just....
