Once again I would like to know why we should give Butti a pass for his atrocious messaging with black voters when we didnt do that for sanders
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US PoliEra 2019 |OT9| I'm really glad I'm not on Twitter nearly enough to understand all the references
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It was an unanimous consent attempt. All you need is one person to say nah.
If she were successful it'd be great.
However, her previous offensive against Warren was a hilarious failure.
Fucking stupid. Easy way for them to do the "we tried" thing when they don't really want to do it.
I wasn't aware anyone was doing that, maybe I missed it?
My take is both his political strategy and the fact that it's working, perhaps impacting some favored candidates (Warren)
My understanding is for Dems to get anything on the floor, they have to use the Unanimous Consent rule, which requires only person to object (self-explanatory)
The libertarian-curious
ya Harris is going to try to replicate her busing attack on buttigieg and will fail badly
No one is really doing that here but it definitely is a reason to explain why people are turned off by him
I gotcha. "Not being held to the same standard as Bernie on lack of AA support" is like item 17 on the shit-list though. Plenty of other reasons to find him a problematic candidate. For example...
It's not okay to say Joe is in the wrong primary tbh. It's okay to make your starting point improving on ACA and not going all in supporting M4A. Frankly, a public option should be the next step, as much as I wish we could have M4A.
My problem with Biden is that he's acting like an idiot and is also getting increasingly rusty. He should have run in 2016, period.
He says the GOP will finally come around as they are literally thinking about including him in Trump's impeachment trial.
Like, dude. Look at what is going on in front of you.
My problem with Biden is that he's acting like an idiot and is also getting increasingly rusty. He should have run in 2016, period.
He says the GOP will finally come around as they are literally thinking about including him in Trump's impeachment trial.
Like, dude. Look at what is going on in front of you.
Republicans invoked Biden's name to block Merrick Garland, and he still thinks he can work with these people? Fucking really?
Just like 2016, Bernie once again has the most fervent/loyal supporters of the primary. No surprise there. But also just like 2016, the question is: Are there enough of them?
Vera Bergengruen @VeraMBergen
Incredible (and yet credible): Taylor told investigators that it was hard to gather natsec officials together to discuss Ukraine in part because the issue of "purchasing Greenland...took up a lot of energy in the NSC"
Schiff: "Ok. That's disturbing for a whole different reason."
4:19 PM - Nov 6, 2019
Incredible (and yet credible): Taylor told investigators that it was hard to gather natsec officials together to discuss Ukraine in part because the issue of "purchasing Greenland...took up a lot of energy in the NSC"
Schiff: "Ok. That's disturbing for a whole different reason."
4:19 PM - Nov 6, 2019
Who is doing this?
The expectation is that if he manages to mortally wound Biden he's a wet fart nationally because of the exact same issue Sanders had.
The only epiphany republicans will have with Trump out of the way and a Democrat in is that they'll suddenly care about oversight and presidential corruption.
NBC News @NBCNews
NEW: Kentucky Gov. Bevin has filed a formal request for a recanvass of Tuesday night's gubernatorial election which appears to have left the incumbent roughly 5,150 votes short of re-election, losing in an upset to Democrat Andy Beshear. https://nbcnews.to/2WR0wmQ
4:33 PM - Nov 6, 2019
NEW: Kentucky Gov. Bevin has filed a formal request for a recanvass of Tuesday night's gubernatorial election which appears to have left the incumbent roughly 5,150 votes short of re-election, losing in an upset to Democrat Andy Beshear. https://nbcnews.to/2WR0wmQ
4:33 PM - Nov 6, 2019
US PoliEra 2019 |OT9| "Ok. That's disturbing for a whole different reason."
We should just expect this kind of bullshit after every single election from here on out, honestly. They're setting the tone for Trump to inevitably reject the 2020 results.
We should just expect this kind of bullshit after every single election from here on out, honestly. They're setting the tone for Trump to inevitably reject the 2020 results.
I mean I don't think it's a coincidence that this thread became exponentially more hostile toward Pete since he started attacking Warren in debates or in interviews.
People point to a heel turn on things like Medicare for All (despite the fact he's only ever run on his Medicare for All Who Want It public option idea since getting into the race) or that he's "swimming in donor money" (despite the fact he's been the biggest big-donor fundraiser since, again, he got into the race so this is not a new development) or that he fired a black police chief in South Bend (again, not a new development, and also something more complicated than just that half-sentence summary). It was only after he started going after Warren that he suddenly became seen as a problematic, triangulating, 'can't we all just get along' piece of shit centrist.
As someone who lives in a super liberal coastal area -- in fact, Elizabeth Warren's own necks of the woods -- the appeal of Buttigieg does not escape me at all. He's a super charismatic and articulate guy. He's a new face and voice. He can talk about faith, and taking it away as a weapon for the GOP, in a way I've never seen a Democrat do on a national before. And he obviously has a strong knack for retail campaigning and connecting with people, otherwise he wouldn't be catching on with IA voters as much as he is. Pete isn't my #1 choice, his dearth of minority support is a dealbreaker in more ways than one, and I do think mayor of South Bend, Indiana --> President of the United States is too big a jump and too great of an experience gap. But I'd certainly rather go with over him Biden by a lot.
Vera Bergengruen @VeraMBergen
Incredible (and yet credible): Taylor told investigators that it was hard to gather natsec officials together to discuss Ukraine in part because the issue of "purchasing Greenland...took up a lot of energy in the NSC"
Schiff: "Ok. That's disturbing for a whole different reason."
4:19 PM - Nov 6, 2019
I can't shake my head harder when reading this...
All of Biden's Republican nostalgia talk is disqualifying to me. He's either willfully lying to voters or, more egregiously imo, completely delusional about the people he'd be up against on the hill, even if he did have Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. We don't have time to waste on courting Republican voters for things they will reflexively oppose anyway, and any Democratic nominee needs to be clear-eyed about that. It is baffling that Joe Biden of all people, who had a front-row seat to eight years of Republican obstruction on anything and everything, does not seem able to internalize this and I wish it would get brought up on the debate stage by more people than just Michael Bennet.
Focus on Buttigieg's lack of black support seem kind of weird to me. Like he's not destined to do poorly with black voters, especially if he does well in Iowa. And I'm aware that the whole "black people are homophobic and won't support him" discourse is not present on this site, but that's a bad take too that people seem to have.
I think this is why he'll win Iowa. Just the way caucuses function. This matters the most. If hes only a few points down generic polling wise I think he wins it
You don't understand. These Republicans are just waiting for Diamond Joe to return to free their conscience!
Trump = Bowser
Republicans = Peach
Joe = Mario
Pete is Luigi
I honestly wonder if Biden and Warren ran in 2016, how the outcome would've looked. I'm thinking HRC would've still won but people would've been a lot more enthusiastic about her.
Vera Bergengruen @VeraMBergen
Incredible (and yet credible): Taylor told investigators that it was hard to gather natsec officials together to discuss Ukraine in part because the issue of "purchasing Greenland...took up a lot of energy in the NSC"
Schiff: "Ok. That's disturbing for a whole different reason."
4:19 PM - Nov 6, 2019
So wait.... Trump dedicated government resources and workers to trying to purchase Greenland!? I thought this was just some random rambling that no one really took seriously. However, he ran an entire operation dedicated to trying to buy Greenland. I'm laughing and crying at the same time. Not even satire could make this shit up.
It's barely been mentioned so far this cycle because their role has changed but when would Super Delegates come into play? In the event of a contested convention?
Even just Biden running would have, if nothing else, neutralized a lot of Bernie's bullshit because he never would have got as far. The Dem primary probably would have been less chaotic and that in and of itself would have helped a lot because the person shaping up to be the nominee could have worried more about the general election and not Bernie kicking and screaming all the way to the convention.
Butti as the Dem nom won't get black votes because of his appeal, it'll be because he's the Dem nom. He won't energize the black vote by any means. His latest antics are doing more to hurt his chances of being someone that'll get black support on his own mertits
The bootyjudge hate is kind of hilarious tbh.
I'm all in forforma at this point but settle down kids.
I'm all in forforma at this point but settle down kids.
It's honestly hard to believe that there are moderate Democrat voters who will vote for Biden who actually believe Republicans deserve more good faith chances to play along. Are people in our party honestly that stupid or do they just not pay enough attention to know or care?
No thanks, I'll vote for Warren, then fall in line with whoever gets the nom.
Yeah 2nd vote in the case of a contested convention I believe.
This kind of describes every one of the candidates. Including Biden despite having the most support with the demo.
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