US PoliEra 2020 |OT4| Disaster Voltron

cameron · Mar 10, 2020

‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

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Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez

NEW: Sanders reboots black voter outreach ahead of MI

Some changes: Obama ads, ad buys on black radio, nabbed Jesse Jackson endorsement

Rep. Khanna said the campaign needs to sit down w/more CBC mbrs even if they've endorsed Biden

W/ @hollyotterbein

https://politi.co/337iEMo

No Dem has won the party's presidential nom in 30 yrs w/out support from majority of black voters.

"There's a blind spot as it relates to race," @MsLaToshaBrown said. "Bernie has not publicly expressed that he even thinks that he needs black voters."

https://politi.co/337iEMo

Sanders cancelled Miss. event & absence at Bloody Sunday commemoration didn't go unnoticed.

"Black people watch for those signals from these candidates," said @AndrewGillum

Read full piece w/@hollyotterbein: https://politi.co/337iEMo

9:49 AM - Mar 10, 2020

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Steadman™ @AsteadWesley

Remember I said the left needs to get better at black relational politics. Things like meeting with CBC members even if they endorsed others is truly Level 1 stuff. And Sanders has had 4+ years https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez/status/1237369441559687168 …

9:59 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Tamanon · Mar 10, 2020

Sanders working on the black vote finally!

WTF were they doing this whole time? That was literally their main problem in 2016.

Yoma · Mar 10, 2020

This is what Bernie should have done this kind of outreach at the start of Iowa.

Aaron · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

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Too little, too late. Stuff he should have started doing four years ago even if he wasn't sure he'd be running for president again.

The Jesse Jackson endorsement was actually really good, but something he should have been able to pull out months ago.

Vector · Mar 10, 2020

Wow. I'm stunned at the complete lack of competency on display here.

Deleted member 13101 · Mar 10, 2020

Vector said:
Biden saying he would probably veto M4A is it passed in Congress was a pretty shitty answer for a number of reasons - first off, if it passes in the House and the Senate that means funding it is no longer an issue and the concern trolling about paying for it should stop; secondly, you don't say that shit so explicitly in the middle of a pandemic when M4A is polling great with your base. He shouldn't be burning any more bridges with progressives.

Weak answer and it's shit like this that hurts you in the long run.

He should have had a better answer ready to the question (which the question was part of the problem, as you mention). But hIs whole answer addressed the pandemic - that people will still have questions and need resources, and that its concerns need to be addressed whether you have m4a or not.

Sexy Fish · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

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He really blew it.

A Sanders campaign that focused heavily on Black outreach and working on coalition building versus being run with the same sycophants may have been a powerhouse. Maybe it could have been the edge he needed.

Even though Warren had good relations with Black activists it didn't translate to black voter support though, so who knows.

Deleted member 17092 · Mar 10, 2020

LegendofJoe said:
Even two weeks of mandated paid sick leave regardless of company size would be a massive win. We literally have nothing right now.

I hope it is required to be segmented out from PTO too. 10+ days of pure sick leave plus the 15 days of PTO I have would be pretty nice.

mightynine · Mar 10, 2020

You know, I'm starting to think Bernie just doesn't know how to run a national campaign.

gutter_trash · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

>

Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez

NEW: Sanders reboots black voter outreach ahead of MI

Some changes: Obama ads, ad buys on black radio, nabbed Jesse Jackson endorsement

Rep. Khanna said the campaign needs to sit down w/more CBC mbrs even if they've endorsed Biden

W/ @hollyotterbein

https://politi.co/337iEMo

No Dem has won the party's presidential nom in 30 yrs w/out support from majority of black voters.

"There's a blind spot as it relates to race," @MsLaToshaBrown said. "Bernie has not publicly expressed that he even thinks that he needs black voters."
https://politi.co/337iEMo

Sanders cancelled Miss. event & absence at Bloody Sunday commemoration didn't go unnoticed.

"Black people watch for those signals from these candidates," said @AndrewGillum

Read full piece w/@hollyotterbein: https://politi.co/337iEMo

9:49 AM - Mar 10, 2020

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Steadman™ @AsteadWesley

Remember I said the left needs to get better at black relational politics. Things like meeting with CBC members even if they endorsed others is truly Level 1 stuff. And Sanders has had 4+ years https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez/status/1237369441559687168 …

9:59 AM - Mar 10, 2020

that Selma no-show was really headscratching. Even Bloomberg showed up, lol

cameron · Mar 10, 2020

Jonathan Martin @jmartNYT

When the scapegoat hunt is out in the open https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1237377697917140992?s=21 …

10:04 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Our pathetic, slow moving Federal Reserve, headed by Jay Powell, who raised rates too fast and lowered too late, should get our Fed Rate down to the levels of our competitor nations. They now have as much as a two point advantage, with even bigger currency help. Also, stimulate!

10:00 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Vector · Mar 10, 2020

Funnily enough, Sanders was leading nationally with black voters before Moderate Voltron assembled. Probably gave them a false sense of security.

Wonderment said:
He should have had a better answer ready to the question (which the question was part of the problem, as you mention). But hIs whole answer addressed the pandemic - that people will still have questions and need resources, and that its concerns need to be addressed whether you have m4a or not.

Definitely, but the pandemic only highlights the importance of fighting for universal healthcare and saying you'd probably veto it is just bad politics. Biden should be working on earning trust with the Left wing of the party because he'll need every single vote in the general in order to win.

Baron Eyepatch · Mar 10, 2020

Vector said:
Biden saying he would probably veto M4A is it passed in Congress was a pretty shitty answer for a number of reasons - first off, if it passes in the House and the Senate that means funding it is no longer an issue and the concern trolling about paying for it should stop; secondly, you don't say that shit so explicitly in the middle of a pandemic when M4A is polling great with your base. He shouldn't be burning any more bridges with progressives.

Weak answer and it's shit like this that hurts you in the long run.

M4A doesn't poll well with the general electorate. One of the reasons Trump won in 2016 is because he was perceived as being more moderate than Hillary. I don't have an issue with Biden having a moderate message on healthcare especially since M4A has no chance of getting through the Senate. He needs to get elected with a decent Senate majority. Being open to abolishing private health insurance isn't going to help carry Democratic senate candidates across the finish line in Montana, Iowa, or Georgia.

Vector · Mar 10, 2020

Baron Eyepatch said:
M4A doesn't poll well with the general electorate. One of the reasons Trump won in 2016 is because he was perceived as being more moderate than Hillary. I don't have an issue with Biden having a moderate message on healthcare especially since M4A has no chance of getting through the Senate. He needs to get elected with a decent Senate majority. Being open to abolishing private health insurance isn't going to help carry Democratic senate candidates across the finish line in Montana, Iowa, or Georgia.

Him saying he'd veto M4A doesn't help his chances with moderate voters. They know he's for a public option and this will fly under the radar for them.

Him saying he'd veto it massively hurts his standing with his own core base, which does like M4A.

It was a horrible answer and freaking Pete would have come up with something much better even if he wouldn't really mean what he's saying. Placating progressives is important at this stage, and making comments like this is super counter productive!

Sheepinator · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
Jonathan Martin @jmartNYT

When the scapegoat hunt is out in the open https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1237377697917140992?s=21 …

10:04 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Our pathetic, slow moving Federal Reserve, headed by Jay Powell, who raised rates too fast and lowered too late, should get our Fed Rate down to the levels of our competitor nations. They now have as much as a two point advantage, with even bigger currency help. Also, stimulate!

10:00 AM - Mar 10, 2020

This was then (under Obama).

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump told CNBC on Monday the Federal Reserve is doing what President Barack Obama wants by keeping interest rates low.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen and central bank policymakers are very political, and Yellen should be "ashamed" of what she's doing to the country, Trump said, adding the Fed is not even close to being independent.

By keeping interest rates low, the Fed has created a "false stock market," Trump argued in a wide-ranging interview in which he also talked about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's health problems.

Trump said rates are being kept lower to bolster Obama's legacy. "Any increase at all will be a very, very small increase because they want to keep the market up so Obama goes out and let the new guy ... raise interest rates ... and watch what happens in the stock market."

Doubting whether rates would change while Obama remains in office, Trump said: "[Obama] wants to go out. He wants to play golf for the rest of this life. And he doesn't care what's going to happen after January."

In response to Trump's charges about politics influencing the central bank, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari told CNBC in a separate interview on Monday there's no truth to that notion.

American savers are the worst hit by the Fed's easy monetary policies, Trump said. "The ones who did it right — they saved their money [and] they cut down on their mortgages, ... and now they're practically getting zero interest on the money."

TRUMP: Janet Yellen should be ‘ashamed’ of what she’s doing to the country

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump tells CNBC the Federal Reserve is doing what President Barack Obama wants by keeping interest rates low.

www.cnbc.com

Baron Eyepatch · Mar 10, 2020

Vector said:
Him saying he'd veto M4A doesn't help his chances with moderate voters. They know he's for a public option and this will fly under the radar for them.

Him saying he'd veto it massively hurts his standing with his own core base, which does like M4A.

It was a horrible answer and freaking Pete would have come up with something much better even if he wouldn't really mean what he's saying. Placating progressives is important at this stage, and making comments like this is super counter productive!

If it hurts his standing with his own base so massively, he'll take a big hit in the primary. But this answer won't hurt his primary performance or his standing with anyone other than a few people who already don't like him because he doesn't support M4A. Lots of people who support M4A voted for Biden last Tuesday. Anyone who has watched a single debate knows he doesn't support it. They don't care.

Foffy · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

>

Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez

NEW: Sanders reboots black voter outreach ahead of MI

Some changes: Obama ads, ad buys on black radio, nabbed Jesse Jackson endorsement

Rep. Khanna said the campaign needs to sit down w/more CBC mbrs even if they've endorsed Biden

W/ @hollyotterbein

https://politi.co/337iEMo

No Dem has won the party's presidential nom in 30 yrs w/out support from majority of black voters.

"There's a blind spot as it relates to race," @MsLaToshaBrown said. "Bernie has not publicly expressed that he even thinks that he needs black voters."
https://politi.co/337iEMo

Sanders cancelled Miss. event & absence at Bloody Sunday commemoration didn't go unnoticed.

"Black people watch for those signals from these candidates," said @AndrewGillum

Read full piece w/@hollyotterbein: https://politi.co/337iEMo

9:49 AM - Mar 10, 2020

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Steadman™ @AsteadWesley

Remember I said the left needs to get better at black relational politics. Things like meeting with CBC members even if they endorsed others is truly Level 1 stuff. And Sanders has had 4+ years https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez/status/1237369441559687168 …

9:59 AM - Mar 10, 2020

When you realize your class paper is due and didn't even start the draft of it. Jesus Christ.

Sanders should have been pushing hard for a debate and coalition with the Poor People's Campaign. William Barber has been begging for a nominee to support his causes in more direct ways.

SmokeMaxX · Mar 10, 2020

Sanders going for the black vote now just really looks like political pandering at this point. And I'm not entirely sure that demographic will be entirely receptive to "people trying to kill you because of your skin color will stop once we get rid of corporations."

Owzers · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
Jonathan Martin @jmartNYT

When the scapegoat hunt is out in the open https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1237377697917140992?s=21 …

10:04 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Our pathetic, slow moving Federal Reserve, headed by Jay Powell, who raised rates too fast and lowered too late, should get our Fed Rate down to the levels of our competitor nations. They now have as much as a two point advantage, with even bigger currency help. Also, stimulate!

10:00 AM - Mar 10, 2020

The disgusting part is this works.

cartoon_soldier · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

>

Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez

NEW: Sanders reboots black voter outreach ahead of MI

Some changes: Obama ads, ad buys on black radio, nabbed Jesse Jackson endorsement

Rep. Khanna said the campaign needs to sit down w/more CBC mbrs even if they've endorsed Biden

W/ @hollyotterbein

https://politi.co/337iEMo

No Dem has won the party's presidential nom in 30 yrs w/out support from majority of black voters.

"There's a blind spot as it relates to race," @MsLaToshaBrown said. "Bernie has not publicly expressed that he even thinks that he needs black voters."
https://politi.co/337iEMo

Sanders cancelled Miss. event & absence at Bloody Sunday commemoration didn't go unnoticed.

"Black people watch for those signals from these candidates," said @AndrewGillum

Read full piece w/@hollyotterbein: https://politi.co/337iEMo

9:49 AM - Mar 10, 2020

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Steadman™ @AsteadWesley

Remember I said the left needs to get better at black relational politics. Things like meeting with CBC members even if they endorsed others is truly Level 1 stuff. And Sanders has had 4+ years https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez/status/1237369441559687168 …

9:59 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Oh, they are past their black voters are voting against their own self interests phase?

AnotherNils · Mar 10, 2020

cartoon_soldier said:
Oh, they are past their black voters are voting against their own self interests phase?

I honestly expect some real salty comments about moderate dems with this all over.

cameron · Mar 10, 2020

Bill de Blasio @BilldeBlasio

I deeply respect @ewarren. Our nation + our party are better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe was on the other foot @BernieSanders would have endorsed you already. Please join us!

10:16 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Owzers · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
Bill de Blasio @BilldeBlasio

I deeply respect @ewarren. Our nation + our party are better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe was on the other foot @BernieSanders would have endorsed you already. Please join us!

10:16 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Didn't even have the decency to post snake emojis before saying please join us.

Deleted member 13101 · Mar 10, 2020

"I deeply respect you, now let me tell you how it is..."

Deleted member 11637 · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
Bill de Blasio @BilldeBlasio

I deeply respect @ewarren. Our nation + our party are better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe was on the other foot @BernieSanders would have endorsed you already. Please join us!

10:16 AM - Mar 10, 2020

A hypothetical primary in which Warren is fighting for pole position after Sanders has bowed out gracefully. Sure...

maabus1999 · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
Bill de Blasio @BilldeBlasio

I deeply respect @ewarren. Our nation + our party are better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe was on the other foot @BernieSanders would have endorsed you already. Please join us!

10:16 AM - Mar 10, 2020

I don't know. Comes off as desperate. Maybe they are. Warren is a better politician than that however.

plagiarize · Mar 10, 2020

maabus1999 said:
I don't know. Comes off as desperate. Maybe they are. Warren is a better politician than that however.

Looking at the polls they should be desperate and there is zero reason to think an Elizabeth Warren endorsement would help them at this stage. Potentially it could have done something last Wednesday.

But people are already voting... And it looks like today is the end of the road for Sanders.

If he loses Washington... Yeah. That's a brick wall he'll have run into.

Casa · Mar 10, 2020

Pure desperation. And even if she did endorse him today (on the day of a primary vote!) would it even matter? Too late.

Aaron · Mar 10, 2020

Let's be real, if the tables were turned and Warren was Biden's closest competitor, Bernie would still be in the race.

The Chosen One · Mar 10, 2020

KtotheRoc said:

Has any journalist even asked the administration what is their official rationalization for this?

It's not just blatantly racist, the order is essentially saying we want to encourage the virus to spread among immigrants to kill them. How is this not getting more attention???

AnotherNils said:

Now this is the other side of it. Trump's and the GOP's effort to push the propaganda of "everything is fine" actually puts more Republicans at risk of having community spread because they're not taking the proper precautions.

So we got next level incompetence here. You have one arm of the government purposely trying to kill a segment of the population by withholding crucial information. And then you have the political arm of the government recklessly putting their own segment of the population at risk by playing down crucial information for political gain.

ValiantChaos · Mar 10, 2020

Blue Skies · Mar 10, 2020

mightynine said:
You know, I'm starting to think Bernie just doesn't know how to run a national campaign.

Bernies role should've been as hype man for Elizabeth Warren. He's a good rally guy, but not really a smart "get shit done" type of politician.

-Le Monde- · Mar 10, 2020

Aaron said:
Let's be real, if the tables were turned and Warren was Biden's closest competitor, Bernie would still be in the race.

"It's mathematically possible" 😋

KtotheRoc said:

Everything they do is evil.

cameron · Mar 10, 2020

Alex Moe @AlexNBCNews

"It is more serious than the flu," @GOPLeader McCarthy says about coronavirus adding that President Trump realizes the seriousness of the situation.

10:24 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Alex Moe @AlexNBCNews

House @GOPLeader McCarthy says President Trump and Congress are looking at a number of options to help economy re Coronavirus and added later when asked again he thinks whatever is done would have to be legislatively

10:25 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Trump's former homeland security adviser Tom Bossert: "School closures, isolation of the sick, home quarantines of those who have come into contact with the sick, social distancing, telework and large-gathering cancellations must be implemented..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/09/its-now-or-never-us-if-it-hopes-keep-coronavirus-burning-out-control/ …

10:35 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Reminder:

WaPo: Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits abruptly

May 10, 2018 at 4:32 PM EDT

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. Ziemer's departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack.

Ziemer's last day was Tuesday, the same day a new Ebola outbreak was declared in Congo. He is not being replaced.

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

"Health security is very fragmented, with many different agencies," said J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It means coordination and direction from the White House is terribly important. "

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton's previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.

sangreal · Mar 10, 2020

The Chosen One said:
Has any journalist even asked the administration what is their official rationalization for this?

It's not just blatantly racist, the order is essentially saying we want to encourage the virus to spread among immigrants to kill them. How is this not getting more attention???

Now this is the other side of it. Trump's and the GOP's effort to push the propaganda of "everything is fine" actually puts more Republicans at risk of having community spread because they're not taking the proper precautions.

So we got next level incompetence here. You have one arm of the government purposely trying to kill a segment of the population by withholding crucial information. And then you have the political arm of the government recklessly putting their own segment of the population at risk by playing down crucial information for political gain.

It looks like they backtracked already and will stonewall an explanation. The article was updated:

However on Tuesday morning— just four hours after the Miami Herald published this story—a Department of Justice spokesman contacted the Herald to say that the "the signs shouldn't have been removed. It's now being rectified."

Officials declined to discuss why the email was sent in the first place, and who told the chief immigration judge to issue the directive.

When pressed I bet they hide behind some byzantine regulation regarding the posting of posters

Slayven · Mar 10, 2020

ValiantChaos said:

Real talk, that is going to play very well to Majority. They love that type of energy from a white man

Blader · Mar 10, 2020

Really baffling that Bernie's campaign is only now rebooting its outreach to black voters. It's not like this weak point wasn't already known about four years ago!

Autodidact · Mar 10, 2020

Slayven said:
Real talk, that is going to play very well to Majority. They love that type of energy from a white man

Strong White Daddy energy.

Chaos Legion · Mar 10, 2020

ValiantChaos said:

Oh come on, Joe. Say malarkey instead of shit.

cameron said:
‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

>

Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez

NEW: Sanders reboots black voter outreach ahead of MI

Some changes: Obama ads, ad buys on black radio, nabbed Jesse Jackson endorsement

Rep. Khanna said the campaign needs to sit down w/more CBC mbrs even if they've endorsed Biden

W/ @hollyotterbein

https://politi.co/337iEMo

No Dem has won the party's presidential nom in 30 yrs w/out support from majority of black voters.

"There's a blind spot as it relates to race," @MsLaToshaBrown said. "Bernie has not publicly expressed that he even thinks that he needs black voters."
https://politi.co/337iEMo

Sanders cancelled Miss. event & absence at Bloody Sunday commemoration didn't go unnoticed.

"Black people watch for those signals from these candidates," said @AndrewGillum

Read full piece w/@hollyotterbein: https://politi.co/337iEMo

9:49 AM - Mar 10, 2020

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Steadman™ @AsteadWesley

Remember I said the left needs to get better at black relational politics. Things like meeting with CBC members even if they endorsed others is truly Level 1 stuff. And Sanders has had 4+ years https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez/status/1237369441559687168 …

9:59 AM - Mar 10, 2020

They realize this now?

Ithil · Mar 10, 2020

JVIDICAN said:
The bussing thing was so damn confusing to begin with for anyone that didnt grow up during the time.

Or for people who did apparently, since I seem to recall that Trump's limited response on the subject appeared to indicate he thought the debate was about the existence of school buses.

Yoma · Mar 10, 2020

Biden has a nasty temper sometimes. I don't disagree with him but he's lucky he's a white guy

sangreal · Mar 10, 2020

cameron said:
‘There’s a blind spot’: Sanders reboots black voter outreach

Sanders’ inability to win over African-American voters, particularly those who are middle-aged and older, is suffocating his campaign.

www.politico.com

Khanna said it would be wise for the campaign to distinguish its criticism of the "establishment" as clear attacks on "special interests" — including the insurance industry and pharmaceutical industry — and not the Democratic Party writ large.

There isn't anything to distinguish... he is attacking the democratic party writ large. Or really, anyone who supports his primary opponents

Tamanon · Mar 10, 2020

Ithil said:
Or for people who did apparently, since I seem to recall that Trump's limited response on the subject appeared to indicate he thought the debate was about the existence of school buses.

I'm willing to wager that Trump never a) had to use a school bus, or b) see a black kid at his school.

cameron · Mar 10, 2020

POTUS on election security briefings:

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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

There is another Russia, Russia, Russia meeting today. It is headed up by corrupt politician Adam "Shifty" Schiff, so I wouldn't expect too much! @DHS_Wolf

10:28 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio

NEWS: Acting DNI Ric Grenell was pulled from a list of officials briefing the Senate on election security today at 4pm, per source. He was replaced with acting NCSC director William Evanina.

9:12 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Jeremy Herb @jeremyherb

This would appear to be a reference to the House and Senate election security briefings today, where acting DNI Ric Grenell was initially on the list of briefers provided to the Hill but then was withdrawn https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/politics/grenell-election-security-briefing/index.html … https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1237384954004340738 …

10:42 AM - Mar 10, 2020

Blue Skies · Mar 10, 2020

Coming back from a ban, just want to say:
Why were people so surprised that Biden was cleaning up on ST?

He was Vice President to a popular (to democrats) president, he was endorsed by almost all of the other moderates in a 72 hour span (one of the craziest things I've ever seen) and most importantly, THE POLLS FORESAW THIS. Biden was the frontrunner for a whole year until Iowa. Buttigieg and Klob were His only obstacles and they dropped out and endorsed him.
It's been obvious, based on polls, that most people just want to beat trump and restore democracy. This election isn't a referendum on our healthcare or income inequality, it's a vote for democracy and against corruption.

Shoulda been Warren.

Ithil · Mar 10, 2020

Sheepinator said:
This was crazy. The Afghan President was giving his inauguration speech when rockets went off nearby. He didn't flinch at all, and told his security guy to back off, and carried on speaking.

Afghan President Continues Speech Despite Nearby Explosions | The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Kamala Harris supports Joe Biden's White House bid, two politicians claim to be Afghanistan's president, and Marco Rubio pushes a bill to make daylight savin...

www.youtube.com

I still laugh when I think of that absurd cartoonish pivot he did when he thought there was a threat on stage at some rally or other. Not that he's ever been really threatened in person but you know no one would fold faster.

-Le Monde- · Mar 10, 2020

GOP member claims Trump is taking it very seriously.

*couple of hours later*

Trump calls it a fake news hoax perpetrated by Democrats.

Slader166 · Mar 10, 2020

Welcome back Blue Skies

Tankette · Mar 10, 2020

Ac30 said:
Actually impressive Biden's lead had widened even during Trump's approval bump

Even more impressive when you consider the Ukraine-ghazi that the GOP's now desperately selling.

Toxi · Mar 10, 2020

Slayven said:
Real talk, that is going to play very well to Majority. They love that type of energy from a white man

Sad comparing that to the extreme lengths Obama had to go to avoid pissing anyone off. He basically had to act like a saint in public 24/7.

Not that I mind Biden telling someone they're full of shit, it's just an ugly double standard.

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