I kind of feel like those "sensible" Republicans already quit the party in 2018's suburban realignment
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US PoliEra 2020 |OT4| Disaster Voltron
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I kind of feel like those "sensible" Republicans already quit the party in 2018's suburban realignment
I'm not sure if we can go through the 33% floor thanks to things like Fox.
more in the series of traders touching their face during covid outbreak
You don't even really need that. Just look at all of the institutions, from state and city governments to sports leagues and universities, taking the lead on decision-making. People are looking with *hope* for guidance from the top, but are also acting in such a way as to suggest that nobody really expects any of that leadership to materialize.
reminder that Dick Cheney was the head of Bush's VP search committee
(I don't think he picks Whitmer but)
Not sure why anyone believed otherwise. Michigan is Biden country.
I saw that "Stock Market Trading Halted" thread and wondered why someone necrobumped a thread from last week for a split-second before realizing what had happened.
Wild times. Trump's inability to tell the truth and do the right thing even in this moment where doing so would have unambiguously helped him rather than doing the usual, which has totally harmed both his re-election hopes and the country itself, is amazing. What a fucking psychopath.
Wild times. Trump's inability to tell the truth and do the right thing even in this moment where doing so would have unambiguously helped him rather than doing the usual, which has totally harmed both his re-election hopes and the country itself, is amazing. What a fucking psychopath.
That seems like exactly something Kav would do actually.
They already ran away from having a briefing this morning, doesn't seem like they'll have much to add if they hold a briefing this afternoon. As it is, it seemed like a lot of yesterday's briefing was stalling and trying to make it seem like they are further along than they are.
State Takes on a Purple Hue; Partisans Divided Over Coronavirus | Monmouth University Polling Institute
Kelly leads McSally in Senate racewww.monmouth.edu
West Long Branch, NJ – Arizona's Electoral College votes could be in play in November, according to a Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll of registered voters in the state. Joe Biden has a slight lead over President Donald Trump, while Bernie Sanders is basically tied with the incumbent. In tomorrow's Democratic primary election, Biden has a 20 point lead over Sanders. The poll also finds that the Arizona U.S. Senate race could start off with a Democratic edge as well, with Mark Kelly having a 6 point lead against Martha McSally. In other poll results, a majority of Arizona voters are concerned about coronavirus hitting their family, but the level of concern varies widely by party affiliation.Among Arizona voters who are considered likely to participate in the Democratic primary for president, support currently stands at 51% for Biden and 31% for Sanders. Tulsi Gabbard is backed by just 1% and candidates who have dropped out of the race also get support from early voters, including Mike Bloomberg (5%), Elizabeth Warren (3%), Pete Buttigieg (3%), and Amy Klobuchar (1%).Sanders actually leads Biden among Latino voters (48% to 41%) and voters under 50 years old (56% to 28%), but this is more than offset by Biden's strong advantage among larger voter blocs, including white voters (55% to 26%) and those aged 50 and over (64% to 16%). Just over half of likely Arizona primary voters report having already cast their ballots. Biden has a 50% to 27% lead over Sanders among this group. Among those yet to vote, the race stands at 51% Biden and 36% Sanders.---------------------------------Looking at hypothetical general election matchups for November, Biden holds a small 46% to 43% edge over Trump, while the incumbent leads Sanders by 44% to 43%. Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Arizona by 4 points in 2016's election. The difference between Biden and Sanders against Trump seems to be down to what 2016 Clinton voters will do in 2020. Trump holds on to 86% of his 2016 voters against Biden (who gets 8% of them) and 87% of his 2016 voters against Sanders (who gets 6% of them). Among 2016 Clinton voters, 90% will support Biden (to 4% for Trump), but only 80% will support Sanders (to 7% for Trump).---------------------------------Turning to the hotly contested U.S. Senate race, Democrat Kelly holds a small 50% to 44% lead over incumbent Republican McSally in a hypothetical matchup in November's special election. McSally leads among men (53% to 42%) while Kelly leads among women (57% to 36%). McSally is running to complete the final two years of the late Sen. John McCain's term. She was appointed to the post after she lost the election for Arizona's other senate seat in 2018.The Monmouth University Poll also finds that a majority of Arizona voters are either very (21%) or somewhat (32%) concerned about someone in their family becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus. Another 28% are not too concerned and 19% are not at all concerned. Even though the new coronavirus virus is expected to impact older people more, voters aged 65 or over (50%) are less concerned about the impact than those under 35 years old (62%). Perhaps more interestingly, Republicans (41%) and independents (47%) are less concerned about a family member getting ill from COVID-19 than Democrats (75%).----------------------------------About half the state's voters (49%) say the federal government has done a good job handling the outbreak, while 43% say it has done a bad job. Similarly, 49% say Trump has done a good job handling the outbreak, while 46% say he has done a bad job. Arizona voters are split on the impact of the president's televised Oval Office address on Wednesday. Just under one-fourth (23%) say it made them feel more confident in his administration's ability to deal with the outbreak while slightly more (29%) say it made them feel less confident. Another 36% say his address did not change their level of confidence and 10% were not aware of it.While Arizona voters are divided on the president's handling of the COVID-19 situation, overall opinion of him is underwater. Currently, 41% have a favorable view of Trump and 50% hold an unfavorable opinion, with another 10% offering no opinion. Voters are split on their opinion of the Democratic front-runner. Biden has a 36% favorable and 38% unfavorable rating among state voters, but 1 in 4 (26%) have no opinion of him. Voter opinion of Sanders is decidedly negative at 31% favorable and 47% unfavorable, with 22% having no opinion.For the U.S. Senate contenders, challenger Kelly has a decidedly positive rating of 41% favorable and just 17% unfavorable, although 42% of Arizona voters have no opinion of him. McSally, on the other hand, holds a divided 35% favorable and 39% unfavorable rating, with 26% having no opinion of her. The incumbent does slightly better on her job rating, with 42% of voters approving and 39% disapproving of the job she is doing as U.S. senator.On other issues, the poll finds that most (56%) Arizona voters say their family's current financial situation is stable, while 23% say it is improving and 18% say they are struggling. About 3 in 10 (29%) say the federal government's actions over the past three years have helped their financial situation, 16% say those actions have hurt them, and 53% say the federal government has had no impact on their finances.On the issue of health care, 39% of the public would prefer a system that allows people to opt into Medicare or keep their private coverage, while 19% would keep the system private but regulate the costs, and 25% would keep the health insurance system as it is now. Just 12% want to switch to a universal system that gets rid of all private insurance.As to immigration policy, 45% of Arizona voters support building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and 50% oppose this. There is a huge partisan divide on this issue – 88% of Republicans support a border wall and 87% of Democrats oppose it. More independents oppose (56%) rather than support (37%) building a border wall.
amazing
In other words, the House Democrats should have just sent over the bill they wanted instead of wasting time with Mnuchin. Let the GOP own people not being able to afford food and rent.
As for AZ, boy did Trump send that state headed into a red -> purple -> blue transition ahead of schedule. Just like what's happening to NC.
The House democrats already passed coronavirus bills before this one. Look up McConnell's reactions on the Senate floor to these. Not to mention the hundreds of other bills they have already passed.
I don't understand why Republicans are going out of their way to lose in November. Yes, they're pieces of shit, but they are also selfish and the selfish thing to do here would be to pass SOMETHING to help people.
They still trying to play these games as the stock much plunges and the epidemic rages on stupid as fuck.
Cuomo right now explaining the weakness of a private healthcare system better than any candidate has: "They don't build ICU bed capacity because it's not their economic model."
This is funny since I'm still seeing those 'do you really want politicians deciding your healthcare' anti Medicare 4 all ads on CNN. Like seriously?
We have all the evidence we could even need at this point of the danger of Trump/Republican incompetence and still people are "both sidesing". At this point I am convinced that some people just do want the world to burn down so that they could have a chance to lord over the ashes.
Please put Ginsburg in a plastic bubble. Like double layer. Triple layers even. Please.
The GOP are just bad people. They're just shit. Any GOPers who had even a remote shred of humanity left somewhere inside their shriveled souls voted for Democrats in 2018 and are at finding a way to vote blue until Trump is gone.
What's left here in 2020 is human detritus, the worst of the worst, people who I have a hard time seeing as human, honestly.
Tom Cotton, for example.
What's left here in 2020 is human detritus, the worst of the worst, people who I have a hard time seeing as human, honestly.
Tom Cotton, for example.
Yup. You can have negative rates tomorrow - if there's fears you're not going to have any customers because people are staying home, or worried that they won't have money because they can't work - how many businesses are going to take the free money anyways?
Not quite, because now Republicans in the senate can and will attack them for passing an inadequate bill.
Is it in bad faith?
Obviously.
But I don't think the political calculus of house dems has been successful.
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