2020 Democratic presidential primary

That’s in the constitution iirc

would be a pretty lol way to finally answer the question "what do you call the 'First Lady' if it's a dude?"

He’s gotta weigh what benefits him more in the race for the presidency, sticking w Rosario Dawson or coming out?

I may not be the most discerning voter on here, but I kind of like the way the Democrat field is shaping up.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/428060-brown-medicare-for-all-not-practical?__twitter_impression=true

That core Democratic constituency of, uh, aging Rust Belt white people.

Fav/unfav of Howard Schultz

4% fav to 50% unfav with Dems (!), 4/43 with Republicans (!!), and...........4/31 with independents (!!!)

https://t.co/EDnEXl91vN pic.twitter.com/47OsMZ1lVV

— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) February 2, 2019

If it was job to spin these numbers for him I’d say it means he’s the “bad boy of politics” and people grow to love their villains eventually.

*my job

Harris already on the pointy end of the meme primary

https://hi.spooky.camp/system/media_attachments/files/000/026/089/original/962c8173c753d092.jpeg

lol

ok that's pretty good

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/428060-brown-medicare-for-all-not-practical

That core Democratic constituency of, uh, aging Rust Belt white people.

well on my way to eliminating everyone but Bernie

A case for Booker as the candidate who's best on criminal justice.

but his crimes

No one on ilx said he was a criminal!!

🚨 Scoop: Biden, Bloomberg, McAuliffe rattled by liberal lurch, rethinking runs: Internal polling shows socialism surging in Iowa https://t.co/X8cyYiy1lV

— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) February 2, 2019

socialism surging in iowa!

too bad, without surging socialism mcauliffe would be a shoo-in

Hasn't Bloomberg already said he wouldn't run?

Yes

Bloomberg said he wouldn't run as an independent. If he runs, he'll be seeking the Democratic nomination.

https://i.imgur.com/o4RpEJC.jpg

fixed

Bloomberg said he wouldn't run as an independent. If he runs, he'll be seeking the Democratic nomination.

― grawlix (unperson), 2. februar 2019 18:10 (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh dear :(

My in-laws from Arlington Virginia are in town, and when the Northam stuff broke they were all, well that scuttles the presidential run everyone was talking about. And I was like, who was seriously talking about that guy running for president?

Mrs. Northram.

Bernie must be feeling pretty good about having backed his opponent rn

The Northam campaign communicated to Sanders before the election that it didn’t want him to campaign for him. Their choice more than Sanders’s. https://t.co/s3xKnzovGR

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 2, 2019

Bloomberg is a fucking loser that no one likes let's not sweat that

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/obama-staff-tom-perriello-virginia-236367

Bernie must be feeling pretty good about having backed his opponent rn

― bhad bundy (Simon H.), 2. februar 2019 18:52 (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't know, this seems like the worst oppo research ever by Northams opponents?

worst oppo research ever

The number of those yearbooks in existence by now is undoubtedly quite small, and accessing them difficult.

Not a loaded question (and not even leaning towards Harris), honestly wondering: what do people here consider the appropriate response to truancy?

Being sent to the Gathering of the Juggalos

Will subscribe

the appropriate response to truancy?

Truancy is tough. Early-mid-teens generally have no idea what is involved in the jump to adult responsibility; they simply want to do whatever they feel like doing and would be just as liable to skip out on vocational classes or a minimum wage job as they are to skip out on academic classes. And convincing them that this is short-sighted and self-defeating behavior can be a losing proposition.

Long ago, such kids were just allowed to slide off into the reject bucket until they figured it out, starved, or ended in jail. That's hardly a good solution. I think you probably have to try a series of approaches, but if you run to the end of the series without success, I have no idea.

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/the-truancy-trap/261937/

yeah. the idea that getting really punitive accomplishes anything positive is straight out of the "beatings will continue until morale is improved" school of thought.

that stance on m4a by brown is such a death of political imagination. Mankind on mars is a shit goal 4 usa right now. something realistically sim to m4a is fucking mandatory. if that is the totality of his stance he’s a douche for primarying.

death of political imagination

Medicare for people who are in need of medical care quite a bit? We can do this.

Medicare for everyone else, who use medical care less than the people who currently use it? We can't do that.

in other words, otm

Harris has some really problematic baggage, and I feel like I'm gonna dissappoint hoos here which I don't like to do, but I really like Harris in quick, no bullshit mode, quite a bit

Something @KamalaHarris does not do: mince words pic.twitter.com/lsUIatNqSP

— Lily Adams (@adamslily) February 3, 2019

I remember Leftward Lurch from The Addams family reboot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA2VmXm1TbM

progressive facebook gonna drive me into harris’ arms with all the “she endorsed northam DISQUALIFIED” memes

starting to get r/thedonald vibes off it all

the ppl reposting harris's tweet from november 2017 congratulating northam on winning his election and going "oooh, this didn't age well!" are such shitheads

in raw numbers, there seem to be a lot of shitheads. even as a percentage the numbers aren't encouraging.

the next year and a half is gonna suck ass

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/kamala-harriss-choices?intcid=inline_amp

new, short profile of harris in the NYer

Ban facebook twitter and google

otm, but microsoft/bing would grow into something just as ugly as google if they had the opportunity