2020 Democratic presidential primary

what kind of hot sauce does her golden retriever buy

bailey probably likes cholula or one of the really vinegary ones that isn't too spicy

pathetic

i just dogs are drawn to stuff that tastes vinegary. also, you have to remember he is a new englander.

if you people think I'm voting for bailey in 2020 you are out of your minds

Bailey >>> Biden

F. Lee Bailey 2020

if you own a cute dog you are legally obligated to post cute pictures of it all the damn time. that's what i do and i will never stop

otm

yeah the world is horrible enough let's not gate-keep videos of cute pets

can we back up a million posts and could someone explain to me why an innocuous pic of Kamala Harris eating lunch is a big deal?

can we back up a million posts and could someone explain to me why an innocuous pic of Kamala Harris eating lunch is a big deal?

Because Kamala Harris is a bigfakephonylyingnarcsnitchcop and so a photo of her holding a food product identified with (some members of) her ethnic group must be a cynical attempt to pander to that group, and not at all an indication that she has culinary taste preferences, like a human. So the photo begins the process of her unmasking, and will be the first step in pushing her out of the way so Bernie can surge in and capture the African-American female vote that is rightfully his.

lunch is complicated

my mind is boggling at people claiming Harris isn't african american because she's half Jamaican, as though black people just sprung out of the soil in Jamaica organically

You wanna have this conversation? OK, let's have it.

Poor and working class Black voters need TANGIBLE platform positions from candidates who want their votes.

Not hip-hop playlists.

Not hot sauce in my bag swag.

TANGIBLES.

The fact your leading with those says a lot. https://t.co/Z1TaAKIa5h

— Torraine Walker (@TorraineWalker) February 17, 2019

is it not possible that her task and priorities as a prosecutor in a state once would be different than her task and priorities as the president of the united states and if u concede this (u should) then isnt this moot

― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Saturday, February 16, 2019 2:28 PM (eight hours ago)

the united states as a whole is a lot more conservative than california, so let's not take this line of thinking too far. it does seem as though she's gotten better at least at saying the right things, and I'm cautiously optimistic about her, given it looks like she's a frontrunner

The parts that are relevant, sure. I would say that the relevant parts would include the kind of subordinates she picked (shows how she'd handle choosing a cabinet), and causes she espoused as an AG that are likely to map over to presidential responsibilities. Criminal prosecutions are not in that category IMO. Though it might indicate what kind of AG she would pick. And that would therefore be a good question for a reporter or a debate moderator to ask her - who would you pick as your attorney general and why?

this is actually exactly why her record is relevant. the topic of criminal prosecutions is something I am in fact interested in and would hope others are as well

is there good evidence to suggest she is the front runner?

just kind of a gut feeling tbh, not really any meaningful polling at this stage

canniest messaging + seems to have pretty strong Dem institutional backing + already getting endorsements + seems to be adept at smoothing over potential issues rather than skidding into them a la Warren

I think she’s only gotten endorsements from people who serve in California. Similarly Warren got the Joe Kennedy III endorsement

Biden is the front-runner right now in polls that include people who haven't declared.

Again, meaningless till he opens his mouth. Name recognition plus O nostalgia.

Harris is the frontrunner according to betting markets. And we all know they are never wrong.

Yeah, everything is meaningless now I'm just saying he's currently the technical frontrunner.

my mind is boggling at people claiming Harris isn't african american because she's half Jamaican, as though black people just sprung out of the soil in Jamaica organically

did half of her spring organically out of the soil in America tho

I just feel like people forget her South Asian heritage. Threatening to lock you up for skipping school - that doesn't come from nowhere.

only just saw the breakfast club thing

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

damn, more dislikes than likes, not seen that before. reading those comments too, the breakfast club audience not keen at all

I wouldn't read too much into that or believe that it's the breakfast club audience/any normal group of people commenting.

stop doing that

bernie is fucking cancelled

omg Bernie NO!!!! pic.twitter.com/663WUYC0Xo

— GhostTrace (@owenrumney) February 18, 2019

what's wrong with that?

lefty Sorkin hatred

There aren't really many good answers to that question.

He shoulda gone Bill Pullman in Independence Day and then started making explosion noises

Chauncey Gardiner obv

Wait, is this View appearance from three years ago?

Yeah, it seems to be from this (Apr 2016): https://www.mediaite.com/online/bernie-sanders-identifies-which-lady-of-the-view-is-his-celebrity-crush/

Bernie was doing irony

He's Running...For Something!

https://www.chron.com/news/politics/amp/Beto-O-Rourke-seeks-to-sharpen-his-border-stance-13625707.php

https://i.imgur.com/y7lc7W6.jpg

“I know, right?”

This is good:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will unveil a major new initiative on Tuesday designed to make sure every family can afford high-quality child care, according to several people who have heard about the proposal or seen material describing it in the past week.

The plan seeks to make access to child care universal, the sources told HuffPost, by offering federal funds to providers that offer care at their facilities on a sliding income scale.

No family would have to spend more than 7 percent of its household income on child care, no matter the number of kids. Families with incomes below twice the poverty line, which is roughly $50,000 a year for a family of four, would pay nothing.

Only providers that meet federal safety, staffing and curriculum standards could qualify for the funding.

Officials with Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign declined to comment on the proposal and the sources familiar with the plan cautioned that some details were still in flux as of last week.

I understand that universal childcare is important and a necessary step into the fully cybernetic abolition of the family but I never get excited about it because I’m a nulliparous aesthete

She's not really talking about universal childcare anyway.

First candidate to talk up universal surrogacy gets my vote

Democratic voters shrugging off Warren's ancestry.

In interviews over the last month with about three dozen Democratic voters, many in early primary states, almost all of them expressed far more interest in Ms. Warren’s policy ideas than her ancestry and said that they were exhausted or uninterested by the story line. They described it as overblown, reflecting a disconnect between voters in the party’s base and some political elites, media commentators and conservatives who have been preoccupied with the issue.

“Right now is a time to listen to ideas,” said Holly Sauers, a staunch Democrat and resident of Charleston, S.C. “That’s what we’re focused on.”

Among these voters, who were mostly white and black Democrats who acknowledged their own misunderstandings about Native American communities and history, Ms. Warren is not a perpetrator of harm, but a victim of a Washington culture that delights in any scandal among politicians — and particularly elected officials who are women.

and:

Julian Brave Noisecat, a Native American journalist and activist who has criticized Ms. Warren previously, said: “Based on my conversations with tribal leaders and advocates, the consensus position is that she’s one of the strongest allies of Indian country in Congress. She has good relationships with tribes across the board. And I think that’s relevant.”

Mr. Noisecat said the ancestry matter had become double-edged: More than any other Democratic presidential candidate, Ms. Warren has caused the most upset among Native American communities, but has also probably done the most outreach and is more vocal on issues that effect tribal citizens than other presidential candidates.

So apparently this other dude is running?

pay no heed, he actually stands for stuff

A little surprised at the tone/style of the announcement video, which seems primarily interested in countering the "Bernie gets nothing done" narrative.