2020 Democratic presidential primary

i'm gauging his popularity based on the articles i've read, and as that information becomes available, and as people form an opinion on him (and other candidates).

there is a backlash from latinos with regard to his nickname and that they consider him another privileged white guy. i think the latino vote is pretty big, and if he is losing those votes, it'll be hard to win the general election.

however, i think he does well to connect with white americans who think he is centrist enough to be able to win in swing states.

Assertive political predictions after 2016 are always a good laugh.

that should read, "to be a good VP candidate in swing states."

It’s like those sports radio callers who are so ~certain but for something seemingly even less predictable and infinitely less trivial.

there is a backlash from latinos with regard to his nickname and that they consider him another privileged white guy.

is there really though...

i think the latino vote is pretty big, and if he is losing those votes, it'll be hard to win the general election.

trump won 28% of the latinx vote. I don't buy it

i really haven't read what people's thoughts are on biden right now, but he seems like the safe bet; an experienced candidate

here are some thoughts: he’s an inept listener, an incompetent reader, a groper, a doofus, a narcissist dipshit, and nine hundred years old. he should get the fuuuck outta here.

sounds like the president

hmmm intersting

no wonder he is leading in the polls! :)

lol here's Buttigieg sitting in on piano with Ben Folds. He's even better at the Gen X musician thing that Beto and that's Beto's one thing https://t.co/V6CLMqI79M

— luke oneil (@lukeoneil47) March 17, 2019

"Beto" has $6.1 million in the first twenty-four hours of announcing his 2020 bid.

Countless liberals miss their deep, political slumber. No wonder Beto looks good to them. https://t.co/auUKigOlhf

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) March 17, 2019

dennis perrin...otm?

there needs to be a vice president that can help win swing states. unfortunately, that sometimes means talking about how well they can connect with that demographic.

― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Monday, March 18, 2019 1:09 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't think this effect is as strong as ppl think. it might help win _A_ swing state -- namely the vp nom's homestate (kaine in VA couldnt have hurt in 2016). but uh there is "swing state" demographic. michigan, florida, and colorado have different groups of people and interests you need to persuade in order to win those states.

Has Beto's camp released the average donation size / # of donors? Didn't see that in the CNN report.

MSNBC reported secondhand that it consisted mostly of small donations, but I'll need a source.

I'm wondering about the decision to hold off on sharing the numbers. That, plus the fact that they're just a hair over Sanders', has me wondering if the numbers are cooked in some way.

Of course it's also possible Beto is a once-in-a-lifetime political dynamo and I'm just being cynical

After 2016 and given that there will ultimately be a mere two candidates and that the last time one of the 50/50 was a cancerous human embodiment of the seven deadly sins, a cruel prank on two legs (and the other was Trump, har har), and we have been living in a parallel universe hell ever since, I don't feel comfortable with anyone making predictions of who can and will win, or where or how they can win. Right now I just assume Trump will win again, but will do everything I can to support the person who is not him.

he probably has zero chance but the fact that people are talking so much about Buttigieg in the same week that Beto and Gillibrand announce means he's doing his best with his moment.

Mika Brzezinski is personally "getting excited about Joe Biden." She hopes "he gets in, and deep"!

does this year have a ff button

I'm wondering about the decision to hold off on sharing the numbers. That, plus the fact that they're just a hair over Sanders', has me wondering if the numbers are cooked in some way.

― Simon H., Monday, March 18, 2019 8:03 AM (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes was thinking the same

crisis donors

the numbers seems crazy, but Beto has a bigger email list than anyone in the race except Sanders probably

true plus his donor base was broader than texas to begin with

was just reminded that Jeb! raised 155 mil

I've gotten at least three emails from Beto just since he announced.

"South Bend, Indiana, best known for its Catholic university, seems okay with a gay candidate."

colorado just elected a gay governor. Colorado has a lot of evangelical assholes in it; this was unthinkable to me.

giving it up to my mans d-perrin today that was a good tweet

I would cut Beto a lot more slack if he wasn't trying so hard to fail up

I would cut Beto a lot more slack if he wasn't trying so hard to fail up

Mika Brzezinski is personally "getting excited about Joe Biden." She hopes "he gets in, and deep"!

i do not like this post

what's the matter – is "Morning" Joe already disappointing her?

bad morning!

lol

what are beto’s policies?

― PaulDananVEVO (||||||||), Monday, March 18, 2019 1:55 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what are Buttigieg's? I've seen very little discussion of him from a policy standpoint. I feel like I saw something about him taking a hard line on a good progressive issue, maybe it was court packing or possibly the filibuster? still though, I don't know where he is on M4All, Green New Deal, free college, etc.

the only Beto policy position I'm aware of is he's not in favor of m4a

Buttigieg says he’s “all for” a single-payer health care system. But he has said he wouldn’t immediately jump to single-payer from the current system. Instead, Buttigieg would first implement an all-payer rate setting — a system that would not eliminate private insurance companies.

I just looked at everyone's website (minus some of the dudes I can't remember the names of). Oddly enough Beto and Bernie are the ones that have almost no content on their sites, besides a store and donate button. Unless I just can't work their sites.

Buttigieg supports every U.S. house becoming “net zero” consumer of energy, and is in favor of the government subsidizing solar panels. Buttigieg was one of 407 U.S. mayors who signed a pact to adhere to the Paris climate accord after President Donald Trump pulled out of the international agreement 2017. He also supports the “Green New Deal” proposals on climate and energy being floated by progressive House Democrats.

xps don't shoot the messenger bg

i just thought you should know

s'cool

Beto is pro-weed legalization but that doesn't really count anymore.

into today's Democratic party if you're not pro-PCP you're nothing

Here's some Beto platform stuff from the '18 campaign...not sure how much of this will carry over.

https://ballotpedia.org/Beto_O%27Rourke#Campaign_themes

Healthcare

Healthcare is a moral question that transcends politics – it is a basic human right, not a privilege. 4.3 million Texans – including over 600,000 children – can’t see a doctor, or when they do, they’re so sick they have no choice but to go to the Emergency Room where the cost will be many times more expensive and the outcome will be worse.

When a mother forgoes a routine mammogram because she is uninsured, or a father ignores chronic pain because he didn’t qualify for a subsidy to buy insurance, everyone’s healthcare costs are likely to be greater in the long-term. We want our parents and our children to be healthy and live to their full potential. This is much more likely when they have access to the healthcare they need.

Steps that we should take together to transform healthcare include:

Improving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by stabilizing our insurance markets. Guaranteeing continued payments for ACA subsidies that reduce enrollees’ cost-sharing and reimbursing insurers for high-cost individuals.
Incentivizing insurers to participate in the exchanges, especially in underserved counties.
Expanding Medicaid to cover more Texans and protecting the Medicaid guarantee for vulnerable children, the disabled, and the elderly.
Lowering premiums and prescription drug costs by using the government’s purchasing power to make healthcare more affordable for everyone.
Creating a public option on the exchanges so that Americans are guaranteed affordable coverage.
Achieving universal healthcare coverage— whether it be through a single payer system, a dual system, or otherwise – so that we can ensure everyone is able to see a provider when it will do the most good and will deliver healthcare in the most affordable, effective way possible.

Wasn't exactly pushing Single Payer then either.

"otherwise"

Psychedlic Warlord says baby steps

Man, I'm very far from a Harris fan but I'd back her in a heartbeat over Beto or Biden. An opportunist willing to pivot left >>>> this substance-free muck

now you're getting it