2020 Democratic presidential primary

Seems like a bad idea to me but I am not new to being wrong

Fuck you, Biden.

Abrams is needed in Georgia.

Yep.

how normal is it to be discussing a running mate this far ahead of even the primaries? seems desperate

https://i.imgur.com/OeVN8t7.jpg

Not just Abrams! NYT:

Among the people Mr. Biden’s close allies have discussed for the role are Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House minority leader who narrowly lost a race for governor last year, and Ms. Harris and Mr. O’Rourke, if their campaigns appear to flag in the coming months.

leave Stacey alone, she has work to do

yeah, exactly. run on your own merits for a while (like the rest of the field is doing) before trying to spackle over your deficiencies with a running mate

if biden runs on his own merits he's gonna run out of road v quickly

clearly

would be great if Abrams made a public statement saying "sorry the Senate is more important"

vote for me, joe biden, a guaranteed one-term president

Biden’s top advisers float 2 unprecedented steps to address his age and satisfy Dems’ thirst for change

- a 1-term pledge, to which Biden himself is strongly resistant

- an early VP choice, maybe not immediately but well before Iowa@jmartNYT & me >https://t.co/cqMq4VgXhW

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) March 21, 2019

man, Biden's already demonstrating the shrewd, savvy instincts that made him unstoppable in 1988 and 2008.

A one-term president is a crippled president. His advisers have mulch for brains.

yall desperate to drag biden huh

desperate? he drags himself

biden's already demonstrating the shrewd, savvy instincts that encouraged him to be extremely creepy towards women at public events for decades

honestly I don't mind the running mate idea *in general* and it would actually be neat if more people did it. but being the only one to do it is sus as hell

not sure if I'm included in that "yall" but I was genuinely wondering if there was a precedent for VP talk at this stage. The Cruz/Fiorina announcement was the end of april 2016 and he suspended his campaign a week later.

The stupidity and arrogance of thinking Abrams and Harris have more to lose by not accepting his generous offer amuses the hell out of me. What noblesse oblige, whitey!

^^^

pulling a stunt lie a one-term pledge or an early VP pick would be such a sign of weakness at the outset. like why would the "frontrunner" do something desperate looking?

like

imagine being an advisor to biden and thinking it's his age that's gonna be the real issue and not getting #metoo'ed into the stratosphere

Or:

1. His age.
2. His color
3. His history of confusing "foreign policy experience" with wisdom

imagine being an advisor to biden and thinking it's his age that's gonna be the real issue and not getting #metoo'ed into the stratosphere

are there any stories out there (other than fucking up the Thomas confirmation) or is this based on photos?

I would only get behind a Biden run if he put F-boms in each and every one of his public statements. I still wouldn't vote for him in the primaries but there would at least be entertainment value in him being there.

are there any stories out there (other than fucking up the Thomas confirmation) or is this based on photos?

just the photos. the many, many photos.

lol just realized that this thread's poll only includes 5 of the people running (and one Biden.)

This seems like a shift, curious to see how/if candidates respond

The liberal group MoveOn is calling on Democratic presidential candidates to skip this year’s AIPAC policy conference, citing the pro-Israel group’s links to the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu and charging that AIPAC has flirted with Islamophobia.

The move underscores a growing willingness on the left to criticize Israel and its staunchest Washington supporters, particularly since freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) bashed supporters of Israel in terms widely condemned as anti-Semitic.

“It’s no secret that that AIPAC has worked to hinder diplomatic efforts like the Iran deal, is undermining Palestinian self-determination, and inviting figures actively involved in human rights violations to its stage,” Iram Ali, campaign director at MoveOn Political Action, said in a statement provided first to Politico. Ali said the move should “give a clear insight to 2020 candidates on where their base stands instead of prioritizing lobbying groups and policy people who rarely step outside of D.C.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/moveon-2020-democrats-aipac-1229865

I would imagine that pledging a single term doesn't mean putting the nomination up for grabs but resigning and effectively passing the incumbancy to VP. This is what could make an early VP pick attractive to voters—a balanced ticket of two presidents who wld serve in succession?

I was thinking months ago that the same might be a smart move for Bernie considering the age knock

anyway yeah cherrypicking a woman of color out of the gate nagl

it still scans pretty patronizingly though, like yes black woman, you can be president eventually, once Uncle Joe's had his turn. Abrams is certainly free to turn him down, but I think a less tone-deaf pol would have done a better job of keeping even a potential offer like this under wraps.

wait til he grabs her ass on the hustings

I want Jim Parsons to play Pete Buttigieg on SNL during the dem primary debates

Warren has apparently already said she won't go to AIPAC.

I want Jim Parsons to play Pete Buttigieg on SNL during the dem primary debates

― plastered in paris (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:18 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha, hard pass. I'd rather not associate a candidate I like with America's worst sitcom character.

yeah maybe Anders Holm

one of those lonely island guys looks like him.

come on, the main SNL cast has to have a white guy who can do Buttigieg

a lot of the time, when I picture Buttigieg in my head, I think of Celtics coach Brad Stevens instead (another Indiana boy who's somehow older than Mayor Pete)

Thanks! The commute can be rough but it's all worth it when you get results like a revived urban core or seeing Irving reach his potential. https://t.co/Bz70oqIN2B

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) October 13, 2017

I'm in love with him, despite the regrettable hair.

I larfed. (evidence for Keyes)

https://joebiden.info/

keep 'em coming I guess

Meanwhile, sources tell the @denverpost that @MichaelBennet is near a presidential announcement https://t.co/uwGXh9Zozf

— Hanna Trudo (@HCTrudo) March 21, 2019

jesus christ enough

also mikey day = buttgieg. but not sure there's really anything funny about buttgieg aside from his name.

oh they'll lean heavily on the "butt" gag

i usually assume they'll take the most rote possible angle on a politician, and i'm rarely mistaken

the actual president’s name is slang for ‘fart’ tbf