2020 Democratic presidential primary

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/17/kamala-harris-leads-campaign-money-race-1280546

donor class might be coalescing around Harris after all

― Simon H., Thursday, 18 April 2019

She makes most sense, especially given its likely to come down to head to head vs Bernie. If it ends up being vs Warren then Beto might me a more suitable choice, but that looks unlikely, and it doesn't really look like Beto is going to get any momentum, whereas Kamala's potential looks a lot more solid.

since day 1 I always thought she made the most sense as the establishment pick. only timidity could make one prefer Beto or Biden.

unique way to spell "sexism" but survey says it's a go

ur familiar with Notre Dame colors y/n?

― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:50 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hey man, blue and metallic gold is TOTALLY different from maize and blue

pic.twitter.com/GapSOgoNTW

— Bacon Grease (@T_Joad1) April 18, 2019

extremely cursed image

powerful people in cars getting coffee, starring nathan fielder

don’t follow the money

One way to think about the 2020 primary is to ask yourself: Who would the plutocrats least want? https://t.co/ltKPxGXlA8

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) April 18, 2019

that pete number

No redactions here! NEW NATIONAL POLL:

2020 Democratic Primary (incl. Biden/Abrams):

Biden: 21%
Sanders: 20%
Buttigieg: 17%
O’Rourke: 9%
Warren: 8%
Harris: 7%
Abrams: 4%
Booker: 4%
Klobuchar: 2%
Yang: 2%
Gabbard: 2%

(n=2518, national likely 2020 Dem. primary voters, Apr 12-15)

— Change Research (@ChangePolls) April 18, 2019

Wait, Mayor Pete is a Phish fan?! Ugh.

haha country is burning and the media gonna ignore Warren to debate which bands these dudes liked in college

ts: phish vs. everlast

He said he'd invite Phish to play his inauguration!!! Laugh him off at your own risk.

I saw Phish once, pretty good for a band that has no good songs if that makes sense

Ha, I heard a local pizza place described today as "pretty great bad pizza."

What kind of statistical reputation/record does Change Research have?

I'm wondering why these polls seem to invariably include candidates who haven't formally announced yet (Biden, Abrams)

You spelled Beyoncé wrong https://t.co/IdCusEfANc

— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chas10Buttigieg) April 18, 2019

DUET

I'm wondering why these polls seem to invariably include candidates who haven't formally announced yet (Biden, Abrams)

― Simon H., Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:58 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Biden makes sense because all signs point to a run. He's got an organization scrambling around in the early states. Abrams doesn't because she has none of that going on. Not that she couldn't whip one up quickly, but the fact she hasn't leads me to believe she's doesn't want to try it this time.

National primary polls are meaningless. Most of the respondents won’t have a chance to vote for most of the candidates.

Biden's in, and it sounds like it's gonna be a shitshow from Day One.

The primary, Biden believes, will be easier than some might think: He sees a clear path down the middle of the party, especially with Bernie Sanders occupying a solid 20 percent of the progressive base, and most of the other candidates fighting for the rest. And the announcement comes at a moment when many in the party have become anxious about Sanders’s strength, with some beginning to wonder whether Biden might be the only sure counterweight to stop him from getting the nomination. A Biden spokesperson declined to comment.

Biden’s announcement video will draw, in part, on footage shot two weeks ago outside his old family home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he likes to bring people and tell stories about how his grandfather would sit at the kitchen table, talking about making ends meet. But the campaign is still making key decisions on what will happen next, including whether to go cute for a launch event by doing it on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, famous for the training montage from Rocky, or go for a powerful challenge directed right at Trump by heading to Charlottesville, Virginia, where the president infamously blamed “both sides” of a neo-Nazi march in August 2017.

I really hope he's not stupid enough to go to Charlottesville.

oh lord

On Thursday afternoon, Biden was in Boston, where he joined the picketing of the Stop & Shop supermarket chain by the United Food and Commercial Workers, in his third appearance with a union crowd in the past six weeks. Workers there, as when he addressed the International Association of Fire Fighters in March, held up run joe run! signs. “Bankers, Wall Street, and CEOs didn’t build this country,” he told them as he spoke about the dignity of workers, health care, and good wages. “You did!”

Biden trying this rhetoric on makes me want to puke

"joe biden! because he was in vicinity of another guy that you liked!"©

fuuuuuuuuck

I prefer the slogan suggested a few weeks ago by some ilxor: Vote for Biden, America's Emotional Support Animal!

Vote For That One Guy From That Meme, You Like Memes

Remember Those Pics of Obama and Joe Biden and Biden Wants To Do Something Crazy but Obama is Like "Joe..." but Biden is Going to do it Anyway but then Obama says "Joe, no..." or Whatever? God Just Imagine How Many More There Could Be, And©

Really looking forward to a year and a half of Biden saying "when you get knocked down, get back up again" seven times a day.

They're never gonna keep him down

*guy in background*
"you know, a lot of people don't realize but joe biden is actually an anarchist..."

As @LukewSavage pointed out to me, the fact that Buttigieg - who seemingly came out of nowhere to get a rush of publicity and gushing press - was earlier attending dinners with party insiders about how to stop Sanders has gone totally unremarked upon. pic.twitter.com/WuSajBRYZD

— Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) April 19, 2019

Oh come on. That's not what that paragraph says. Don't go conspiratorial, just defeat him. Ffs, American leftists.

If Buttigieg succeeds in 'stopping Sanders', then I guess it was because those party insiders knew how to get more votes. Because that is the name of the game. Elections are not won by attending dinner parties.

the buttigieg thing is a wave. candidates' poll numbers are going to drift all over the place for months.

"in the future, everyone will be a democratic presidential contender for 15 minutes."

andy warhol

I bought my Warren t-shirt so I’m squared away from now until June, or whenever we hold the primary, apparently that’s still up in the air.

aw i should get a shirt too, i just got paid

Beto drops “no lobbyists” from his fundraising emails a day after The Intercept reports he took lobbyist money. pic.twitter.com/smoE0oHj7d

— OurRev305 #ElectTheBern (@OurRev305) April 19, 2019

What color did you get? I am a sucker for navy with mint. I might get a Persiste! tote, though.

just got the "warren has a plan for that" shirt in navy plus bumper stickers

Yessss!

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/elizabeth-warren-black-voters-1282642

nothing but respect for my president

i hope warren's campaign catches fire after coming out with that demand to impeach trump. that's what i've been saying.

i love sanders too. it's cool to have two people i admire running.

i'm going to use ilx as my gratitude journal from now hope it's ok

Beto is the obvious first Major Pete victim, right?, Stolen all his vibe and attention - sets him up for a semi final against Kamala in the media semi-final. Still think Kamala takes that, but a Beto KO is going to give Pete some momentum

Warren being in the policy half of the drawer is tough, she's playing some good stuff at the moment but I don't see how she takes down the Bernie machine

i think at least she sets herself up as a possible VP selection for either sanders or harris

assuming she cant overtake sanders as the progressive choice ofc