2020 Democratic presidential primary

It seems notable (and not good!) that Democratic voters are (so far) defining "electability" so narrowly that Kamala Harris of all people doesn't have it. https://t.co/ZELW0CLL7r

— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) May 1, 2019

yup

AG Barr is a disgrace, and his alarming efforts to suppress the Mueller report show that he's not a credible head of federal law enforcement. He should resign—and based on the actual facts in the Mueller report, Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against the President.

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 1, 2019

good post

Harris is so charismatic that she actually does look like the "came out of central casting" for a future president.

How many have officially called for his resignation now? Van Hollen, Hirono, Warren? It should be unanimous (on the democratic side, at least). I don’t know how one could watch this and conclude that he’s acting in good faith

I know she's serious cuz she used an em dash.

Sorry, relevant to the warren tweet but not a good post for this thread

Love an em dash

How is Beto sticking his ass out in that pic and you still don't even need a protractor.

That “electability” criterion Pareene mentions was perfectly crystallized in Alexandra Petri’s tongue-in-cheek column, and I think it is very much the reason Biden had such strong numbers with women, particularly black women, coming right out of the gate. Losing again and seeing Trump re-elected is too terrible a fate to contemplate.

If I can do my own pundit’s anecdotal reconnaissance for a moment, a significant population of “reg’lar folks” who really hate Trump are worried that if the Dems run too left or too brown or too ladylike then they could lose again and we’ll all be extra doomed.

I dunno, Harris seems a bit like 2016 Rubio--low poll numbers, but constant mentions as a frontrunner

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5gfkuLX4AA8l_Z.jpg:small

same

normcore takeover

The Pareene article is pretty good, but Morbz otm that in May 2019 we have a moral imperative to respond to "Judging by all available polling, though" with a jerk-off motion.

I swear Major Pete reminds me of somebody new every day.

https://i.imgur.com/VxC5X4A.jpg

Good showing from Harris and Klobuchar during the Barr ass-show.

Pete has a Mr. Bean vibe in some photos

And a Brad Stevens vibe in others

I feel bad that he posed like that. It's not as bad as the Paul Ryan pics but seriously, do these guys not have handlers?

He probably does have a handler and that handler is also from Indiana. Paul Ryan’s handlers were probably also from Wisconsin or wherever the fuck he was from. We’ve all seen a regional travel magazine before

I don't see why Pareene dismisses the hypothesis that the people who are saying they'll vote for Joe Biden are saying that because ... they like Joe Biden and think he would be a good President

It's crazy that all the women candidates take pics of precarious intelligence, capableness and non-threatening stature and all the men are still vying for the cover of Mistakenly Handsome and Horny.

blame RFK

Harris did quite well today interrogating Barr; she got him to admit he hadn't read the damn report before writing the March memo!

(NB: not an endorsement for prez, only that she's tough)

she really thrives in that setting and for this reason think she'd be the most trouble for Trump in so-called "debates"

but yeah no

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

seems like an endorsement for her to stay where she is imo

yup

that is a very typical excuse to keep a woman in her current place. oooh sooo good at your job, you should just stay there.

uh not really -- I want Warren as president. Harris was my third and even second place, but the more I see, the more I regard as a prosecutor who would make a terrific California senator for another two terms.

It's only fucking April 2019, though, so she can convert me.

it's still a very typical excuse no matter what woman you have ever decided to vote for.

okay dude

i mean don't vote for Harris (she's my 2nd, 3rd too) but it's a very common excuse given for most upwards mobility and I am pointing it out.

as if the big money and Clinton people aligning around her weren't enough. It's a primary. The point is to knock people off a list.

I want Harris to stay in the Senate. I want Corey Booker and Pete Buttigieg to teach a sixth grade science class at a magnet program.

it's a fair thing to point out! and i also think that harris, specifically, would be better in the senate than as the pres!

xp alf otm re booker and mayor p

I am speaking in generalities and not specifically here. Don't vote for her because of her specific actions, not because she's so good at her current job. That shit drives me crazy.

I can't win because when I've told friends I like Harris they tick off her prosecutorial record as if I didn't have a Google machine. If she got the nomination, I'd be pretty damn happy; she's just not my first choice on May 1, 2019.

I don't trust Corey Booker to teach impressionable youngsters.

he could teach them three-card monte

To clarify, I am pointing out a very common occurrence of women having been kept in their place by being told they are so good at doing what they do and no one else can do it. It's always been bullshit. It's not a reason. Beto's flat ass is.

what about opining on the shape of Harris's ass, wld that be ok

You do you.

i would say beto's flat ass for dogcatcher but dogs like a steak

i thought it was already decided he is built for spackling

Feel free to post the medium essay for the white, wealthy dude's historical suffering that Vanity Fair couldn't capture.

before objectifying someone's body I always take into consideration their historical suffering and tax bracket

You probably should. I always do it purposefully.

no doubt

yerac you seem really into beto’s ass