2020 Democratic presidential primary

lol nope

more lols from Harry Reid:

REID: It’s a shame that Beto O’Rourke — he came to see me at my home. I just lament he’s not running for the Senate.

Did you tell him that, by the way?

REID: I told him I thought he should’ve run, yeah.

What’d he say?

REID: Nothing.

in my head I just imagine Beto always responds "I'M JUST BORN TO BE IN IT!" like in that Vanity Fair cover story anytime someone makes this observation.

Bill De Blasio: "I love ska." pic.twitter.com/zbdD0TFtKE

— Jon Dieringer (@jondotd) May 21, 2019

the new Quinnipiac poll had de Blasio at negative 37 net favorability rating (8 favorable, 45 unfavorable)

ouch

esp considering he's a really tall man, that's like 6 of his 8 favorable points right there

De Blasio Skankin'

a good showing for Harris, here:

New Monmouth poll of Dems in early states:

Biden - 26%
Bernie - 14%
Harris - 14%
Warren - 9%
Buttigieg - 6%
Klobuchar - 5%
Beto - 3%
Gabbard - 2%
Yang - 2%
Williamson - 1%
Bennet - 1%
Castro - 1%
Delaney - 1%
Hickenlooper - 1%
Ryan - 1%

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 23, 2019

Marianne Mindset trending

Idk how they’re defining early states but I imagine SC is giving Harris a significant boost. And how the fuck is Booker behind some of these 1% no hopers?! That’s just grim.

Early states include those scheduled to or likely to hold
a primary/caucus event by Super Tuesday (March 3rd).

here's the same numbers, with another column showing the non-"early states":

https://i.imgur.com/IaABk4m.png

https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_052319/

wow / lol @ Booker not even passing the 1% threshold

can't wait until we have 100 candidates at 1% each

I'm going to be v disappointed if MSNBC schedules Biden and Warren for different nights during the first debate.

yeah they need to stack the top 5 on they same night

should have the "kids table" debate first, followed by an American Idol-style vote for who won it, then that person gets to debate with the grownups.

still sticking with gameshow template

call it trumpworld

Candidates stand behind screens and have their voices altered. Audience votes on performance. Top 5 winners debate but the one who picks the lowest card has to play Trump.

“The House Democratic caucus is not on the path to impeachment,” Pelosi said. “That’s where he wants us to be.”

But Pelosi also made clear that Trump’s conduct could lead the House down that path, eventually.

“The president’s behavior in terms of his obstruction of justice, the things that he is doing, it’s very clear — it’s in plain sight,” she said. “It cannot be denied. Ignoring subpoenas. Obstruction of justice. Yes, these could be impeachable offenses.”

She added: “We can walk and chew gum at the same time. I hope he can too.”

This is pretty good.

It's obv she's playing the FDR game of letting partisans like us gnash our teeth while she waits for the moment, then says, with fake regret, that they must pursue impeachment because the president Leaves Us No Choice, etc. Schumer doesn't get it. That's why she discusses infrastructure: she's insulating herself for the sake of voters so that she can say to them, "Well, sigh, we tried with this guy..."

didn't obama already try that with smashing success for eight years

oops wrong thread lol

didn't obama already try that with smashing success for eight years

― j., Thursday, May 23, 2019 2

Can you cut and paste bits from the time when Obama urged McConnnell's family to stage an intervention?

if this didn't come several years after a Republican Senator called the White House adult daycare maybe the burn would sicker

https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/does-everyone-running-for-president-love-the-band-spoon.html

just the underdogs

Endless elections are a brilliant form of social control. There's no time to build an effective resistance -- you MUST VOTE and VOTE OFTEN! It's the highest calling. Keep people chasing personalities.

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) May 23, 2019

he's otm there

In GB the parliament must call for an election before it can happen and the campaigns are quite brief compared to the USA. Just look what a sterling job they're doing as a result!

the endless election stuff is going to kill me literally probably though

certainly it will kill our adverb use

it's sad. he was a fine figure of a tree and a ship, cut down in the prime of his youth by election stuff.

no i meant literally. bodily. 2016 aged me considerably.

gotta keep up that skincare routine

someone found a gray hair on my head a few months ago. or they said it was. i don't think it really was

at least now when your time comes, you'll know what to blame

his tombstone will read:

Treeship b. 199x - d. 2019 R.I.P.
He left us too young, done in by election stuff.

i was born in the 80s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1_D7MvQO7A

the 80s, eh? in that case, you're already old and needn't look any further for reasons you feel half-dead

Treeship, go to OKCupid and I'll hit on you for old time's sake.

i have a grey streak emanating from the back of my head. it's cool it means i'm a witch

oh i have a friend who has one long gray streak. i think it's cool as hell

gray hairs rule

I am 80% grey. I've been going grey since I was 15 so it just seems normal.

didn't obama already try that with smashing success for eight years

― j., Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:19 PM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

don’t know, but obama stans similarly strained to see nth dimensional chess moves behind all his own spineless statements, so I understand the association

Nancy more a Romulan than a Vulcan

Keep waiting for the day when the Homer Badman episode of The Simpsons isn’t devastatingly relevant to our media and culture. 25 years and counting.