2020 Democratic presidential primary

college loan and timberwolves max contract forgiveness should be part of the party platform

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/us/politics/bernie-sanders-iowa.html

followed quickly by people on Twitter posting videos of him interacting with people

Almost want to give Sydney Ember the benefit of the doubt and assume she meant he wasn't literally kissing babies but...

the msm haaaaates Bernie so damn much

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/tulsi-gabbard-active-duty-training-two-weeks-national-guard/index.html

"While some people are telling me, 'Gosh, this is a terrible time to leave the campaign. Can't you find a way out of it?' That's not what this is about," the Hawaii Democrat said in a news release. "I look forward to joining my fellow soldiers for a joint-training exercise with the Indonesian military, focused on counterterrorism and disaster response."

Amy Klobuchar, telling the hard truths in Iowa.

"I’m off to see the butter cow and pretend it’s as good” as the Minnesota State Fair's butter princess (which, TBH, looks like it might be better). https://t.co/ohhPmyNUvQ pic.twitter.com/3eNkWVgTTQ

— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) August 13, 2019

look I have issues with Klobuchar but I will 100% back her on making fun of Wisconsin and Iowa

I am going there and stating on the record that De Blasio looks better than usual in the corndog pic.

OMFG UMS !!!

lmfao

Did she eat with a comb or a brush?

Finally! Our long national nightmare, etc

JUST IN: John Hickenlooper considering ending presidential bid to run for Senate: report https://t.co/XmnrTGNhJd pic.twitter.com/LYRMfT9Oyo

— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2019

yes. get rid of Gardner plz

He's among the most vulnerable GOP senators.

Let's see if Beto follows this advice.

He Beto...

<shows self out>

Is Hickenlooper still popular enough in Colorado for this to be a good idea? Would be nice to have a senator who hasn’t consumed fracking fluid.

i don't think hickenlooper is especially popular. there are a bunch of candidates already. it won't be an easy primary.

politically vocal and active buddy who lives adjacent to fracking zone/longmont is a never-frackenlooper— swears he will sit out rather than ever vote for him. and he loathes loathes loathes gardner and mitch, but NOPE

no idea how many of this type exist, i expect not a ton tho.

this was obviously hinckeblooper’s plan all along

I decided not to fix that typo

Hinckebloops for presidetn

NEW: Biden allies float idea of scaling back events to limit his verbal flubs https://t.co/Q2Ym6GoBwK pic.twitter.com/aeI6l1Gn5r

— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2019

biden stops running for president to scale back his verbal flubs

win win!

Hey! Good morning! It's time for another NYT story about Elizabeth Warren's electability!

That Biden story...it's like someone who's blind seeking out less populated roads to drive down in lieu of just not fucking driving because why the fuck are you driving when you can't fucking see.

Having watched the Sanders Rogan interview, I have to imagine every candidate is clamoring to go on. Rogan barely talked (thank the heavens) and Sanders got to explain his positions plainly, calmly, and with rare levels of detail, for over an hour, to millions.

Like I may not personally dig the venue but it seems like a smart play. Prez candidates probably should be going on popular YouTube gamer channels and stuff. The only people watching televised debates and whatnot are olds whose opinions are already pretty much set.

for sure

Beto's last ride (I think) - he's trying out some sort of relaunch today

.@BetoORourke: "There have even been some who have suggested that I stay in Texas and run for Senate, but that would not be good enough…we must take the fight directly to the source of this problem..." pic.twitter.com/uUlSnULsJy

— CSPAN (@cspan) August 15, 2019

that is a terrible jacket

gah just run for Senate, dude

Is 'the source of the problem' donors and volunteers who would like to see a return on their investment in your presidential campaign? If so, I think you're doing a fine job fighting that scourge, Beto.

This is like his third reboot.

Rebooto O'veragain

Well. Caveats etc.

Elizabeth Warren’s early investment in Iowa is paying off.

A new Iowa Starting Line-Change Research poll shows the senator opening up a commanding lead in the Iowa Caucus. Warren was the top pick of 28% of likely Iowa Caucus-goers in the poll, an 11-point lead over the nearest competitor. Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders were both tied for second with 17% each. Pete Buttigieg came in fourth at 13% and Kamala Harris has the backing of 8%.

Both Cory Booker and Beto O’Rourke garnered 3% of caucus-goers’ support, while Steve Bullock, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer got on the board at 2%. Julian Castro, Michael Bennet and Andrew Yang rounded out the field at 1%, while everyone else had less than that.

fuck yeah

I feel like Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina could all go to different candidates.

system badly needs regional multistate primaries, 5 max

Morbs I think it's kind of approaching that in practice, now that fully half the primaries are done by the end of March. The early states are loathe to give up their outsize influence and maybe they never will but I think the late ones will keep gradually piling in to March.

http://www.grubstreet.com/2019/08/pastry-chef-defends-elizabeth-warrrens-strawberry-shortcake.html

been a while since we even bothered having any *-gates

we are a frivolous nation and we deserve to burn

finally an interpretation of the end of GoThrones that makes sense

stoller, but lol nevertheless

“A senior New York official told me this week that the local chatter is that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is well-positioned to be Joe Biden’s chief of staff.” From @BuzzFeedBen’s newsletter

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) August 15, 2019

RIP President Hickleblooper

2016: people who disliked hrc and trump went for trump

2020: "Voters who have a negative view of both Biden and Trump back Biden by a 43-10 percent margin in the head-to-head matchup"

That's very bad for trump.https://t.co/Sr0Ltp9UiO

— The Bearded Crank (@beardedcrank) August 15, 2019

Feels like an incumbent who can’t break 40% against any top challenger is in trouble, but we don’t know how many of these voters were polled in rust belt diners. pic.twitter.com/frKnLP3PFo

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 15, 2019

I am friends with a lot of different kinds of Democrats and it feels like Warren is the unique candidate who almost no one is not OK with, if that makes sense

I would say the only Democrats I know with concerns about Warren are women who think voters are too sexist to elect a woman even if she's great.

And the only people I know who see Warren as particularly left-wing are Republicans. The Democrats I know (even those who are not comfortable with Sanders) see her as... a Democrat, basically.