2020 Democratic presidential primary

"Morning Joe"'s position on Warren reminds me of my parents when I applied to out-of-state universities: "Go ahead! I'm so proud of you! IF you think you're leaving, you're fucking nuts!"

I wish every candidate’s stans weren’t so obsessed with how much the media hates their favorite, it just plays into the same bullshit trump has been peddling for four years.

from what i've seen it's mostly a vocal minority of bernie stans who act like that. which is especially disappointing since bernie himself seems like a very gracious guy.

i personally think it's lazy and stupid to blame the media because people should be able to think critically for themselves

I know a Warren fan who absolutely hates Bernie because he 'ran as a third party against Hillary' so there are morons and assholes across the spectrum I'd say.

there are def obnoxious bernie stans, but i'm not sure how you can say that msnbc, nyt, cnn, wapo, etc don't traffic in some creative headlines that downplay or ignore good news for bernie

*headlines & coverage

xxp oh yeah of course i meant specifically people who attack the media. (which tbf i think the media does treat bernie less favorably than other candidates.)

if people are only reading the headlines then that's on them not the media yknow

Personally I think it’s a lot of confirmation bias but either way I don’t think it’s really moving the needle much wrt his prospects

xxp I also had that experience, Alfred

xpost - oh agreed, and i do think it extends to coverage in general. but headlines, especially mixed w social media, have a 'wallpaper' effect that i'm certain is a consideration by legacy media outlets.

No she didn't. Tulsi is a SENATOR, meaning she's in the SENATE and doesn't vote on HOUSE resolutions. https://t.co/QnG2XyL1LB

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 31, 2019

ann coulter is literally arguing with a cat turd on twitter

Game recognize game

On Warren's MFA plan.

lol you mean M4A. I thought Warren wanted everyone to join poetry workshops

I'll wait for the Tim Faust take

it seems

1) Perfectly designed to deflect tax talking points
and
2) so not gonna happen

having detailed plans is a fool's game tbh, anybody expecting any candidate's plan to pass as proposed is in some weird fantasyland. They should be taken as what they are: statements of priorities.

But once you start dealing with people like Manchin or Collins or Romney or Sinema or whatever other douchebag "swing vote" is left all that shit goes right out the window.

Some commentary.

i'm reading https://smile.amazon.com/American-Sickness-Healthcare-Became-Business/dp/1594206759 right now and honestly, what a mess! good book so far!

News: BETO is ending his presidential campaign

He will not run for Senate, has no immediate plans to endorse

"My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee"https://t.co/MXUSDiLDIK

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) November 1, 2019

Oh well. Whatever. Never mind.

believing is art

He's gettin' the band back together.

"My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee"

you're too old to enlist, robert

lame that he's ruling out challenging Cornyn wtf

To be fair, he's probably burned out on campaigning, and wants to be a dad for a bit, or maybe write a book or something.

I mean, with exception of the two or so months between the end of the senatorial race and the beginning of his presidential run, O'Rourke has been on the trail since early '17.

I’d like to see him do it too but I suspect his gamble to be the eXtReMe anti-gun candidate (which, cool imo) might make a second senate run in Texas even harder than the first one? idk just spitballing here.

Castro would have been a good pick to run against Cornyn, but I imagine he's angling for a cabinet position after he drops out. Hell, O'Rourke may be dropping out now to rest up for a VP spot.

i wonder if this poll was the final straw

Our first Times/Siena poll is out in the state of Iowa:
Warren 22
Sanders 19
Buttigeig 18
Biden 17@alexburnsNYT with the storyhttps://t.co/X74g4N2f25

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 1, 2019

(of 1500 responses, apparently 3 went for beto)

Castro should get more VP buzz than Beto. Beto's not going to help any of the frontrunners win Texas and doesn't move the needle anywhere else.

Glad Beto recognized what was going to ultimately happen; for that alone he is way smarter than many candidates.

Harris is effectively pulling out of NH; writing’s on the wall for her, too, I think. I REALLY don’t understand why she hasn’t taken off, and the booty judge has.

the answer is she's a black woman

and all the scared old white 'centrists' or whatever we're calling them aren't convinced she's "one of them"

certainly racism is a factor, as it always is, but I don't think that's the primary reason for Harris not doing well. her pragmatism resembles obama's, and her positions often fall between the left and moderate prongs of the party - those are both very positive factors for her in terms of electability. but what is her issue? what is the thing that people think of when think of harris? warren: she's got a plan; sanders: socialist; biden: stood near obama for 8 years; mayor pete: likes to portray himself as the voice of reason, white normcore; beto: hates guns; klobuchar: courageously tells other democrats that their ideas will never work.

what about harris? works well with cops? yelled at joe biden?

(^^obviously the caricatures above are what i see as popular perception, to the extent that anyone pays attention in the dumbass country, not what they actually stand for)

Iowa winners will be Warren, and Buttigieg seconed.

*Buttigieg

lol not sure why I did that -- blame the wine.

Harris yelling at Biden read as 'uppity' to alot of his base.

Isn't her signature issue criminal justice reform?

Harris had to walk back most of her debate victories didn’t she? After that, I’m hardly surprised she’s doing poorly.

That's the problem: she has no signature issue anymore.

For most of the summer she was my third pick, but despite her gravitas she has no talent, I've noticed for smooth well-phrased banalities like Buttigieg, who, whatever else, is a good politician.

ugh, I’ve been getting over a cold
and completely forgot about the dinner
tonight. not sure I’d want to hang with 13k screaming people, though? some
friends are texting me about it

my friend’s wife got a picture with Rosario Dawson and I asked if she seemed a little beardy

all my women friends are Warren at this point, almost all the dudes are Pete smgdh

if we're going by who's a good politician, Trump has everyone beat