Your next 2020 Democratic presidential primary thread: Now we're serious

The latest episode of The Weekly (with the NYT endorsement) is up on Hulu now

They acknowledge that James Bennet "has recused himself from any involvement in the 2020 elections" because Michael Bennet is his brother

I suspect he'll be free to release himself from this commitment after the conventions are over.

Well.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/19/opinion/amy-klobuchar-elizabeth-warren-nytimes-endorsement.html

well if there’s one thing the reporting has borne out it’s that klobuchar is willing and able to beat people

— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) January 20, 2020

great job

jeez

The endorsement: "The senator from Minnesota is the very definition of Midwestern charisma, grit and sticktoitiveness."

NYT ed board member Michelle Cottle on The Weekly: "What she is short on is charisma and inspiration."

"The senator from Minnesota is the very definition of Midwestern charisma, grit and sticktoitiveness."

this is the funniest possible outcome

for one thing one of their endorsees keeps going after the other one: http://www.startribune.com/sen-amy-klobuchar-trains-fiercest-attacks-on-front-runner-elizabeth-warren/563180472/

We worry about ideological rigidity and overreach, and we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border.

Good to know.

what the fuck

this is so dumb

lmao

good to know their hopper with the ping pong balls is working anyway

i know i've overestimating the influence of this endorsement, but i am just trying to imagine warren and klobuchar being on the same plane and wtf. on any level, they are not equal to each other. pretty embarrassing for biden, too. fuck, i'd expect mayor pete before amy fucking klobuchar. what a joke

it’s...

perfect

so the NYT endorsed Bernie?

this is what will inspire record democratic turnout, they call her the keeper of the holy grail of charisma; she keeps a decoy in minneapolis, the real thing in st paul. amy klobuchar! i watch her speak on television with the sound off and i don't what she is saying, i only know that i believe her. she's just that kind of leader, amy klobuchar. i am with amy klobuchar. she has never lost an election, and her grandfather worked in the coal mines. All while near the source of the greatest river this country has every known. amy klobuchar for president, 2020!!

we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border we’d certainly push back on specific policy proposals, like nationalizing health insurance or decriminalizing the border

it's like when Sabbath took Bob Seger on the road

This is some stupid shit.

Vote for someone! Or IDK, maybe vote for somebody else, whatever....

lol they love the play they got from dragging this “story” out for a week huh

Bob Seger >> Sabbath at that point though

I like that the NYT has endorsed the two women left in the race

Incredible that they did all this just to embarrass the shit out of Mayor Pete with the price fixing video.

So there was a vote of the whole board, and the top 4 was Warren, Klobuchar, Booker, and Buttigieg. Then apparently Kathleen Kingsbury went away and made the final decision.

lol @ Sanders not even registering

holy shit @ this
"Basket-case governments in several nations south of the Rio Grande have sent a historic flood of migrants to our southern border."

This is some stupid shit.

Vote for someone! Or IDK, maybe vote for somebody else, whatever....

DNC should watch out for loyal NYT readers trying to vote two times.

https://i.imgur.com/hjXRJUO.gif

Alfred don't sleep on Technical Ecstasy

km A+

They should've endorsed Jeepers Creepers semi-star

whatever

Good news! We’re 23 hours from nobody on earth caring that the NYT endorsed anybody

can't wait

this was pretty fucking funny though

So there was a vote of the whole board, and the top 4 was Warren, Klobuchar, Booker, and Buttigieg.

Pretty interesting that Biden and Sanders, the two candidates pretty consistently leading in the polls, were both this far down the list.

Almost makes me feel like they should have just gone ahead and endorsed Booker in a "You fools won't listen what does it matter" kind of spirit.

Ms. Warren often casts the net far too wide, placing the blame for a host of maladies from climate change to gun violence at the feet of the business community when the onus is on society as a whole. The country needs a more unifying path.

omfg

would it be more or less unifying to place the blame for climate change on society as a whole

There will be those dissatisfied that this page is not throwing its weight behind a single candidate, favoring centrists or progressives. But it’s a fight the party itself has been itching to have since Mrs. Clinton’s defeat in 2016, and one that should be played out in the public arena and in the privacy of the voting booth. That’s the very purpose of primaries, to test-market strategies and ideas that can galvanize and inspire the country.

Ms. Klobuchar and Ms. Warren right now are the Democrats best equipped to lead that debate.

May the best woman win.

did the nyt editorial board just make a verb out of test-market

The embarrassing breakdown of NYT Editorial Board members' "top two candidates" picks - 30 votes in total - are as follows:

Warren: 8
Klobuchar: 7
Booker: 6
Buttigieg: 4
Biden: 3
Sanders: 1
Bloomberg: 1

— Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) January 20, 2020

"Many Democratic voters are concerned first and foremost about who can beat Mr. Trump. But with a crowded field and with traditional polling in tatters, that calculation calls for a hefty dose of humility about anyone’s ability to foretell what voters want."

haha, ok then. i'm going to bed

The NYT opinion page is broken beyond repair.

lame bourgeois fux gonna bourgeois fuck

It's pretty hilarious. They think both Bernie and Biden are too old, but 'good news!' there's someone else ready to take over as leader of that wing of the party. Except with Klobuchar it's clearly not true, she is absolutely nowhere in the polls. They are just trying to will a centrist standard bearer into existence, because, well, they would like for it to seem like centrism isn't completely debunked. It's the definition of insanity.

This is not a serous intellectual exercise. This is the losers of history, grappling for relevancy..