2020 Democratic presidential primary

It really is.

Does anyone really need an explainer on the appeal of Obama’s VP who’s also an old white centrist who talks about bipartisanship?

You might.

Warren rules: https://medium.com/@teamwarren/congressional-action-to-protect-choice-aaf94ed25fb5

OK wow:

Consider one remarkable detail from his memoir. He gave a eulogy at the funeral of one of the two police officers killed in New York City in 2014; the remarkable thing is not the eulogy itself but what he tells one of the widows privately. Right now everyone is there for you, he says, but eventually they’ll go back to normal, and then grief will get harder: “After a while you’re going to start to feel guilty because you’re going to be going to the same people constantly for help, or just to talk.” So he gives her his private number: “When you’re down and you feel guilty for burdening your family and friends, pick up the phone and call me.” The reader glimpses a secret society of grievers:

I have a long list of strangers who have my private number, and an invitation to call, and many of them do. “Just call me when you want to talk,” I told her. “Sometimes it’s easier to pour your heart out to somebody you don’t know well, but you know they know. You know they’ve been through it. Just pick up the phone and call me.”

from the NR story

maybe later we can go get ice cream and grieve some more 😍😍

I just googled "grief paraphilia".

bwaaa

he shd be a grief counselor, not president

very much worth a read:

My new post: The climate plan that Jay Inslee is releasing (piece by piece) is more than a campaign document, it's a detailed roadmap for US decarbonization. The next president should use it, whoever that is. https://t.co/oseMBu484S

— David Roberts (@drvox) May 18, 2019

The problem with the discussion around the GND so far is that the only substance at the center of it is a non-binding resolution, a set of aspirations and goals. People have projected all sorts of things on it, good and bad, but no one really knows what the GND is. At least in nuts-and-bolts policy terms, there isn’t on yet. So it’s easy to dismiss the whole thing as a “green dream,” as Nancy Pelosi put it.

Inslee’s campaign is systematically translating the GND’s lofty goals — to decarbonize the economy sector by sector, in a way that creates high-quality jobs and protects frontline communities — into policy proposals, focused on an immediate 10-year mobilization. This isn’t just a campaign play, it’s a document the next Democratic president is going to want in-hand when the time comes to get to work. (And if that president needs some kind of climate czar ...)

yes

also relevant for this thread,

I get that this will never happen, but if you’re Harris, or Buttigieg, or Booker, or ... what’s his name? Swalwell? ... why not just say, “Jay is this party’s climate star. I’m impressed with the thought he’s put into this plan, I support it, and if I’m elected I’ll bring him into my administration to help implement it.” Hell, all of them could say that.

I get that they want to distinguish themselves from one another, but they have other ways to do that, issues they have more personal stake and experience in. Climate is not their main thing. It’s Inslee’s main thing. Why not just embrace a good plan that’s there to be embraced?

It would be a way to get second-hand benefit from Inslee’s reputation on climate change, using it to improve the whole party’s image and expertise on the issue. Democratic voters may not care enough about climate (yet) to make Inslee the candidate, but I bet they care enough about it to appreciate seeing his agenda elevated by the other candidates.

yes again

so Mayor Pete apparently had a good night on FOX.

well they support they troops ya know!!!

^^^^^^^^^^^

https://soundcloud.com/ebruenig/the-bruenigs-interview-the-gravel-teens

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