2020 Democratic presidential primary

National polls are not much use for primaries. Most of the people won’t get to vote for most of the candidates because they’ll have dropped out before their state’s primary.

likely Democratic presidential primary voters aged 18-29 know just what Sanders is all about and they like it. good on them. he's reaping the benefit of being so clear and consistent in 2016, but especially his positions on M4A and tuition costs/student loan debt.

looks like less than a third of them like it.

most that don't won't vote

About 29 results (0.31 seconds) for "silent manjority"

Eh, he's polling quite well as a second favourite as well, a lot more than 31% 'likes it'. If Biden drops out I'd say he's definitely the frontrunner. I'm very surprised to see Warren and Harris poll so low, though.

Scoop: Mike Bloomberg might still run in 2020 https://t.co/a0QxVDqVBk Not to sound too cynical, but perhaps this plethora of stories directed against Biden aren't coming from Sanders, but another source?

— Marshall Auerback (@Mauerback) April 2, 2019

lmao

makes u think

When you’re the establishment candidate…:

"Speaker Nancy Pelosi said…she does not think the allegations against Joe Biden of unwelcome contact are disqualifying…but that the former vice president should be more aware of others’ personal space.”https://t.co/U2nz8balt2

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) April 2, 2019

grab 'em by the personal space

Well he had a good run. He can go straight to hell now. https://t.co/TrBj8ZSru9

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) April 2, 2019

ok even *I* didn't think the video was too bad, and I have an extreme S*rkin allergy.

it was funny

Is this obviously a West Wing thing? (I've never seen the WW)

or just that kind of clunky reference that I now just got?

"witty repartee" and "walk and talks" are sorkin's whole schtick, and he said he wants to do it in the west wing

which i'm sure he included just in case you weren't clear if he meant he wanted to be on studio 60 on the sunset strip

Ha ok, just the reference. I was thinking the walk and talk is not a unique thing. I totally just glossed over that.

I had to go upthread to see who it was that was mocking this issue about Joe Biden. It was nerdstrom. heh.

― Yerac, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:51 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, i loved the rending of garments about banning this fuck

I didn't think he was that bad, but I also only read a percentage of threads.

voting for Will M to change his DM to "they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge""

the yays have it

1 result for "Boot Edge Lord" (0.25 seconds)

it's fucking risible that the full-time internet Richard Nixon RPer finds a politician goofing on The West Wing beyond the pale

Internet Dick Nixon and Aaron Sorkin doing basically the same shtick with different budgets

no wonder I don't pay attention to either of them.

for the best

I'm very surprised to see Warren and Harris poll so low, though.

If you lived here, you wouldn't be so surprised.

Fred B not having the keenest insight into US politics shocker

Twitter Dick is in character

also Sorkin is the devil

Mayor Pete's dad >>>> Mayor Pete

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Buttigieg

I'm very surprised to see Warren and Harris poll so low, though.

somewhat surprised and significantly bummed, hopefully Biden fucks off by the end of the week. the only good thing abt the campaigning starting so soon is that we get time to run him off early

I wish the US had an equal time rule that applied to tv and print.

finally got around to the CA article on mayor pete and nathan j robinson seems pretty otm about him, though he probably didn't need 11k words to do it

he's his own editor, is the problem.

to repurpose an old saw, a man who edits himself has a fool for an editor

Not going to vote for the Butt but I hope he sticks around to keep driving the right kind of people nuts

https://imgur.com/VnfF6K2

https://i.imgur.com/VnfF6K2.png

^^^ this makes me like him more.

I can't even with that Nathan J Peterson guy.

errr Robinson. Sanderson. Making 'white dudes type paragraphs'.

NEWS: Two more women have come forward telling the NYT that Joe Biden touched them in ways that made them uncomfortable. By @SherylNYT & @melbournecoal https://t.co/jlFDSl3dJL

— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) April 2, 2019

shocking.

i gotta give it up for "chip off the ol' eastern bloc," that is an A++ headline

robinson is pretty much an idiot, but i assume current affairs will eventually write a terrible attack dog piece on any candidate who isn't bernie sanders

I did not know Pete B did not come out to the public until 3 years into his first term.

In the 2010s, I'm not sure that's very flattering to him.

enh NJR has written definitive, useful takedowns of a lot of right-wing goons we all hate, "idiot" seems unwarranted xp

That piece fairly used Mayor Pete’s own words to identify him as a likable technocrat who hasn’t demonstrated an interest in economic justice.

Don’t really get the objection to it.

nathan j robinson: harvard is a terrible place that produces terrible people. don't trust anyone with ivy league credentials.

also nathan j robinson: I am completing a harvard PhD to go with my yale law degree. trust me.

also nathan j robinson: allow me to say in 20,000 words what Hadrian just said in 10, but i'll make it less convincing and more irritating and more about me

otm

Agreed he belabors the point but knocking Harvard from the inside doesn’t scan as hypocrisy to me