2020 Democratic presidential primary

Remember Those Pics of Obama and Joe Biden and Biden Wants To Do Something Crazy but Obama is Like "Joe..." but Biden is Going to do it Anyway but then Obama says "Joe, no..." or Whatever? God Just Imagine How Many More There Could Be, And©

Really looking forward to a year and a half of Biden saying "when you get knocked down, get back up again" seven times a day.

They're never gonna keep him down

*guy in background*
"you know, a lot of people don't realize but joe biden is actually an anarchist..."

As @LukewSavage pointed out to me, the fact that Buttigieg - who seemingly came out of nowhere to get a rush of publicity and gushing press - was earlier attending dinners with party insiders about how to stop Sanders has gone totally unremarked upon. pic.twitter.com/WuSajBRYZD

— Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) April 19, 2019

Oh come on. That's not what that paragraph says. Don't go conspiratorial, just defeat him. Ffs, American leftists.

If Buttigieg succeeds in 'stopping Sanders', then I guess it was because those party insiders knew how to get more votes. Because that is the name of the game. Elections are not won by attending dinner parties.

the buttigieg thing is a wave. candidates' poll numbers are going to drift all over the place for months.

"in the future, everyone will be a democratic presidential contender for 15 minutes."

andy warhol

I bought my Warren t-shirt so I’m squared away from now until June, or whenever we hold the primary, apparently that’s still up in the air.

aw i should get a shirt too, i just got paid

Beto drops “no lobbyists” from his fundraising emails a day after The Intercept reports he took lobbyist money. pic.twitter.com/smoE0oHj7d

— OurRev305 #ElectTheBern (@OurRev305) April 19, 2019

What color did you get? I am a sucker for navy with mint. I might get a Persiste! tote, though.

just got the "warren has a plan for that" shirt in navy plus bumper stickers

Yessss!

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/elizabeth-warren-black-voters-1282642

nothing but respect for my president

i hope warren's campaign catches fire after coming out with that demand to impeach trump. that's what i've been saying.

i love sanders too. it's cool to have two people i admire running.

i'm going to use ilx as my gratitude journal from now hope it's ok

Beto is the obvious first Major Pete victim, right?, Stolen all his vibe and attention - sets him up for a semi final against Kamala in the media semi-final. Still think Kamala takes that, but a Beto KO is going to give Pete some momentum

Warren being in the policy half of the drawer is tough, she's playing some good stuff at the moment but I don't see how she takes down the Bernie machine

i think at least she sets herself up as a possible VP selection for either sanders or harris

assuming she cant overtake sanders as the progressive choice ofc

Warren is way too qualified to be VP.

frederik, im gonna say this again

please shut the fuck up

Warren as veep is a total waste of her talents and strengths, she can do tons more in the senate

yeah frederik is correct there, honestly. however, as sanders would likely only serve one term, it could set her up to win in 2024

Whoever gets the nom I really hope she's able to make it into the top three and stay there, so she and Bernie can dictate the conversation

I could see Warren as the non-evil antimirror of Cheney.

Also, any Sanders veep has a decent chance of becoming president

Warren good do a hell of a lot more good in several other cabinet-positions other than VP.

Sanders would never allow a VP to dictate policy the way Cheney did. She'd spend four years in the most useless senate chair there is.

Bernie's one-noting the "one percent" thing is imo necessary and effective. I wouldn't have him change it. But it does have the downside of enabling a characterization—that he's *merely* a populist. Having Warren's wonkiness there to reinforce the point would be huge.

would love to see these two tag-teaming Biden or Harris or whoever it is on the debate stage

I could see Warren as the non-evil antimirror of Cheney.

Also, any Sanders veep has a decent chance of becoming president

― Simon H., Saturday, April 20, 2019 9:31 AM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup

Sanders would never allow a VP to dictate policy the way Cheney did. She'd spend four years in the most useless senate chair there is.

― Frederik B, Saturday, April 20, 2019 10:35 AM (fifty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is silly conjecture

Ban the word "wonky"

https://www.popjustice.com/images/stories/w/wonkypop360.jpg

how about Bernie for veep

frederik, im gonna say this again

please shut the fuck up

― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Saturday, April 20, 2019 7:19 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

new board description imo

i’m pretty leery of losing either one of far and away the two best Senators we have, especially sacrificing one for something as lame as VP. even so, I’d be on board with a Sanders/ Warren or Warren/ Sanders ticket if it somehow got lefty purists and resistance dorks on the same page—and that page should be telling the donor class and their lapdogs in DC to fuck themselves into oblivion.

but it probably wouldn’t so eh

Havent listened to first (any?) rtj in 4 yrs until today and it was so on point and predictive of what we have that i they get my warren sanders inaugural perf vote, they’d figure it out.

xp if we are lucky enough to get a Sanders or Warren nomination the ticket will necessarily be balanced with a milquetoast moderate

and it sucks but really the same goes for a Harris or Biden nomination, there's no political advantage in the general election to nominating a true progressive

to *picking* a true progressive

I wonder how the conventional wisdom among Republican strategists has settled now, a decade after McCain picked Palin, as to whether her presence on the ticket strengthened or weakened the party overall.

if they acknowledge it as one of those moments that precipitated this lunacy, and that party registration is down nationwide, I would imagine "weakened"

how about Bernie for veep

Warren / Bernie is my preferred ticket for both combined policy and combined electability

how do either Bernie or Warren expand their vote by picking the other?

two inside-the beltway New England "socialists"?

do veeps actually increase the voter base?

that's usually the hope, yes

idk. not sure if regional calculations mean much any more (partic among Dems?). I feel like “star power” for likely voters prob carries more weight. Sanders—and yeah Warren, despite her lackluster poll last rn—def have that.