2020 Democratic presidential primary

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I see a lot of chatting but I don't see anyone polling that motherfucker.

Andrew Farrell, Friday, 31 May 2019 21:28 (five years ago) link

Warren coming for Biden in CA...

Elizabeth Warren's veiled jab at Biden: "Some say that if we just calm down, the Republicans will come to their senses. But our country is in a crisis. The time for small ideas is over." #CADem19

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 1, 2019

"When a candidate tells you about all the things that aren’t possible, about how political calculations come first... they are telling you that they will not fight for you."

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 1, 2019

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Saturday, 1 June 2019 21:55 (five years ago) link

wow mom

be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Saturday, 1 June 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link

light it up

It's Liz, fam.

a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 June 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link

that is the good stuff

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 1 June 2019 22:44 (five years ago) link

she has my vote

k3vin k., Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:22 (five years ago) link

yep

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:23 (five years ago) link

Time for me to pony up a bit more money. She's earning it.

A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:28 (five years ago) link

meanwhile, elsewhere https://splinternews.com/a-deeply-depressing-story-about-kirsten-gillibrands-sin-1835146804

El Tomboto, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:33 (five years ago) link

misleading URLs

big gym sw0les (crüt), Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link

Pramila Jayapal otm as usual; should be speaker imo

This is why Democrats should remember we have to inspire our base, instead of focusing on elusive swing voters. In 2018, even in many swing districts, progressives helped provide margins of victory. Don't ever take these folks for granted. https://t.co/1Fm1Gvy0Fr

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 1, 2019

don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:43 (five years ago) link

which is why they should open an impeachment inquiry

I hate Splinter. that Gillibrand article just reads like gossip

Dan S, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link

As far as I can tell, Gillibrand has not given people a single reason to support her candidacy. Forget sexism - Warren and Harris are eating her lunch.

(BTW, I think today’s incident where some man-bun douchebag invaded the stage and stole Harris’s mic - and was somehow not immediately butchered in the parking lot) is gonna give her a serious boost in cable-news and Sunday-show land.)

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Sunday, 2 June 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link

Based on recent observation, unless Gillibrand is corralling some heavy hitters in Iowa or New Hampshire to help her stump for votes, or lightning strikes and she suddenly captures the hearts and minds of Iowa soybean farmers and assorted NH small town dwellers, she'll be toast by March 1, 2020. She's drowning in obscurity along with Inslee (who at least has a signature issue) and no one's tossing her a life preserver.

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:10 (five years ago) link

there are really only like 4 legit candidates rn. biden, sanders, warren, and harris. i guess buttigieg but im struggling to see how he passes up all 4 of the aforementioned.

be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:13 (five years ago) link

buttigieg is the "just happy to be in the conversation at all" candidate

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link

isn’t pete basically running for governor of Indiana via the presidency rn

Clay, Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:18 (five years ago) link

could be. it's hard to tell what he thinks he is doing, other than gaining prominence via free media coverage.

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:19 (five years ago) link

i can imagine him "winning" debates in the media narrative sense and staying up with that top group. he's one of those candidates who seem like they really have to win iowa (klobuchar too). that's not outside the realms of possibility, but it's not likely and even then he's going to get like 1% in SC. this has been a horse race post, i'm sorry.

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:30 (five years ago) link

Pete is the closest thing to a “next Obama” not to be confused with Biden’s “next to Obama” so for that reason alone I still think he has a shot.

Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 2 June 2019 03:36 (five years ago) link

Is he the youngest white man who’s not a *complete* pud?

Hillary ran as the "continuation of Obama" candidate in 2016. It's a strategy that can float you through the primaries, but may not work any better against Trump in 2020, mainly because anyone with a brain can see that Biden is not Obama. Nor is Pete Boot-Edge-Edge, which he'll prove decisively in SC.

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 2 June 2019 04:04 (five years ago) link

Liz wants to fight green wars

Bernie Bernie Bernie

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 June 2019 08:36 (five years ago) link

that's not what liz wants morbs

big gym sw0les (crüt), Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link

and bernie has his flaws too

big gym sw0les (crüt), Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link

That guy who stormed the Kamala's stage should be arrested for not being able to read a room.

Yerac, Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link

"sir you are under arrest for bad vibes and not getting it."

be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link

I just saw the video, some fucking stupid beardo running at and taking the mic from two black women, I would've stabbed him myself.

Yerac, Sunday, 2 June 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link

ugh, correction he wasn't running because I know someone will bring that up

Yerac, Sunday, 2 June 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link

Never trust a man with a bun.

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 June 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link

Warren tackling Biden.

Here’s the thing: When a candidate tells you about all the things that aren’t possible, about how political calculations come first, they’re telling you something very important. They’re telling you that they will not fight for you. Not me. I’m here to fight for our country. pic.twitter.com/SZBBUkfomi

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 2, 2019

despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link

I wish the video had been of Warren tackling Biden.

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link

^ That bit should be in her stump speech from now to the convention. After the nomination it wouldn't work against Trump because he happily promises five impossible things in any quarter hour and his most serious political calculations concern how to nickname his opponents.

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link

Beardo also rushed the stage with Bernie in 2016 so I guess that's his thing.

Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 2 June 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link

oh no I meant that Warren should have physically tackled Biden.

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 June 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link

^^She's got a plan for that!

a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 June 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link

lol

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 June 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link

"It calls for expanding the number of justices from nine to 15, with five affiliated with Democrats, five affiliated with Republicans, and five apolitical justices chosen by the first 10." https://t.co/G0xSW1D2cC

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) June 3, 2019



Wtf @ this

Simon H., Monday, 3 June 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link

fun fact, pete: everything is political

you fucking doofus

Aspen Jortstein (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:40 (five years ago) link

lol wasn't this a West Wing episode or something?

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link

if it wasn't aaron sorkin must be kicking himself rn

Aspen Jortstein (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link

idk--if it was really possible to pack the courts I would expect that McConnel and Trump would have already raised the number of justices to the membership count of the Federalist Society

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:47 (five years ago) link

You’re not my mayor, Pete. That’s fucking dumb.

i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link

Overton and all that. Love the Overton, always the Overton. Yay Overton.

Frederik B, Monday, 3 June 2019 13:56 (five years ago) link

when does this thing wrap up

||||||||, Monday, 3 June 2019 13:56 (five years ago) link

Under the plan, most justices would continue serving life terms. Five would be affiliated with the Republican Party and five with the Democratic Party. Those 10 would then join together to choose five additional justices from U.S. appeals courts, or possibly the district-level trial courts. They’d have to settle on the nonpolitical justices unanimously — or at least with a “strong supermajority.”

They final five would serve one-year, nonrenewable terms. They’d be chosen two years in advance, to prevent nominations based on anticipated court cases, and if the 10 partisan justices couldn’t agree on the final five, the Supreme Court would be deemed to lack a quorum and couldn’t hear cases that term.

oh okay so this is a way to ensure the supreme court never, ever gets to hear a case ever again, mayor pete is actually lowkey down to subvert the entire system and i'm 100% behind it

Aspen Jortstein (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:56 (five years ago) link

so lower court rulings would stand which have been packed with federalist society dickholes, cool

be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:58 (five years ago) link


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