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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Here's a lighthearted look at the primaries
from The Surge that also incorporates recent events. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/2020-elizabeth-warren-joe-biden-donald-trump.html
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Elizabeth Warren
~Shes taking the leeeeeead~
It sickens the Surge to recognize that one candidates campaign is going so undeniably well that we are forced, for the first time, to declare a back-to-back Surge champion, preventing us from using this space for an ironic celebration of, say, Bill Weld. While most of the news focus this week pertained to certain goings-on in the House of Representativesgoings-on that of course Elizabeth Warren was the first candidate to call for, in AprilWarren has started to take Joe Bidens lead. She led Biden narrowly, for the first time, in two national polls released this week, and she has taken the lead in the Iowa polling average as well. She took the lead in a New Hampshire poll. She is nearing the lead in Nevada. She is drawing healthy shares from supporters of both Clinton and Sanders in the 2016 primary contest. She is starting to see some movement among black voters. Democrats are the most enthusiastic about her candidacy. There is nothing going wrong right now? Nothing! This newsletter likes to make jokes about how politicians are failing at politics, and shes just not giving us anything.
Donald Trump
No one knows how the politics of impeachment will play out.
True story: A couple of hours after the Surge closed up shop on last weeks edition, in which we wrote that the president had a decent week, a scandal involving Ukraine and a whistleblower blew wide open, and now the House is almost certainly going to impeach Trump. What else is there to say, except that an actual cabal of clowns, from the circus, puppeteer the hell-world simulation in which we participate daily? One thing that has always been certain among pundits is the following: Supporters of impeachment are confident that it will redound to Democrats political benefit, whereas opponents believe that Democrats will suffer a horrible backlash, costing them the 2020 presidential election. Might we say that no one has any idea, since there is but one (1) semi-recent data point for how impeachment plays? We might. We would also observe, however, that President Donald Trump has not behaved this week like a guy whos pleased to have suckered Democrats into impeaching him.
...
Elizabeth Warren
~Shes taking the leeeeeead~
It sickens the Surge to recognize that one candidates campaign is going so undeniably well that we are forced, for the first time, to declare a back-to-back Surge champion, preventing us from using this space for an ironic celebration of, say, Bill Weld. While most of the news focus this week pertained to certain goings-on in the House of Representativesgoings-on that of course Elizabeth Warren was the first candidate to call for, in AprilWarren has started to take Joe Bidens lead. She led Biden narrowly, for the first time, in two national polls released this week, and she has taken the lead in the Iowa polling average as well. She took the lead in a New Hampshire poll. She is nearing the lead in Nevada. She is drawing healthy shares from supporters of both Clinton and Sanders in the 2016 primary contest. She is starting to see some movement among black voters. Democrats are the most enthusiastic about her candidacy. There is nothing going wrong right now? Nothing! This newsletter likes to make jokes about how politicians are failing at politics, and shes just not giving us anything.
Donald Trump
No one knows how the politics of impeachment will play out.
True story: A couple of hours after the Surge closed up shop on last weeks edition, in which we wrote that the president had a decent week, a scandal involving Ukraine and a whistleblower blew wide open, and now the House is almost certainly going to impeach Trump. What else is there to say, except that an actual cabal of clowns, from the circus, puppeteer the hell-world simulation in which we participate daily? One thing that has always been certain among pundits is the following: Supporters of impeachment are confident that it will redound to Democrats political benefit, whereas opponents believe that Democrats will suffer a horrible backlash, costing them the 2020 presidential election. Might we say that no one has any idea, since there is but one (1) semi-recent data point for how impeachment plays? We might. We would also observe, however, that President Donald Trump has not behaved this week like a guy whos pleased to have suckered Democrats into impeaching him.
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More at the link. Whether one agrees or not, it is entertaining.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Here's a lighthearted look at the primaries (Original Post)
BlueMTexpat
Sep 2019
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BeyondGeography
(39,371 posts)1. This Sanders line made me laugh
These are messaging tweaks that sound like they have the potential to sway roughly four voters across the country.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)2. The whole piece is
tongue in cheek, but that was one of the best bits.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden