2020 Democratic Presidential Primary | OT2 | Warren's college tuition plan includes cancelling college debt
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I agree, I think most of the D's in this race are trying to get this country to a better place, but in that there's a sliding scale. I put him in the bottom quarter along with Biden. Those two are just too transparent.
Uh kirblar he held up an LGBT flag so I'm not sure what you meant by being socially right.
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"I'm not racist because I don't say the n-word but also I think people are too politically correct these days."
Firstly, his assertion that "the majority of the vacant homes were found in low-income black and Latino neighbourhoods or that some residents had inherited housing from deceased relatives or were simply trapped in zombie mortgages" is at least disputed, in the very same Buzzfeed piece he links to:
Secondly, the "concerted effort to drive the homeless from underneath the Main Street viaduct" was in fact coupled with the "housing first" initiative:
https://southbendin.gov/2018/03/14/mayors-state-of-city-address/
Feels shitty to say but I think Warren should drop sooner rather than later. Even if she's only taking like 2% of the total vote away from Bernie that could make a difference. Make some sort of hand shake "you'll get VP" if necessary
We can't nominate Biden. It's going to be a disaster. Progressive wing should probably align or else we'll just get split and Biden could take it
We can't nominate Biden. It's going to be a disaster. Progressive wing should probably align or else we'll just get split and Biden could take it
This is what happens when mayors run for president. Their job isn't as abstract as other executive offices, so they're more closely linked to action/inaction associated with people's neighborhoods/places of residence.
NO, we need people in this primary to push the rest to the left!
Don't worry about Biden, he's a gaffe machine, it's only a matter of time before he gaffes himself down the polls.
I dunno man.
I feel like we shouldn't underestimate him and just assume he'll dip. He's so entrenched and I'm not sure if recent revelations will actually sway people who currently support him away.
He's a gaffe machine sure . But there's a lot of people on the left who will hand wave it because Trump is worse. We are seeing it on here
I guess it depends on how they go. They're splitting the candidates up over a couple nights so if Warren and Sanders are in one with Biden on another I would not be thrilled about it.
On the other hand if they dig into policies and the past much Biden will probably fall apart unless he lies through his teeth. I think pretty much all the candidates are much more progressive than him so he should stand out (in a negative way).
Yeah like... Biden is a good debater. He decapitated Paul Ryan and totally bailed out Obama after Romney totally dominated him in that one debate. I'm not buying this notion that he's gonna flounder.. Kamala and Gillibrand will cancel him, dem voters that currently are with him care enough about his current scandal etc so on
His bro likeable persona is so entrenched it will be harder to shake off than people realize. He's failed before hard but we are playing by different rules now and the new rules benefit what Biden's strengths are
The updated Nate Silver tier list.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...-need-a-good-reason-to-bet-against-the-polls/
this picture doesn't stop making me laugh no matter how many times i see it. what the fuck were they thinking lol
Jesus christ. I can do a better job of this than him. Swap Harris and Abrams. He's trying to "make fetch a thing" here with Harris. Stop it. And Abrams announces and she'd be right up there.
Ok well maybe since I can't even read I would not do a better job than him. Yeah I agree more with his list now. If Abrams announces though I would still swap them.
I actually sort of think Abrams', in the reality that she actually announced and went for it would be more likely to win than Harris. Both would be unlikely but if Stacey got serious I totally could see her winning SC over Harris. Which is sort of the problem *i think* of including candidates who haven't announced and are unlikely to announce on a probability list that is largely based on current polling aggregates
Oh no, a Mayor increased private business investment into his city, doing that thing that voters love seeing their elected officials do, the horror.
South Bend is a college town. Complaints about "gentrification" (in a state that has very low housing prices) and "too much private investment" seem silly in a place that exists because of a university's presence and thus is always going to be relying on attracting external business development much more than it is developing its own.
South Bend is a college town. Complaints about "gentrification" (in a state that has very low housing prices) and "too much private investment" seem silly in a place that exists because of a university's presence and thus is always going to be relying on attracting external business development much more than it is developing its own.
I don't know how anyone can take a guy who says the most insane shit without a shred of irony then doubles down on it seriously.
Anita hill was right to reject his apology that he clearly just did for the Presidential campaign, what was it, like 48 hours ago?
Pretty much everything Biden has done so far is overly cynical and transparently calculating to the most infuriating degree and he's barely even been in the race for 2 days. I literally cannot see the argument of people saying he's the best shot to beat Trump. There's far more than old white baby boomer democrats in the party who would accept that kind of shit just cause its uncle joe.
I didn't expect it to be this bad, but right out of the gate he's faceplanting on everything from overtly cozying with big name lobbyists, corporate donors and just giving everyone the middle finger with his staff trying to desperately clean it up
Anita hill was right to reject his apology that he clearly just did for the Presidential campaign, what was it, like 48 hours ago?
Pretty much everything Biden has done so far is overly cynical and transparently calculating to the most infuriating degree and he's barely even been in the race for 2 days. I literally cannot see the argument of people saying he's the best shot to beat Trump. There's far more than old white baby boomer democrats in the party who would accept that kind of shit just cause its uncle joe.
I didn't expect it to be this bad, but right out of the gate he's faceplanting on everything from overtly cozying with big name lobbyists, corporate donors and just giving everyone the middle finger with his staff trying to desperately clean it up
I really only remember Biden in the vice presidential debates in 2008.
He really made Sarah Palin look foolish. You could tell he was holding back because he felt sorry for her.
To be fair he had easy competition, the majority of the candidates running today would have dismantled Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin just as badly. Tulsi could do that lol
Are we going to end up in a situation where we've fucked ourselves over with self imposed financial restraints (which come from a good place and would hopefully ensure that candidates are less likely to feel beholden to their donors), and end up helping Biden, which seemingly everyone who posts in this thread seems to hate?
Because I don't think the situation, while problematic in how it played out, can actually be described as gentrification.
Perhaps, this is why it's an advantage to have wealthy donors. You have to worry about shit like this.
Warren will probably drop out eventually but I hope she makes it far. The longer she's in the better awareness people will have of her policies. Plus it means more progressive voices.
I'm not worried about it. Sanders just got 700K yesterday alone and he didn't have to get it from Comcast. All that money Biden gets will work for him, but it will also work against him.
It remains to be seen that Bernie can maintain that edge through the entire primary.
As a brazilian that know nothing about Usa politics, I really thought that after 2016 the democrats would have their "Trump", bringing a rich and famous person, without political experience/baggage, but progressive and utterly charismatic to face the 2020 ellection. I fear that the good numbers of USA economy (correct me if I`m wrong, but this is been veiculated around here) makes another victory for Trump, empowering even more our shit president (bolsonaro) and his base.
It's the Republicans who do that not Democrats, our famous people don't run for office that often.
It's only really gentrification once displacement becomes a serious problem. That has not happened in South Bend. In fact, displacement is what's already been happening in South Bend, but for an entirely different reason. For decades, the city has been hollowing out and people have been leaving to find other places to live with better opportunities and better neighborhoods. Especially in poor and minority neighborhoods, the huge number of abandoned and decaying homes has been a burden and caused all sorts of problems, including crime and very low property values. Economic development is a necessary step to open up more opportunities (unemployment has dropped significantly in the last few years as the downtown area has started to attract businesses) and reverse the population decline (they just had their first year of population growth since 2000). If South Bend continues this revitalization and growth, gentrification will be something the city has to deal with in the future and work to prevent, but I don't really see the evidence to support the idea that it's a problem there right now.
"I'm not Bernie Sanders," Joe Biden said at the Brookings Institution. "I don't think 500 billionaires are the reason why we're in trouble. The folks at the top are not bad guys... wealthy Americans are just as patriotic as poor folks."
Well, glad we got that cleared up.
Well, glad we got that cleared up.
hey that's cool, so they're not bad guys
I guess that means they're in favor of being taxed more to help the many americans that have it worse than they do. they're just as patriotic, right joe? ......right joe?
That's an old quote by now, old as in he said this last year? Anyway it's not like anyone thought any different.
It is a bit funny seeing Jacobin shit on Biden because if you were the kind of person to read Jacobin your opinion of Biden would be pretty low anyway. Very preaching to the choir.
It is a bit funny seeing Jacobin shit on Biden because if you were the kind of person to read Jacobin your opinion of Biden would be pretty low anyway. Very preaching to the choir.
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