Curiously you really can't seem to go too far right for them.
There's a racist, rapist felon in the White House. They're not remotely moderate if they support him.
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2020 Presidential Democratic Primary Debates 1+2 |OT| June 26-27, 2019
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Curiously you really can't seem to go too far right for them.
There's a racist, rapist felon in the White House. They're not remotely moderate if they support him.
Doesn't everyone who qualified for debate 1 automatically qualify for debate 2, except if bumped out of the top 20 by someone else?
Edit: wait, is the third debate the next one because we just had a second debate? I think that might have been what has been confusing me.
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1/2 are the same round. Requirements double for the upcoming debate(s)
After some searching, it looks like the requirements double for the ABC debate in September, but there's a CNN debate in July before that using the same criteria.
Bullock barely missed the first debate while Bennet, de Blasio, Delaney, and Swalwell barely made it, with Tim Ryan not that far ahead, but I'm guessing probably no one would notice if Bullock ended up replacing one of them in the second. Funny how the bottom 6 are all bland white guys.
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If a moderate doesn't support Trump, but they also don't like the Democratic candidate, they're going to be less likely to vote in the election at all.
Right, but I think Trump is only a symptom of the political crisis, not its trigger.
If there will be no real change, another right-wing president could come sooner than many expect.
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I hope Marianne drops out so she can fulfill her destiny and become a real Lacus Clyne. I wonder if she can sing?
I follow a polling forum that has a guy who does hardcore analysis of debate qualification. Basically, Bullock qualified for July, so it'll go down to tiebreakers. As of right now Swalwell and Bullock are tied for 20th place even after taking into account all 3 of the tiebreakers, so who the fuck knows what they'll do there.
For the September debate, Biden, Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Harris, and Beto are locks. Booker is very likely (needs to get 130k donors, he's going to get 2% or better in at least 4 polls), Klobuchar was looking likely but has been slipping in the polls recently and it's unsure whether she can get 4 polls of 2% or better. Yang, Gabbard, and Castro have outside shots. Everyone else (barring any major bumps from this debate) is DOA.
Yeah. I was beginning to think the writers had jumped the shark when they wanted us to believe someone would defend states rights arguments against busing in 2019, but this kind of poignant writing has me willing to suspend my disbelief for this season
Nowhere in my short, one sentence post did I say it would be 100% straight up eliminated. I said you were being disingenuous. Because under Bernie's plan private private insurance would be EFFECTIVELY banned.
It's an effective ban on private insurance because his plan bans employer offered private insurance from competing with his government option. And the supplemental options people keep saying would be available, like cosmetic surgery, are already not covered in most cases. I assume reconstructive surgery would be covered by Bernie's plan so all of the current options would be banned. Saying "but cosmetic surgery" is meaningless.
The folks who want the option of private insurance are not going to be won over by a handful of relatively insignificant supplemental offerings. They want comprehensive package options, not for a democratic socialist to ban market competitors.
There's no use in trying to argue there wont be an effective ban on private insurance just hours after Bernie raised his hand emphatically when asked if he favors eliminating it.
Watching Kamala Harris drag Joe Biden to hell is only entertaining because it's so rare that an old white man is killed by a cop.
EDIT: I'm flattered by the replies but I wasn't the one who made this quote, I just found it floating around while browsing my home
EDIT: I'm flattered by the replies but I wasn't the one who made this quote, I just found it floating around while browsing my home
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As he said, people like their doctors and hospitals, not their insurance and the red tape therein.
I like Bernie and his ideas, but I was annoyed that he kept coming back to arguments among the line of "we need someone with the courage to" making it about choice of person rather than choice of ideas. A lot of people make that kind of argument, but I expect more from someone who could be a frontrunner, more from someone who wants to build a movement larger than himself and more from one of the people with the best ideas in this race
I hope he does better on this in future debates
I hope he does better on this in future debates
After the past two nights of debates, my opinions have shifted on these candidates quite a bit. I was a big fan of O'Rourke and Buttigeig, but they dropped hard for me. Both of them just got buried by stronger candidates with better ideas. Now I'm at:
1. Kamala Harris
2. Elizabeth Warren
3. Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden is at the bottom of that list right now. I just don't like the guy at all, especially after Harris destroyed him live on TV.
1. Kamala Harris
2. Elizabeth Warren
3. Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden is at the bottom of that list right now. I just don't like the guy at all, especially after Harris destroyed him live on TV.
I a really think kamahla would be the best person to debate against Trump. We all know Trump goes limp when being talked to directly by a prosecutor
Could be the first time someone pleads the fifth in a national debate!
uh, why are you misquoting me by changing the entire text from my post?
I kinda hope that Kamala straight out says she'll "look into presidential misconduct" upon taking office. Nice and vague and it'll make Trump lose it.
This is all I saw on Biden's face after Bennet destroyed him for working with Mitch McConnell
If I were him, I'd really push this. There's no way the DNC wants any more bad publicity about rigging things to favor their preferred candidates.
Would there even be publicity about it? I don't think he'll even be at the next debate, right?
I could not believe Biden was trying to pitch the terrible deals Obama made with Mitch as a positive for him. That was Bennett's best moment.This is all I saw on Biden's face after Bennet destroyed him for working with Mitch McConnell
WTH no wonder he didnt say shit. I thought he froze up. WOW the fact that they would actually go this far. All Yang fans know how they were treating him before the debate too.
that really was dumb as hell and shows just how out of touch he is
dude really thought he was gonna get brownie points by working with mitch
and it's like, hey buddy have you read the news lately? because the timing was whew
Man did we just not clamp down on the qualifying rules soon enough like these two night debates are some shit.
Yeah, an understated performance and the fact he sounds like John C Reilly is messing with me, but I really liked the guy and I connected with him.This is all I saw on Biden's face after Bennet destroyed him for working with Mitch McConnell
Why do I feel like the longer these debates are going with Biden I'm going to have to use this.
He needs to drop out yesterday.
He needs to drop out yesterday.
Marianne, discussing climate change:
"Climate change may be upon us soon. It feeds upon the consciousnesses of those who deny its existence. Yet it is but one future amidst an infinite set of potential phenomena. The future is not already set. Even the smallest of waves can spread throughout the whole. Phenomena change with every moment, just like a drifting wave."
"Climate change may be upon us soon. It feeds upon the consciousnesses of those who deny its existence. Yet it is but one future amidst an infinite set of potential phenomena. The future is not already set. Even the smallest of waves can spread throughout the whole. Phenomena change with every moment, just like a drifting wave."
Long time senators make terrible Presidential candidates due to their long time record that likely gets worse over generations.
Biden being a bipartisan pleaser makes him a worse candidate
John Kerry "I voted for it before I was against it" type of shit
Biden being a bipartisan pleaser makes him a worse candidate
John Kerry "I voted for it before I was against it" type of shit
Not even very long time Senators either. Gillibrand has only been a Senator a decade and her rapid shift from Blue Dog congresswoman to her current feminist Senator approach has hurt her, because people don't think she's for real. Hence, she's at pitiful 1% polling alongside Marianne or Tim Ryan.
Why do I feel like the longer these debates are going with Biden I'm going to have to use this.
He needs to drop out yesterday.
This may ding him up but I bet he still leads in the polls. If he loses it will likely be gradual and prolonged.