He's better off using his current influence to endorse and campaign for someone that he likes the best and then getting some sort of job in an administration if they win
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US Midterm Elections 2018 |OT| Babs is Surging
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Pretty much, Im willing to sacrifice some of Bernie's more progressive policies in exchange for a younger and less racially problematic candidate
Beto definitely has to be at the very least involved in whatever Democrat ticket is finalized for 2020. I'm skeptical he'd be at the top of the ticket but I would certainly vote it regardless.
The NYT piece seemed to indicate that Bernie is not a sure thing to run.
I don't want to see Bernie running again. It'd just divide shit up more and he's waaay too old for it.
There is no scenario where Bernie does better in the primary than Beto. None. Beto appeals to the Bernie demographic far better than Bernie does now.
The two strongest and most likely to survive the longest are Kamala & Beto.
I doubt he runs, he knows his window has closed I bet. Similar to Biden.
Really hope Beto runs. Dude is the only superstar the dems have beside Obama right now. Loved Bernie in 2016 but he's said too much stupid shit and theres really no hope for him in 2020. Kamala has zero appeal outside of Cali and I cannot see her doing well in the rust belt. Corey Booker will be out before Iowa.
I would love it tbh but two white men at the ticket doesnt really appeal to the massive diverse base of the democratic party imo
I meant as a leader but yes this may be a huge pragmatic problem.
I hope you're right. I never got Berniemania. Never understood the appeal. But Beto I get. I feel excited for him like I felt excited for Obama. He absolutely will be able to unite the center left and more progressive left. Again, just like Obama.
Yeah as others have said I think it's a bit repetitive. There's very few groups Bernie appeals to that Beto doesn't. Someone like Harris would be a better fit to a Beto ticket (or Sanders one for that matter).
Well it's not like Rick Scott is any better. But then again modern GOP don't give a shit if their robbing them under their noses.
We have more options, but Bernie is, strictly speaking, to the left of everyone else still. Not much really has changed on that front. I think it's unlikely Bernie wins the primaries, so I'd rather have Beto be our nominee because I think he'd do better in the general than Biden or Kamala. I want him to run but I'm not really interested in supporting him in the primaries over Bernie.
His ego won't let him do that.
Speaking of which, isn't there a rule now that you actually have to be a member of and running as a Democrat to run in the Democratic primary?
a thread just popped up about voter fraud done in republican counties involving email/fax ballots being counted when it's against state law.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/florida-rick-scott-counting-emailed-ballots.80569/
I mean that's kind of silly. Nobody asked or expected Hillary to do this for 2016. Or I guess Mitt Romney after he lost his first bid.
They were already members of the party. Not a free-rider avoiding the party label coming from a state where the label is a net negative.
But both were actual members of the Democratic and Republican party before running for president and both ran under the ticket of thier respective parties when running for lower offices.
why do you people want a person who looks like they could die of old age in office.
Do you people really think Bernie or Warren or Biden won't drop dead of old age in 6 years? Same with Trump by the way.
I do think there is a rule you have to be a Democrat for like 6 months or something. Not that Sanders not being a Democrat ever really mattered to me or most people. I care what policies you support and your rhetoric on the campaign trail more than what label you have.
Correct, unless Nelson has a miracle happen, which is unlikely.
If all it took was believing real hard my life would be a lot better, Nelson has a chance yes but its just a chance of not losing. I hope he can do it but Scott will pull everything out to stop even that small chance of changing things.
Interestingly, you can actually see that hard Texas influence at the border counties.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-mexico-house-district-2
She's favored to win.
CA will be dribbling results until 12/14. None of the races are officially over until then.
Obama literally became an overnight celebrity with his "red states blue states" speech during the '04 convention. It's very likely he wouldn't have been the president currently if he hadn't made that speech I think.
They are certainly better than the declared candidates so far of John Delaney and Richard Ojeda.
Very true. Hell Trump is president and nobody saw that coming 2014 after midterms. Who knows who can rise.
Texas and oil. The Southeast and Northwest of New Mexico are sitting on huge oil/gas basins:Interestingly, you can actually see that hard Texas influence at the border counties.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-mexico-house-district-2
Up near Farmington (in the San Juan Basin) is actually one of the more conservative part of our state, but it isn't very populous and the northern electoral region (NM-03) has Santa Fe and a lot of reservations, so it's the most reliably blue county in New Mexico currently.
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Those +1s for the good guys keep slowly rolling in. Hopefully we pick up a few more of those CA House seats and something comes of these recounts