Ben Stein to replace Rosen
Ben Stein to replace Rosen
I think it's a shame that Warren has so much love here, but probably isn't going anywhere.
People speak (rightly) about her professorial mien being a net negative, but for me, it's a massive positive. She reminds me of my most brilliant professors whom I looked up to and admired for their brains and their ability to explain complex ideas in an understandable way. My best professors drove my growth as a person in a lot of ways. I really love that about Warren. She speaks to me.
Yeah this is clearly why he's running.
I like that, too, but also realize that the vast majority of the country probably finds it elitist and annoying.
It is sad that our country has turned hard against intellectual talk.
Strong White Daddy Republicans are great with money and would never waste it on extravagant tax breaks for the rich.
Democrats are a bunch of emotional women and PoC and would waste money on fantasy stuff. They mean well, but they're not serious.
Don't even joke about that, because it could totally happen.
This is tough to do without knowing who is in the top slot. I guess I would say the following for my picks:How about Top 3 VP picks?
1. Harris
2. Buttigieg
3. Gillibrand
I disagree here. Spending more money at the presidential level would have a net benefit for a more democratic push into these states. Right now, Fox News and Americans for Prosperity control a majority of the political narrative so forcing a progressive message here (KS) pushes things more to the left. Everyone knows If Hillary didn't ignore some states we wouldn't have had to worry about 2020 like we are today.Among those states to which you allude, only TX being closer than OH was truly surprising. We knew that GA and AZ were moving toward us. They were not "unwinnable" and no one thought they were.
We still lost OK, KS, NE, WV, MT et. al by at least 25 points.
There is no point in directing any resources to them, at least at the presidential level. None. That is loony talk.
I believe I had the same top three in order that you did. I'm not sure of his chances but I'm quickly becoming quite serious in my support of him
Another way of looking at this:
Where 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points, and 3rd = 1 point.
And those states that Hillary "ignored" (she parked her ass in PA) to her detriment are on a different level entirely than OK, KS, NE, WV. MI, WI, and PA are actually purple to light blue. That other group is blood-red.veryone knows If Hillary didn't ignore some states we wouldn't have had to worry about 2020 like we are today.
A Republican raising taxes to help fix the crumbling infrastructure, what?!
A Republican raising taxes to help fix the crumbling infrastructure, what?!
I feel like you have to do this by candidate.How about Top 3 VP picks?
1. Harris
2. Buttigieg
3. Gillibrand
Bernie also said today he's not crazy about messing with the filibuster. I have no idea how anything gets done if we keep it around.Fuck yes Mayor Pete, that's what I want to hear from the 2020 Democrats.
I know it's a small thing, but when Gilibrand was on Pod Save America and talked about wanting to keep the filibuster, it drove me bananas. It honestly turned me off on her in a big way. Thinking we can get any of the big ideas (Medicare for all, paid family leave, any sort of Climate bill) passed with 60 is nuts. That was the lesson of Obama post-2010, is that republicans won't vote for your bill, it doesn't matter how many concessions you give them.
And statehood for DC and PR.He's also openly calling for abolishing the electoral college. Really swinging for the fences when it comes to defying our political norms.
Mayor Pete can say whatever he wants because he's not going to need to follow through on any of it.
Maybe Gilly should take this approach.
Brown is not on anybody's short list. Certainly not Kamala's.Kamala and Sherrod Brown seem pretty buddy-buddy so I wouldn't be surprised, if Kamala got the nom, Brown was on her shortlist for running mates.
Oh, please. Maybe speak up when women and minorities are being viciously and mercilessly and falsely attacked day after day if you're going to sit here and try to hoist Bernie up on the cross.And as such, the hate he receives is way WAY excessive in proprtion to what rightfully needs to be criticized of him. A lot of it is very vile, unnecessarily toxic and just plain ludicrous.
"Bigoted holes" are not an accurate description for places like Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park and the greater KCK area that constitute a great amount of the population in the state of Kansas. Not all rural Christian conservatives are unfamiliar with progressive ideals and Democratic representatives. My fathers side of the family is very Hispanic, Catholic, and Republican. Fox's constant race baiting and fear mongering have twisted their views because no other ideals have been presented to them to challenge the hive mind/group think of political discourse in states that too many consider lost causes. Republicans are winning here because decades ago they decided to play the long game while Democrats can't think past the next election.And those states that Hillary "ignored" (she parked her ass in PA) to her detriment are on a different level entirely than OK, KS, NE, WV. MI, WI, and PA are actually purple to light blue. That other groups is blood-red.
There is absolutely no point in investing any money at the presidential level in those states.
They are not competitive. They will not be competitive. No amount of money or effort will make them competitive.
Flip this around. Do you think the GOP should compete for the presidency, where they technically lost by less than Hillary's margin of defeat in WV and OK? Of course you don't.
This discussion is silly and pointless - almost as pointless as spending money in certain states.
You're also getting the order wrong. Fox News didn't make those places bigoted holes. They were already bigoted holes and were receptive to Fox's message.
"Bigoted holes" are not an accurate description for places like Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park and the greater KCK area that constitute a great amount of the population in the state of Kansas. Not all rural Christian conservatives are unfamiliar with progressive ideals and Democratic representatives. My fathers side of the family is very Hispanic, Catholic, and Republican. Fox's constant race baiting and fear mongering have twisted their views because no other ideals have been presented to them to challenge the hive mind/group think of political discourse in states that too many consider lost causes. Republicans are winning here because decades ago they decided to play the long game while Democrats can't think past the next election.
Because they have a great Twitter presence is likely why you've seen it. Lots of people follow hoarse.(And I've definitely seen someone posting a tweet from this person unironically)
Kobach is like fetch, stop trying to make it happen. It's never gonna happen.Kansas could be in play depending on who gets past the Senate primaries. If it is a moderate Democrat versus Kobach again?
How do you do black out spoilers?1. Buttigieg
2. Warren
3. Harris
I mentally had Pete at #3 until I heard his thoughts about the electoral college and court-packing.
Brown is not on anybody's short list. Certainly not Kamala's.
He couldn't deliver Ohio, and it would be giving away a Senate seat. He's dead weight on any ticket.
Oh, please. Maybe speak up when women and minorities are being viciously and mercilessly and falsely attacked day after day if you're going to sit here and try to hoist Bernie up on the cross.
Awful parents raise awful children. News at 10.
Every red state has areas of blue. Overall, they're still bigoted holes."Bigoted holes" are not an accurate description for places like Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park and the greater KCK area that constitute a great amount of the population in the state of Kansas. Not all rural Christian conservatives are unfamiliar with progressive ideals and Democratic representatives. My fathers side of the family is very Hispanic, Catholic, and Republican. Fox's constant race baiting and fear mongering have twisted their views because no other ideals have been presented to them to challenge the hive mind/group think of political discourse in states that too many consider lost causes. Republicans are winning here because decades ago they decided to play the long game while Democrats can't think past the next election.
Every red state has areas of blue. Overall, they're still bigoted holes.
KS has potential because of the areas you mentioned. If the state ever goes blue at the presidential level, it won't be because we "challenge[d] the hive mind/group think"; it'll be because those suburban areas finally grew enough to outvote the racist sticks.
The ~~~white working class~~~ and rural people have heard our message. They don't want it because it involves treating black people like human beings. We've been losing their support for over half a century. We won't get it back because we will not and SHOULD NOT give them what they really want.
Again, you've gotten the order confused. These areas weren't made this way by Fox News; they were already this way, and Fox saw the potential to make money from their bigotry.
I know a lot of us want to believe that we can win these places because we have family who live there, and acknowledging that we can't win - that no message will reach them, that none of our moral arguments will prove persuasive - is tantamount to admitting they're bad people. But they are.
Sometimes you can win the odd gubernatorial election or Senate election (Alabama), but those wins are fluky and short-lived until you actually get an educated urban/suburban voter base that can win elections. MN would be red without Minneapolis and the suburbs; NY would be a very swingy state without NYC and its suburbs. You win by mobilizing our diverse base and winning the few persuadables left, not by appealing to the vast swaths of hopeless rural areas.
They women and minorities are being attacked every day, every moment. They have been fro pretty much the whole of history and Giant strong structures exist to actively oppress them.
Bernie himself is in a position of privilege for being a straight white man (But he is Jewish and that's not to be erased) but, it's untrue to say that there haven't been disproportionately unfair attacks towards him.
And it's also untrue to say that there haven't been people who have erased the poc and women supporters he has by using the "Bernie Bro" rhetoric.
Bernie isn't the physical embodiment of Racism and Misogyny, but he and his supporters have issues, and these issues should be called out.
But, there's a difference in criticizing his thing on racial justice vs. particularly criticizing only him for being narcissistic and egoistic.