She's signalling that people should stop asking her if she wants to be Biden's VP.
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US PoliERA 2019 |OT4| Folded like a DOG
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She's signalling that people should stop asking her if she wants to be Biden's VP.
Harris would be a solid AG pick, though I'd give it to Doug Jones first if he loses.
To me, moving towards the front runner in any way when you're polling 20-30% below him prior to the primaries does to show much self confidents in her prospects of becoming the nominee. This is signaling to her base that she approves of Biden, and if she ends up dropping out in favor of him with the promise of a VP position it could do him well in a crowded field going forward in the primaries; it would also make all of her effort worth something in a potential Biden Administration.
I'd take Harris over Biden any day and I don't like to hear this sort of talk from her, but this is how I'm reading it because cozying up to the front runner is not a sign of strength.
The polling on Biden has got me thinking, and I know no one here needs to be convinced, but I hope the accelerationist crowd is paying attention that this is what happens when society shifts radically to the right. People don't want society to shift radically to the left to make everything better, they just want it to stop shifting. How many people do you know that say things like "I just miss when I didn't have to think about it and it wasn't all over the news"?Most people aren't that interested in politics, they aren't interested in trying to figure out what steps can be taken to improve society, they just want to come home from work and trust that the person driving the car is doing a decent enough job. That's basically the entire appeal of Biden.
I am really afraid of scenario where Biden wins and is ineffective, probably passes some useless bipartisan bills, and Democrats go "We did it! We stopped Trump!" while much of the horrible things this administration has done become normalized. It's going to be really easy for a lot of people to convince themselves that the second Trump is out of office that we've fixed everything.
I am really afraid of scenario where Biden wins and is ineffective, probably passes some useless bipartisan bills, and Democrats go "We did it! We stopped Trump!" while much of the horrible things this administration has done become normalized. It's going to be really easy for a lot of people to convince themselves that the second Trump is out of office that we've fixed everything.
I thought Buttigieg was doing well? I guess Biden's "electability" is cutting in to his support.
Also I have no idea what to think of Beto's performance at this point; some polls have him dropping like a rock but this one seems consistence with his performance throughout the last month while everyone else is falling. Also, he's been doing great ground work, but his national-level media presence and performance leaves a lot to be desired.
So, what happened with the court case involving Trump's financials being subpoenaed and he didn't want his people to release them. Wasn't that supposed to be yesterday or today? I haven't heard anything about it. All anyone wants to talk about is how it looks like Trump wants to repeat 2003 and invade Iran.
An A- poll that came out a while ago had them with reverse numbers. I thought it'd been posted. Buttigieg is doing well. It's all kind of a crapshoot at this point though until the debates. This is before Beto went on Maddow and after Pete got a bunch of hit pieces after him for his PoC problem.
Judge gave parties til Friday to submit additional briefs, will consider it over the weekend, no timetable on a ruling but the judge indicates he thinks time is a factor here.
It makes sense you would think that because the Politico article makes it sound like she brought it up out of the blue.
When in fact, they omitted that it was in response to a reporter asking if she was sick of being talked about as a VP:
Read this way, her quip that "As vice president, he's proven that he knows how to do the job" could be read as sarcasm.
This is going to be a fascinating case. Obviously I said with the parents but I have to admit the law did not account for this when it was written.
Great. Thanks for the rundown. Hopefully this will be resolved quickly and not in Trump's favor.
I think it's just a joke
Jones disqualified himself as AG after he voted to confirm Barr.
God help me because I'm actually going to defend a Trump tweet. BUT the main stream media is kind of known for making mountains of molehills in the name of hyping up potential war...
Good response from Pelosi but yeah the guy is straight up mocking. Should really arrest his ass.
Excellent point that I didn't consider. I shall use it as a cudgel the next time someone tells me that fucking Elizabeth Warren is towing the imperialist line
Um yeah but Bolton is literally pushing plans to invade Iran. Generals are presenting counterpoints to try and stop it. It's serious and real and not a molehill. It's a proper mountain. It should be on the news nonstop.
I don't care about Jones' vote if it wasn't the decisive one, but I don't begrudge anyone who does.
I mean also he says he's the one who decides and Congress is supposed to be the ones approving wars and.... yeah. I hate everything haha.
He's not doing anything except talking more while they mock and laugh at him
he is definitely competing for the worst Trump cabinet member. Just spitting in their eye at this point, he doesn't give a fuck
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop with Ron Desantis.
He continues to seem to be better than Rick Scott.
https://www.winknews.com/2019/04/29...to-study-algae-harmful-environmental-impacts/
He continues to seem to be better than Rick Scott.
https://www.winknews.com/2019/04/29...to-study-algae-harmful-environmental-impacts/
Well he won't reveal where the Russians infiltrated the voting rolls.
Oh and the poll tax thing that overruled a statewide ballot measure.
But other than that...
Edit: also the red algae was a problem Scott chose to ignore and he probably hates rick Scott more than he actually cares about Florida.
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I know, but it's Florida.
I've been here forever.
Well, that's something.
Probably something Sunshine laws can unveil though thankfully.
Stuff like this demonstrates how important having Warren in the race continues to be. Taking the stand that Fox News is a racist organization puts pressure on the other candidates. And this isn't the first time that Warren has taken a position which has started an important conversation.
Sunshine laws deal with documents and meetings at the state level. FBI required an NDA supposedly. The counties that were hacked will be leaked soon, because the FBI notified them about it last year.
Her actions affect the field in the way you would expect the front-runner's to.
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