This is going to be a problem in 2021 if we win the Senate/WH.
I hate how this country has a worse attention span than my cat.
Coppercab is a name I have not heard in a long time
I don't get the point of unskewing polls unless it's to not let your supporters get depressed
Amazing how its always "default to referring to a person only by their identity" with you and others.
It's a lot harder to be a bitter, hateful asshole towards them dirty Godless liberals when you actually see them face to face.I was listening to a lengthy interview with AOC held back in April. She said she wasnt going to name drop anyone but that she was friends with some Republicans. She said one in particular came into her office and questioned her extensively. They actually became good friends and agree a lot on policy. She said that the individual was this starch, proud, nationalistic, and very conservative. However, they actually agreed on a lot of things. That this individual hated Walmart and thought they were ruining the country. They were just very afraid to speak up on some of their beliefs because of the repercussions. There were a lot more things she talked about in that situation. Based on what she said, I'm starting to think she was talking about Ted Cruz. She said she wouldnt reveal their identity so as not to jeopardize their reelection chances.
These people have massive egos and they often float about not just how they won but by how muchWith the way Texas is trending Ted Cruz probably realized he should be less of a shitbag if he wants to keep his seat for the next 40-50 years.
Yep, the only issue is they rationalize it with the ones they meet being "one of the good ones" while the others are still the nameless faceless "other" that must be defeatedIt's a lot harder to be a bitter, hateful asshole towards them dirty Godless liberals when you actually see them face to face.
I don't get the point of unskewing polls unless it's to not let your supporters get depressed
Ah yes, the classic "show some respect" argument for when you're predominantly motivated by a desire for status dominance.oh, west is much more to me than a black man who shares some of my views and diverges on others
whereas what you show him to be for you is just someone who must be dismissed out of hand because of some alt-right transitive property bullshit
try showing some respect for people who have done infinitely more than you have in the fight for justice
I think its safe to say Bernie has one of the worse comms teams of all the candidates. Calling Trump a "corporate socialist" lmao what is that shit
People who worked on his 16 campaign said the 2020 team is even more composed of "true believers" than that campaign was.
Ah yes, the classic "show some respect" argument for when you're predominantly motivated by a desire for status dominance.
Appearing on an alt-right show run by Nazi-types like Milo and McInnes is to normalize it. There's an argument that the costs outweigh the benefits with Fox News because of the ability to reach their audience. With Milo and friends, they currently have an audience we should want to keep from growing. Attracting attention by allowing them to land a interview with a national celebrity does the exact opposite of that.
West gets dismissed prior to this because he's a guy who started hating Obama after West felt he was snubbed. It wasn't about politics, it was about West feeling he was not shown the respect he felt he deserved, because he's a petty narcissistic asshole who took it personally.
purely anecdotal but sort of concerning nonetheless
is it possible the touching scandal strengthened him with the boomer voters?
Duncan Hunter and his wife were both indicted. Looks like she's about to turn on him.
Duncan Hunter and his wife were both indicted. Looks like she's about to turn on him.
Can't call someone a house negro then turn round to go shuck and jive for the folks'd see you back in chains if they had their druthers.I mean... West also did a dumbass interview with Candace Owens on Fox. So like, I don't think Kirk is that wrong.
At best, he has a blind spot in not understanding how platforming works. Probably from the religious shit mixed in with his need for exposure/media appearances
It's not even that aspect that got Cruz a win- if the margins in Hispanic areas relative to Hillary's performance had matched Beto's overperformance elsewhere, Beto wins. Unfortunately, they didn't, Beto underperformed relative to Hillary's performance (which was itself better than Obama '12.) Cruz's team was legitimately sweating on election night.Cruz is very good at this and a much more savvy politician than people give him credit for
Beto is a moron. Cornyn is more beatable
The youth turnout rates in 2016 didn't change. The "revolution" of untapped voters Sanders was hoping for didn't emerge, instead another one did in November with an assist from Russia's micro-targeting.. And while yes, youth turnout did go up In 2018, turnout was up across the board, offsetting much, if any, advantage that youth-focused campaigns were hoping for.All polling companies skew their polls based on what they think the voting demographics will be. The Sanders campaign thinks that the youth turnout will be much higher than these polls are expecting. (2018 indicates that youth participation rates have increased.)
The truth is that nobody knows what the exact age composition of the primary voter will be, so pointing that out should not be verboten.
purely anecdotal but sort of concerning nonetheless
is it possible the touching scandal strengthened him with the boomer voters?
"Them" was referring to Glenn Greenwald and Michael Tracey."cornell west is hanging out with milo and gavin because he's a shithead like them"
wow damn dude i just can't handle your substantive critique of West's problematic ideas about discourse with the other side
your logic for why he didn't have real reasons to criticize obama is tautological
Duncan blaming his wife for the crime probably wasn't the best idea
Instead of wasting brain cells arguing whether soft-shoeing for fascists is an objectively bad thing, we should be happy when these fuckwits are separated from whatever money they have
Daily Beast Contributor Wins $4.1 Million From Neo-Nazi for ISIS Smear
Instead of wasting brain cells arguing whether soft-shoeing for fascists is an objectively bad thing, we should be happy when these fuckwits are separated from whatever money they have
Daily Beast Contributor Wins $4.1 Million From Neo-Nazi for ISIS Smear
Duncan Hunter and his wife were both indicted. Looks like she's about to turn on him.
She's 44 and an opportunist, plenty of years ahead of her. She gets a deal, his ass is toast.
It's because it explains this type of behavior:my bad.
still can't believe that you can't conceive of obama snubbing cornell being part and parcel of him slowly becoming a massive disappointment for anyone interested in something other than incrementalism, but rather that west was "just mad"
There are people who are intellectually consistent pain in the asses to everyone to a degree. And people can certainly change their opinion over time. But the types of double standards at play here - "I think Al Sharpton is a HN for the Obama admin, but it's totally cool if I go on Milo's TV show!" aren't ones borne of that type of consistency or change, they're borne of other things. And it's usually just hatred. Like the way Tracey/Greenwald's embraced Bill Barr's summary of the Mueller Report because it was bad for Dems.Can't call someone a house negro then turn round to go shuck and jive for the folks'd see you back in chance if they had their druthers.
The youth turnout rates in 2016 didn't change. The "revolution" of untapped voters Sanders was hoping for didn't emerge, instead another one did in November with an assist from Russia's micro-targeting.. And while yes, youth turnout did go up In 2018, turnout was up across the board, offsetting much, if any, advantage that youth-focused campaigns were hoping for.
Well it's great that I'm not making that argument."NOBODY CAN POSSIBLY KNOW THE FUTURE SO EVEN ATTEMPTING TO TRY IS POINTLESS" arguments are absolutely terrible. This one included. (Is there an "appeal to _____" trope for this?)
We have a very good guess what the age composition would be based on prior election data, and that data will be used to model it. It's very possible to be off, but it doesn't mean that you shouldn't be modeling it, and complaints from a candidate's campaign about the composition model fall into the same boat as complaints about not having enough debates or superdelegates having too much power all fall into the same category: the excuses of those running a losing campaign.
The scrub mentality of "we would always win if not for the cheaters/kryptonite/meddling kids" is the mentality of a someone who can't adapt. And as such,
campaigns that are continuously complaining about process minutiae almost inevitably wind up losing.
my bad.
still can't believe that you can't conceive of obama snubbing cornell being part and parcel of him slowly becoming a massive disappointment for anyone interested in something other than incrementalism, but rather that west was "just mad"
I like justice being served, but we have no chance of winning CA-50 as an open seat.
@mkraju
24-15, House Oversight votes to hold Bill Barr and Wilbur Ross in contempt over defying a Democratic subpoena for info on citizenship question of 2020 census, setting the stage for a court fight with the Trump administration. Justin Amash voted for the motion
16:41 - 12 Jun 2019
This is why Biden/Beto with Castro for Senate is the best strategy going forwardIt's not even that aspect that got Cruz a win- if the margins in Hispanic areas relative to Hillary's performance had matched Beto's overperformance elsewhere, Beto wins. Unfortunately, they didn't, Beto underperformed relative to Hillary's performance (which was itself better than Obama '12.) Cruz's team was legitimately sweating on election night.
That difference in margins is the big reason Cornyn is vulnerable while Cruz barely pulled through and Beto not going for round 2 is going to go down as a colossal error in judgment.