The 2020 thread....

Who cares anymore? He’s done. Personally all I say is the Democrats should have had an investigation not cut him loose; I note Senator Gillibrand -at an Anthem event- called for an investigation of Virginia Lieutenant Governor after multiple allegations and not his immediate resignation as she did with Franken


But whatever it’s all a moot point now

hutch wrote:
Who cares anymore? He’s done.

true…

Just made a donation to Gillibrands campaign after reading this. The evil scumbaggery of pro-Franken people just further confirms Gillibrands leadership. To hell with Al Franken.

The evil scumbaggery of Pro Franken people



;D

ah politics . . . controlling our minds, one sex money power scandal, at a time.  Im just there, for the gay porn.  speaking of al franken, and when aren't we.  he wasn't funny as a character, only as a writer.  the, end.

Kind of feel like democrats are constantly outfoxed regarding mueller probe…what is the point of testimony

FIFY

hutch wrote:
Kind of feel like democrats are constantly outfoxed

nate is on fire lately…..

Nate Silver
Slight non-sequitur, but kudos to Eric Swalwell for being the only one of the dozen or so hopeless Democratic candidates who put aside his ego and dropped out.

I wrote:
nate is on fire lately…..

Nate Silver
Slight non-sequitur, but kudos to Eric Swalwell for being the only one of the dozen or so hopeless Democratic candidates who put aside his ego and dropped out.

Let me be direct and clear.  Nate's tweet is void of any polling, and it's subtle attempt to give credit to Swalwell's ego is a false narrative, when in fact it is his own survival back home that steered him out of the Presidential race.

Someone is doing polling in CA15, and it appears to be Swalwell. 

While I'm not going to argue with you on that response

Swalwell had zero chance of getting the nom… as do about 15 of them, I do think at this stage some of them should drop out and get over themselves. 
I do think Swalwell making sure he keeps his day job is an important factor…I assume a few of them have the same issue at home. 


Who is donating to these people?

I wrote:
While I'm not going to argue with you on that response

Swalwell had zero chance of getting the nom… as do about 15 of them, I do think at this stage some of them should drop out and get over themselves. 
I do think Swalwell making sure he keeps his day job is an important factor…I assume a few of them have the same issue at home. 


Who is donating to these people?

Their mothers?  (Actually, more likely local interests back home that want to curry favor for when the candidates inevitably return to their day jobs).

walkie's prediction for 2020.

kamala is successful in her pot push . . . she wins


trump, trumps her and makes it legal first, and runs on the fact that he did it . . . he wins.

Sorry, I forgot . . . the, end.

Governor Gavin Newsom Signs SB 27: Tax Transparency Bill

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom signed today legislation requiring candidates for U.S. President and California Governor to disclose their income tax returns in order to appear on California’s primary ballot.

SB 27, by Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), requires a candidate for U.S. President or California Governor to file copies of every income tax return filed with the Internal Revenue Service in the five most recent taxable years with the Secretary of State, at least 98 days prior to the corresponding primary election.

and…Trump never does things he's told

Also he's not going to win CA so would not appearing on their ballot screw up the Electoral college?

these debates are kind of a circus…not really sure how this is helping
I guess there are those bottom 15 candidates that no one knows are geting some screen time

I don't know about reparations, in concept I get it…and drew big applause in Detroit
I really think we are going to lose swing voters over trying to get the black vote with that
Also seemed to be 'White Nite" on the stage, with Lemon asking the question about reparations
awkward

but stick to health care, the environment, immigration …and Jobs of course (IMO should be job retraining, vocational schools/apprenticeship and National service corp)

not sure I like Tim's Chief Manufacturing Officer pitch, but a good way to get himself in the good graces of the blue collar voter in swing states

Marianne Williamson is starting to get A LOT of attention…I hope that fades
she makes some bold statements, but no way swing voters are going to like that kind of rhetoric

I really think Mayor Pete is such a charismatic guy and really has such a great delivery on some of the hot topics
Maybe he has what it takes
I did find it funny when Amy smirked when Pete said he was in High School when Columbine happened (probably because she was changing diapers around that time)

Amy made a statement that I wanted to follow up on about how Minnesota has the highest voter turnout

74.8% voter turnout in 2016!

This article suggests that same day registration is a factor…but has a lot to do with civic involvement, education and income
https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2016/09/five-reasons-why-voter-turnout-minnesota-so-high/

so my question is …what can we learn from Amy and the Minnesotans

Honestly if we could get to 70% voter turnout that IMO would be an goal to strive for
if we get to 2008 levels…62.3% we'd probably be in good shape

Arizona (near the bottom with 56%)
Florida (looking good at 11…but such close elections every year)
Michigan tied for with FL at 65.7%…again real close elections need to get those number even higher
Pennsylvania #25…with 61.3%
Wisconsin. 69%…so would put it in the top 5… Turnout for the presidential election in Wisconsin appears to be a 20-year low.  eligible black voters in Wisconsin fell from 74 percent in 2012 to 55.1 percent in 2016.

word is these went up in his home state!

#ditchmitch

^ gawd i love that.  he's got to be so pissed.

oh dang…Mike Gravel dropped his bid for the presidency…and then there were 23!

so no #Gravelanche I guess