US Election 2020

[Cunt]

I don't mean to be smug about Biden. I feel sorry for him. He doesn't seem serious...and it almost seems an insult that his old boss (Obama) hasn't endorsed him.

Plus, his eye explodes, he forgets where he is, and he doesn't seem to have the requisite 'diversity' to get in. Don't want an old white guy...or a rich elite...

uh-oh...that doesn't leave many options.

Bernie will likely gather the most support, but that Kyle Jurik incident probably ruined him (though the Dems would cheat him out of it again anyway)

[Tero]

What we're reading: Trump's disinfo blitzkrieg
2020 rules of the road for the Age of Misinformation
The big picture: Digital platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter are important because they allow campaigns to gather extremely detailed data about voters that they can leverage to boost other campaign efforts later down the line. Data collected from digital platforms can be used to build fundraising lists, inform TV ad buys and boost attendance at rallies.

The bottom line: "Despite the revelations about Facebook following the 2016 election and the many changes in how people use social media since the last election, the platform remains central to campaigns for both the Democrats and the Republicans," says Catherine Sanz, senior journalist at social analytics platform Storyful.

https://www.axios.com/2020-rules-of-the ... 82b8a.html

[Tyrannical]

Smug declaration of Biden's failure and/or predictions of same may be premature. He's still in the lead in most national polls.

Biden's in freefall, he got 14% in Iowa and is looking at a few points less than that in NH. Biden will tank super tuesday (March 3rd), and Trump has 3 more weeks to make people think Biden is about to get indicted. Can't have Hillary part II that way

[Tero]

Stupid voters. Or maybe just practical? Anyway, this primary is showing the curious course of elections. The greater part of voters show no interest till a half year before election. It is only in places where the party is weak that Democrats show great care in who we run. They want to run the candidate that looks best for their state.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=msYRJZdN9jk

But the later the primary, the more they think pf comparing the chances vs the sitting president. Country wide.

[Cunt]

Smug declaration of Biden's failure and/or predictions of same may be premature. He's still in the lead in most national polls.

Biden's in freefall, he got 14% in Iowa and is looking at a few points less than that in NH. Biden will tank super tuesday (March 3rd), and Trump has 3 more weeks to make people think Biden is about to get indicted. Can't have Hillary part II that way

I would most like Trump vs ...
Sanders or Warren for comedic purposes
Yang for serious improvement of a few good things
Michelle Obama for the outrage (many folks would call Trump a racist if he treated her like an opponent)

[Tero]

Biden takes the gloves off

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[Tero]

Think tank dude trying to scare Americans. Sanders has no such powers. Only the health insurance industry would disappear. The care would still be provided by private clinics

What would fear of Sanders in the White House mean for the economy, even before the election? If he enters office with a Democratic Congress, he could accelerate the national transition from a relatively free market to a planned economy, with direct and indirect state control of the means of production. His Marxist views have altered little in the last five decades.

Both Main Street and Wall Street would price in these potentials, and if Sanders runs away with the Democratic nomination and leads in general election polls against Trump, the economic results would be frightening. Money would flee to greener pastures in offshore accounts, commodities, or even under mattresses. Growth is the well from which both economic opportunity for the middle class and tax dollars spring. The specter of a socialist victory would seriously damage the current economic boom.

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/482 ... -recession
there is no BOOM, it's flat, only stocks go boom, but stocks go up and down in cycles

[Tero]

funny comment
To: karpov
A recession? Psh! Scare mongering!

Besides, it’s okay, because Bernie will give us huge safety nets and welfares. We can all live off the endless monies of the one percent.

/s (maybe)

[Cunt]

Bernie sounds great, but when Warren stole his ideas, and started admitting what they would cost...well, lets just say she might have been better off stealing someone elses ideas.

What are they running on again? Open borders, higher taxes and THIS time, they'll deliver on that health care fantasy they have had since Obama and BOTH houses belonged to them?

[Tero]

The healthcare costs the same or less with the plans. Health insurance for 2 people over 60 costs over 2000 a month. You could tax them 15 000 extra a year for Medicare for all. They would still come ahead.

[Cunt]

I like the idea, but anyone who pitches the real math gets fucked in the polling.

Bernie is going to get fucked. My 'fave' at the moment is too.

When are they going to declare their real candidate? Is there a deadline?

[Tero]

May. If not, then it goes to the convention.

[Cunt]

So when is the 'last moment' when Michelle/Hillary can announce their run?

[Tero]

Throw out the millionaires. We have several capable politicians.

Looking at this Obama map, the blue states are all winnable. The light blue not likely. The people that lost interest in politics after Obama do not count. New people matter. Actually, all people still listening matter.

[Cunt]

I have a lot of doubt, but they may not have announced the Dem field fully yet.