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I've also asked this question and got the M4A answer.Why do you assume that? Also, why do you not also recognize that Bernie has much of the same appeal that Trump has to the swing voters in those states?
I've also asked this question and got the M4A answer.Why do you assume that? Also, why do you not also recognize that Bernie has much of the same appeal that Trump has to the swing voters in those states?
Fair enough.He was projected to win Iowa. He is projected to win New Hampshire.
Look we can go back and forth on this stuff but we just won’t know until we get to South Carolina and then Super Tuesday. That’s when we will discover, truly, if Bernie has expanded his base or if he hasn’t. If you’re right I will be sure to recall this conversation and give you credit
OK, that's fair on your end. My prediction/guess is Bernie's other policy positions and his personality will be enough in those swing states to beat Trump. Time will tell.And that’s fair.
In the case of Bernie I have a simpler argument: Medicare for All is a losing issue in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. I think voters in those 3 states will stick with Trump if that is the choice they’re looking at. That’s the gist of it.
A 78 year old curmudgeonly looking socialist will not have staying power. Time for the next generation to emerge. What are the odds his health holds even through the convention, more less inauguration? Same for obese Donald with obvious high blood pressure and anger management issues. Same for Plagiarizing Joe who daily shows mental deterioration. Every day that goes bye they just get older while Mayor Pete gets needed seasoning.On what are you basing this claim? According to the information I'm looking at, he outperformed any expectations in Iowa, leading total votes in the first vote over Pete by 6,000 votes and leading in the final votes by nearly 3,000 votes. He got very strong support from Latinos. And quite frankly, they STILL have not called Iowa yet. No one expected him to win Iowa.
In NH he is leading polling at 26.4% vs Pete at 19.1% (to say nothing of the ridiculously un-earned 6 point bump PETE got in the last 4 days from the media proclaiming him the winner for three straight days when they didn't have nearly the data to do so). Bernie's polling from January was at 19% vs Pete at 13%.
How do you possibly read that as Bernie's numbers not growing?
ETA: FiveThirtyEight has Bernie as the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination at 1 in 2. The next person is NO ONE at 1 in 4. Biden is at 1 in 5 and Warren & Pete are at 1 in 20 and 1 in 25, respectively.
No argument here.A 78 year old curmudgeonly looking socialist will not have staying power. Time for the next generation to emerge. What are the odds his health holds even through the convention, more less inauguration? Same for obese Donald with obvious high blood pressure and anger management issues. Same for Plagiarizing Joe who daily shows mental deterioration. Every day that goes bye they just get older while Mayor Pete gets needed seasoning.
That does fascinate me.No argument here.
ETA. However, it is interesting that the 78 year old curmudgeonly looking socialist gets the most youngins out to vote for him.
I made a similar argument earlier. Also throw in defeating every Republican in 2016 and Hillary Clinton. It’s no use though, one of the anti-Trump guys said a “field mouse” could beat Trump in 2020. These guys are going down with the ship here.Maximum benefit? Ha. The left could not have done worse. Two hay makers thrown while blindfolded by partisanship, denial, and desperation.
Anyone with a non biased bone in their body could (and did) see this train wreck coming years ago.
My theory is the 18-25 crowd who support Bernie have no idea how mentally and physically debilitating it is to grow old. Us old guys look at Bernie and think - there's no way that guy's brain is firing on all cylinders.That does fascinate me.
They don't love Bernie because he's old, they love him because he says the right things. They also love AOC and she's not old.My theory is the 18-25 crowd who support Bernie have no idea how mentally and physically debilitating it is to grow old. Us old guys look at Bernie and think - there's no way that guy's brain is firing on all cylinders.
They love those two because it's all about free stuff!They don't love Bernie because he's old, they love him because he says the right things. They also love AOC and she's not old.
So basically the opposite of Hillary who lost to Donald freaking trumpI don’t think it’s insulting to label someone an ideologue. It basically means a thinker, somebody who is consistent in their political philosophy and very knowledgeable about that philosophy,
ON MSNBC I've heard some black analysts talking about this question and their answer is: Bloomberg. Blacks in South Carolina want to see how Biden is going to do in New Hampshire (badly it looks like). And if he does badly, they are talking about turning to Bloomberg en masse. They're just not going for Buttigieg, or Bernie. Bloomberg is the guy. They're willing to forgive stop and frisk. They don't care. Number one priority for black voters: get rid of Trump, and they see Bloomberg as the guy.Actually I don’t. I thought I did; currently Pete’s support among southern blacks is...zero.
But they have to vote for somebody. If Biden loses NH as badly as projected he will no longer be seen as “most electable”. Most black southern voters are too conservative for Bernie or Warren. They don’t know Klobuchar and Bloomberg’s got stop and frisk. So maybe they will take a 2nd look at Pete; who knows? I don’t. Neither do you.
I often forget, this political forum is no place for jokes or lighthearted comments. Carry on.They don't love Bernie because he's old, they love him because he says the right things. They also love AOC and she's not old.
Good jokes are always appreciated.I often forget, this political forum is no place for jokes or lighthearted comments. Carry on.
Carville was a little dangerous in that piece, talking about raw power as a thing to be attained. It's a procedure away from a strongman. Really surprised to hear somebody so intertwined with the political scene casually toss out revolution if there is no hope for one side of the political spectrum. Dangerous words, more than Trump has even uttered.FWIW, I caught up with two Republican friends this afternoon who couldn't be more thrilled with their chances of a Trump re-election. They both said Pelosi ripping the speech paper was the day they were sure Trump would win again. They are giddy about the idea of facing Sanders.
They think Carville (and I guess Tim) are the only people who get it. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/7/21123518/trump-2020-election-democratic-party-james-carville
Agreed. It exposed a glaring truth about Democrats: They aren't in it to help people out. They're in it for pure power. Plain and Simple. Cut and Dried. Make no mistake, it's never been about "the people". That's only used to fool the masses into giving them, well, pure power.Carville was a little dangerous in that piece, talking about raw power as a thing to be attained. It's a procedure away from a strongman. Really surprised to hear somebody so intertwined with the political scene to casually toss out revolution if there is no hope for one side of the political spectrum. Dangerous words, more than Trump has even uttered.
Such a monolith. Did they have a meeting to make this determination or is it a form of hive mentality? The queen lets out a pheromone and they all react in a swarmON MSNBC I've heard some black analysts talking about this question and their answer is: Bloomberg. Blacks in South Carolina want to see how Biden is going to do in New Hampshire (badly it looks like). And if he does badly, they are talking about turning to Bloomberg en masse. They're just not going for Buttigieg, or Bernie. Bloomberg is the guy. They're willing to forgive stop and frisk. They don't care. Number one priority for black voters: get rid of Trump, and they see Bloomberg as the guy.
Sometimes mine are as well.Good jokes are always appreciated.
They have every reason to be confident right now, but probably the Democrats’ best chance to win is if Trump and his supporters become as arrogant and confident as Clinton’s were in 2016.FWIW, I caught up with two Republican friends this afternoon who couldn't be more thrilled with their chances of a Trump re-election. They both said Pelosi ripping the speech paper was the day they were sure Trump would win again. They are giddy about the idea of facing Sanders.
They think Carville (and I guess Tim) are the only people who get it. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/7/21123518/trump-2020-election-democratic-party-james-carville
Wow, I've never seen that before and boy was it good. Thanks, Joe!Joe Bryant said:It's been posted plenty of times here and nobody takes it seriously because it's cracked.com but I think this guy nails it. https://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about/
I agree with Carville that you have to find a candidate that will not only win the Presidency, but also has coattails. Of the candidates available, I think the one most likely to pull that off is Sanders. He's capable of whipping up enough enthusiasm to bring enough extra to the polls to pull that off. I don't see any of the remaining candidates being in a better situation in that regard. But Carville doesn't like Sanders because no true Scottsman. It's weak reasoning on his part.Joe Bryant said:FWIW, I caught up with two Republican friends this afternoon who couldn't be more thrilled with their chances of a Trump re-election. They both said Pelosi ripping the speech paper was the day they were sure Trump would win again. They are giddy about the idea of facing Sanders.
They think Carville (and I guess Tim) are the only people who get it. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/7/21123518/trump-2020-election-democratic-party-james-carville
Yeah, but Sanders has that whole Socialist nonsense going on so that's going to hurt him even more in the General Election, coattails be damned!I agree with Carville that you have to find a candidate that will not only win the Presidency, but also has coattails. Of the candidates available, I think the one most likely to pull that off is Sanders. He's capable of whipping up enough enthusiasm to bring enough extra to the polls to pull that off. I don't see any of the remaining candidates being in a better situation in that regard. But Carville doesn't like Sanders because no true Scottsman. It's weak reasoning on his part.
He also goes on to rant (and yes he was ranting, which kind of undercuts his lament about the Democrats losing it as this interview was pretty much Carville losing it), about how Democrats are smug and that's offensive to large swathes of the country. Sanders is one of, if not the, least smug candidates left. His whole thing is relating to and fighting for the "non-elite."
Hadn't read it before, thanks for sharing. I grew up around a lot of those one horse towns and moved to the city. Made it quite a bit easier to draw the story back to my own experiences.Joe Bryant said:It's been posted plenty of times here and nobody takes it seriously because it's cracked.com but I think this guy nails it. https://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about/
Agreed.CletiusMaximus said:They have every reason to be confident right now, but probably the Democrats’ best chance to win is if Trump and his supporters become as arrogant and confident as Clinton’s were in 2016.
Look while your friends and I share some views about this, I don’t agree with them. I think Trump WILL lose the election IF the Democrats are smart. Will they be? That remains to be seen.Joe Bryant said:FWIW, I caught up with two Republican friends this afternoon who couldn't be more thrilled with their chances of a Trump re-election. They both said Pelosi ripping the speech paper was the day they were sure Trump would win again. They are giddy about the idea of facing Sanders.
They think Carville (and I guess Tim) are the only people who get it. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/7/21123518/trump-2020-election-democratic-party-james-carville
I couldn't disagree more. Sanders will never get any moderate votes. Hell, I'm not sure I would vote for him and i hate Trump. He is too far left. I think carville is spot on.It’s going to be Bernie, and it should be Bernie, and here’s why. It’s time to be done with Republican Lite. That includes Hillary and Biden. It’s the President’s role to set the tone. So just because M4A may not pass, it’s the right thing to strive for. Bernie has the right vision, he’s aspirational, and a good guy. That’s what we need. Not some centrist version of what the Republicans are already about. I’m pushing all my chips in with Bernie and I hope when the time comes you are all with me and let’s get rid of this dastardly administration and the lies and the filth.
Not if trump and repubs mention all of their far left ideas back into the general election. Debt forgiveness...non starter to almost everyone who worked their ### off to pay back their loans. Medicare for all...not as popular as the Twitter hoards think. Granted I'm in hickville Oklahoma, but even the liberal ones don't like that. Especially those that have employeer provided insurance that they like.NorvilleBarnes said:Big fan of Carville and that interview is hilarious. But he's really talking about general election strategy and the Dems are in the middle of a primary 12-way battle. Most of the things he's talking about will happen after a nomination. I disagree with his take on 2018 (shocker) - imo, it mostly boils down to: Dems were fired up and Republicans stayed home. Not that unusual for a mid-term. But if one wants to believe there was something magical about the 18 message, alrighty.
I don't know the headline on CNN tonight was already targeting him linkIt’s going to be Bernie, and it should be Bernie, and here’s why. It’s time to be done with Republican Lite. That includes Hillary and Biden. It’s the President’s role to set the tone. So just because M4A may not pass, it’s the right thing to strive for. Bernie has the right vision, he’s aspirational, and a good guy. That’s what we need. Not some centrist version of what the Republicans are already about. I’m pushing all my chips in with Bernie and I hope when the time comes you are all with me and let’s get rid of this dastardly administration and the lies and the filth.
I’d think Pete would be right there for betting. Biden as well until he doesn’t do well in SC. Gonna be a barn burner.The bookies have Bloomberg in second only to Bernie.
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This was exactly what Hillary tried to do. www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2017/3/8/14848636/hillary-clinton-tv-adsA little more:
Democrats don’t need to sell the progressive base on opposition to Trump. They don’t need to sell the rank and file. They don’t need to sell African-Americans. They don’t need to sell most Hispanics. They do need to make the case that Trump is a mentally and morally unwell man, and that he sold a pack of lies to the voters in the 15 or so swing states that matter in 2020.
She didn’t concentrate enough on the states that matter. Among other problems.This was exactly what Hillary tried to do. www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2017/3/8/14848636/hillary-clinton-tv-ads
Just a hunch, but I don’t think Democrats are going to take advice from an ex-Republican strategist who hasn’t been right about anything in years.I am reading Rick Wilson’s new book Running Against the Devil . Wilson was a Republican strategist for years and he’s now devoted to defeating Trump. He’s trying to advise the Democrats what to do and what not to do and boy does he ever make a lot a sense! I will quote sections of the book as I read them in this thread.
He’s been right about quite a bit. He’s 100% right about Trump, and the corruption of the Republican Party.Just a hunch, but I don’t think Democrats are going to take advice from an ex-Republican strategist who hasn’t been right about anything in years.
For Bloomberg yes, the others have no shot. I've never seen the punting the early states thing work. I still remember Rudy running and planning on starting to compete when it got to Florida. By the time it got there he was already buried and had no shot.How do Bennett, Patrick and Bloomberg get in this thing? Is the plan a goof super Tuesday showing?
Bennet and Patrick will both drop out this week.How do Bennett, Patrick and Bloomberg get in this thing? Is the plan a goof super Tuesday showing?
This is the Deplorables 2.0 guy, right?I am reading Rick Wilson’s new book Running Against the Devil . Wilson was a Republican strategist for years and he’s now devoted to defeating Trump. He’s trying to advise the Democrats what to do and what not to do and boy does he ever make a lot a sense! I will quote sections of the book as I read them in this thread.