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An idea whose time is coming. The next generations of voters won't consider this a radical proposal at all.
Yep. I'm not necessarily endorsing Klobuchar, but I could live with an unexciting president for a while.
I know this sort of thing gets the base all excited but it will never happen.
The overriding attitude from Dem voters must be "yeah, he or she isn't my first choice but they're an improvement over who's in the White House right now."
I don’t think you have to worry about this. No matter who it is 99% of Democrats will feel this way. We just have to get the indies on board.
Then stop being such a negative nellie. "It'll never happen" guy is one of the big reasons why good things don't happen.
Tim is being realistic. It has been decades and we still haven't gotten all states to ratify the ERA, for crying out loud. I don't see the legislators of 38 states going along with this.
It took like 20 years from the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act to having nationwide same sex marriage. Good ideas can sometimes change people's views in a relatively short period of time.
I caught a little of her town hall last night. It just seems like she is pushing out snappy ideas. The breaking up of Big Tech was one, her expansive definition of "corruption" away from an actual criminal definition, and stuff like this. - I guess I have the same criticism about negatives nancies but really I'm just making a comment about her campaign. She seems to be pushing bold initiatives to get attention. Maybe there's nothing wrong with that, as noted above you have to push for affirmative values, just a thought.
Turnout was a big deal for Obama 08, suppression was a big deal for Romney 12 & Hillary 16. It's unfortunate but that's been politics since forever.
i like her as a candidate, too, but she's not catching fire either. i expect her to do well enough in Iowa because of her familiarity there. however, she's not staking out positions or making a case for her as *the* democratic contender for 2020 (unlike Warren most notably). most of the next tier candidates - Booker, Gillebrand, et al - are just waging a charm offensive now to raise their profiles right now.
i think expanding the SCOTUS and/or ditching the EC are non-starters for many, many americans regardless of the actual merit for these initiatives. i'd rather they make a meaningful effort at fixing the voting by addressing gerrymandering, voter suppression, fixing voting systems, and the like instead of half-assed ideas like lowering the voting age to 16.
I'm ready to take on every "it'll never happen" guy on this bored. I'm fired up and as soon as I finish my nap, I'm gonna launch into all of them.
For about three seconds I tried to find your post where you claimed that southern black women would determine the DNC nominee, and then I laughed, I'm looking for a needle in a haystack, so pardon me for posting out of order.
I haven't heard that objection. It is estimated that about 80% of felons are unable to pay court fees and costs. The ACLU is calling it an illegal poll Tax. This proposed bill has potential to determine the 2020 presidential election.
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I think I wrote that Biden was the one candidate who could challenge Kamala for their support, and it would not surprise me at all, given the conservative nature of these women. If they’re mostly for Biden, forget it; he will be the nominee. But we’re a ways off from finding out who they’re for.
Hillary was amazingly qualified. Getting people excited to vote for you is the job until you get elected.
My point was just a lack of charisma is a big problem with someone running.
Yes. I see your point and we are not necessarily in disagreement.
Really?
Hadn’t really thought about who is at fault but your job as a politician is to get elected. You can win as a wonky person, a charismatic type not necessarily one blueprint.
People in hell would like ice water.
It is early yet, we are a ways from the first debate. Plenty of time for things to sort themselves out and 2-3 of the top candidates to emerge for Democrats to take a closer look at and then reach a consensus.
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