US election 2020

[David]

they do seem to have a set against Bernie ATM

I wonder why?

[Wokko]

Even though I've never been to church (maybe once?) I find their church satire stuff hilarious.

[pietillidie]

Even Krugman's prepared to back Bernie, which is an important advance endorsement:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/opin ... trump.html

From what it seems, beyond his base Sanders wins on decency and respect, even if he's a bit too left for many. A lot of Americans will take that as a win compared to the vile toad in the WH.

[David]

You couldn't make this stuff up. Unless you're in the US intelligence / Keystone Cops community, of course, in which case running with and exaggerating unsourced hunches is just a key part of the job.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/us/p ... rence.html

Their disagreement came as intelligence officials disputed reports that emerged last week about a briefing of the House Intelligence Committee. The officials now maintain that the House members either misheard or misinterpreted a key part of the briefing, and that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not mean to say that it believes the Russians are currently intervening in the election explicitly to help President Trump.

They do believe that Russia is intervening in the election, and that Moscow prefers Mr. Trump, a deal maker it knows well. But at least for now, those two objectives may not be linked.

[David]

MSNBC’s stages of grief over Sanders:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZAFlqJQDdI

[David]

Worth reading for Sanders sceptics:

https://theintercept.com/2020/02/24/ber ... ctability/

[stui magpie]

Bernies blind spot will end up being his policies which, as every good socialist does, are totally uncosted. He has NFI how much his policies will cost, but we'll tax the rich and middle class some more and it'll all be good.

He aint going to be POTUS. Not happening.

[Jezza]

Democratic Primaries:

Estimated Delegate Count:
- Bernie Sanders = 45
- Pete Buttigieg = 25
- Joe Biden = 15
- Elizabeth Warren = 8
- Amy Klobuchar = 7

Popular Vote (%):
- Bernie Sanders = 163,258 (31.1%)
- Pete Buttigieg = 133,314 (25.8%)
- Amy Klobuchar = 87,270 (16.6%)
- Elizabeth Warren = 74,062 (14.1%)
- Joe Biden = 67,721 (12.9%)

Contests Won:
- Bernie Sanders =2
_______________________________________________________________

Republican Primaries:

Estimated Delegate Count:
- Donald Trump = 144
- Bill Weld = 1

Popular Vote (%):
- Donald Trump = 160,925 (91.23%)
- Bill Weld = 14,195 (8.05%)

Contests Won:
- Donald Trump = 5

[Jezza]

Polling Aggregates (South Carolina) - Feb 9 to 24

Joe Biden = 28.0%
Bernie Sanders = 22.0%
Tom Steyer = 14.1%
Pete Buttigieg = 9.3%
Elizabeth Warren = 8.7%
Undecided = 6.7%
Other = 6.1%
Amy Klobuchar = 5.1%

[stui magpie]

Yeah, but mini Mike enters the race officially on super Tuesday so anything could happen,

[Jezza]

Yeah, but mini Mike enters the race officially on super Tuesday so anything could happen,

Agree. There's a long way to go.

I still think it comes down to Sanders and Bloomberg despite's Bloomberg's poor debating performance last week.

[David]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 56366.html

A video of Mr Biden’s speech shared widely on social media showed him saying: “My name is Joe Biden. I’m a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Look me over, if you like what you see, help out. If not, vote for the other Biden.”

Also mentioned working with (the long-dead) Deng Xiaoping on the Paris Agreement. How this guy is still running astonishes me. Looks on track for a big win in South Carolina, too.

[Pi]

An article on the likely outcome of a Sanders nomination:
https://thebulwark.com/this-is-how-trum ... e-sanders/


What the democrats should have done after 2016 is to have conscripted Harry Markopolos.

https://nypost.com/2019/09/14/meet-the- ... e-the-90s/

[David]

[Pi]

^
maybe; but over fifty years of supporting and making excuses for every failed Marxist communist dictatorship is going to come back to bite him.
People under 25 may not read history, but everyone else does.

saying "Fidel Castro did some good things" is like painting a kick me sign on your self.

like I said; the Democrats should have found a new candidate after 2016.
Harry Markopolos or someone like him would have got the occupy walls st crowd as well as centrists.