I hate politics season when the sky is crashing down every other week when a new poll comes out. We’ve spent three years fixing at least a few cases of gerrymandering and with Biden performing better than anyone expected as President. I voted for the guy thinking literally a vegetable would be better than Trump and what we got had been an effective President and perhaps the most progressive policies since… well since I can remember at least and I’m up there.
It’s a long time to the election, and it’s not going to be decided by how things are today, but how things are in about 8 months - and many factors beyond anyone’s control. It won’t be Biden who wins or loses, it’ll be a referendum on how the swing states feel the country is doing. However I personally feel about the Israel situation, Michigan and Pennsylvania as states don’t give a fuck. And that’s been about his only… I hesitate to call it a blunder because there is no good way to handle it that doesn’t piss off a bunch of people, but his handling of it feels like a moral failing although maybe it will turn out to be politically savvy.
At any rate, everyone on the left has been pretty happy with him, if disappointed that someone even more progressive wasn’t run in the first place, but all the political polls are coming out at a moment when he has pissed a bunch of people off. It will all settle down and this moment isn’t the one that will determine the election. Look at the economy in 6, 8 months and then panic or don’t.
On the off-chance that Trump fails to secure the Conservative nomination from his jail cell, we have a chance of a more progressive president as Biden has said he’ll step back.
The question (and problem) is: who? Yes, it’s early in the election cycle, but it’s late for candidates to be coming forward. They need to start getting recognition and building momentum now.
Kamila would be a disaster. I used to think she was being groomed, but she’s her public reception has been tepid, at best. Bernie’s burnt out, and would be a hard sell, today; the hypocracy of liberals complainig about the party running only old, white men would be too much to bear. So who’s a Democratic candidate who could mobilize the base?
Team Warren! I’d love to see her as president. She might be too liberal to win. I also like Amy Klobuchar; she’s more moderate and might appeal nore to the undecided center, and she’s run before and also has wide recognition. I’d be thrilled with either.
I do think it’s dangerous for the party to wait until after the Repub primary to start promoting their candidate.
I hate politics season when the sky is crashing down every other week when a new poll comes out. We’ve spent three years fixing at least a few cases of gerrymandering and with Biden performing better than anyone expected as President. I voted for the guy thinking literally a vegetable would be better than Trump and what we got had been an effective President and perhaps the most progressive policies since… well since I can remember at least and I’m up there.
It’s a long time to the election, and it’s not going to be decided by how things are today, but how things are in about 8 months - and many factors beyond anyone’s control. It won’t be Biden who wins or loses, it’ll be a referendum on how the swing states feel the country is doing. However I personally feel about the Israel situation, Michigan and Pennsylvania as states don’t give a fuck. And that’s been about his only… I hesitate to call it a blunder because there is no good way to handle it that doesn’t piss off a bunch of people, but his handling of it feels like a moral failing although maybe it will turn out to be politically savvy.
At any rate, everyone on the left has been pretty happy with him, if disappointed that someone even more progressive wasn’t run in the first place, but all the political polls are coming out at a moment when he has pissed a bunch of people off. It will all settle down and this moment isn’t the one that will determine the election. Look at the economy in 6, 8 months and then panic or don’t.
On the off-chance that Trump fails to secure the Conservative nomination from his jail cell, we have a chance of a more progressive president as Biden has said he’ll step back.
The question (and problem) is: who? Yes, it’s early in the election cycle, but it’s late for candidates to be coming forward. They need to start getting recognition and building momentum now.
Kamila would be a disaster. I used to think she was being groomed, but she’s her public reception has been tepid, at best. Bernie’s burnt out, and would be a hard sell, today; the hypocracy of liberals complainig about the party running only old, white men would be too much to bear. So who’s a Democratic candidate who could mobilize the base?
I liked Warren so I’m probably a terrible person to answer that question because she got no traction.
Team Warren! I’d love to see her as president. She might be too liberal to win. I also like Amy Klobuchar; she’s more moderate and might appeal nore to the undecided center, and she’s run before and also has wide recognition. I’d be thrilled with either.
I do think it’s dangerous for the party to wait until after the Repub primary to start promoting their candidate.