Current Affairs 2020 Democratic Primary

[BirkenheadBlue]

She's also been holding political fundraisers around the US again. She won't say anything before it's necessary.

PolitiFact - No, Hillary Clinton is not currently laying the groundwork to run for president in 2020

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

www.politifact.com

 

[Fedlingen]

PolitiFact - No, Hillary Clinton is not currently laying the groundwork to run for president in 2020

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

www.politifact.com

I know she's not running for president, i'm terrified she'll be picked as VP running mate.

 

[tsubaki]

I'm not sure why that supposition is either manifestly false or extremely questionable (except to the extent that it's extremely questionable whether Trump will lose at all, such is the advantage of incumbency) when the person with the biggest advantage vs Trump in EVERY battleground state poll is a moderate. (I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you meant moderate, rather than centrist - there are no centrists (by US standards) running for the Dem nomination)

Er - what I said was whether a centrist (or moderate) candidate exists that will beat Trump and that the Democratic establishment will pick that candidate. There isn't one, and they wouldn't anyway. The moderate belief is (edit: or at least appears to be) that there is, and they would.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I know she's not running for president, i'm terrified she'll be picked as VP running mate.

She won’t.

Rest easy

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Er - what I said was whether a centrist (or moderate) candidate exists that will beat Trump and that the Democratic establishment will pick that candidate. There isn't one, and they wouldn't anyway. The moderate belief is (edit: or at least appears to be) that there is, and they would.

So you ARE saying there isn’t one, right?

Which the evidence doesn’t seem to indicate is the case.

 

[tsubaki]

So you ARE saying there isn’t one, right?

Which the evidence doesn’t seem to indicate is the case.

Of course there isn't one; thats why Sanders is in the position that he is, and why the race is in the shape its in. Can you honestly say there is an outstanding moderate candidate this time around?

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Of course there isn't one; thats why Sanders is in the position that he is, and why the race is in the shape its in. Can you honestly say there is an outstanding moderate candidate this time around?

not sure the bit in bold really tracks, but moving on...

Depends on your definition of outstanding.

if it’s an outstanding potential President, then no. But then the only person I’d put in that bracket in the entire race isn’t doing great in the Primary.

The most likely to beat Trump (by pretty much every state-by-state head to head poll) is a moderate though. He’s not my choice for POTUS, but Biden consistently polls ahead of Trump in the key battleground states. Something which Bernie (so far) doesn’t do - certainly in the polls I’ve seen.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Something for everyone in the latest NBC poll

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Something for everyone in the latest NBC poll

That... doesn't make great reading

 

[LinekersLegs]

That... doesn't make great reading

Unless you are Trump, no

Meanwhile here in California there are a ton of Bloomberg ads but if this poll is accuate they aren’t making a dent

 

[Khalekan]

I am listening to Bernie’s Town Hall on CNN right now.

He is just brilliant.

 

[abelard]

Warren: "I don’t believe democracy should be for sale to billionaires and giant corporations. I don’t take corporate PAC money. Shoot, I don’t take PAC money of any kind...put your money where your mouth is and say no to the PACs"

Nevertheless, she persisted.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Warren: "I don’t believe democracy should be for sale to billionaires and giant corporations. I don’t take corporate PAC money. Shoot, I don’t take PAC money of any kind...put your money where your mouth is and say no to the PACs"

Nevertheless, she persisted.

And she’s supposed to do... what exactly, to stop them? She’s not taken money from them, they’re airing uncoordinated ads supporting her candidacy.

Any comments on the polls @LinekersLegs posted

 

[abelard]

And she’s supposed to do... what exactly, to stop them? She’s not taken money from them, they’re airing uncoordinated ads supporting her candidacy.

Mate, please.

But okay, even though there is zero chance that she is not entirely aware and on board with this, and just to entertain the premise, I believe it was a certain Senator Warren who was just the other day demanding that candidates be held responsible for their supporters?

Any comments on the polls @LinekersLegs posted

Hypothetical head-to-head polls almost a year out mean virtually nothing.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Mate, please.

But okay, even though there is zero chance that she is not entirely aware and on board with this, and just to entertain the premise, I believe it was a certain Senator Warren who was just the other day demanding that candidates be held responsible for their supporters?


Hypothetical head-to-head polls almost a year out mean virtually nothing.

Ok. Everyone's a liar except Bernie. Got it.