Martin Alvito
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He never had it.
Current Affairs 2024 POTUS race
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TN Toffee
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Martin Alvito
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And people go on and on about Biden's word salad. He makes W seem articulate. At least W got the point across, in a discount-store-Yogi-Berra way.
again from the top with your serious answer - in 2 part harmony
I'm not, its a serious question, some have said it's a dig at Obama as puppet master, though that seems a bit obtuse for Trump.
Biden though, should be quietly told, then a plausible...as much as you can for the blindingly obvious...concocted and led away for the sake of his own dignity
Re. Obama and terms - is it 3 in total or 3 consecutively?
Somebody needs to step in for the good of the Country...Morgan Freeman and Harrison Ford are as old(?) as Biden.
who else is left
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He’s already term limited.
A person could technically serve up to ten years if they ascended to the job from the vice-presidency with two years or less remaining before the next election, and then two full terms of their own. But you can only be elected to the office for two, four year terms.
Ok, thanks for the clarification.
Michelle and Oprah dream ticket it is then
Gotta wonder what Gavin Newsom is up to, and on a much more speculative note, What's Cuban gonna do with all his new found cash?
Idle speculation, still Biden v trump with a very uncomfortable night guaranteed in Nov 24
Idle speculation, still Biden v trump with a very uncomfortable night guaranteed in Nov 24
Martin Alvito
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Newsom is jockeying for position in 2028, unless something weird happens in the next couple months. He has a presidential war chest already, and enough name recognition that he can run as a 'former' the way Hillary and Nixon did. I doubt he would try to take down his own appointee in Padilla. He might try to carpetbag a seat like Durbin's, but that does introduce the risk of losing, which would be bad for his 2028 prospects.
I think Cuban has about as much interest in running as Jon Stewart does. I would expect him to spend some catch-up time with his two younger kids while he figures out what, if anything, he wants to do next. He should know whether a reduced schedule will drive him nuts within a few months.
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Maybe you can help me out here…Why do people like Newsom/think he’s a good leader? Under his watch, California has seen a rise in crime, homelessness, little progress on education, and insignificant healthcare reforms. Add that to the absurd cost of living in the state that’s gotten worse despite the ridiculous state tax rate. He also came across as a little slimy with how he acted above others during the pandemic and some his recent statements about how they only cleaned up San Fransisco because there were world leaders coming to town…Seemed a lot like a “Screw you” to the people that live there. I just don’t get his appeal.
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Martin Alvito
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Standard reason people take a shine to leaders these days. Articulate, good at the 140 character game, combative with respect to the other side. That's more or less what Newsom put on display last night. He walked into a hostile arena with a hostile moderator, and got his innings in anyway.
Reality is that people haven't been looking for the best leader since Clinton, if not Reagan. They've been looking for the person who makes them feel the best. These days, with all the acrimony, they want a verbal combatant. They're shopping for the divorce lawyer who will land the hardest verbal punches during the proceedings. They want to hear someone go to bat for their definition of reality.
The problem is that what a divorce attorney does is the opposite of governing. The Senate requires sixty votes to accomplish anything of substance, and neither side is getting there any time soon. The most extreme House members are such that anything that can get to 218 can't get to 60. If any president is to accomplish anything, the first order of business is finding a way to get both sets of partisan media to turn on the extreme members in the safe House seats who just pander to cable news audiences, and start putting politicians with a legislative agenda front and center on their programs. That's a different skill set than anyone we've ever elected possessed.
Don't get me wrong. There's a place for Bernie in the Senate, but that place is there because of what he stands for. He stands both for the institution of the Senate and his broader principles. What we've seen from the younger extremists in the House (and Senate, to an extent), on both sides, is that they don't stand for the institution. The institution is nothing more than a means to a personal end. There's a difference.
Is there any way you see the bolded changing any time soon? There are so many barriers to this changing, I'm not optimistic.
We are broken
I'm not sure I can help. Probably best fielded by some of the CA posters here like @LinekersLegs
Seems to me like a fairly run of the mill politician. An opportunist with good and bad policies.
He wouldnt be my choice but I'm not overly bothered by him.
The problem here is that none of the Democrats are able to shine a light on the absolute crap show that is the MAGA GOP.
I find picking holes in Newsoms governance is all well and good in normal politics, it seems wasted in the climate where, with the exception of Liz Cheney, not one republican will stand up to Trump. Cowards to a man.
Just looking at Hannity and DeSantis the other night confirmed EVERYTHING that's screwed up with this country.
For a generation Republicans created a monster, then they lost control of it, and now they grovel at its feet in the false hope that it wont eat them.
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