Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[MrPerfectNot]

Regardless of party, it is hard to be a candidate for national office, and I'm quick to laugh and point out gaffs or lack of awareness. At the same time, I acknowledge it is very difficult to be fully prepared for everything a candidate faces.

The link below is a new candidate who, while experienced at being on television, has clearly not thought through or been well-briefed / coached on the range of questions that can come up. To her credit, she hung in there, didn't get rattled, and was a good sport at the end. I wouldn't support her if she were running in my Congressional district, but I think this serves as a good object lesson as to the difficulty in running for office in the US.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-c...msnbc-im-not-here-to-judge-neo-nazis?ref=home

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Looking like good work being done by my 18th district cousins. Well done

 

[verreauxi]

Looking like good work being done by my 18th district cousins. Well done

Though just checked the polls and seems too close to call.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Though just checked the polls and seems too close to call.

It’s trending right. In areas Saccone should be way up in are closer than expected and Lamb is way up in the suburbs

 

[ilikecheese]

It’s trending right. In areas Saccone should be way up in are closer than expected and Lamb is way up in the suburbs

Looking like this won't be decided until tomorrow. 95 vote lead for Lamb before absentee votes counted.

 

[ilikecheese]

Looking like this won't be decided until tomorrow. 95 vote lead for Lamb before absentee votes counted.

Absentees counted in Allegheny County. Lamb up 847 votes.

Gonna be a long night for some people.

 

[ilikecheese]

Saccone will fall short of Lamb in PA-18 unless he gets more than 70% of the remaining absentee ballots.

 

[ilikecheese]

Lamb just gave a victory speach. Still waiting on those absentee counts...

Either way this is a massive victory for Democrats as long as they learn from it. It's all about the candidate.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Lamb just gave a victory speach. Still waiting on those absentee counts...

Either way this is a massive victory for Democrats as long as they learn from it. It's all about the candidate.

It’s about run everywhere, and for everything.

 

[ilikecheese]

It’s about run everywhere, and for everything.

Yes and no. There has to be some level of agreement on progressive ideas, otherwise it's the bogged down right who can't agree on anything. Repeal and replace has been forgotten but it was a 7 year talking point from the right. They failed miserably in that promise by being incredibly divided.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Yes and no. There has to be some level of agreement on progressive ideas, otherwise it's the bogged down right who can't agree on anything. Repeal and replace has been forgotten but it was a 7 year talking point from the right. They failed miserably in that promise by being incredibly divided.

What I meant is that the result show that almost no race is out of reach this year.

Also it should demonstrate the importance of competing in arenas where Democrats have traditionally been lacklustre - races lower than Congress etc.

The momentum and enthusiasm behind the left this year is not a common occurrence, and needs to be fully taken advantage of

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Eh. Nerds, can you explain these current elections and what bearing they have in getting Donny out of the WH if any?

 

[Ruairi77]

Eh. Nerds, can you explain these current elections and what bearing they have in getting Donny out of the WH if any?

<dons nerd tinfoil hat>
Two houses in Parliment.
Senate has 100 seats, each state gets 2
House of Representatives has 435 (I think). It's done by population so some states have way more reps than others.
Any new law usually has to go through the house and senate then to the president.
At the moment the republicans control the house, the senate and the presidency, giving them a lot of power.
This election was for one of the seats in the house of representatives because the pro life sitting rep for that district had to resign after trying to convince his mistress to have an abortion!
If Lamb wins, it's one tiny step toward Dems taking control of part of the government. But it's a strong republican area so it will have their party rattled.
As for Donny, the house majority can bring impeachment proceedings but it needs a 2/3 senate majority to go anywhere.
Hope that's a wee bit clearer.
It's all nuts!

 

[Ruairi77]

<dons nerd tinfoil hat>
Two houses in Parliment.
Senate has 100 seats, each state gets 2
House of Representatives has 435 (I think). It's done by population so some states have way more reps than others.
Any new law usually has to go through the house and senate then to the president.
At the moment the republicans control the house, the senate and the presidency, giving them a lot of power.
This election was for one of the seats in the house of representatives because the pro life sitting rep for that district had to resign after trying to convince his mistress to have an abortion!
If Lamb wins, it's one tiny step toward Dems taking control of part of the government. But it's a strong republican area so it will have their party rattled.
As for Donny, the house majority can bring impeachment proceedings but it needs a 2/3 senate majority to go anywhere.
Hope that's a wee bit clearer.
It's all nuts!

Also worth pointing out that house rep terms are only two years (daft) so most of them will be up for re-election in November (midterms)
Senators have a 6 year term so roughly 1/3 of them will be up for re-election in November

 

[verreauxi]

Wow!...

Asking Financial Advisers to Act in Their Clients' Best Interest Is 'Unreasonable' Now

Don’t nobody nowhere ever make references to George Orwell in any political context ever again. According to The Hill, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ended that game for us all:

A divided federal appeals court on Thursday tossed out an Obama-era Labor Department rule that required financial investment advisers to act in the best interest of their clients. In a 2-1 ruling, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said the fiduciary rule bears the hallmarks of “unreasonableness” and constitutes an arbitrary and capricious exercise of administrative power.

Read that again. Savor the pure, undiluted wingnuttiness of it. Your financial adviser doesn’t have to act in your best interest.

More here:
https://www.esquire.com/news-politi...ing-financial-advisers-client-best-interests/