tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post3151927169277802194..comments2024-03-28T03:29:05.990-04:00Comments on Howard-Empowered People: An online community of Dean-inspired activists: ☃️ Happy Snow Moon Birthday, Snowflake Bentley! ❄️Renee in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741974339127525003noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-81648195753549597342020-02-09T23:45:39.815-05:002020-02-09T23:45:39.815-05:00So, Bernie's popularity seems to have increase...So, Bernie's popularity seems to have increased, as has Klobuchar's.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-12139096218930533732020-02-09T23:40:30.469-05:002020-02-09T23:40:30.469-05:00Polls dated Monday Feb. 10th:
Boston Globe/Suffol...Polls dated Monday Feb. 10th:<br /><br />Boston Globe/Suffolk:<br />Sanders 27%, Buttigieg 19, Klobuchar 14, Warren 12, Biden 12, Yang 3, Gabbard 3, Steyer 2<br /><br />Emerson:<br />Sanders 30%, Buttigieg 23, Klobuchar 14, Warren 11, Biden 10, Yang 4, Gabbard 2, Steyer 2Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-84603187719900413672020-02-09T23:32:12.066-05:002020-02-09T23:32:12.066-05:00I have now finished rereading The Mouse That Roare...I have now finished rereading <em>The Mouse That Roared.</em> Perhaps I will now watch the movie again, although it is significantly different from the novel. The book works better as a book, and the movie works better as a movie (which also serves as a vehicle for Peter Sellers).Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-49105712861287225792020-02-09T19:53:08.484-05:002020-02-09T19:53:08.484-05:00Sanders glides toward primary day as moderates bra...<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/09/bernie-glides-primary-moderates-brawl-112968" rel="nofollow">Sanders glides toward primary day as moderates brawl</a> [Click] "It’s fratricide at the moment," said one Democrat.<br /><br />And now to resume reading <em>The Mouse That Roared.</em>Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-62327125744455291892020-02-09T19:41:11.613-05:002020-02-09T19:41:11.613-05:00He was allegedly joking to avoid answering the que...He was allegedly joking to avoid answering the question--but what the dickens is that supposed to mean? Other than "vote for someone else," that is.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-66488159490406577622020-02-09T19:39:26.503-05:002020-02-09T19:39:26.503-05:00Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone: Today’s Dems: An Incom...<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/iowa-caucus-democrats-disaster-trump-sanders-949655/amp/" rel="nofollow">Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone: <em>Today’s Dems: An Incompetent Lobby for Doomed Elites</em></a> [Click] Interesting, if perhaps disjointed and unnecessarily pessimistic. Or optimistic, if it is an illustration of the party remaking itself via revolution.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-85366608185575916402020-02-09T19:06:15.817-05:002020-02-09T19:06:15.817-05:00https://disrn.com/news/biden-calls-woman-lying-dog...<a href="https://disrn.com/news/biden-calls-woman-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldier?fbclid=IwAR2BTAZhpBE07Dum9oEhS9g2V4Q1AWdxxrzHcKac29DbeCtFH0TVJLxhnDg" rel="nofollow">https://disrn.com/news/biden-calls-woman-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldier?fbclid=IwAR2BTAZhpBE07Dum9oEhS9g2V4Q1AWdxxrzHcKac29DbeCtFH0TVJLxhnDg</a><br /><br />"At a campaign stop in Hampton, NH, 2020 candidate Joe Biden told a woman voter that she was a "lying, dog-faced pony soldier" after she asked him why voters should believe that he can win the national election after his abysmal performance in Iowa:"Susan Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051952439640530956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-34364577801120186422020-02-09T18:59:07.851-05:002020-02-09T18:59:07.851-05:00BTW--I probably won't be here tomoorow; off t...BTW--I probably won't be here tomoorow; off to San Francisco in the AM.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-52482963706996748942020-02-09T18:58:20.638-05:002020-02-09T18:58:20.638-05:00In Iowa’s Obama-Trump counties, Democrats didn’t t...<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/09/iowas-obama-trump-counties-democrats-didnt-turn-out/" rel="nofollow">In Iowa’s Obama-Trump counties, Democrats didn’t turn out</a> [Click] “The best argument I’ve heard that squares with talking to voters is that Democrats are more invested in defeating the president than in choosing a nominee.”Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-71261677247178592002020-02-09T16:05:43.611-05:002020-02-09T16:05:43.611-05:00Terrible storm hitting British Isles [Click]<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51425482" rel="nofollow">Terrible storm hitting British Isles</a> [Click]Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-82008778057750094892020-02-09T15:55:50.205-05:002020-02-09T15:55:50.205-05:00Sounds good to me, too, Bill. Thanks for the link...Sounds good to me, too, Bill. Thanks for the link.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-68904109791494620602020-02-09T15:48:07.439-05:002020-02-09T15:48:07.439-05:00Robert Reich: Michael Bloomberg is trying to buy t...<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/09/michael-bloomberg-donald-trump-presidential-election" rel="nofollow">Robert Reich: Michael Bloomberg is trying to buy the presidency</a> [Click] If the choice comes down to tyrant or oligarch, we must choose the latter. But our democracy would still be in peril.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-38981305681243830542020-02-09T15:33:20.091-05:002020-02-09T15:33:20.091-05:00Democratic debate: Front-runners Buttigieg and San...<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-new-hampshire-democratic-debate-20200207-tdk64yin45ah3jlt3iro5ybhda-story.html" rel="nofollow">Democratic debate: Front-runners Buttigieg and Sanders beat back attacks in New Hampshire</a>. This strikes me as a very good, balanced summary of the debate.W. A.Thomassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053050637813607747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-73765858068022618912020-02-09T15:00:01.804-05:002020-02-09T15:00:01.804-05:00LA Times: For 20 minutes it was Joe Biden, live an...<a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-08/joe-biden-unplugged-in-new-hampshire" rel="nofollow">LA Times: For 20 minutes it was Joe Biden, live and unplugged.</a> [Click] “Finishing fourth in the Iowa caucuses will do that to a candidate whose White House bid is heavily premised on supposed electability.” Twenty minutes? Oh, be still, my heart!Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-55294200456827276592020-02-09T13:46:06.350-05:002020-02-09T13:46:06.350-05:00The secret behind the Sanders campaign: people bef...<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/09/bernie-sanders-campaign-people-tech-obama-big-data" rel="nofollow">The secret behind the Sanders campaign: people before tech </a> [Click]<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/08/hijabi-clout-women-unknowingly-pictured-campaign-ads-biden-warren-clinton" rel="nofollow">'Hijabi clout': the women of color unknowingly used by 2020 campaigns.</a> [Click] “Sabirah Mahmud was in a Biden video. Ayanna Lee was in an ad for Warren. Neither of them consented, nor do they support those candidates.”Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-37377211667174070982020-02-09T12:55:57.859-05:002020-02-09T12:55:57.859-05:00Nice try, Biden. 😂
(We’ll be the judge of that!)...Nice try, Biden. 😂<br /><br />(We’ll be the judge of that!)listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-53516912908712155512020-02-09T12:10:10.980-05:002020-02-09T12:10:10.980-05:00Brief synopsis from politicalwire.com: [Click]
Bi...Brief synopsis from <a href="https://politicalwire.com/" rel="nofollow">politicalwire.com:</a> [Click]<br /><br />Biden opines that neither Sanders nor Buttigieg is electable.<br /><br />Steyer has been pouring money into South Carolina—advertisements and ground operation.<br /><br />Buttigieg spends big on digital advertising in seven (mostly white) Super Tuesday states but doesn’t have much of a ground operation.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-50583975689692607112020-02-09T11:46:03.269-05:002020-02-09T11:46:03.269-05:00New New Hampster polls via politicalwire.com:
A ...New New Hampster polls via politicalwire.com:<br /><br /><br />A new Boston Globe/WBZ-TV/Suffolk University poll in New Hampshire finds Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic primary race with 24%, followed by Pete Buttitieg at 22%, Elizabeth Warren at 13%, Joe Biden at 10% and Amy Klobuchar at 9%.<br /><br />A new CNN poll finds Sanders ahead with 28%, followed by Buttigieg at 21%, Biden at 12%, Warren at 9% and Klobuchar at 6%.<br /><br />A new 7NEWS/Emerson College poll finds Sanders leading with 30%, followed by Buttigieg at 20%, Klobuchar at 13%, Warren at 12% and Biden at 11%.<br /><br />A new CBS News poll finds Sanders leading with 29%, followed by Buttigieg at 25%, Warren at 17%, Biden at 12% and Klobuchar at 10%.<br />Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-53133289152575239282020-02-09T01:42:05.489-05:002020-02-09T01:42:05.489-05:00Matthew Yglesisas: The Democratic establishment is...<a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/2/7/21122966/establishment-stop-bernie-sanders-hillary-obama" rel="nofollow">Matthew Yglesisas: The Democratic establishment is doing a really bad job of stopping Bernie Sanders</a> [Click] Makes some quite possibly valid points, but Mr. Yglesias makes it clear he does not favor Bernie. One particularly choice statement: <b>”If Biden’s not up for it, someone should have said so.”</b> Yoo-hoo, Mr. Yglesias! People have been saying that for quite some time—you just haven’t been listening.Alan in CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516051777407876376noreply@blogger.com