Tonight, just at dusk, I needed to get some buckets from the back porch. The entire woodlands were alive with birdsong. Not something I recognized, but utterly lovely.
Alan, Sanders/Grijalva sounds good to me too. I agree, though, it's unlikely. Also, IMO we need Raul where he is, just as we need Elizabeth Warren where she is. Abrams, though, is a freelance, so to speak. Running with Bernie wouldn't take her away from a current seat.
I’d like to see Abrams in the Senate. Replace Perdue, a lost cause. The presidency is grossly over-rated. The current incompetent should have taught us that. But, Pence is the Moscovian candidate and would be worse. So just oust the pair in 2020 and stop getting distracted by the Greatest Show on Earth.
Harris following the 2016 Clinton roadmap [Click] This is from January 23rd, but certainly still relevant. It touches on a number of reasons this Californian will definitely not be voting for her, and which cannot be concealed these days.
It seems that the Harris campaign is concealing the number of individual contributors she has; they don't have to file that information with the FEC, and they don't. If the numbers were good, I have no doubt they would tout them.
Oh, I think Nina Turner is GREAT—who can ever forget her efforts to protect men’s reproductive health? [Click] I read a couple of years ago that she was working as a motivational speaker, which really fits. I should be very pleased to see both Nina Turner and Stacey Abrams hold prominent positions of any sort in a Democratic presidential administration, or statewide elective office.
Charles M. Blow in the NYT: The Fickle Over the Faithful. Loyal supporters of the Democratic Party deserve answers. [Click] The institutional Democratic Party needs to pay attention to the people who actually provide the votes, not the illusory white working class “swing” voters. Ya hear, Joe? [I truly do hope the Democratic Party does not need to spend another four years wandering in the wilderness.]
Without having read the article, my impression is that the Democratic establishment isn't looking at the working-class voters who were swayed by Trump's anti-establishment rhetoric but at suburban middle-class voters who went for Trump because they traditionally vote Republican and who are now thoroughly fed up with him. I think the former are the people we really need to go after, and Bernie is the person to do it. But the establishment still thinks they aren't worth bothering about, confirming their assumptions.
NY AG investigating NRA's finances
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Tonight, just at dusk, I needed to get some buckets from the back porch. The entire woodlands were alive with birdsong. Not something I recognized, but utterly lovely.
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DeleteAlan, Sanders/Grijalva sounds good to me too. I agree, though, it's unlikely. Also, IMO we need Raul where he is, just as we need Elizabeth Warren where she is. Abrams, though, is a freelance, so to speak. Running with Bernie wouldn't take her away from a current seat.
ReplyDeleteI’d like to see Abrams in the Senate. Replace Perdue, a lost cause. The presidency is grossly over-rated. The current incompetent should have taught us that. But, Pence is the Moscovian candidate and would be worse. So just oust the pair in 2020 and stop getting distracted by the Greatest Show on Earth.
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ReplyDeleteUS election 2020: The Democratic White House race - in five charts [Click] One chart that is missing is the number of individual contributors per candidate.
Harris following the 2016 Clinton roadmap [Click] This is from January 23rd, but certainly still relevant. It touches on a number of reasons this Californian will definitely not be voting for her, and which cannot be concealed these days.
It seems that the Harris campaign is concealing the number of individual contributors she has; they don't have to file that information with the FEC, and they don't. If the numbers were good, I have no doubt they would tout them.
DeleteMy fantasy ticket is Bernie Sanders/Nina Turner. She is a brilliant speaker and can really fire up a crowd.
ReplyDeleteOh, I think Nina Turner is GREAT—who can ever forget her efforts to protect men’s reproductive health? [Click] I read a couple of years ago that she was working as a motivational speaker, which really fits. I should be very pleased to see both Nina Turner and Stacey Abrams hold prominent positions of any sort in a Democratic presidential administration, or statewide elective office.
DeleteThere Is No Excuse for How Universities Treat Adjuncts [Click] Not new, but I just encountered it. Best exposition I have read.
ReplyDeleteAmazingly Simple, Beautiful Way to Fix Midwestern Farmlands [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe disabled Christians reinterpreting the Bible [Click] Certainly food for thought.
ReplyDeleteCharles M. Blow in the NYT: The Fickle Over the Faithful. Loyal supporters of the Democratic Party deserve answers. [Click] The institutional Democratic Party needs to pay attention to the people who actually provide the votes, not the illusory white working class “swing” voters. Ya hear, Joe? [I truly do hope the Democratic Party does not need to spend another four years wandering in the wilderness.]
ReplyDeleteWithout having read the article, my impression is that the Democratic establishment isn't looking at the working-class voters who were swayed by Trump's anti-establishment rhetoric but at suburban middle-class voters who went for Trump because they traditionally vote Republican and who are now thoroughly fed up with him. I think the former are the people we really need to go after, and Bernie is the person to do it. But the establishment still thinks they aren't worth bothering about, confirming their assumptions.
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