It’s all speculation at this point, but I would be very surprised (and worried) if Bernie picked a VP from outside the Berniecrat camp. There’s a high risk of Eagleton MkII.
My money’s on Nina Turner.
I reaaaaaally don’t like that. I like her positions, but I don’t like her record of getting elected. I liked the “leaked” Sanders plan of Warren. We’re headed for a contraction, and she did bankruptcy law and has a better grounding of the nuts and bolts of how wealth gets hidden.
But Warren might be better elsewhere in the cabinet. I think he needs to get away from the coastal thing, and connect better to communities that have been disenfranchised. Stacey Abrams or Julian Castro? Stacey Abrams might be the death of Joe Biden in the south, whereas Texas’ latinx population is already sort of fired up for Sanders.
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From Maggie Koerth
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this at the end sums it all up for me:
“…basically both want the same things — a candidate who cares about average people, a candidate who will be a game-changer and think outside the box. They both suspect other voters aren’t engaged or doing the research necessary to know who meets those criteria.”
i know the media wants this to be a big knock-down, drag out fight among the candidates, but honestly they are all much more similar than they are different. i have my preferred candidate, and i have a list of seconds and thirds, but when all is said and done i’ll take ANY of them and be very happy, and i think all of them could beat the stuffing out of Cheeto Mussolini. i just hope the electorate doesn’t fall victim to the false divisiveness that’s being pushed lately.
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I hope this takes him out of the primary race…
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Ah, back in the days when a dogwhistle was more of a foghorn.
Way back in 2015.
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Yang’s out, who’s leaving next?
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“you can just Xerox (copy)”
The parenthetical addendum makes me feel old.
Also, the “95%” broad brush makes me completely doubt Bloomberg’s image as a numbers guy. “You don’t even have to know what’s going on. Let Racism guide your instincts!”
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A hopeful sign.
after this sort of thing
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i’m surprised that Bernie isn’t getting more mention in the same breath with this by the media. he keeps saying that if turnout can be maxed out, we will win. more turnout is one of the keys, especially among young voters, and that’s his wheelhouse right now. i’m definitely hopeful.
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If one of your claims to the presidency rests on the assertion that “I can increase turnout in the general” well, you’d better prove it in the primary. The path to the white house depends on voter enthusiam.
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Me too.
I recall an old joke about photocopying journal articles: Why read something when you can Xerox it?
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i still call it “mimeographing” just for kicks.
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I can smell it now…
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so you say.
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Nice wording on that headline.
I hope his racist remarks slow his campaign some, but I’m not holding my breath.
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Can you imagine a debate in which Trump and Bloomberg speak about minorities?
Ugh
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