2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress
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High turnout is good news for Dems going forward
Would someone mind answering these questions for me, since I’m not well versed on how it all works:
1) When is it actually decided who the democratic presidential nominee is going to be?
2) What is Super Tuesday?
3) How is Bloomberg even a potential candidate when I didn’t see him in any of the results for Nevada?
1) When is it actually decided who the democratic presidential nominee is going to be?
2) What is Super Tuesday?
3) How is Bloomberg even a potential candidate when I didn’t see him in any of the results for Nevada?
1) at the Democratic National Convention. July 13-16 in Milwaukee.
2) The day with the most primaries/caucuses: you can win more delegates on this day than any other.
3)you don’t have to compete in every state. There are relatively few delegates chosen at this point, more about momentum, so he is focusing on building up his campaign to target the bigger states.
It drives me crazy that the republicans pull out the "socialism" card for health insurance. They claim that
1. Formally, it's the National Convention (July 13-16) where the nominee is announced but we usually "know" well before then though this time, we might actually go to the convention not knowing.
2. 15 states have their primary on Tuesday March 3rd and that usually thins the herd out to just a few candidates.
3. He started his bid for president late and decided to just work on qualifying for the primaries after the first 4 (so he will begin showing up on the March 3rd ballots).
this is just a game to them, they just read on air what their editor wrote, go home and collect $5m a year.
Biden is 4 years and an election too late
Just to follow up on the previous answers, the way it works is if one of the candidates has earned enough delegates from the primaries (that take place over a number of months) they automatically become the nominee. This time because there's a lot of candidates, its likely that no-one will have reached that number, although one candidate could still have a commanding lead. Then there's a giant question mark over what will happen. What should happen is whatever candidate has the lead is given the nomination. What could happen however is that the party make a lot of behind the scenes negotiations and end up nominating someone else. Joe Biden already said this was a possible way for him to win, and its been talked about a lot with different scenarios including Mike Bloomberg perhaps being given the nomination. If any of this stuff actually happens, then the Democrats will lose the election by a large amount.
needs to go straight to a home.
Losing the election will be the least of the problems for the Democrats.
The Democratic Party will be done. And rightly so.
A third party will emerge.
Just watch the Snake raise her hand to lie.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/f...-wont-just-vote-for-him-ill-campaign-for-him/
This is why democrats are so crap at elections. They just can't get over their own superiority complex. A tea party Republican will campaign for a "democratic socialist". Meanwhile MSNBC is talking about central park hangings and democrats freaking out about taxes. God damn losers.
In fairness to Walsh, we can at least agree that libs are bad.
“Bernie Bros”
Anyone who seriously believes that narrative needs their brain checked. Thankfully will be free under Medicare For All.
That guy could make a fortune just wandering around each rally with a bucket marked ‘Donate now’.
Hopefully Sanders is ready for tonight's debate. No doubt all the other candidates will be gunning for him.
Seems Bloomberg's going after him for some comments on sexuality he wrote in the 60's. They're entirely harmless of course, but not if devoid of context.
70's, assuming you mean the rape thing. If you have an understanding of the feminist discourse of the period, then what he wrote is at worst a bit tedious.
Sadly it doesn't read as innocently to those who don't and aren't inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt, which is why I believe he said years ago that he regrets it.
But, yeah, it's just a bit of a heavy handed attack on gender roles and the way they can negatively influence sexuality.
I'm not sure the media is equipped even to try and make a big thing out of it. They wouldn't know where to begin. I don't see it as becoming a serious issue.
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I will find them.
Watch the women go after Bloomberg and the racists and Biden to go after Bernie.
Yeah, the rape thing was '71, wasn't at all about fantasies and his wider point was clearly regarding dysfunctional gender roles. They're trying to pump out other stuff too though, specifically about "orgasms causing cancer" and "kids running around touching each others genitals" - those articles are from the 60's. The orgasms thing is pure nonsense, though Sanders did write an article about how certain researchers of the period had found that sexual repression might be linked to cancer. Sounds a bit whacky but his main point was how society is keen to treat physical illness but ignores and even encourages mental ones. The kids thing is him satirising a scene at a beach where a woman is admonished for letting her toddler run around without a nappy. He links it to a wider point about how the economy exploits shame and sexual repression.
Edit: I agree it'll probably fall a bit flat, but the sensationalist tone might encourage it to reach a wider audience.
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Oh, I've been spared those so far. I read the rape one a couple weeks back.
From your description, I would reiterate what I edited in about the media not having the ability to discuss these things either.
Discuss, yeah - hammer out a bullshit talking point without discussion remains a possibility.
Some will try but the evidence here won't help them. They could try without any of these writings existing and I don't think there would be a difference in their success.
They don't have the ability to explain it and anyone who gets at all curious will look it up and immediately think 'oh god, this is confusing' and stick with whatever opinion they held before.
Anyway, I think tonight could be a really big one for John Delaney.
Bloomberg with a crap attack
Pete’s transition into an SNL character is nearly complete
near?
"Donald Trump stinks"He flew 100 black pols first class to SC just to make that one point.
Cringe from Pete.
well done Amy for remembering that MLK quote
Tell him Warren.
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