2020 Election Thread (formerly: 2020 Presidential Candidates Thread) (Part 1)

And if those Republicans had attempted to run on the Democratic ticket they wouldn’t have been elected at all. So those Republican Presidents’ “electability” was inextricably linked to the path they took to the White House.

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Biden was broke going into SC and if he owes anyone for his current viability it’s not the establishment - it’s African American voters. He doesn’t even have the cash to run any ads on Super Tuesday.

He - and others - would do well to remember that. And to not denigrate that power.

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Virginia just called for Biden; Vermont for Sanders.

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In that respect it can be a healthy thing in a democracy for politicians to “owe” something to their constituents. Especially in contrast to politicians who owe their viability to lobbyists like the Koch brothers or ultra-wealthy people like Bloomberg who presumably doesn’t feel like he owes anyone at all.

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Front-page thumbnail in the WaPo:


(It is a lie, of course, they don’t actually have results for these states at this time; some graphics person is obviously a Warren fan trolling us.)

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NC just called for Biden.

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Heh.

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Today’s Twitter Trend: telling black Warren supporters to vote for Bernie because black people don’t support Warren.

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Bloomberg wins American Samoa.

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That’s funny!

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It is a cheap media market. He probably bought every person a special tv that only has the Bloomberg channel.

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tos-spock-really

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This is one of those thousand-word images, methinks.

ETA: as is this one

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image

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Alabama called for Biden.

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It is kind of crazy that all the remaining viable candidates in the 2020 election are older than Reagan was when he took office, and Reagan was clearly exhibiting symptoms of age-related dementia long before the end. The current guy is too for that matter.

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Stats humor! Gotta love it! :rofl:

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Here’s All the Depressing, Dumb Shit You Can Still Buy From Failed 2020 Campaigns

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I’ve got a Dick Gregory dollar bill in my collection- along with my transgender delegate button.

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