Early on the DNC set a rule that if a candidate participated in a debate not hosted by them (on any topic or topics) then the candidate couldn’t participate in subsequent DNC debates. It wasn’t a specific climate thing. I’m not sure why they set up that rule, but in general their rules this cycle have been biased towards candidates with a large grassroots base (like Sanders), so possibly it was an attempt to make sure some other organization couldn’t give a boost to an off-the-wall Trumpish celebrity candidate (Oprah, Howard Schultz) by hosting a debate and inviting them and a few of the mainstream candidates.
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F Biden. As if things were SO great when Reagan and Bush and Bush 2 were running things, the good old days when newt gingrich, rush limbaugh and fox news were unfettered by Donald Trump and oh so civilized.
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The only question at this point is which sort of ignorant Biden is: willful, or naive. Both are bad.
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As if on cue…
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Look, Joe, I get it. Cancer killed your son and you want revenge. But there are more important things going on right now, you utter pylon.
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How dare the guy whose administration ushered the ACA into law decide to make curing cancer a national aspirational goal! Next thing you know, he’ll be promoting peace on earth, apple pie, and ponies! What a monster!
(Seriously, is there so little positive news on the other candidates that this thread is simply going to devolve into a Biden pileon? Didn’t we learn from 2016 that if you make the campaign all about the guy you don’t like, they win?)
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The picture really does say so much.
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So now we’re supposed to shut up and get in line even BEFORE the DNC installs their Chosen One?
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Absolutely not, the primaries are the right time to hype the candidates, of which there is an abundance, many excellent.
However, it seems that mostly the discussion is about Biden, and that feels a heck of a lot like the GOP primaries in 2016. Also, some of the criticisms (like the one about cancer) are a bit of a reach. Why not use the energy to talk about what is right with one’s favored candidate? Not all political discussion has to be negative.
Also: so far this cycle the DNC has been pretty good about not having a favored candidate, thought their rules winnowing the debate field down to 20 will feel unfair to the 150 or so candidates who are excluded. Especially the “many small donors” rule, which will be hard on people like Howard Schultz.
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interesting conversation here: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-the-senate-really-a-better-option-for-some-presidential-candidates/
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Yes yes, I know, everything is fine.
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That’s the most gloriously American and 80s thing I’ve ever seen, all at once.
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Incidentally, for anyone who blinked, here’s a list of the 174 Democrats who have filed for the nomination, as well as the amount of money they’ve raised so far (or at least told the FEC about so far).
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HELL YES!!! Beto should be running for senate (again), the Montana Gov (Bullock?) should be running for senate, there are a couple others, but yes, we have to flip the senate or the repubs can effectively neuter a dem pres & house.
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there needs to be a “post credits scene” on that sizzler video of a family finishing eating, overstuffed, uncomfortable, and so miserable with themselves that no one is talking. That’s usually my buffet experience.
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