Recent content by Xoxarle1

NY doesn't really matter, does it? Kind of like CA. They aren't in any danger of turning red. We really need to end the EC farce. It's just not even remotely demcratic. Small pockets of the country are going to get massive attention this Fall. Great swathes of the country will be ignored...

Well, we don't know, do we? He won't release his tax returns.

Biden's campaign was running on fumes last week. No money, no presence on the ground in CA or many other large ST states. And no real vision of why he's running to inspire voters, other than a claim to be able to unseat Trump. Much like Clinton in 2016. What happened was the DNC got alarmed...

That's not going to sound at all convincing given the fact that Biden has been tracking a few points lower against Trump than Sanders, both nationally and in rust belt states, and has bet on the smaller minority voting block over the larger, and concentrated more in states he can't win. I...

I assumed from the thread title this was a verdict on the Super Tuesday vote. Part of the reason I was wanting Sanders to win was the thought of the Clintons having to either endorse him or try to figure out a convincing reason not to.

Was going to vote for Biden in November, if I had to, but after hearing him tonight, talk yet again about how he's the real Democrat, and by implication, those who support Sanders aren't, well he can GFH. This is the guy who killed an amendment to end price gouging for prescription drugs...

Also good at getting well paid gigs for family members. Let's hope that now he is a shoo-in, he figures out a platform to run on, and when he does, he can appeal to all the undecideds with no recollection of him being a key part of the administration that ignored or did next to nothing about...

Or because the polling station is a fair distance away, or because there are long lines to vote and they don't have the time to stand around for 3-4 hours or more, or because they work 2 or 3 jobs and don't have the time, or because they are poor and rural and lack the documentation required to...

So SC appears to be the DNC's slingshot manoeuver (see Talledegah Nights). It's a clever play. Have the party hierarchy endorse the favored status quo candidate, knowing the SC voters are likely going to fall in line. Then on the back of a strong win, you get a 3-day media boost, from all the...

Report in today's UK Guardian that Republicans have closed 700+ polling stations in Texas since 2012, mostly in minority/poor districts. And of course we have Kemp in Georgia proudly erasing half a million from the voter rolls and very pleased about it too, and my home state Florida defying the...

I don't see a moderate/progressive ticket quite honestly. It didn't happen in 2016, nor was there any push for it from the media. But if a progressive is the top of the ticket in 2020, you'll get a sustained clamor from the media to see a moderate attached. It will be very loud indeed, and very...

I'm anticipating a much narrower lead for Sanders than looked likely a week ago, before SC, and an increased likelihood of nobody winning the primary outright. The five-thiryeight model, adjusted around SC result and anticipated bounce, projected around 1600 delegates for Sanders and 1440 for...

If the choice is between someone from the moderate wing who won't fight for these things and haven't delivered them in the past (indeed, takes money given to ensure they won't fight), and someone who will fight for them but can't possibly deliver them, then what hope is there for the millions of...

To misquote Homer, Donuts Tax Cuts, is there anything they don't solve? I'm willing to believe they would deflect a meteor at this point. Or possibly not. But we won't know until we try.

If state level primary polls are to be believed, likely only Sanders, Biden and Bloomberg will be left standing after Tuesday. I think the difference between Biden and Sanders can best be summed up as a vote for Biden would be a return to the trajectory of the Obama years, and a vote for...