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Audible has the Mueller report as an audiobook for free.
Edited by Soban on Apr 24th 2019 at 2:07:54 PM
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"Suddenly Donald stared in horror at the report,the Muller report"
It's a page turner
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She/her
Apparently the Mc Cain family has endorsed Biden. I am 0% surprised.
Eh, endorsing a Democrat is a point in their favor. Not a massive one but at least they're opposing Trump.
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
I'm not sure it's a point in Biden's favour, though. Potentially it might even hurt his chances in the primary.
Edited by DrDougsh on Apr 24th 2019 at 11:22:30 AM
I don't know, he's already running as the Moderate candidate who can appeal to Republicans. I think that would boost his cred amongst Democrats who are primarily considered with electability, the ones who it won't impress (such as quite a few people in this thread, including me) weren't going to support him anyway.
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
Speaking of Republican defections, a longtime state legislator in Iowa has crossed the aisle, explicitly referring Trump's bad behavior.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/23/politics/andy-mckean-iowa-gop-lawmaker-change-party/index.html
Hard to take seriously, given how bad Trump has been for so long. Had he done this in say, 2017, it might have meant more. Here's hoping that Midwestern voters keep turning away instead.
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Pardon the cliche, but better late than never. I'm betting he tried to look the other way as long as he could but eventually reached a breaking point. Let's hope he's not the last.
Edited by speedyboris on Apr 24th 2019 at 2:22:13 PM
Generally, Biden is a lot more popular in the public than in people who are interested in the specifics of candidate's records. But I've mentioned repeatedly how he's not my candidate and yet how I think he's going to be the likely winner.
I much prefer Harris and Bernie but I see a lot of people gravitating to him as the "uncontroversial" choice.
And yes, I get the irony that the man behind Anita Hill's treatment is that.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 24th 2019 at 1:32:19 AM
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All i'm going to say that even if the democrats lose they could still take the senate and keep the house,they can then lameduck Trump's presidency just like they did with Bush
Then 4 years later they can elect a fresh young face to president such as they did with Obama
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Even then, Trump could still bulldoze whatever terrible policy he wants with EOs.
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right,right executive orders,the thing is,even those have to follow the Constitution,and by extension Congress,and if both houses are occupied by Democrats he won't be making many executive decisions,not while they're proceeding to impeachment proceedings
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Taking the senate but not the presidency seems very unlikely, the senate is probably a bit harder to take due to the map that’s up. Democrats would have to win three senate seats in states they’d loose for the presidency, plus defeat two republican incumbents in states they’d win.
Edit: I just checked, and the only even semi-viable map where Dems loose the presidency but win the senate (with states voting the same way for both), involves Dems loosing WI, MI and PA but winning Arizona, Iowa and North Carolina (alongside Colorado and Maine).
Edit edit: Actually even that doesn’t work, as MI has a Democrat Senator currently.
Edited by Silasw on Apr 24th 2019 at 9:04:50 AM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
The Republican Senate map isn't a good one for them though.
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
We won Arizona last time, so that part's not terribly unlikely.
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The democrats have a lot wind in their sails,they just need to be steer their ships carefully and not crash on any rocks or sail into kracken infested waters..
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Arizona was won by 2% in a year where the Democrats won the popular vote by 8.6%, so you’d be looking at Dems winning the popular vote by about 7% yet loosing the presidency. That’s be over three times the margin of victory that Hillary got but somehow still a loss.
That extra 4% required to win Arizona would if applied evenly to 2016 have resulted in Hillary winning, MI, PA, WI, FL, NE-2, AZ and NC. An electoral college win of 334 to 204.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Yeah, if the Dems take Senate, the White House is almost assuredly going their way as well.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
I meant "last time" as in the 2018 midterms.
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I know, and as I said in 2018 we won the popular vote massively, to win Arizona again we’d likely need to win the popular vote by that much (ish) again, it’s incredibly unlikely we’d win the popular vote by that much but somehow loose the presidency.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
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Remember yesterday's conversation about whether or not William Barr's Department of Justice would uphold legal actions by the House?
From today's WTFJH feed:
It begins.
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Last I heard, the citizenship question was struck down in courts. Is that still the case?
Not too surprised by minorities backing Biden according to that poll. He was Obama's VP.
Edited by M84 on Apr 25th 2019 at 12:24:00 AM
Disgusted, but not surprised