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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Same. Somehow, Dubya has a 60%+ national approval rating, and its higher in red states. A Dubya endorsement for Biden might be enough to swing Ohio, Texas, and maybe even Georgia into Biden's column.
Sadly, it appears that he won't be making any public endorsements this year. Voting is already started, so there is little benefit to delaying an announcement.
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Oct 13th 2020 at 6:57:14 AM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.This election keeps on reminding me how important lower courts are. Just off the top of my head, 11th Circuit decided Florida poll taxes were cool, 5th Circuit continually upholds voter suppression in Texas, and 9th Circuit (+Supreme Court) don't think arbitrarily ending the census early is a problem. If Biden + Democrats can be convinced to look at court reform, I hope appellate and district courts are on the list, too.
Edited by nova92 on Oct 13th 2020 at 3:00:00 AM
Speaking of which, Biden says he's "not a fan" of court-packing.
Who knows if that's actually a legit "no" or just a way to sooth people who would be off put by it, but it's the clearest answer he's given since RBG's death.
Personally it's telling that he immediately pivots to the argument that Kamala Harris put forward in the VP debate - that rushing Amy Coney Barrett onto the court is court packing. That refusing to hold hearings for Merritt Garland was court packing.
He may not "be a fan" but he's happy to stretch the definition to potentially justify future action.
Edited by singularityshot on Oct 13th 2020 at 3:15:40 AM
Someone somewhere has worked out that that’s the line to run with, Harris has used it, multiple democrat senators have used it, now Biden is using it. It’s groundwork laying for an argument that Democrats won’t be packing the court so much as unpacking it.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranBarr's Unmasking Prob wraps up without a public report.
They couldn't find anything to charge people with, so they're just quietly putting it way.
538 has moved North Carolina from Toss-Up to Lean Biden, after a series of polls have him ahead by several points.
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1316145400395575298
(Tweet leads to further links)
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.I saw on CNN that it was 7-1, with Justice Sotomayor dissenting.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/13/politics/supreme-court-census/index.html
The Census matters for a lot of things. It decides whether states gain or lose House seats and affects the redistricting process at the Congressional and statewide, meaning undercounted communities get less representation. It also affects distribution of govt. resources and funding, which also a huge deal. IIRC, by last count most of the undercounted places were poor/minority communities.
Schrodinger's poll tax.

Prevent it entirely? No. Introduce a bunch of restrictions targeted specifically at minorities and anyone else they don't like? Of course. And we can't be having with this privacy nonsense where you can't check that everyone is conforming to their beliefs.
Edited by RainehDaze on Oct 13th 2020 at 10:52:20 AM