2020 Democratic Candidates Tracker - Part II

[TragicMonkey]

Gag, he has his hands on a young girl's shoulders again. He looks like he's about to kiss her hair.

Good God, what's wrong with him? A stubborn refusal to change his ways no matter what his campaign advisors tell him about how it appears? Or does he listen to them but keep forgetting their advice?

 

[TragicMonkey]

Beto isn't running for Senate either.

Looks like the campaign against Cruz took the wind out of him a little.

Carrots! Oh thank goodness, I finally figured out why I always think of carrots when reading about Beto: I'm thinking of beta carotene. It was in my subconscious the whole time. Whew. That's a relief, it was peculiar.

 

[acbytesla]

Not a lot surprises me anymore. I can imagine a scenario where Biden sinks like a stone. That may already be underway actually.

I've been sort of hoping that would happen, and that Jay Inslee, or Beto (before he went on the fritz), or Booker, or Klobuchar, or Bennet would rise up.

Inslee is my governor and I like him. But I thought he never had a chance. He's so dull he makes Al Gore seem like Robin Williams.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Good God, what's wrong with him? A stubborn refusal to change his ways no matter what his campaign advisors tell him about how it appears? Or does he listen to them but keep forgetting their advice?

I suspect he doesn't believe people when they tell him it's an issue.

 

[SezMe]

Got it. Thanks.

... (1) drip drip drip of hacked emails down the stretch ...

Which, in my view, was directly attributable to the Rooskies. I have no doubt those same hackers will be at it again, only with more sophistication. There'll be fake pictures and videos that will smear the Dem candidate and be hard to refute once they're all over the GOP echo chamber.

Finally, it is a 100% dead certainty that Dump won't do a damn thing about it.

 

[SezMe]

By your definition of "unelectable" perhaps.

I will stick with my own take (which I think is not an uncommon one) that almost getting elected (otherwise described as "losing") over the weakest candidate your opponents have ever run is more evidence of un-electability than electability. Especially in the context of this discussion.

Remember, there were at least two factors well outside of HRC's control that affected the election including (per varwoche), the email scandal that the Russians conducted and the utter incompetence of Comey. Neither of those factors plus others can be used to establish her inherent electabiliy.

 

[SezMe]

Another possibility is that the Senate votes to dismiss the articles of impeachment, and there's no trial. Wouldn't it be weird of some of the candidates voted to dismiss, so they could stay on the campaign trail instead?

Can they actually do that. A jury can't hear a case then tell the judge, "Nope, not gonna decide this one."

With Moscow Mitch in the wheelhouse, it is possible that he would drag the whole thing out as long as possible for that very reason. On the other hand, what's to prevent Sanders and Warren telling Mitch their vote is Yes and just hit the campaign trail.

 

[SezMe]

If Donald Trump can do the the job, then probably any Acting President could do the job.

Assumes facts not in evidence.

 

[SezMe]

I suspect that running against Comyn is something he has in mind.....
On the other hand, I think he is a definant VEEP possibility.

Gawd, I hope not. From where I sit, he's an empty suit.

 

[acbytesla]

Can they actually do that. A jury can't hear a case then tell the judge, "Nope, not gonna decide this one."

With Moscow Mitch in the wheelhouse, it is possible that he would drag the whole thing out as long as possible for that very reason. On the other hand, what's to prevent Sanders and Warren telling Mitch their vote is Yes and just hit the campaign trail.

Because the Senate rules wouldn't allow that. And I really doubt Mitch wants to drag this out.

 

[Delvo]

He doesn't care about the Senate's rules. He writes the schedule, so anything he doesn't want to deal with doesn't get on the schedule.

 

[Venom]

Joe Manchin seems to be leaning towards Trump if it comes down to Sanders vs. Trump. He hesitated nervously on television for a couple seconds there.

How very very sad. It's voters like him who ruin our chances.

 

[acbytesla]

He doesn't care about the Senate's rules. He writes the schedule, so anything he doesn't want to deal with doesn't get on the schedule.

There are very specific rules on impeachment. This isn't some bill he can bury. There will be at least an attempt to have the process look fair. My guess, is that Mitch will try to have the process go as quickly as possible to put it in the rearview mirror.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

There are very specific rules on impeachment. This isn't some bill he can bury. There will be at least an attempt to have the process look fair. My guess, is that Mitch will try to have the process go as quickly as possible to put it in the rearview mirror.

At some point a SCOTUS judge will oversee the procedure, not McConnell. It will probably be Roberts.

I hope the Democrats challenge the bribing of the Senators.

 

[Aridas]

We ain't seen nuthin' yet.

Small note - You said "start." But yeah, they're fairly certainly going to keep ramping it up and accusing socialism of the ills that totalitarianism brings. The ills that race supremacy brings. The ills that they're bringing.

I suspect he doesn't believe people when they tell him it's an issue.

He's also rather aged. Chances are far too good that it's not especially easy for him to change some of his ingrained habits.

Anyways... I think I'll poke at a couple things here.

How Health Insurance Industry Will Lie and Attack Liz Warren’s Medicare for All, by Wendell Potter

There's a number of rather specific predictions from a person who was in a position to know the tactics, by the look of it.

Democratic Party launches unity campaign a year ahead of 2020 elections

It's good that they're doing this, regardless!

 

[shemp]

Trump says Beto O'Rourke 'quit like a dog'

US President Donald Trump has ridiculed Beto O'Rourke just hours after the Democratic presidential hopeful ended his campaign.

The president used a profanity to describe his rival and said he "quit like a dog".

Mr Trump's response came days after he said Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had "died like a dog" during a US military operation in north-western Syria.

 

[Distracted1]

Like a "perfect" dog?

 

[Trebuchet]

At some point a SCOTUS judge will oversee the procedure, not McConnell. It will probably be Roberts.

I hope the Democrats challenge the bribing of the Senators.

I think the Chief Justice presiding is mandated by the Constitution, so definitely Roberts.

In other news, I am having a very hard time getting interested in this campaign. It's still a year to the election, after all, but mostly I'm just not able to generate much enthusiasm for the candidates.

I think last cycle at this time I was live-blogging the R debates on the forum!

 

[acbytesla]

At some point a SCOTUS judge will oversee the procedure, not McConnell. It will probably be Roberts.

I hope the Democrats challenge the bribing of the Senators.

No, it WILL BE ROBERTS. That is unless he gets hit by a truck. The impeachment trial is presided over by the Chief Justice.

Ninja'd by Trebuchet.

 

[Belz...]

Trump says Beto O'Rourke 'quit like a dog'

What does Trump have against dogs?