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Who should run for the Dems?
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dudalb
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North Dakota is interesting as a state the eastern half is classic midwest, but about halfway through and you in the West, baby. Scenary changes drastically.
I have been though a number of times; I love the Theodore Roosevelt National Patk
dudalb
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His campaign is most sincerely dead.
I read that the suspension announced yesterday was an attempt by Plantner to play kingmaker and play a major role in choosing his sucessor, but the Maine Democrats wanted nothing to do with it. Platner's endorsment right now is a kiss of death.
shemp
a flimsy character...perfidious and despised
The lesson is, don't run for public office if you have huge skeletons in your closet. *
* Only applies to Democrats.
* Only applies to Democrats.
plague311
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Scenery? Surely you jest! The Eastern half of the state is so flat we joke that you can watch your dog run away for a week.
TRNP is really, really nice too. The Painted Canyon is fun to visit as well. There isn't much to do in NoDak though and to that point one of the tourist attractions in Fargo, at the visitors center, is the woodchipper they used in the movie Fargo. It's a pretty lame state but it's really cheap to live in and the crime is relatively low in Grand Forks.
Considering that Republicans and right-wing Democrats are scared ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ by the DSA, whose campaign slogans for the most part are in line with social democrats in Europe, it's funny to see what PragerU had to say about the Nordic countries not so long ago:
It is astonishing that some people can actually fall for the crap this guy is selling.
This is his definition of capitalism:
If this were only halfway true, capitalism wouldn't have phenomena like shrinkflation or attempts to make inferior products appear to be better than they actually are. You wouldn't have an Elon Musk lying about "Full Self-Driving." You wouldn't have Trump's crypto scams. And you definitely wouldn't have Big Oil pretending that the burning of fossil fuels doesn't make the planet uninhabitable.
Phenomena like those make it obvious that capitalism is about making yourself rich by pretending to satisfy the needs of others while actually harming them.
Brainster
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Here's a surprising result in a recent Emerson College poll:
He's Jewish and has expressed support for Israel, but at the same time has been critical of Netanyahu and has voted against some arms sales to Israel, to the point where AIPAC has been running ads against him. Not sure what lane is available for him; clearly he's not going to be the leftist candidate and the moderate white guy label fits Buttigieg, Newsom, Beshear and Shapiro as well as it fits him.
Hadn't seen Ossoff's name mentioned, so for him to be at 13% is pretty startling, but on the surface he makes a lot of sense. He's young (39), reasonably handsome, and has won in the South. Georgia is definitely a purple state these days. Ossoff is currently running for reelection, and given that Trump won the state in 2024, his seat would ordinarily be considered in play. However, he seems to be running away, with the RCP average showing him up by 7.6 percentage points, and Polymarket giving the Democrat an 87% chance.
He's Jewish and has expressed support for Israel, but at the same time has been critical of Netanyahu and has voted against some arms sales to Israel, to the point where AIPAC has been running ads against him. Not sure what lane is available for him; clearly he's not going to be the leftist candidate and the moderate white guy label fits Buttigieg, Newsom, Beshear and Shapiro as well as it fits him.
I saw a news piece that Ossof raised more than twice as much money as other likely candidates in recent weeks. After his performance with the Clayton hearing his stock is rising, he's a likeable doctor and family man without any real scandal (that we know of). I can see it.
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Trausti
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He can't win.
Why not? Because he's Jewish?
Trausti
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Yes. The left-wing/DSA portion of the Democratic party just isn't going to let him get the nomination. But if he does, Dems lose Michigan. Just see what they think of Josh Shapiro.
I don't think the DSA is that powerful, yet anyways.
plague311
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Why?
Why?
Probably more than they think of Trump right now. You can find stories from the folk of Dearborn that openly say they will never support Trump, or Republicans in general, ever again.
Brainster
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Looks like the DNC is going to go with South Carolina first, which should definitely put a damper on the hopes of the DSA crowd. Bernie drew only 19.8% there compared to Biden's 48.7% in 2020, which was seen as the pivotal moment in the campaign. A grateful Biden put South Carolina at the front of the line in 2024, and it looks like that position will hold. Pete Buttigieg can't be happy either as he drew only 8.2% after coming in second*
Winners? Harris, clearly, or if she sits out whoever fills the Black lane. Maybe Ossoff gets some support; he's clearly used to needing Black voters to vote for him.
*ETA: Mayor Pete came in second in the popular vote to Sanders in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
Winners? Harris, clearly, or if she sits out whoever fills the Black lane. Maybe Ossoff gets some support; he's clearly used to needing Black voters to vote for him.
*ETA: Mayor Pete came in second in the popular vote to Sanders in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
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I find the "our state first" competition to be a little unseemly. I think it should just be rotated on an alphabetical basis every four years.
angrysoba
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I mentioned him last month. He had a really good speech here which I think was seen by many as throwing his hat in the ring..
Brainster
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He is the kind of candidate who could potentially catch fire with the single female demo, but outside of that it's hard to see a clear lane for him. He's not the Leftist, he's not the Black, he's not the Environmentalist, he's not the Union guy. While I don't agree entirely with Trausti that being Jewish is the kiss of death among the Democrats in 2028, it's certainly not a positive.
Chapter 4: 'Democratic socialism is the name of the game' in primaries
We've seen those Democratic socialists really thrive in big urban areas, right? New York, Pennsylvania, you go out to Colorado.
Well, it's no longer just in the urban areas anymore. At least according to the casual prediction markets, we got a Wisconsin Democratic primary going on. We got Hong, who is running, who is now, in my opinion, the clear favorite to win that Democratic nominee. She's a Democratic socialist. Her chances up like a rocket. On June 30th, it was just 41%. Now, a 96% chance to be the Democratic nominee in Wisconsin, a Democratic socialist according to the cash prediction markets.
So, this is not just happening now in New York, Philadelphia, Denver. It looks to me like it's going to be happening in a place like Wisconsin, which of course is a very purple state, which it all kind of it all works with each other, right? You've got the the you've got the the the wins in various places. You've got this chance of winning here in Wisconsin.
You have the polling then on how many people identify as Democratic socialists.
It seems just like there are wins for Democratic socialists all all over the place.