Election 2020

[96583UP]

Bernie has served in the Senate for a long time and voted for bills. I think there may be a sense given his rhetoric that it will be a revolution, probably because he uses that word, but his track record is not 145,768 abstentions. I think the guy will actually play ball once he is there based on what the congress would actually pass.

Warren can play ball too. But her rhetoric seems more short-sighted and negative to me. Bernie seems to have a long term term vision while Warren seems captive to short term anger.

but i like hearing other people's perspectives

given how close they are in the polls, it seems like voters will have to make a choice between the two at some point

[Rob]

Bernie has served in the Senate for a long time and voted for bills. I think there may be a sense given his rhetoric that it will be a revolution, probably because he uses that word, but his track record is not 145,768 abstentions. I think the guy will actually play ball once he is there based on what the congress would actually pass.

Warren can play ball too. But her rhetoric seems more short-sighted and negative to me. Bernie seems to have a long term term vision while Warren seems captive to short term anger.

but i like hearing other people's perspectives

given how close they are in the polls, it seems like voters will have to make a choice between the two at some point

I agree that Bernie would be much more willing to compromise than the conventional wisdom suggests.

For me, I get the sense that Bernie won’t be able to govern as President but Warren could. I think my best evidence is that Bernie’s sole explanation on how his policies pass is that America suddenly wakes up and a mass revolution happens. Warren I think tends to lean on mostly thought out policy positions and will work to create coalitions to make it happen to the best of her ability. I could be wrong but that’s my impression, and why I would choose Warren over Bernie.

I know lots of people feel this way. Maybe you’re right. Not really sure what Warren could do that Obama didn’t try. With Bernie you get that lefty push with some of the Trump playbook that seems to work - engagement with the base, rallies, leaving the wonk stuff to people who don’t have to also lead a culture war. It takes a village. What if the left had someone at the top who wouldn’t try to play the central role in policy writing but used his authority to persuade people toward a certain direction.

[liebzz]

See...I think Warren, before the Medicare for All pullback fiasco, was generally a candidate projecting strength and confidence that we could do the things she recommended and that she was not ashamed to reach for these goals while still seeming somewhat reasonable. The Medicare for All walk back sort of ruined that and I don’t know what to expect from her, particularly tomorrow.

Bernie over both races has come across as a firebrand and that his vision is a massive revolution against the billionaire class that we’ll all be a part of and his policies will pass by force of that sheer will, and not as a result of building consensus and compromise. The whole package goes or...what? Bernie hasn’t been able to answer that question writ large over the past 4 years.

[McParadigm]

It wouldn’t surprise me if Trump wrongly thought Trump/Meadows 2020 would be better for him than Trump/Pence 2020.

[McParadigm]

Anywho, adding it to the board

1974-1978: 45 retirements
1980-1984: 32
1986-1990: 31
1992-1996: 50*
1998-2002: 45
2004-2008: 49
2010-2014: 43
2016-2020: 70

[96583UP]

See...I think Warren, before the Medicare for All pullback fiasco, was generally a candidate projecting strength and confidence that we could do the things she recommended and that she was not ashamed to reach for these goals while still seeming somewhat reasonable. The Medicare for All walk back sort of ruined that and I don’t know what to expect from her, particularly tomorrow.

Bernie over both races has come across as a firebrand and that his vision is a massive revolution against the billionaire class that we’ll all be a part of and his policies will pass by force of that sheer will, and not as a result of building consensus and compromise. The whole package goes or...what? Bernie hasn’t been able to answer that question writ large over the past 4 years.

it’s funny bc I actually interpret Warren’s rhetoric coming across as less compromising. she seems to be more focused on ‘punishing’ things than building things. i feel like Bernie when given sufficient time has well-thought out proposals that are grounded in reality and are not that far off from some of the New Deal type things FDR came up with back in the day.

[BurtReynolds]

this race is over. Norm is yang gang.

[bart]

I hate all these people

[96583UP]

the quality of the debate has improved due to cutting back on some of the extras

but they should still cut a few folks more

buttigieg dropping the hammer on Warren for being richer than him def the moment of the night so far

[96583UP]

someone needs to shove klobuchar into a cab and tell the driver to take her home

[96583UP]

Steyer with some really strong segments tonight

[96583UP]

this debate has far surpassed the others

Buttigieg with a pair of serious takedowns. First knee-dropped Warren for having 100x net worth compared to him after she dissed his wine cave event; then just broke globuchar with his 'gay dude' defense. she crumbled.

this is great

[E.H. Ruddock]

Lol. Mayor Pete and klobuchar were going back and forth about qualifications and Bernie was sick of listening to them so he just interrupted and talked louder.

[96583UP]

I love Bernie

he is the only one that draws my attention when i am multi-tasking

that's the sign he is the one

he starts to talk, and I must listen

[E.H. Ruddock]

I'm not sure he's the one, but I sure do love listening to him talk. My lady just said "it's like he's being dragged off the stage and trying to get his point across before he's gone"

[96583UP]

Warren is splitting his vote. She doesn't realize that her best chance to have her views come to fruition is to leave now and throw her support to Bernie.

Instead she will probably lead to Biden getting nominated

[BurtReynolds]

[96583UP]

doing what every rational human should do while Elizabeth Warren is screaming about her latest self-inflicted crisis and Amy Klobuchar feels compelled to shout back: start checking out the gigantic scrolling TV board behind you until it's over

[Green Habit]

Yang's reaction to that stupid fucking closing question was golden.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Warren likes to talk about all the selfies she's taken. Shut up, you're old