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With the way she's stagnating, what does she have to lose?

 

Yep, it's totally implausible that Bernie, a rape-fantasy essayist whose 2016 campaign was rampant with misogyny, would ever say something like that.

Christ.

 

I wonder if pumpkinhead realizes he's up against a few actual billionaires.
Bloomberg and Steyer would be more useful to troll him w/r/t his imaginary wealth.

 

Outstanding, beautiful, lovely.

 

It’s plausible he said it. But it’s absolutely true there were months on end - before he topped a Des Moines Register poll in recent days - to have disclosed that about him.

 

Why would they use that earlier? That’s better served by being used to change the “narrative” and get a jolt of press coverage, which this has done in spades. Until Warren started backing up, they didn’t need to.

 

Yeah, I called it a gambit.

 

Damn Ukrainian hackers at it again!!!

Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Center of Impeachment

 

I'm planning on voting for Sanders in the primary at this point. That Bernie hasn't received a lot of national attention hasn't been all bad. I haven't seen him getting grilled on 60 Minutes, asked about his current and future relationship with the Democratic Party or explain how he'll get his plans through a Republican Senate. His stock answer has been "we need a revolution" - pretty much putting his inability to get things passed on people not giving him majorities. And he has had a pretty easy run of it so far - not sure if it is because other Dems are worried about alienating his voters or they figure his voters aren't likely to flip during the primary in any event.

 

So here's the thing about Bernie. People presumably like him because they like his policies and believe they will help our country. Sounds reasonable. Problem is that they have no chance of becoming law unless the Democrats wind up with 53 Senate seats after November. Not bloody likely. Manchin and Jones from Alabama -- if he's re-elected -- ain't gonna go for stuff that burdens middle class people with considerably higher taxes. Couple of others may feel the same way.
If that's correct, he'll have to moderate his positions. And then you don't have Bernie. You've got another candidate. Democrats must accept that the top priority is beating Trump. Nominating a personally abrasive guy who just had a heart attack won't get it done. Is he as abrasive as Trump? Nope, but he's not somebody who will inspire fence-sitters to take the effort to vote. Especially in competitive Trumpist states such as Florida, where that task is already complicated.

 

For all the time spent during the debates - the central question should be how the candidates aim to make their policies laws. Not sure which is more naive, that Dems will create enough of a majority to get them passed or get enough Republicans on board.

 

All about me. Why would I congratulate the team that won the game I was at?