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Exile on Waveland wrote: IU smells like poop.
CubinNY wrote:Trump can't fill a hall outside of the south. I wonder where the Trumps are going to live after this is all over. If they try to go back to NYC they won't be able to show their faces in public.
SouthSideRyan wrote:CyHawk_Cub wrote:
JudasIscariotTheBird wrote:SouthSideRyan wrote:CyHawk_Cub wrote:
Has nothing to do with confidence and a hell of a lot to do with a politician not wanting to likely lose back to back senate races. He’s better off running for nothing for 8 years than being a 2-time loser in true state he’s supposed to deliver
Exile on Waveland wrote: IU smells like poop.
NOLA wrote:I just don't see how staying in the race where you're polling behind Andrew Yang around 2% is more politcally desirable that taking a shot at a senate seat. The longer he stays in the more he humiliates himself nationally. At worst he makes it competetive enough for the RNCC to spend money there and he could drive up the Dem turnout in Texas on election day. Not a great shot, but what does he have to lose?
CyHawk_Cub wrote:NOLA wrote:I just don't see how staying in the race where you're polling behind Andrew Yang around 2% is more politcally desirable that taking a shot at a senate seat. The longer he stays in the more he humiliates himself nationally. At worst he makes it competetive enough for the RNCC to spend money there and he could drive up the Dem turnout in Texas on election day. Not a great shot, but what does he have to lose?
SSR's point was understood, and while I lean toward your take, I have to assume Beto's goals are to try and maintain a national presence. I think he's just shooting for a cabinet position in the next Dem admin, maybe? While I think it'd be better for Dems if he tried for the Cornyn seat, I can totally understand the personal motivation.
NOLA wrote:CyHawk_Cub wrote:NOLA wrote:I just don't see how staying in the race where you're polling behind Andrew Yang around 2% is more politcally desirable that taking a shot at a senate seat. The longer he stays in the more he humiliates himself nationally. At worst he makes it competetive enough for the RNCC to spend money there and he could drive up the Dem turnout in Texas on election day. Not a great shot, but what does he have to lose?
SSR's point was understood, and while I lean toward your take, I have to assume Beto's goals are to try and maintain a national presence. I think he's just shooting for a cabinet position in the next Dem admin, maybe? While I think it'd be better for Dems if he tried for the Cornyn seat, I can totally understand the personal motivation.
But if you look at it soley from his point of view, would it not be better for him to run for Senate in Texas as an underdog than to perform so far below expectations nationally? A cabinet post likely isn't hinging on him staying in the race at this point.
NOLA wrote:CyHawk_Cub wrote:NOLA wrote:I just don't see how staying in the race where you're polling behind Andrew Yang around 2% is more politcally desirable that taking a shot at a senate seat. The longer he stays in the more he humiliates himself nationally. At worst he makes it competetive enough for the RNCC to spend money there and he could drive up the Dem turnout in Texas on election day. Not a great shot, but what does he have to lose?
SSR's point was understood, and while I lean toward your take, I have to assume Beto's goals are to try and maintain a national presence. I think he's just shooting for a cabinet position in the next Dem admin, maybe? While I think it'd be better for Dems if he tried for the Cornyn seat, I can totally understand the personal motivation.
But if you look at it soley from his point of view, would it not be better for him to run for Senate in Texas as an underdog than to perform so far below expectations nationally? A cabinet post likely isn't hinging on him staying in the race at this point.
squally1313 wrote:JudasIscariotTheBird wrote:SouthSideRyan wrote:
Has nothing to do with confidence and a hell of a lot to do with a politician not wanting to likely lose back to back senate races. He’s better off running for nothing for 8 years than being a 2-time loser in true state he’s supposed to deliver
So Hickenlooper is a no duh for Colorado senate, but Beto might as well stay home because Texas is more competitive, huh? I mean, Beto winning a senate seat is an order of magnitude more likely than becoming President so...ok.
I think SSR was looking at it from Beto's viewpoint, not how our previous discussion went (which was about what was good for the Democratic party/the country). I would much rather have Beto against Cruz in 2020 with Beto having like a 45% chance of winning. But if you're Beto and you lose that race, I don't really know where your political career goes from there.
CyHawk_Cub wrote:
NOLA wrote:CyHawk_Cub wrote:
longhotsummer wrote:I realize now, any opposing viewpoint, will not be tolerated.
NOLA wrote:CyHawk_Cub wrote:
CyHawk_Cub wrote:NOLA wrote:CyHawk_Cub wrote:
I'm really trying to figure out what's going on here. Was there a wedding reception in the oval office?
NOLA wrote:Yeah, I’ve seen Braveheart but I don’t remember that scene. For the next gag is he doing a Lethal Weapon spoof?
CyHawk_Cub wrote:I posted about the NYT 1619 Project in the history thread. GOPers/conservatives are showing their true selves in the various ways they've condemned the very idea of the 1619 Project.
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