Your problem is that I not only understand your âargumentsâ, I see right through as the bullshit they are.
Whereas you just shout âcommunistâ.
Is your name McCarthy, by any chance?
Youâre actually arguing that the way to win the election is by offering âmore of the sameâ.
How fucking deluded would anybody be to believe that.
Warren was outstanding last night, closely followed by Bernie. They argued with passion, charisma, and empathy, and their ideas and policies beat the living daylights out of the useless corporate whoremasters like Delaney, Bullock, Ryan and the aptly named Hickenlooper, all of whom are standing on the wrong debate stage.
Warren and Bernie are prepared to fight. None of the other candidates are, and thus are useless.
Biden is the âmore of the sameâ candidate. âIâm not Trumpâ is not a platform.
Biden is a foot in mouth merchant. He canât stop making gaffes and canât think on his feet. Harris made a fool of him last time with a basic question he should have been well briefed to deal with.
If he has anything at all about him, heâll go on the attack against Harris tonight, but I expect heâll be attacked from all sides, particularly by Tulsi Gabbard, who I think is an awful candidate and is basically a stooge for Assad, the Russiabots, and Narendra Modi, but she is well positioned to attack him on a lot of matters.
Warren hasnât had a chance to debate Biden yet. I think sheâll destroy him when she does get that chance.
Biden is relying on two things: perception of ability to beat Trump, and his past association with Obama.
That is a very, very fragile foundation on which to build a campaign.
He isnât leading on policies, he isnât leading on charisma, he isnât leading on anything else.
Warren has built her support slowly and steadily, the old fashioned way, through persuasion based on ideas, policy, competence, integrity and her qualities as a person.
Bernieâs support is based on something similar.
Warrenâs support looks the most sustainable to me. I donât see Bidenâs support increasing, it will likely only travel in a downward direction.
It could work out that way but itâs still very much a four way contest after tonight
Biden needs a big showing, a second poor debate in a row would be hard to recover from
Not sure how he does that though as he doesnât have an inspiring central message that hits you in the heart and the gut, to run with
Of all the candidates, Warren has that in spades and is comfortably the most convincing debater when she speaks
That is what wins elections, itâs how Obama won when he was widely written off, itâs how all successful Democratic candidates going back to Kennedy have won
Agree with that, the DNC donât want Biden and the DNC will likely get their way.
Bernie is a socialist and the only reason he could have won in 2016 is because Trump was the most unpopular candidate who ever ran for president. Trump is now the incumbent, and regardless of the screeching from the permanently outraged, will be difficult to beat.
Warrenâs problem is she has embraced all of Bernieâs platform, so although she claims she is a capitalist, she has the issue of having a socialist agenda. Taking away the private insurance of 170 million Americans and telling them the government will look after them is 100% socialist. Any politician proposing it in Ireland would be decimated, let alone America. That and immigration are the two issues Sanders and Warren will flounder on, most Democrats and literally all independents do not support open borders and giving free health care to illegals.
Harris is much more savvy than Warren and wonât tie herself down with policies that would lose her the national election. She will either be the candidate, or in the event he prevails, Bidenâs running mate.
Liz Warren and Bernie emerging as the big winners from this
Tulsi Gabbard has landed some big blows on Kamala over her record as California AG, Kamala didnât like it at all
Biden has been very poor again, he canât even deliver attack lines with any conviction, you wouldnât even know theyâre attack lines as he says them
Booker is doing the most damage to Biden and is performing best of anybody tonight, he could move into a Europa League place in the polls after this
Bookerâs name keeps popping up as a good performer. He certainly has demographics working in his favour in a way that Biden and Sanders donât. Itâs almost surprising to have two âprivileged old white menâ even in the mix at all.
Thereâs going to be some hilarious carnage in the next few months.
Candidates who emerge from serious battles in the primaries have a much better record in the presidential election than candidates who are effectively anointed with little in the way of a battle
Clinton 1992, Bush 2000, Obama 2008 and Trump 2016 all had to come through big battles to win their nomination
Dole 1996, Gore 2000, Kerry 2004, McCain 2008, Romney 2012 and Clinton 2016 were all effectively the anointed ones of their party and most faced little serious opposition
The most brutal fight of all was in 1968 and had Bobby Kennedy not been murdered he would almost certainly have won the election
Whoever comes through this process will have emerged from a serious battle which should toughen them for the election
I watched last nightâs debate, hard to see any of these become the next president. Joe didnât make any serious gaffes so I think he came out of it best. I expected more from Kamala Harris but it was a very bad night at the office for her. It was a bad night for the other two women on the stage last night who both looked out of their depth. Tulsi Gabbard was one and the other a blonde lady. I must watch the other debate particularly to see how Elizabeth Warren performed.
