2020 Democratic Field

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

It would be great if Bloomberg endorses Trump. 

He already endorsed Biden. 

[fan_since79]

$500 million spent, for this:

"Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump," Bloomberg said in a statement. "Today, I am leaving the race for the same reason: to defeat Donald Trump – because it is clear to me that staying in would make achieving that goal more difficult."

[Blarg]

33 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

$500 million spent, for this:

"Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump," Bloomberg said in a statement. "Today, I am leaving the race for the same reason: to defeat Donald Trump – because it is clear to me that staying in would make achieving that goal more difficult."

All written off in taxes, I doubt it affects his daily life other than getting Samoan jokes tossed at him for a few months. 

[St1ck]

34 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

$500 million spent, for this:

"Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump," Bloomberg said in a statement. "Today, I am leaving the race for the same reason: to defeat Donald Trump – because it is clear to me that staying in would make achieving that goal more difficult."

So this where the whole campaign finance laws start to confuse me. Bloomberg himself can only donate so much to the Biden campaign. Based on Arturo's donations posted in a different thread, it looks like it's $2,800 max. But, Bloomberg could open a Super PAC, throw billions into ads, and because it isn't directly tied to Biden's campaign, it's legal right? Also, one of Bloomberg's companies can seemingly give as much money as it wants correct? 

[Jay]

51 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

$500 million spent, for this:

"Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump," Bloomberg said in a statement. "Today, I am leaving the race for the same reason: to defeat Donald Trump – because it is clear to me that staying in would make achieving that goal more difficult."

Yeah it's a lot of money, a lot of Bloomberg's personal wealth.

But it's not like he tossed the cash into an incinerator. The money paid the salaries of a lot of regular people.

 

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

DNC scrambles to change debate threshold after Tulsi qualifies.

I fucking hate the DNC.

[Lhalo]

[tdawg87]

So this country is pretty fucking stupid. 

[UndertheHalo]

It’s unfortunate that there’s not another debate before the 10th.  It’s going to go badly for Biden. 
 

also, there’s real criticism for Sanders campaign that they waited until today to start aggressively attacking Biden.  These ads they rolled out today are very good.  Probably too late.  

[UndertheHalo]

Also, fucking Warren is inexplicably still in.  Still doing her best to fuck over her supposed “ally” in winnable states I see.  

[Blarg]

The Democrats best hope for a win is Biden is confirmed as having Alzheimers and Bernie heart attacks out. 

[Taylor]

10 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

My guess is Biden runs with Obama as his VP. Everybody knows that Biden does not have the mental capacity to be president. He doesn't even know where he is half the time or who his wife is. People would know they were voting in Obama for a third term. Pretty brilliant actually.

If the Obamas were interested in the White House again, Michelle would have run in this cycle.

[UndertheHalo]

Obama can’t be VP.  It’s illegal. 

[Jason]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/dow-futures-show-300-point-pop-as-early-super-tuesday-results-favor.html

[Taylor]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/dow-futures-show-300-point-pop-as-early-super-tuesday-results-favor.html

The plutocracy is alive and well.

[UndertheHalo]

watch her endorse Biden. 

[tdawg87]

She should keep running for the lolz

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, Taylor said:

The plutocracy is alive and well.

This is just a small example of what a Sanders win would do to our markets though. Granted, that's what Sanders wants but I don't think it's best for the country as a whole. 

[UndertheHalo]

I hope Warren comes out and says she lost because of misogyny.  That would be the real big dick move. 

Edited March 4, 2020 by UndertheHalo

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

watch her endorse Biden. 

Staying in the race will give Biden much more support as she's funneling a lot of Sanders voters away from him. 

[St1ck]

2 min ago

Warren's decision complicated by possible endorsement options

From CNN's Jeff Zeleny

 

  Patrick Semansky/AP

 

The biggest decision facing Elizabeth Warren is not whether to end her campaign, but rather whether to endorse Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders or neither.

“That’s the only real choice facing her now,” a Warren adviser tells CNN.

Warren is closer to Sanders — policy speaking — but those ties are strained. Some advisers believe her best path is to be considered as a vice president to Biden.

As CNN has reported, Warren is assessing her path forward. Her plan was to emerge as the alternative to Biden and Sanders — with her sights set on appearing on the debate stage in Phoenix later this month.

Those hopes are now almost certainly dashed. But Warren has to make the decision for herself: When to drop out and who — or whether — to endorse.

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I hope Warren comes out and says she lost because of misogyny.  That would be the real big dick move. 

Can we bookmark posts? I want to make sure you get the proper credit for predicting this when it does happen 

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

Staying in the race will give Biden much more support as she's funneling a lot of Sanders voters away from him. 

How do you know Warren voters would support Sanders, the two have been at odds with each other the entire contest. If anything they would more likely vote against Sanders for calling her (rightfully) a liar in the first set of debates. 

[Lhalo]

7 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I hope Warren comes out and says she lost because of misogyny.  That would be the real big dick move. 

[Taylor]

13 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

She should keep running for the lolz

That's what Tulsi's doing.