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With the exceptions of Merkley, Baldwin, and Hirono, (shame on Merkley in particular) I am not surprised by a single name on that list. I preemptively felt my stomach drop fearing I might see Warren there but thankfully she was smart enough to abstain on this one.

you all laugh now but it won't be so funny when he ends up our 52nd president now will it

bro WHAT

I love how these all build on one another, masterful political storytelling of cause and effect

polls are unnecessary if the median voter is the candidate

Holy shit, I love those stories lol. When they're in our favor at least.

Following a machine and hand recount, Thomson won by five votes.

Five. Votes.

Every vote counts.

Genuinely think there's a possibility the CEO asked an AI if this would be legally objectionable, it said "no sir. not only is this idea legal, it's extraordinarily bold, a forward thinking endeavor that could revolutionize your field. spread your wings and soar!", and he breathed a sigh of relief.

I mean I want all of them lol, so I get it. But yeah Space Pirates would be... interesting. It's a testament to Robert Holmes that he kept that thing going for 6 episodes without the wheels completely falling off.

Yeah that's what I was implying, I didn't mean that was his goal *currently* or anything, you totally got me

Call me crazy but I feel like Derek maybe *does* really really give a shit about Bernie Sanders.

"Eliminate all income tax" is not a proposal anyone named Clinton would have ever made, be serious here.

His campaigns led to the idea that we need to be populist. That's what this is. He opened the door to populism in the Democratic party.

The Democratic establishment is under siege at the moment by the populist bullshit contingent, which is fueled by consultant cash. I think ultimately they win out. There just aren't as many ways "in" with us as there were with the GOP when they were eaten alive by their own populist elements.

Someone ask Bernie how he feels about eliminating income tax real quick

Yeah I'd probably go with him, he seems the most Dem establishment friendly and I'm tired of people acting like that's a bad thing

There's enough

Yeah man, Bernie Sanders is an unprincipled Democrat (not even a Democrat) who wants to do right wing policy, I don't know what you want me to tell you

No I think I would still prefer her to a Republican, let's be sensible.

Booker has done good but he's clearly *chasing* tiktok fame and more concerned with that than anything else.

Is that meant to be a sly joke along the lines of "colour" lol

You cannot convince me that David Shor didn't vote for Trump in at least one of the last three elections.

The consultants you speak of in your previous post are in fact at risk of defecting to the GOP *themselves* if Dems do this, and they project that onto the wider electorate.

Someone needs to pitch it to him using all the corporate jingo he understands.

It's also the last resort of candidates who know they're losing/not going to get anywhere. Porter is not going to be Governor. Booker is never going to be President. So they'll just try anything, even shitting in the pool.

It's still 3 months away so who knows, but yeah Becerra sadly doesn't have the name recognition probably. An R lockout Swalwell/Steyer general election would be amusing

California deserves an R lockout Swalwell/Steyer general election imo

Ah, Swalwell has been going up in their last 3 polls and Porter has been going down. That would explain her panic.

Has there been any California Governor polling recently? Anything from a good pollster?

No one wants to admit this, but this strain of bullshit started with Bernie Sanders. He kicked off this entire race to the bottom with his promises of fast easy solutions by just pressing a simple button that other Dems refuse to press because they're stupid, lazy, or on the take.