Oh mitt Romney looked like Lemony Snicket . Aging badly

God what a depressing week. And it's barely even Wednesday.

Not sure Warren can overcome the Native American thing after the latest revelations

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Nancy Pelosi is a less desperate Trump fan than nghtvsn.

Of course she can and should. This is small potatoes.

She (and Biden) won’t be able to overcome their decision to step aside for Hilary last election. She missed her chance. And there’s no way the Dems nominate another white. 2020 is Kamala’s to lose for better or worse.

Disagree. I know most want a female president and one day it will happen but Kamala isn't it. I think they'll have a better chance with Michelle who's actually likable, Julian Castro, Biden or Schultz. Michelle would be the best as she's not a politician, likable as I said and has the best surrogate in Obama.

I just meant the primary. Hard to say how she will stack up against Trump. What kind of nicknames will he give her?

I would vote for Michelle but I think its too early for her. Dynasties are not “in” right now. Dems want an AOC but 20-25 years older. I think Kamala best fits that bill right now.

Agree that Harris is the favorite to win the nomination. She has to be careful not to set herself up to be the frontrunner too early though, and polls are slowly leaning that way.

It'd be ideal if Biden or Sanders decide to run, and if Warren officially jumps in as well. They'll draw most of the attention, and poll better just on name recognition, but ultimately won't win the nomination (Warren, in particular, is in bad shape) due to most of the passion in the party favoring fresher faces. That said, if Biden runs and the field continues to grow with fresher, younger names, I could see a scenario where he'd simply win the nomination due to everyone else splitting votes.

I'd keep a watch on Booker, too. Personally, I think he'll be unable to overcome Harris, but an unknown issue (scandal) or poor interview/debate performance from her could shift the tide towards him instead. The same situation would apply if O'Rourke decides to run, but I don't think he's prepared this cycle.

I'm a believer in Kamala. I think she has intelligence and integrity



I guess she could get nomination. But Trump would "but her emails" her into the ground with it.

Different details, same politics.

The Green New Deal is a complete disaster, I cannot believe that Dems are in all reality handing the least-likely-to-be-reelected incumbent ever a serious shot at reelection because theatre so fucking isolated and stupid from the realities of every day people.

Socialism, communism- they will NEVER work and even mores well NEVER EVER win. WTF is wrong with some of these complete idiots in office?

Biden or Romney, run as a moderate and SAVE US PLEASE

But the moderate candidate has people staying home on Election Day. I think only chance Democrats have is their nominee has passion to match the frenzied MAGAs

Michelle is your only hope.

The extreme candidate will make people vote for Trump. I would vote for Trump before I voted for socialist in disguise which is frankly how AOC is presenting herself. Their ideology would produce terrible effects for everyone whereas Trump is hurting a select unfortunate few.

You can rest assured AOC is not running in 2020. The proponents of the Green New Deal modeled their proposal after Western European countries. Currently, the focus is on universal health care and renewable energy. The rest is all floating ideas and far from any consensus among people on the left or in the center.

Of much more immediate concern now is the current administration turning the US into an authoritarian state, promoting:

concentration over separation of powers,

rule by law over rule of law,

nationalism over individualism,

crony capitalism over market capitalism,

and propaganda over truth and evidence.

I am worried.

AOC is too young to legally run for a while anyways. The New Green Deal would destroy America though. I disagree that she is a socialist in disguise, she is a communist in disguise

Kamala is too much of a politician. The Breakfast Club interview where she acts like she always supported legalized marijuana but was laughing at the suggestion a few years ago is a little bit of a canary in the coalmine. Democrats are going to lose if they pick someone who's "sensible, but leaves me cold". They won't beat MAGA turnout with someone who the left doesn't trust and have to be talked into voting for

Honestly, Beto is the best choice as he is both popular with the powerful millennial vote and is considerably moderate.

Now a president can nullify the budgeting power vested in Congress by the Constitution. A spending bill passed by Congress and signed by the President is now a piece of trash and will not become law, because the President says so.

Sounds authoritarian and a bit lawless.

checks and balances

The lack of.