Apr 8th 2019, 14:48:43
"Bush was about as good with the economy as he is with a paint brush. Lol." Fair point lol.
On South Bend I'm sure he will be attacked on it viciously when the election heats up. I think the party and corporate media will definitely get behind Beto or Biden and not Pete though. Beto is way more of a focus group prototype than Pete imo. Pete was just the dude standing up to Mike Pence about gay rights.
Southern democrats tend to crush in national elections, and Texas keeps getting closer to a swing state. There's a pretty strong belief within the party that if you run a native Texan dem against a coastal elite Republican, you generally win. Donation numbers so far seem to indicate that the party is situating themselves behind Beto. And he is absolutely your champagne socialist, super politically savvy, charismatic and charming, focus group guy.
People see that Beto got almost up to 49% against Ted Cruz and only missed having a blue senator from Texas by 200,000 votes. If you replace Ted Cruz with a rich New Yorker, the thought is that you win at least 200,000 more people in Texas, and if Texas is blue, the election becomes a blowout. And that's honestly all you really need to know about Beto. Also maybe that his real name is Robert O'Rourke, he just goes by Beto to make him popular with latinos lol.
I haven't really watched Pete live or read too much about his policy concerns tbh. I just listen to long interviews with him because I think he's interesting to listen to. And there's a sort of distinct current need for a president who is willing to blow the system up. Like, every democrat can say theyre for medicare for all, or most, or america, or single payer, or public option or whatever. They can take a stance on that as president and they can win both houses of congress and it won't matter a bit. You still won't be able to pass it as long as the filibuster exists. And you can't even began to have a universal health care conversation until you finish the filibuster convo. I'm looking for a candidate that is politically savvy and intelligent enough to understand why Trump's presidency continues to be marred with long battles and unfinished projects. I just don't think of Yang as the type of guy to spend the first two years of his presidency fighting to fix a broken system. I see him battling with congress over over policy, like Trump, rather than just fixing the problem.
I'm saying Trump should have been able to do more with his supermajority post election. The people voted for Republicans all over the country and they shouldn't have just been fluff blocked from doing any thing. Same with Obama and so on. I think we need a guy who understands that his battles will largely be faught fixing a broken system and not passing meaningful policy.
On South Bend I'm sure he will be attacked on it viciously when the election heats up. I think the party and corporate media will definitely get behind Beto or Biden and not Pete though. Beto is way more of a focus group prototype than Pete imo. Pete was just the dude standing up to Mike Pence about gay rights.
Southern democrats tend to crush in national elections, and Texas keeps getting closer to a swing state. There's a pretty strong belief within the party that if you run a native Texan dem against a coastal elite Republican, you generally win. Donation numbers so far seem to indicate that the party is situating themselves behind Beto. And he is absolutely your champagne socialist, super politically savvy, charismatic and charming, focus group guy.
People see that Beto got almost up to 49% against Ted Cruz and only missed having a blue senator from Texas by 200,000 votes. If you replace Ted Cruz with a rich New Yorker, the thought is that you win at least 200,000 more people in Texas, and if Texas is blue, the election becomes a blowout. And that's honestly all you really need to know about Beto. Also maybe that his real name is Robert O'Rourke, he just goes by Beto to make him popular with latinos lol.
I haven't really watched Pete live or read too much about his policy concerns tbh. I just listen to long interviews with him because I think he's interesting to listen to. And there's a sort of distinct current need for a president who is willing to blow the system up. Like, every democrat can say theyre for medicare for all, or most, or america, or single payer, or public option or whatever. They can take a stance on that as president and they can win both houses of congress and it won't matter a bit. You still won't be able to pass it as long as the filibuster exists. And you can't even began to have a universal health care conversation until you finish the filibuster convo. I'm looking for a candidate that is politically savvy and intelligent enough to understand why Trump's presidency continues to be marred with long battles and unfinished projects. I just don't think of Yang as the type of guy to spend the first two years of his presidency fighting to fix a broken system. I see him battling with congress over over policy, like Trump, rather than just fixing the problem.
I'm saying Trump should have been able to do more with his supermajority post election. The people voted for Republicans all over the country and they shouldn't have just been fluff blocked from doing any thing. Same with Obama and so on. I think we need a guy who understands that his battles will largely be faught fixing a broken system and not passing meaningful policy.