Vivek ramaswamy

[japhy]

It’s inaccurate to call Social Security and Medicare as “entitlements”.

OK. Take it up with Uncle Sam. That's what he calls them.

Wow! That guy knows a lot!

[DCHawk1]

It’s inaccurate to call Social Security and Medicare as “entitlements”.

OK. Take it up with Uncle Sam. That's what he calls them.

Wow! That guy knows a lot!

As proclaimed from the slouchy chair.

[japhy]

While we are on the topic of brave muthafuckers who will say what others dare not.....

“I wasn’t one of the jurors and I’m not privy to all of the facts that they have, but I’ll say what everyone else is privately thinking,” Ramaswamy said in a statement to POLITICO. “If the defendant weren’t named Donald Trump, would there even be a lawsuit?”

Nuthin braver than having an opinion and about something you don't know much about but know the rubes will support your brave opinion because it agrees with their rubeworld view. Ramasmarmy really does understand the grift, he is like a shorter thinner chutney tucker.

[jfish26]

While we are on the topic of brave muthafuckers who will say what others dare not.....

“I wasn’t one of the jurors and I’m not privy to all of the facts that they have, but I’ll say what everyone else is privately thinking,” Ramaswamy said in a statement to POLITICO. “If the defendant weren’t named Donald Trump, would there even be a lawsuit?”

Nuthin braver than having an opinion and about something you don't know much about but know the rubes will support your brave opinion because it agrees with their rubeworld view. Ramasmarmy really does understand the grift, he is like a shorter thinner chutney tucker.

To be fair, I believe it's technically accurate that if Trump hadn't sexually assaulted Carroll, Carroll wouldn't have sued Trump for sexual assault.

[KUTradition]

While we are on the topic of brave muthafuckers who will say what others dare not.....

“I wasn’t one of the jurors and I’m not privy to all of the facts that they have, but I’ll say what everyone else is privately thinking,” Ramaswamy said in a statement to POLITICO. “If the defendant weren’t named Donald Trump, would there even be a lawsuit?”

Nuthin braver than having an opinion and about something you don't know much about but know the rubes will support your brave opinion because it agrees with their rubeworld view. Ramasmarmy really does understand the grift, he is like a shorter thinner chutney tucker.

randy is gonna call you racist

[japhy]

and a melted butter soft cuck

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

If the election were to be held tomorrow and there were multiple candidates on the ballot - I figure based on who has announced their candidacy so far, the results would be something like this.

Trump 37%
Biden 33%
Haley 9%
Ramaswamy 4%
Elder 1%
Hutchinson 6%
Williamson 3%
RFK Jr. 7%

I'm probably way off but I believe (once again) who ever wins will have less than 40% of the voters who wanted them to be the President.

[jfish26]

If the election were to be held tomorrow and there were multiple candidates on the ballot - I figure based on who has announced their candidacy so far, the results would be something like this.

Trump 37%
Biden 33%
Haley 9%
Ramaswamy 4%
Elder 1%
Hutchinson 6%
Williamson 3%
RFK Jr. 7%

I'm probably way off but I believe (once again) who ever wins will have less than 40% of the voters who wanted them to be the President.

I don’t think this is close in terms of what would happen downballot.

[DCHawk1]

Biden will not be on the ticket.

[KUTradition]

Biden will not be on the ticket.

forgive me, but that’s about as useful as mich declaring that the gop has moved on from trump

(but i hope you’re right)

[jfish26]

Biden will not be on the ticket.

You think it’ll be a bait and switch? Squeeze competition out of the field, and then bow out and hand it to a selected replacement?

[DCHawk1]

The difference between being an establishment candidate (as Biden is) and being an anti-establishment candidate (as Trump is) is that the establishment has considerably greater control over the fate of the former than the latter (by definition). I think if you pay close attention, particularly to the mainstream media portrayals of Biden, you'll see that they are slowly but surely building the case against nominating him a second time. I think the increasing coverage of his age, his poor poll numbers, the growing impatience with the Ukraine war, the reality of Hunter's legal issues, etc. all point to a coordinated effort to ease him out the door in time to put together a small group of candidates to run in next year's primaries.

Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

Trump, by contrast, holds his fate in his own hands. The more the establishment (especially the GOP establishment) rages against him, the more power he draws from it.

[KUTradition]

Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

blech

edit: actually, Polis may not be half bad

hard pass on this Harris person, aka the politician formerly known as, and a definite hard pass on the pat riley look-alike

[japhy]

Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

blech

Your wanted Hillary? Polis could be a good candidate.

[Sparko]

The difference between being an establishment candidate (as Biden is) and being an anti-establishment candidate (as Trump is) is that the establishment has considerably greater control over the fate of the former than the latter (by definition). I think if you pay close attention, particularly to the mainstream media portrayals of Biden, you'll see that they are slowly but surely building the case against nominating him a second time. I think the increasing coverage of his age, his poor poll numbers, the growing impatience with the Ukraine war, the reality of Hunter's legal issues, etc. all point to a coordinated effort to ease him out the door in time to put together a small group of candidates to run in next year's primaries.

Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

Trump, by contrast, holds his fate in his own hands. The more the establishment (especially the GOP establishment) rages against him, the more power he draws from it.

Nah. They gave Biden 90-minutes of a hand-picked crowd on CNN in a "town hall" just last night.

[KUTradition]

Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

blech

Your wanted Hillary? Polis could be a good candidate.

over trump? absolutely

and i agree about Polis (edited original post)

[Sparko]

Gretchen Whitmer and Raskin is who I would like to see.

[Shirley]

I underestimated Biden in the run-up to 2020's democratic nomination, not that the competition was all that great, so I tend to doubt he won't be the nominee.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's name comes up as a potential candidate in '26, I'm not sure if he figures prominently if it isn't Biden in '24, although I don't know much about him. Gutter?

If Biden isn't the nominee, I have difficulty envisioning any ticket in the next 2-6 years that doesn't have Harris' name at the top that doesn't result in decreased participation by democrat's most reliable demographic, Black women...

[DCHawk1]

Polis is, IMO, what Biden promised to be but really couldn't be: a return to normalcy.

Normalcy will sell, especially if Trump is the alternative.

[twocoach]

I underestimated Biden in the run-up to 2020's democratic nomination, not that the competition was all that great, so I tend to doubt he won't be the nominee.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's name comes up as a potential candidate in '26, I'm not sure if he figures prominently if it isn't Biden in '24, although I don't know much about him. Gutter?

If Biden isn't the nominee, I have difficulty envisioning any ticket in the next 2-6 years that doesn't have Harris' name at the top that doesn't result in decreased participation by democrat's most reliable demographic, Black women...

It was nervous Dems in the early primary voting we underestimated, not Biden. Biden was chosen because he was safe; old, white, male and an established presence. Voters didn't want to risk losing to Trump by putting a woman, a minority or a homosexual on the Dem ticket.

I agree about Harris and it's probably why we are stuck with Biden again because Harris just doesn't seem to be very popular among non Black female Dem voters.