21st February 2020, 11:01 PM
I watched the most recent debate, and it was pretty good! Warren won easily, which makes her bad polling numbers all the more frustrating -- she SHOULD be in the lead easily in this thing, with policies and plans for everything in a way no other candidate is even attempting, but mostly due to sexism I am quite sure, she's not. It's really sad stuff.
Still, seeing her take down Bloomberg was satisfying. I'd like to hope that this will hurt his polling, but with his kinds of money he can just ignore it and keep flooding the market with ads, so we'll see... but seriously, it SHOULD hurt his polling because every issue she hit him on is substantive and is a very good reason he should never be our nominee! Biden? I disagree with Biden on plenty of things, but he'd be a fine nominee and is an actual Democrat, unlike Bloomberg. Warren would be a lot better, but she polls worse probably mostly because of her gender. And Klobuchar and Buttigieg are probably out; they did well in the first two states, but should struggle in the next few due to there being more minorities in Nevada and South Carolina.. Plus, the two of them spent the whole time in the debate attacking eachother, which didn't make either of them look great... so yeah, I still have no idea who I'm going to be voting for, except that it definitely will not be Bernie or Bloomberg.
Because every candidate, Sanders included, answered with the most politically expedient answer. In 2016, Sanders gave the answer those other candidates all did a few days ago, because then he was the underdog. Now he seems to be in the lead so suddenly his position on the issue has flipped out of self interest. That's all it is. The correct answer is the one everyone else gave, that the rules are the rules and should be followed.
As for the convention, if Bernie is at like 45% or more of delegates, he will probably end up as the nominee, sadly (for our chances in November, for President, House, and Senate alike). But if he has like 35%? That's a completely different story. If Bernie has 35% and number two is like 25% or 30%, if things tighten? Why in the world should someone only slightly ahead be annoited winner just because they have a small lead? That's not how the rules work! If you don't have a majority, you need to convince others to support you until you hav a majority. That is how presidential party nominations have always worked. It is a good and quite democratic system.
Still, seeing her take down Bloomberg was satisfying. I'd like to hope that this will hurt his polling, but with his kinds of money he can just ignore it and keep flooding the market with ads, so we'll see... but seriously, it SHOULD hurt his polling because every issue she hit him on is substantive and is a very good reason he should never be our nominee! Biden? I disagree with Biden on plenty of things, but he'd be a fine nominee and is an actual Democrat, unlike Bloomberg. Warren would be a lot better, but she polls worse probably mostly because of her gender. And Klobuchar and Buttigieg are probably out; they did well in the first two states, but should struggle in the next few due to there being more minorities in Nevada and South Carolina.. Plus, the two of them spent the whole time in the debate attacking eachother, which didn't make either of them look great... so yeah, I still have no idea who I'm going to be voting for, except that it definitely will not be Bernie or Bloomberg.
Quote:There is one thing I have to ask. WHY did every candidate except Sanders (Warren surprised me on this one) say it would be okay for delegates to steal the election away from whoever has the most votes?
Because every candidate, Sanders included, answered with the most politically expedient answer. In 2016, Sanders gave the answer those other candidates all did a few days ago, because then he was the underdog. Now he seems to be in the lead so suddenly his position on the issue has flipped out of self interest. That's all it is. The correct answer is the one everyone else gave, that the rules are the rules and should be followed.
As for the convention, if Bernie is at like 45% or more of delegates, he will probably end up as the nominee, sadly (for our chances in November, for President, House, and Senate alike). But if he has like 35%? That's a completely different story. If Bernie has 35% and number two is like 25% or 30%, if things tighten? Why in the world should someone only slightly ahead be annoited winner just because they have a small lead? That's not how the rules work! If you don't have a majority, you need to convince others to support you until you hav a majority. That is how presidential party nominations have always worked. It is a good and quite democratic system.
Quote:This is not up for debateOh, the invented slights the Sanders cult likes to make up most certainly are up for debate.