Aug. 1 Open Thread: Head to Head, Biden 7 Up on Trump
In news that’s certain to pique the interest of a certain former vice president, polling shows Joe Biden thumping Trump 44-37 in a head-to-head matchup. On the other hand, while 80% of Democrats picked Biden over Trump, 87% of them chose a generic Democrat, meaning 7% of the Democrats polled wouldn’t go for Joe.
Trade wars are, in fact, not easy to win, which is why intelligent people don’t start them. Trump, however, having started one, should pay attention to all the unintended consequences. For instance, the tariffs that were supposed to spur the domestic solar panel industry is hurting it instead. This is why electing an ignorant fool with six bankruptcies on his CV isn’t a good idea, either.
Of course, the president has a lot on his mind, what with wondering which of his hundreds of illegal acts will get him in trouble next. His twitter feed just keeps getting crazier, and now he’s begging Jeff Sessions to un-recuse himself to end the terrible, horrible effort to catalogue each and every one of those hundreds of crimes.
Sadly for Trump, Sessions is busy catering to the poor, poor pitiful “Christians” who haven’t been free to demonize gays and atheists as much as they’d like to. That’s why he’s creating a “religious liberty task force.” How do you think these snowflakes would fare with a coliseum full of lions?
Is Trump’s attack on the Koch brothers a real fight or a stunt staged by Steve Bannon, who has wormed himself back into Trump’s good graces? Lots of people think it’s the latter.
Steve Schmidt, the UD grad who ran John McCain’s presidential campaign, made a big show of leaving the Republican Party. Insiders think it’s because he’s going to work for a Democratic candidate for president — Howard Schultz, the erstwhile CEO of Starbucks.
A purveyor of overpriced and overrated coffee–just who I want as Prez.
Maybe we could persuade Alisa Morkides to run. Brew Ha Ha for all!
Biden.
Crime Bill.
War.
Friend of Jesse Helms.
I’m a no.
Biden is not at all who we need right now. Centrism got us into this mess and only strong progressives would get us out.
Unrelated; has Sarah McBride said anything about Reg. 225 or is she continuing her career of being a Carney puppet?
https://www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-opposes-changes-to-proposed-regulation-protecting-delaware-students
Biden
Welfare for MBNA is Good.
Support for poor and working class people bad.
Still a No on Biden.
No On Joe as well, mostly due to his age.
He’s a few months younger than Bernie, so I’m not hung up on age. I frankly don’t understand the age issue. The president doesn’t dig ditches or move pianos or drive herself.
Just my opinion. If he has all his faculties and can do the job, I don’t care. I think RBG is 117 years old.
Biden gets a “meh” rather than a no from me. He knows where Michigan is and can give a populist speach if he needs to.
Bottom line: If we get stuck with Biden it isn’t like getting stuck with the horribly unlikable HRC.
I would rather have Liz Warren but I’m not sure if she or Biden are more electable.
The old angry white boys probably hate women more than minorities though
I think Warren’s more electable than Biden. Progressives YEARN for Warren. At least I do. We/they would be mobilized. Plus, don’t forget–Biden ran for president twice. Neither campaign impressed, to put it mildly. Not to mention, I’m not a nostalgia kind of guy.
Oh, and there’s lots more women than there are angry white guys.
Biden should be on the ticket as vice president. He’s very good at that job.
EXCLUSIVE | Kerri Harris challenges Carper to debate, says he’s failing Delaware
https://www.delaware1059.com/news/exclusive-kerri-harris-challenges-carper-to-debate-says-he-s/article_af286066-95b9-11e8-9422-5f4cf28aa443.html
This is funny.
https://www.delaware1059.com/news/exclusive-kerri-harris-challenges-carper-to-debate-says-he-s/article_af286066-95b9-11e8-9422-5f4cf28aa443.html
whoops. Wrong link
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/02/dover-council-pussycat-dolls-delaware-senate-kaya-jones/878114002/