The 2020 thread....

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and the retires continue on the R side

Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) announced Friday he won't seek re-election in 2020
the 25th Republican to announce he will not run for re-election this cycle.

although almost no chance this going dem
President Trump won Roe's district in 2016 by a nearly 57-point margin.
    Roe's congressional seat has been held by a Republican since 1881.

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and the retires continue on the R side

Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) announced Friday he won't seek re-election in 2020
the 25th Republican to announce he will not run for re-election this cycle.

although almost no chance this going dem
President Trump won Roe's district in 2016 by a nearly 57-point margin.
    Roe's congressional seat has been held by a Republican since 1881.

His constituents were probably recently informed that Roe was the pro-abortion side, not Wade.

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His constituents were probably recently informed that Roe was the pro-abortion side, not Wade.

hmm always thought it was Norma McCorvey

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His constituents were probably recently informed that Roe was the pro-abortion side, not Wade.

hmm always thought it was Norma McCorvey

The Benedict Arnold of the abortion rights movement.

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His constituents were probably recently informed that Roe was the pro-abortion side, not Wade.

hmm always thought it was Norma McCorvey

The Benedict Arnold of the abortion rights movement.

yep, story/stance changed a lot
it's not inaccurate that she was a pawn in the movement...

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hmm this future/present thing may have impacted your decision making process...

Julián Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren for president


And why the fuck not....Lincoln Chafee files to run for president as a Libertarian
he may pull some of the old school GOP'ers who were really libertarians the whole time

[hutch]

Nobody is going to pull anybody from Trump.....every scintilla of evidence points to that...Jesus Christ could run and every Republican (including “evangelicals”) would vote Trump

Good for Julian..looks like a desperate attempt by Warren to stop/revert the slide ...otherwise she would have kept the endorsement in her back pocket until a week before Iowa

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Bloomberg drops $10 mil on a 60 second superbowl ad

[hutch]

Good for Bloomberg


I like him...always have

It’s a horribly weak field with koo koo for Cocoa Puffs (heart attack) Bernie, ga ga Biden, Pocahontas and the guy from Mad magazine

I would happily vote for Bloomberg

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Good for Bloomberg

He's got an interesting strategy to avoid the first 4, no debates and just focus on super Tuesday
I do like the Mayor and most things he stands for
I do think he would have no problem in a face to face debate with Trump...as I fear our current front runners will crumble

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Bloomberg drops $10 mil on a 60 second superbowl ad

not to get outdone
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is planning to drop $10 million to advertise during the Super Bowl

I'm surprised he didn't buy 4 ads
guy is soo thin skinned it's unbelievable


Hmmm...so not sure of the order of events...
"The biggest point is getting under Trump's skin," Bloomberg spokesman says of buying a $10 million Super Bowl ad

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this is good news towards getting the senate blue
Poll: Democrat Mark Kelly leads incumbent McSally in Arizona Senate race

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wow, this is quite a haul
ActBlue, an online fundraising platform for Democrats and progressive groups, pulled in $1.05 billion in campaign contributions for the party’s candidates and causes in 2019.

although I think some of this went almost directly to the Dem Campaigns who also claim this on their balance sheet
wonder how much of that is small money donations


update- The average contribution was $30.50.

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Can someone tell me why the Dems keep with this Primary schedule

1. caucus, while on paper sound like a great idea...are just a disaster
2. Iowa, NH, SC, NV as the first four...yikes
3. I think the Dems should be doing ranked choice voting in primaries

saw this and it depresses me

@HoarseWisperer
In Iowa, approximately 30% of registered voters are Democrats.
Of that number, approximately 15% participate in caucuses.

4.5% of Iowa’s population participates in the Dem caucus.

Hardly representative of the state let alone the country.

what world does it make sense that this should be the Dem's first primary?

[sweetcell]

Can someone tell me why the Dems keep with this Primary schedule

1. caucus, while on paper sound like a great idea...are just a disaster
2. Iowa, NH, SC, NV as the first four...yikes
3. I think the Dems should be doing ranked choice voting in primaries

saw this and it depresses me

@HoarseWisperer
In Iowa, approximately 30% of registered voters are Democrats.
Of that number, approximately 15% participate in caucuses.

4.5% of Iowa’s population participates in the Dem caucus.

Hardly representative of the state let alone the country.

what world does it make sense that this should be the Dem's first primary?

Julian from the Past complained exactly about this when he suspended his campaign.  he was banking on capturing a large portion of the non-white vote, yet the launchpads for the nomination - iowa and new hamphire - are two of the whitest states in the union.  bloomberg seems to think he can pull it off without those first 2 states (actually first 4 states, since he isn't on those ballots) but realistically no one has ever won the nom without being first or second in the first 2 states.