2020 Presidential Election

[dark_crystal]

Originally Posted by Martina

Re Kamala, I would be so happy to have someone who cares about the rule of law after this law breaking motherfucker. I lived in California when she was AG. I loved her.

But my first choice is Bernie. I love him. He changed the world. He made the Dems take economic inequality seriously. Well that and losing to Trump. Dumb ass motherfuckers. Hillary's recent statement about immigration in Europe just showed who she is and always has been. She wants to placate the center right no matter what principle gets sacrificed. That's the Clinton MO. They don't get that it doesn't work anymore.

I have never cared about having a woman President. It doesn't mean much to me. I was glad that Obama was elected. I do think it mattered having a person of color in that office. Will it matter when a woman is elected? Some. But it depends on who. I don't like to think of what type of person felt empowered by Margaret Thatcher or is inspired by Teresa May.

I would love for Bernie to get the nomination. I think that would be a high-energy, very positive, very clear campaign. I say "clear" because the choice voters would be making would be very sharply defined. Would definitely be an end to the "basically-Republican-except-not-bigoted" vibe that Clinton went with-- and which i think would be a temptation for Biden and Harris.

And here i have to indict myself because part of the appeal of a Bernie campaign, to me, is that he is a white man. He will be painted as a Socialist, and Socialism is scary, and having those proposals delivered by a white man makes them less scary to other white men. That represents a huge opportunity to have a national conversation about very bold ideas, and it is just a fact that such proposals will be taken more seriously coming from a white man.

Of course, all that would happen then is that the Republicans will try to pull his white card by dog-whistling Antisemitism.

The piece i was looking at when i made the OP was Five Thirty-eight: Who’s Behaving Like A 2020 Presidential Candidate

It has a list of people who are "behaving like" they plan to run, with 7 "behaviors" indicated and a score based on who has done them.

These are the indicators:

VISITED IOWA
VISITED N.H.
VISITED S.C.
BOOK
POLL
MAGAZINE PROFILE
CAMPAIGNED

Bernie is the only one who has hit all 7, then Biden with 6, then Booker/Bullock/Castro, etc with 5

I haven't done a deep dive on either Castro, but here in Texas they are seen as Mexican Betos. Bullock seems ok but not exciting.