Mad_Machine76
Mad_Machine76's JournalExcited for Jeb, no. Excited for Hillary, yes
With some voters being somewhat superficial about their voting habits, I think that the opportunity to elect a woman President will be hard not to excite voters, particularly younger ones IMHO. Most younger voters weren't around (or were kids) during the Bill Clinton years, so they haven't really had time to "get tired" of the Clintons. Many of them grew up under the eight years of George W. Bush and are at least somewhat aware of the mess he made, so I doubt that they would want to elect another one.
Has anybody seen Lego "The Padawan Menace"?
It featured a character named "Ian" who turned out to be Han (with a misspelled name tag. It was a funny little short
The truth is
nobody knows what is going to happen until the primary votes start coming in. High poll numbers, increasing poll numbers, and large crowds aren't a sure sign of anything at this point. Bernie's a nice guy and seems to have some appeal but he will have to be tested wider and farther to see whether or not he can clinch the nomination.
I have been seriously thinking about taking a break from DU until the primaries are over
I'm more of an HRC supporter but I don't have anything against Bernie and will support the eventual Democratic nominee whoever he/she is but it just seems like there is virtually nothing posted here that isn't some kind of slam or "hit piece" on Hillary and/or her supporters. Yeah, and I acknowledge that there are some posts slamming Bernie and his supporters too, which I don't condone either but I just don't think that we need to be hating on each other just because of our support for one candidate or another. We can (or should be able to) disagree with each other without treating each other as "the enemy" and, whatever your feelings about HRC are, she is not "evil" nor has she done anything AFAIK that puts her anywhere the same league of crazy/evil as any of the Republicans currently running for POTUS.
I'd be more worried IMHO
that he will be tarred and feathered the instant he has to start trying to work with (at least) a Republican House to get legislation passed or doesn't turn out to be able to deliver all of the promises he's making just like with how most jumped all over President Obama for not being able to do. Oh, he'll definitely be good on some "in-house" Executive Branch stuff (cabinet appointments, court appointments), of course, but, until the House swings back to Democratic control and he has filibuster-proof majority in the Senate whom staunchly support his policy agenda, he will have to inevitably make some compromises (or see most of his initiatives fail), which I know isn't very popular. But, of course, that would really be applicable to any of the potential Democratic candidates currently running.
Pragmatism
is about getting what you can, when you can based on the current political realities IMHO. The Federal Courts and SCOTUS moved the ball the rest of the way down the field for a touchdown with their SSM ruling but, legislatively, there have been few avenues available for advancing marriage equality in several statehouses, especially in red states, and in Congress without getting a massive number of progressives elected. I'm ecstatic that it worked out for the best all the same, however.
What is the point of this post
other than get us at each other's throats? I guess that I can't speak for everybody per se but I'm sure that most of us here are quite happy (if not ecstatic) with SCOTUS' decision legalizing marriage equality here in the US, leaving the right-wing yahoos wailing and gnashing teeth with no real legal nor legislative recourse(s). I think that it's also fair to say that it's hard for anybody to know that things would advance this far this fast with Republicans still controlling a disproportionate share of power in many parts of this country and Congress, so, although I denounce name calling and abusive behavior (by anybody), I don't really blame some some party strategists ("Centrists"
previously calling for a more measured, incremental approach to moving the needle forward on marriage politically, which, now, is a totally moot point thanks to many federal courts in many states and SCOTUS. Same goal, different strategies. In fact, I figured that we'd have ENDA long before marriage equality and it has turned out the opposite way, proving again that one can never be certain how things are ever going to play out in the world of politics.
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