JoeOtterbein
JoeOtterbein's JournalIt would be easy if we Just Count the Vote
No need for complicated ways of coming up with "winners" based on caucus results and the allotted "delegates" at a convention. It would be much more transparent if the states pick their nominees the way we do in the General Election.
Of course this still leaves the chance we will be denied again in General Election because of the archaic, and racist, Electoral College.
But what would be better way for Democrats to show democratic leadership on the General Election than to rid ourselves of caucuses and convention delegates and instead, we Just Count the Vote?
The states could still be allowed to vote on the present schedule, along with the normal primary election procedures for other races in those states.
The winner of each state would be clear and limit the ability for repubs to play dirty tricks.
Then we could use the time and money saved by eliminating the conventions, to beat whatever evil creature the repubs may appoint as their el duce for the election.
Because be it Trump or another evil one, we need to defeat them.
Judging from just Mayor Pete's great speech tonight, I think I know who won...
...BERNIE!!!!!
Well. I know I'm no biggy, but it sounds to me that the winner is...
...BERNIE!!!!!
CNN just now: DNC checking Iowa results for "quality control". ??? Or as my kids might say....
...WTF?????
How a smear against Bernie Sanders shows the right-wing strategy to foment chaos in the Democratic p
Written by Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Late last Thursday, I noticed the name George Wallace that nightmarish icon of the 1960s pro-segregation movement, a man so vile he hid his wifes cancer from her so he could exploit her politically was trending on Twitter. Wallace died more than two decades ago, so I thought was it odd. As Twitter wants you to do, clicked. The situation was wild people (and likely bots) were making outraged claims that Sen. Bernie Sanders had praised Wallace as being sensitive in 1972, when Sanders was running for governor of Vermont as an open socialist.
I was immediately skeptical, as Wallace was a notorious villain at the time and Sanders had spent the early 60s helping organize desegregation campaigns. Sure enough, a cursory search showed that the accusation came from the Washington Examiner, a right-wing website owned by conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz.
Of course the full context of the quote soon came out, courtesy of CNNs Andrew Kaczynski: Sanders had said that Wallace advocates some outrageous approaches to our problems, but at least he is sensitive to what people feel they need. Sanders was not remotely a fan: He compared Wallace to Hitler and argued that Wallaces racism was appealing to his followers who were experiencing rebellion, frustration, economic instability.
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Scrapped Iowa Poll Reportedly Showed Biden Cratering to Fourth Place
By Reed Richardson Feb 3rd, 2020, 8:07 pm
The last Iowa poll before the caucuses, which was not publicly released after its results were compromised, found that Bernie Sanders was holding steady in the lead and that Joe Biden had fallen to a distant fourth place.
According to confirmation by FiveThirtyEight, the poll was going to report Sanders with 22% support in Iowa, Elizabeth Warren in second with 18%, Pete Buttigieg with 16%, and Biden trailing behind at 13%. That result wouldve pegged Bidens support at more than six percentage points below his current level in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
However, the gold-standard Selzer & Co. Iowa poll was abruptly scrapped on Sunday night after one surveyor reportedly changed the font on their screen and inadvertently left off Pete Buttigiegs name from the list of candidate choices. Since the pollster was unable to assess the impact of Buttigiegs partial omission, the poll was considered statistically unreliable.
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Name: Joe OtterbeinGender: Male
Hometown: DelMarVa & PA (heading to PNW soon!)
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