Polybius
Polybius's JournalWho was the greatest President in your lifetime?
The rules are simple. This poll is about who was the greatest President in your lifetime, not before you were born.
I'm not putting any Republicans on the list except Eisenhower, because none besides him in the past 100+ years deserve to be on the list (Ford wasn't terrible I suppose, but no one is picking him as #1).
With that being said, who's it gonna be? 
Supreme Court seems poised to side with Colorado web designer in 303 Creative case
Smith wants to start creating custom wedding websites. Specifically, she wants to post a message on her company’s site that she would not create websites for same-sex marriage “or any other marriage that is not between one man and one woman,” according to a brief in the case.
But state officials would consider that discriminatory behavior based on the state’s laws, so Smith sued the state.
Even Justice Elena Kagan, who is among the more liberal members of the court, told Colorado’s Solicitor General Eric Olson, who argued on behalf of the state, that she had a hard time picturing how a state could require, hypothetically, a web designer, like Smith, to create all kinds of wedding websites.
https://www.cpr.org/2022/12/05/supreme-court-seems-poised-to-side-with-colorado-web-designer-in-303-creative-case/
What are the big Supreme Court cases that will be decided in June?
I know of two right now. The first being the "independent state legislature theory" which could threaten democracy. The press is reporting that it looks like at least 6 Justices will side with us, so I'm not worried.
The second one that I know of is the Colorado web site designer that refused to make websites for same-sex couples. Anyone know how that's going so far? I know how the Colorado baker case went a few years ago, but there are differences.
What are the other remaining big ones? How are they going?
Calls Build for Manchin to Follow Sinema in Leaving Democratic Party
Source: Newsweek
Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced in an op-ed on Friday that she's ditching the Democratic Party to register as an independent. Now, some are demanding that another Democratic senator follow suit: West Virginia's Joe Manchin.
Along with Sinema, Manchin is viewed by many political observers as one of the country's most powerful people. Their less-reliably-liberal votes can either grant the green light or spell doom for legislation in an otherwise stalemated U.S. Senate.
The Democrats narrowly held on to their Senate majority following November's midterm elections. And this week, after Republican candidate Herschel Walker conceded in Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff election against Senator Raphael Warnock, Democrats locked in a 51-49 majority.
Yet while critics have decried Sinema as a "traitor," news of her defection has also energized some conservatives. Many right-leaning social media users are egging on Manchin to similarly jump ship.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/calls-build-manchin-follow-sinema-leaving-democratic-party-1765952
I doubt that he switches now, but if Jim Justice announces that he's running for the Senate and starts polling ahead of Manchin, he may do the same.
2024 Arizona Senate race
We must nominate a great candidate and get behind him or her 100%. Sinema must not play spoiler. Think about this. The Republican is going to get 45-47% no matter what (Kari Lake is a good guess). I don't see many Republicans voting for Sinema, so we absolutely must do the same and unite behind our candidate. I know that all of DU will.
What happened to the NY Times needle?
Last I saw it was at 63% Warnock about 20 minutes ago. Been frozen ever since.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/06/us/elections/results-georgia-us-senate-runoff.html#forecast?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=election-results&context=election_recirc®ion=FreeformText
Ye just had a Tweet removed that was so bad, it was even too much for Twitter
Here's a screenshot. It appears to be a swastika inside a Star of David.
https://twitter.com/Ph33sh/status/1598528417116303361
Any updates coming soon for California 13th?
It's one of the last two uncalled House races (the other being Lauren Boebert's seat).
Very sad clip of turkeys gathering around a dead cat (cry warning)
https://twitter.com/DannyDutch/status/1596069072516812805
Kevin Kiley, backed by Donald Trump, heading to Congress as he defeats Kermit Jones
Source: The Sacramento Bee
Republican Kevin Kiley, a conservative firebrand supported by former President Donald Trump, topped Democrat Kermit Jones to win the new 3rd Congressional District seat, according to an Associated Press projection.
With 84% of the vote counted as of Tuesday afternoon, Kiley had about 53% to Jones’ 47%.
Kiley will represent the newly drawn 3rd District, which stretches 450 miles from Plumas County, through the Sacramento suburbs and parts of El Dorado County, and south to Inyo County.
While independent analysts had seen the race as a likely Republican win, the Kiley-Jones clash became a classic Republican vs. Democratic battle.
Read more: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article268650117.html
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