@WafflePolitics @JohnWakefieId Literally no one would say this about Nixon until he became president, he was second fiddle to Eisenhower, a nothing when 1960 rolled around. Comparing Legacies requires parallels.
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@JohnWakefieId Biggest difference is that Nixon is perhaps the most interesting and psychologically complicated and cunning man to ever occupy the Oval Office and Kamala is Kamala 😬
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"I had to claw my way up from nothing in the cutthroat arena of California politics"
"The president I served under, he didn't like me, tried to sabotage my rising star at every turn"
"Those damn leftist anti-war protestors, damn degenerates wouldn't get off my back"
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@_fat_ugly_rat_ Well yeah, because Texas shifted 6 points to the left since 2020 lol. Of course you have to make compromises to the people that vote. That’s what’s called listening to your constituents.
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@4chanhtir Regardless of what he actually said it’s extremely obvious why he suddenly became one of the most conservative Dems in Congress right before he ran in 2024 and right before he tried running again.
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> Support right wing legislation to appear more moderate to run for Senate in a red state
> Drop out on the candidate filing deadline anyways to give Crockett an upper hand in the primary
> Crockett blows a massive polling lead and loses decisively
Masterful gambit sir
Julie Johnson for Congress@juliejohnsonTX
Colin Allred admitted his votes with Republicans were about positioning himself for higher office, not principle. That’s why he backed the Laken Riley Act, the No Sanctuary Cities bill, and opposed bail reform, keeping more people locked up for non-violent crimes. #TX33 deserves leadership with moral clarity, not political calculation. I’ve never wavered from doing what’s right.
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@4chanhtir @South_Gradient @PushDemsLeft @_gabriel_U they 100% could have if they actually committed
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When her own running mate proposed this popular idea during their campaign, she threw him under the bus and disavowed it.
Now she’s flip-flopping vacuously for attention, but she doesn’t really believe in it. She’s believes in nothing.
Ian Jaeger@IanJaeger29
Former Vice President Kamala Harris calls to abolish the Electoral College.
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@BrownieBot96248 @TopWaves76984 @itsjvstjade You say this then get mad when some 80 year old dem is getting the nomination as they are on their deathbed.
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@TopWaves76984 @itsjvstjade Term limits are dumb because we have primary elections already. If people are upset with a career politician they can vote against them in a primary (or general if they are from the opposing party).
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id happily shave 40-50 years off my life to make bernie young again
Political Polls@PpollingNumbers
News - At 84, Bernie Sanders says his time as a leading progressive is ending, so he’s working to elect allies from county commissions to the Senate. “By the time I’m 104 and in my 8th Senate term — that’s a joke,” he said. “We’re building a movement for the future.”
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@South_Gradient @PushDemsLeft @_gabriel_U lol no, Walz himself proved to be not effective at communicating outside of a lucky one liner that didn’t even end up sticking past month 1 of the Harris campaign because democrats aren’t republicans and can’t win on “fuck the other side”
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@PushDemsLeft @_gabriel_U Walz was coming in hot off the success of the Minnesota Miracle. He was also the only Dem politician with a good messaging strategy. So naturally the DNC and Harris completely sidelined him.
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I think it's very important that we stop talking so publicly about this stuff and just do it if we win power.
I'm not hte first one to make this point, but Utah Republicans didn't campaign on packing the courts. There weren't think pieces on it. They just did it quietly.
Pat Adams@PatAdams96
Kamala Harris is now calling for Democrats to hold a “No Bad Idea Brainstorm” where they discuss: - Abolishing the Electoral College - Packing the Supreme Court - Making Puerto Rico and D.C. states “We’ve got to neutralize these red states from cheating!”
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@AOC4Presidents Pragmatism isn’t immoral. AOC herself has went against the progressive lane by supporting keeping the private option for healthcare.
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Kamala is clearly trying to position herself as the progressive in the 2028 Democratic Primary. We have seen this with her before. Remember when she was for Medicare for All? Or when she was for the Green New Deal? She has no true beliefs.
Political Polls@PpollingNumbers
🔵 News - Harris calls for “an expanded playbook” including Electoral College changes, Supreme Court expansion, multi member districts, and D.C./Puerto Rico statehood.
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@DanielVarg81627 @nikicaga Btw multiple non binding votes shown that they overwhelmingly support statehood
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She's cooking ngl
Anne Smith@AnneS4Justice
.@KamalaHarris calls for “an expanded playbook” on the following: - Discuss the Electoral College - Expand the Supreme Court - Establish rules for the Supreme Court, including consequences for lying to the Senate - Multi-member districts - Statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
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@iconridge @PollTracker2024 You mean democrats are upset that the people who say the democrats should fight more are noticeably silent on an issue that is currently supercharging Dems fighting spirit? Huh.
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@PollTracker2024 You got hundred year old incumbents and race traitors up the ass flipping to MAGA to cash in and you wanna blame Bernie for your tragic problems?
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The executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus criticizes Bernie Sanders’ silence after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.
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@KittyCrypto3 @Zoomer_Doomer_ Literally everyone in the top of the field has ties to the Biden admin. Pete currently leads in delegate count and was transportation secretary. AOC was stumping hard for Biden Harris in 2024, even post debate, similarly to Newsom, who is currently defending the admin.
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@Zoomer_Doomer_ Nahhhh once Harris starts talking in an open field she’ll fare poorly. She attached herself to Biden and she’ll get dogged non stop about it and why she didn’t speak up. Plus she only speaks in word salad
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My current prediction for 2028 is that the nominee will either be AOC or Harris. I don’t think anyone else would be able to get close and I don’t think Ossoff runs.
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@cosmepolitics Libs are experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Bc their sugar daddy billionaires wouldn't like it if they did anything for the ppl.
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Do liberals just not want to have the senate? Which has become impossible to achieve and stick these days?
𝕂𝔼𝕄𝔼𝕀𝕌ℕ 🪷 ℝ𝔼𝕏@yourlittldogtwo
"He had the nomination and just got replaced". @grahamformaine claims Democrats didn't play the rules and didn't have a fair playing field and cheated Bernie out of the nomination. Bernie, who is an Independent but was allowed to run in the Democratic primary. Fuck Graham Platner.
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@bob36999999 @umichvoter Talarico was for the most part running to the right of Crockett in the primary.
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@umichvoter Talarico is very live to win that election and it would basically undo all the bullshit propaganda about progressives being unelectable that we’ve been forced to listen to all our lives
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Remember when Trump teased a Cornyn endorsement the day after the Texas primary, and then went, ‘Never mind’
Runoff just 3 weeks away
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Pretty interesting gamble for the Dems - they mostly try to move away from Covid stuff, but Acton became immensely popular for her pandemic response
Regardless, it can only help Sherrod to have a gubernatorial candidate with an actual pulse unlike in 2022
Kalshi Politics@KalshiPolitics
OHIO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR NOMINEE: Amy Acton
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@chitownsam723b “Sitting down with voters you need to win is bad but having the support of a famous warmonger who voted with Trump 90% of the time is great. Also, all D candidates should basically be republicans, but again, talking to gop voters is forbidden.”
You people have dog brains
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@TheDeranged_1 @davidsirota @briebriejoy Schumer has often gone against the sitting president for a bill that was feasible
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@4chanhtir @davidsirota @briebriejoy It wouldn't have even gone for a vote. Schumer had to be in agreement with the president (Biden) to axe it. He would not have gone against the sitting president!
Senate Dems would not have voted for it even if Schumer bumped his head and tried.
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@Kramburglar @ryangrim Isn’t that the same for Kamala? She was literally a huge top contender in the event Biden exists.
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I would have much preferred a primary night
Booker G. Washington@BookerGWash
Looks like Leftists don’t mind the current coronation for Platner, who didn’t win any primary votes.
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@TheDeranged_1 @davidsirota @briebriejoy By literally saying it won’t leave committee. Do you think Bernie would veto an amended bill that removed the minimum wage provision and let people die?
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@4chanhtir @davidsirota @briebriejoy Biden and Schumer were in complete agreement. Not have been the case with Bernie. How the hell would Schumer go against the sitting president's wishes to raise min wage and maintain his "good guy" persona with voters? You forget the game they were playing. 😄
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@TheDeranged_1 @davidsirota @briebriejoy They would literally strip that provision and pass it lol, Schumer is not going to put that in a bill for Bernie, they didn’t for Biden. It’s more likely it wouldn’t make it out of committee. It seems as if you don’t know how the legislative branch works.
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@4chanhtir @davidsirota @briebriejoy They would have done no such thing because then they would be blamed for holding up the "must pass" Covid bill.
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@TheDeranged_1 @davidsirota @briebriejoy lol with what votes. Manchin would oppose Bernie because he’s Bernie and sinema would tell him to fuck off
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@4chanhtir @davidsirota @briebriejoy Lol! If he did nothing else, Bernie Sanders would have used the Covid bill to force through that minimum wage increase. And sail to reelection.
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