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My humble analysis is the new Democratic primary calendar favors Harris most. For starters her home state California moves from nearly last to Super Tuesday on March 3, 2020. South Carolina’s sizable Democratic black vote weighs in February 29 (where she is wisey doing her first event after her kickoff rally this weekend in Oakland CA). If she does well in Iowa Feb. 3, survives New Hampshire Feb. 11 and Nevada Feb. 22 the rest could be her history.
And I’m already seeing signs she could win the Media Primary before the votes are counted.
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meanwhile, we’re all going to hell the guardian: Sir David Attenborough … […] Speaking at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, the 92-year-old naturalist and broadcaster warned that human activity has taken the world into a new era, threatening to undermine civilisation. “I am quite literally from another age,” Attenborough told an audience of business leaders, politicians and other delegates. “I was born during the Holocene – the 12,000 [year] period of climatic stability that allowed humans to settle, farm, and create civilisations.” That led to trade in ideas and goods, and made… Read more »
I like Harris, been following her for a while. I also like Klobuchar, been following her for several years. The only male Dem I have seen who could do a presidential run and has few negatives is the former governor of Colorado, Hickenlooper. Many of the declared Dems are not in the same league. A few are of the “what the hell are they trying to do? Sell a book?” category. I wish we did have a bench full of younger (say fiftyish) people with the experience of a Clinton or Biden. Both need to become the wise teachers,… Read more »
I’m impressed with Harris and Klobuchar. Of course until debates and primaries commence we really don’t have much of a sense of who’s gaining traction. I would not be surprised to see a 3 way Donnybrook with them and Biden. We’ll see. Meanwhile, here’s the SFB voter writ large. Ken Janicki, a 66-year-old retired technology worker who voted for Trump, sipped his coffee the other day and put it in blunt terms. “I am all for border security, a full wall around this country,” he said. “You come in legally, I’ll welcome you to be my neighbor. But you… Read more »
Wondering, while enjoying the lingering yummy flavor of my scrambled eggs and sausage breakfast, would the small percentage of Americans who are trumpists notice anything about a person if that person was wearing a maga hat? Could we send a few thousand of those stupid hats to Mexico so people could walk over the border to California or Texas or even Florida (the governor wants a wall too)?
looks like some Canadians like her too according to Toronto star: Kamala Harris’ Montreal high school alma mater cheers her presidential bid A suburban Montreal high school is leading the cheers north of the border for graduate Kamala Harris, the California senator and former prosecutor who confirmed Monday she’s seeking to become the first black woman elected president of the United States. “Run Kamala Run!!” Westmount High School’s social-media feeds gushed after Harris confirmed what much of the rest of the U.S. had assumed: she plans on being the Democrat who pries President Donald Trump out of the White House… Read more »
do wish kamala and her candidate colleagues would turn their obvious talents toward working the system to get the system working again. make a nice photo op if all of them would team up on senate floor for a hard press to transform mitch’s new trump bill into something palatable for the house to approve.
huffpo: George Conway Mocks Rudy Giuliani’s Backpedaling With Brutal 5-Word ‘Translation’ On Monday, Giuliani tried to walk back his previous claim that Trump had conversations about a possible Trump Tower project in Moscow throughout the 2016 presidential campaign. On “Meet the Press,” the former New York City mayor said that Trump can “remember having conversations” on the subject with disgraced former attorney Michael Cohen throughout 2016. “There weren’t a lot of them, but there were conversations,” said Giuliani, who is an attorney for Trump. “Can’t be sure the exact date. … Probably up to ― could be up to… Read more »
keep getting emails from kamala campaign. they must have been given or bought and are recycling Hillary’s list. am tempted to answer same way Nancy responds to Donald: stop the shutdown and we’ll talk
business insider via msn: Meet the Sacklers, one of the richest families in America, who built their $14 billion fortune off of controversial prescription drug OxyContin The Sacklers are one of the wealthiest families in the US, but you’ve likely never heard of them. They might not have the name recognition of some of America’s wealthiest families, such as the Waltons or the Rockefellers, but those who haven’t heard the Sackler name have almost certainly heard of the source of their wealth: OxyContin, the controversial prescription painkiller. The Sackler family founded Purdue Pharma, which launched the drug in 1996. The… Read more »
here’s the link to that 2017 new Yorker article “The Family that Built an Empire of Pain” and here’s an excerpt: It’s amazing how they are left out of the debate about causation, but also about solutions,” Allen Frances, the Duke psychiatrist, said of the Sacklers. “A truly philanthropic family, looking at the last twenty years, would say, ‘You know, there’s several million Americans who are addicted, directly or indirectly, because of us.’ Real philanthropy would be to contribute money to taking care of them. At this point, adding their name to a building—it rings hollow. It’s not philanthropy.… Read more »
The more I look at the calendar the more I think this race will be over within a month after Iowa. When you consider how many states across the country vote March 3 on Super Tuesday it really is the closest we’ve ever come to a national primary. Whether on purpose or not the DNC has created a remarkably front-loaded season. Don’t expect the rest of the nation to be able to make much of a difference. Not much opportunity for unknowns to emerge in a crowded field.
Also… Craig… by Harris surviving New Hampshire will most likely mean she comes in second or third. Since most of our news comes from Boston stations, we are all very familiar with Warren. My bet is that Warren will come in first here because of the many times we see her on television.
And then there is the money. I’d say by this November it will take at least 20 million dollars cash on hand to compete in the first month of voting. At a minimum. The Money Primary is going to be brutal for unknowns.
Kamala will always have California but not San Francisco
I think she has a good chance based on the primary calendar she is not my first choice but I would support her against you know who any day of the week.
I wonder if Oprah will campaign for her.
When she was DA in SF and in the beginnings of her career – she associated herself with people who I feel should have been run out of town.
Also like Gavin Newsom she would latch on to an issue because it gave her press attention but then would only do the things that benefited her forward motion but not necessarily that of the issue. She and Biden can go on the same apology tour for their past positions on criminal justice issues.
Harris seems cool, analytical, and super smart. My question would be is she inspirational? Can she draw skeptical voters to her campaign? If she can she will be very formidable.
Yeah well she was running against another Democrat – in that race Harris was the Republican – you may think that is a good thing
Harris is doing a good job out of the block – lots of online volunteer recruitment and the actual kick-off in her hometown of Oakland. I think Democrats have a favorable view of her from various televised hearings. I have never heard her give a speech so I have no idea if she is any good
Feeling old (again) – watching Youtube videos about rebuilding/building horse drawn buggies, wagons and sheep herder wagons. I remember them in use, the names of all the parts and how it all is built, rebuilt and fixed. Then I change to watching wood boat repair/rebuild/build and once again know what is going on. Very few Gen X Y and Millennial will know that unless they apprentice on purpose. My learning was because that was life back fifty, sixty years and more, living on the edge of modern and traditional farm and fishing life.
I just saw a clip from an interview between Savannah Guthrie and the Salmann kid from Kentucky. He strikes me as just another arrogant and disingenuous teenager who doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.
Well, Pogo, you can only do so much with the materials at hand. Looks to me like a lot of stupid going around. The boys excuse was that they were a bunch of teenage boys, the definition of stupid. But what about the old man with the drum What was his excuse? And don’t tell me he was trying to stop anything. his actions give a lie to that just like the boys action give lie to his claims of peace making. He was a crazy old man with a drum and from the way the boys were behaving with… Read more »
Jack, interesting perspective. While it’s been an awful lot of years, I can remember being a stupid teenage boy. I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing. Now I’m a crazy old man. I don’t have a whole lot more idea what the fuck I’m doing now than I did when I was a stupid teenager boy. Put it all together and what are you got? Stupidity. Good point
Mr Pogo,
Today you possess an enormous reservoir of experience and learning. You are easily able to identify stupid when you see it. That is a skill that teenage boys lack.
As a corollary, you have significantly raised the stupid bar. You are able to tell grossly stupid that which fully 40% of the adult population mis-identifies as brilliant.
I’d choose your stupidity over most people’s ‘genius’ and hour of the day.
What if the unidentified russian-owned company in the sealed motions is trump inc ? That would explain the need to keep the proceedings secret, and to keep even the attorneys’ names under seal. It would explain everything.
I stand with Ms Cracker re Sen. Kamala Harris. She may be a prodigious fund raiser, but I do not put her high on the list of potential candidates. I put Brown, Klobuchar, Castro, Warren, Inslee, and Landrieu ahead of her. Way ahead. That’s my half dozen. Harris, like Gillibrand, has too damn much past to explain. I love Biden, but he’s past shelf date. He’d make a great VP candidate to soothe the nerves of old folks. I’m also a huge fan of Stacey Abrams, but coming out of a state legislature is not a good enough resume. I… Read more »
meanwhile, we’re all going to hell the guardian: Sir David Attenborough … […] Speaking at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, the 92-year-old naturalist and broadcaster warned that human activity has taken the world into a new era, threatening to undermine civilisation. “I am quite literally from another age,” Attenborough told an audience of business leaders, politicians and other delegates. “I was born during the Holocene – the 12,000 [year] period of climatic stability that allowed humans to settle, farm, and create civilisations.” That led to trade in ideas and goods, and made… Read more »
I like Harris, been following her for a while. I also like Klobuchar, been following her for several years. The only male Dem I have seen who could do a presidential run and has few negatives is the former governor of Colorado, Hickenlooper. Many of the declared Dems are not in the same league. A few are of the “what the hell are they trying to do? Sell a book?” category. I wish we did have a bench full of younger (say fiftyish) people with the experience of a Clinton or Biden. Both need to become the wise teachers,… Read more »
I’m impressed with Harris and Klobuchar. Of course until debates and primaries commence we really don’t have much of a sense of who’s gaining traction. I would not be surprised to see a 3 way Donnybrook with them and Biden. We’ll see. Meanwhile, here’s the SFB voter writ large. Ken Janicki, a 66-year-old retired technology worker who voted for Trump, sipped his coffee the other day and put it in blunt terms. “I am all for border security, a full wall around this country,” he said. “You come in legally, I’ll welcome you to be my neighbor. But you… Read more »
Wondering, while enjoying the lingering yummy flavor of my scrambled eggs and sausage breakfast, would the small percentage of Americans who are trumpists notice anything about a person if that person was wearing a maga hat? Could we send a few thousand of those stupid hats to Mexico so people could walk over the border to California or Texas or even Florida (the governor wants a wall too)?
looks like some Canadians like her too according to Toronto star: Kamala Harris’ Montreal high school alma mater cheers her presidential bid A suburban Montreal high school is leading the cheers north of the border for graduate Kamala Harris, the California senator and former prosecutor who confirmed Monday she’s seeking to become the first black woman elected president of the United States. “Run Kamala Run!!” Westmount High School’s social-media feeds gushed after Harris confirmed what much of the rest of the U.S. had assumed: she plans on being the Democrat who pries President Donald Trump out of the White House… Read more »
do wish kamala and her candidate colleagues would turn their obvious talents toward working the system to get the system working again. make a nice photo op if all of them would team up on senate floor for a hard press to transform mitch’s new trump bill into something palatable for the house to approve.
huffpo: George Conway Mocks Rudy Giuliani’s Backpedaling With Brutal 5-Word ‘Translation’ On Monday, Giuliani tried to walk back his previous claim that Trump had conversations about a possible Trump Tower project in Moscow throughout the 2016 presidential campaign. On “Meet the Press,” the former New York City mayor said that Trump can “remember having conversations” on the subject with disgraced former attorney Michael Cohen throughout 2016. “There weren’t a lot of them, but there were conversations,” said Giuliani, who is an attorney for Trump. “Can’t be sure the exact date. … Probably up to ― could be up to… Read more »
keep getting emails from kamala campaign. they must have been given or bought and are recycling Hillary’s list. am tempted to answer same way Nancy responds to Donald: stop the shutdown and we’ll talk
business insider via msn: Meet the Sacklers, one of the richest families in America, who built their $14 billion fortune off of controversial prescription drug OxyContin The Sacklers are one of the wealthiest families in the US, but you’ve likely never heard of them. They might not have the name recognition of some of America’s wealthiest families, such as the Waltons or the Rockefellers, but those who haven’t heard the Sackler name have almost certainly heard of the source of their wealth: OxyContin, the controversial prescription painkiller. The Sackler family founded Purdue Pharma, which launched the drug in 1996. The… Read more »
BB, your 7:53 is brilliant.
George Conway gets my vote for best Bullshit translator in the country.
here’s the link to that 2017 new Yorker article “The Family that Built an Empire of Pain” and here’s an excerpt: It’s amazing how they are left out of the debate about causation, but also about solutions,” Allen Frances, the Duke psychiatrist, said of the Sacklers. “A truly philanthropic family, looking at the last twenty years, would say, ‘You know, there’s several million Americans who are addicted, directly or indirectly, because of us.’ Real philanthropy would be to contribute money to taking care of them. At this point, adding their name to a building—it rings hollow. It’s not philanthropy.… Read more »
I really like Kamala Harris. It’s nice to see multiple women throwing their hats in the ring. Can’t wait to see the debates.
patd…. LOVE the suggestion that Warren, Klobuchar, and Harris team up on the Senate floor to demand the reopening of our government.
Bink… I missed that wonderful Halsey video was for me. Thanks so much… you keep this old lady up on what’s current.
The more I look at the calendar the more I think this race will be over within a month after Iowa. When you consider how many states across the country vote March 3 on Super Tuesday it really is the closest we’ve ever come to a national primary. Whether on purpose or not the DNC has created a remarkably front-loaded season. Don’t expect the rest of the nation to be able to make much of a difference. Not much opportunity for unknowns to emerge in a crowded field.
Also… Craig… by Harris surviving New Hampshire will most likely mean she comes in second or third. Since most of our news comes from Boston stations, we are all very familiar with Warren. My bet is that Warren will come in first here because of the many times we see her on television.
And then there is the money. I’d say by this November it will take at least 20 million dollars cash on hand to compete in the first month of voting. At a minimum. The Money Primary is going to be brutal for unknowns.
Craig… Super Tuesday will be March 5th…. not the 3rd.
Nope RR. It’s March 3
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
Craig… then the Democratic Party is doing a Super Sunday. Either that or wikipedia got the date wrong. Just look at a calendar…
My phone calendar says March 3, 2020 is a Tuesday
Kamala will always have California but not San Francisco
I think she has a good chance based on the primary calendar she is not my first choice but I would support her against you know who any day of the week.
I wonder if Oprah will campaign for her.
As does my paper version
Why not KGC?
Craig…. my bad…. I’m looking at the 2019 calendar. I guess I just want to get it over with 🙂
When she was DA in SF and in the beginnings of her career – she associated herself with people who I feel should have been run out of town.
Also like Gavin Newsom she would latch on to an issue because it gave her press attention but then would only do the things that benefited her forward motion but not necessarily that of the issue. She and Biden can go on the same apology tour for their past positions on criminal justice issues.
Craig,
could Harris carry Florida in the general?
Harris seems cool, analytical, and super smart. My question would be is she inspirational? Can she draw skeptical voters to her campaign? If she can she will be very formidable.
I saw an interview with Heidi Heidkamp and she was asking the same questions Jace is only she used the word charisma
Jace, her numbers in California swing counties impress me. Good sign for Florida appeal.
Yeah well she was running against another Democrat – in that race Harris was the Republican – you may think that is a good thing
Harris is doing a good job out of the block – lots of online volunteer recruitment and the actual kick-off in her hometown of Oakland. I think Democrats have a favorable view of her from various televised hearings. I have never heard her give a speech so I have no idea if she is any good
Feeling old (again) – watching Youtube videos about rebuilding/building horse drawn buggies, wagons and sheep herder wagons. I remember them in use, the names of all the parts and how it all is built, rebuilt and fixed. Then I change to watching wood boat repair/rebuild/build and once again know what is going on. Very few Gen X Y and Millennial will know that unless they apprentice on purpose. My learning was because that was life back fifty, sixty years and more, living on the edge of modern and traditional farm and fishing life.
Is she a rock-star? If not, keep looking.
Americans want celebrities to worship, not wonks.
I nominate Benicio Del Toro.
BB, when I was a kid during the War, horse drawn wagons hauled the milk, bakery. ice, coal, trash and garbage wagons through my Ohio city.
I just saw a clip from an interview between Savannah Guthrie and the Salmann kid from Kentucky. He strikes me as just another arrogant and disingenuous teenager who doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.
What weather we’re having here. It was 7 degrees F this morning & will be 55 degrees F tomorrow. Is a 48 degree swing in temps in 30 hours normal?
That kid’s family hired a “crisis management firm”, from what i read, pogo. They’ve been coaching him and feeding him talking points.
Bink, they need a better PR firm.
Eh, people believe what they want.
True enough. Kid comes off as clueless and arrogant. I repeat my assessment of their PR firm.
Well, Pogo, you can only do so much with the materials at hand. Looks to me like a lot of stupid going around. The boys excuse was that they were a bunch of teenage boys, the definition of stupid. But what about the old man with the drum What was his excuse? And don’t tell me he was trying to stop anything. his actions give a lie to that just like the boys action give lie to his claims of peace making. He was a crazy old man with a drum and from the way the boys were behaving with… Read more »
Jack, interesting perspective. While it’s been an awful lot of years, I can remember being a stupid teenage boy. I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing. Now I’m a crazy old man. I don’t have a whole lot more idea what the fuck I’m doing now than I did when I was a stupid teenager boy. Put it all together and what are you got? Stupidity. Good point
Mr Pogo,
Today you possess an enormous reservoir of experience and learning. You are easily able to identify stupid when you see it. That is a skill that teenage boys lack.
As a corollary, you have significantly raised the stupid bar. You are able to tell grossly stupid that which fully 40% of the adult population mis-identifies as brilliant.
I’d choose your stupidity over most people’s ‘genius’ and hour of the day.
Mr Jack,
You asked about the alleged chaperones. Apparently, those chaperones were only present to prevent their charges from having sex or abortions.
What if the unidentified russian-owned company in the sealed motions is trump inc ? That would explain the need to keep the proceedings secret, and to keep even the attorneys’ names under seal. It would explain everything.
I stand with Ms Cracker re Sen. Kamala Harris. She may be a prodigious fund raiser, but I do not put her high on the list of potential candidates. I put Brown, Klobuchar, Castro, Warren, Inslee, and Landrieu ahead of her. Way ahead. That’s my half dozen. Harris, like Gillibrand, has too damn much past to explain. I love Biden, but he’s past shelf date. He’d make a great VP candidate to soothe the nerves of old folks. I’m also a huge fan of Stacey Abrams, but coming out of a state legislature is not a good enough resume. I… Read more »
What do you think, Tony39b ?