trump thread

[Ben]

my lame take on the potential dems bc its 2am and im sick (disclaimer: of course it's all a sham and god knows if i have the stomach to actually vote):

warren: the native american gaffe is going to be incredibly damaging especially against trump, and she doesn't do anything that bernie doesnt also do. she is also not anti-establishment enough while also being too establishment to be independent like bernie

bernie: old, already failed last time. i think this is dangerous bc people will treat it like this will be his redemption and that he's owed something, but they also may treat a repeat failure as inevitable. also his role/strength is as an iconoclast that attacks from the outside, so he'd be out of his element

booker: i like him as a person, i think hes sensible though his "problematic history" with big pharma or whatever is something of a concern. that being said i see that brought up but never really backed up by anything material. i think his strengths lie more in personality than policy unfortunately. also, i stole this idea from 538 but there will be either a black person or a woman on the ticket so he's got some minority credits (yes this is cynical and awful but thus is life)

harris: i do not know much about her, other than that she seems really smart in general. on betting sites, she has the best chances of anyone. i think she is a good, safe bet but frankly just dont know much

klobuchar: i have a weird thing where i just KNOW we won't have a president with a weird last name. i know obama was freaky but so was having a black guy. i wonder how much of the demonization of him was because his name was barack obama and not "john nelson". anyway, klobuchar is the other side of the coin from booker: not black, but a woman, and really good smart policy knowledge (not that i agree!! just that she dont talk out her ass) but people say shes mean to folks in person. i dont care about that

biden: i have no clue about anything the man does other than that he's loved by the establishment. i could see him pairing with warren as VP to appeal to progressives

gillibrand: i keep getting her and kyrsten sinema mixed up in my head. i dont know anything about her specifically except that her fundraising efforts are annoying me

daniel has a crush on gabbard but ultimately shes not really a major candidate and i think her chances are marginal

if i had to argue for a favorite single candidate running it would be klobuchar i guess, im sure thatll change over time and i can happily reflect on this post with egg on my face

i think biden/warren or klobuchar/booker would be smart tickets