2020 Democratic Primary

[danielravennest]

Barack needs to be a SC Justice.

He taught constitutional law for 12 years, so he's theoretically qualified. But historically we like SC justices to have field experience in lower courts before getting "promoted". You would need a Democratic majority in the Senate for him to be confirmed. Another issue is as President he was involved in matters that could later come before the court, and would therefore have to recuse himself.

My thought is if a sitting Senator is chosen as VP, have him be appointed to fill the seat. He previously served as a Senator, so he knows the job.

Just because it would be so much fun, add him to the legal team prosecuting Trump after he's out of office.

 

[Salome]

“Trump will run to the Left of Biden” people are having a bad day.

 

[Pamela]

He taught constitutional law for 12 years, so he's theoretically qualified. But historically we like SC justices to have field experience in lower courts before getting "promoted". You would need a Democratic majority in the Senate for him to be confirmed. Another issue is as President he was involved in matters that could later come before the court, and would therefore have to recuse himself.

My thought is if a sitting Senator is chosen as VP, have him be appointed to fill the seat. He previously served as a Senator, so he knows the job.

Just because it would be so much fun, add him to the legal team prosecuting Trump after he's out of office.

Historical precedent doesn’t mean much anymore, and everything depends on flipping the Senate. Otherwise we just have another Merrick Garland situation.

 

[Lexxi]

For those who can't get past the pop-up asking people to subscribe:
1. Senator Kamala D. Harris (Cal)
2. Senator Amy Klobuchar (Minn)
3. Governor Gretchen Whitmer (Mich)
4. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Mass)
5. Senator Tammy Baldwin (Wis)
6. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev)
7. United States Representative Val Demings (Fla)
8. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Ill)
9. Georgia House of Representatives Stacey Abrams (Ga) (akaromance author Selena Montgomery)
10. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico)
11. Susan E. Rice (Maine) - long list of stuff she's done. ('considering a run for Senate in Maine')

Well, we have to scratch Harris from the list. You know, because she's one of the two Senators from CA, and they just declared themselves a nation-state.

And yes, I'm getting this from an article posted in another thread - Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’

 

[Lexxi]

He taught constitutional law for 12 years, so he's theoretically qualified. But historically we like SC justices to have field experience in lower courts before getting "promoted". You would need a Democratic majority in the Senate for him to be confirmed. Another issue is as President he was involved in matters that could later come before the court, and would therefore have to recuse himself.

My thought is if a sitting Senator is chosen as VP, have him be appointed to fill the seat. He previously served as a Senator, so he knows the job.

Just because it would be so much fun, add him to the legal team prosecuting Trump after he's out of office.

Sure, justices should recuse themselves, but that happens. Like when former President Taft recused himself in a case in 1927 when he was a Supreme Court Justice.

In terms of 'field experience', Taft was a US Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit for about 8 years before he became president (9 years after leaving the position of Judge). Then became Supreme Court Justice roughly 8 years after being President.

 

[Eunoli]

Most Americans, unlike Trump, want mail-in ballots for November if coronavirus threatens: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Most Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the government to require mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 presidential election if the coronavirus outbreak still threatens the public this autumn, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

 

[Pamela]

Nancy not pulling any punches:

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Xenophobic Trump ad wrongly implies governor is Chinese and blames Biden for supplies sent to China by his own administration

Incoherent ad blames Biden for helping China hoard supplies that Trump administration sent

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Ranma Tardis]

Made it official, I gave a small amount of money to the Biden campaign. Wishful thinking will not beat Trump this November.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Xenophobic Trump ad wrongly implies governor is Chinese and blames Biden for supplies sent to China by his own administration

Incoherent ad blames Biden for helping China hoard supplies that Trump administration sent

www.independent.co.uk

So, more projections..... I loathe the GOP, or at least the current chunk.

 

[Romana]

So, Twitter (why am I looking at it???) is full of people declaring they'll vote for Trump over Biden if they can't have Bernie today. #VoteBlueNoMaterWho was just..all that when I looked hoping for an uplifting sense of unity... (I know..I'm just that naive).

But, I also came upon this which I think is in full force again for this election and far more sophisticated than 2016:

That's the point I was trying to make. (Somebody 'ed at me)

Trump Mocks Sanders After He Ends His 2020 Bid: 'Come To Republican Party!'

President Trump sarcastically reacted to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) suspension of his 2020 presidential campaign in a series of tweets...

talkingpointsmemo.com

And it will work on some.

It already is.

So, this morning I saw someone make a good point about the Bernie or Bust crowd; they are mostly white guys. I mean, you kind of have to think you're in a strong enough position that it doesn't matter if we get four more years of Twitler.

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And it is FAR more important to pick a woman; because we're half the population - and it still sends a message to Trumpists. We've had a black president [at least in that he's half African, anyway] but we've never had a woman as president or vice president. I'm perfectly fine on her being a minority woman, but it needs to be a woman. But I think half of the female support for Biden is that he's indicated he's looking at a woman for his running mate.

Also, she needs to be progressive.

Would a progressive woman VP be enough for the purists? Probably not. But it's a good idea, anyway.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

That's the point I was trying to make. (Somebody 'ed at me)



It already is.



Would a progressive woman VP be enough for the purists? Probably not. But it's a good idea, anyway.

Might not be for the arseholes who'd vote for Twitler in a snit, but it would help with the real progressives, I think. I sometimes feel like the 'purists' aren't actually progressives, either.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Tears, anger and determination: six Bernie supporters in California on what's next

Voters grapple with the likely nomination of Joe Biden and what that could mean for the November election

www.theguardian.com

A variety of different responses, of course, and (as some of them mention) the fact they're all residents of California will influence their votes in November.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Historical precedent doesn’t mean much anymore, and everything depends on flipping the Senate. Otherwise we just have another Merrick Garland situation.

Yes, I can see Mcturtle arguing in 2021 that we need to wait until 2025 before approving a judge. Then 2029 if an R is not elected.

 

[Kara Spengler]

That's the point I was trying to make. (Somebody 'ed at me)



It already is.



Would a progressive woman VP be enough for the purists? Probably not. But it's a good idea, anyway.

Unless they are in states where they would risk their life on who will win no matter who they vote for they are idiotic children throwing a tantrum.

Here in DC donnie got 4.9 percent and we have NEVER voted for an R. Even knowing that, I still do not know who I will vote for in November.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

LOOK WHO’S BACK AND READY TO GO!!!!!!!!!

 

[Free]

I hate predicting the future, but this prediction has some authority behind it: Warren will be Biden's VP pick.

If I'm wrong, I'll eat the curry powder in the back of my condiments cabinet.

 

[Monica Dream]

I hate predicting the future, but this prediction has some authority behind it: Warren will be Biden's VP pick.

Not a snowflake's chance in hell.

They're aware that it's likely Biden will die in office; they're going to push Harris or someone even further to the right to be his VP.

 

[Free]

Bernie Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Joe Biden for president - The Boston Globe

Bernie Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Joe Biden for president.

www.bostonglobe.com

Bernie Sanders endorsed his former rival Joe Biden for president on Monday in a joint online appearance.

“I am asking all Americans, I’m asking every Democrat, I’m asking every independent, I’m asking a lot of Republicans, to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which I endorse,” Sanders said.

[...]

“We’ve got to make Trump a one-term president,” Sanders said. “I will do all that I can to make that happen.”

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]