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MrPug's avatar

Isn't Shapiro the one who compared pro-Palestinian protestors to the KKK? That doesn't seem like a good way to get the votes of people who are unhappy with Biden's Gaza policy.

I just can't think of a more irrelevant group of people to opine on this then that group.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Before Biden dropped out, there was a poll conducted of hypothetical candidates one-on-one vs. Trump in the swing states. Buttigieg was better than Biden or Harris or Newsom everywhere, Whitmer beating him in Michigan (of course, though Buttigieg still had a majority) and by a hair in Pennsylvania. Column order is alphabetical, Biden/Buttigieg/Harris/Newsom/Whitmer

WI 49.3/52.2/49.6/50.5/51.7

NE2 48.8/51.4/49.2/49.9/51.4

PA 47.6/49.6/48.0/48.7/49.7

NV 46.6/49.9/47.4/47.9/48.3

MI 47.5/50.6/48.8/49.4/53.6

GA 46.3/47.7/46.6/46.7/47.5

AZ 46.1/48.9/46.7/47.8/47.8

NC 45.9/48.3/46.8/47.1/48.1

Pundits keep telling us how the voters feel when the actual voters don't feel that way.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. I'm all in for Harris-Whomever.

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Pliny the Younger's avatar

"surprise, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz!"

No, just no. Walz is a good guy, but he is so vanilla, his safe word is "ouch".

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"M"'s avatar

Love him, though

He gave all the kids free lunch

AND did you hear him chew JD Vance up and spit him out in Alex Wagner's hour?

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Andrew Fleming's avatar

I kinda hope it becomes a two-woman ticket just for Marcie’s increasingly creative suggestions for what it would do to certain men’s balls.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

I, too, would enjoy the reaction, and while my balls could use the outing, I feel we should strike a fine balance between "daring" and "let's be Democrats and lose this thing."

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Tosca's avatar

Aw, I was hoping for Pete Buttigieg. A childless black/Asian woman and an openly gay man to REALLY set the Talibangelicals' hair on fire. But I guess Kamala knows what she's doing better than I do.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

Bet Pete hasn't even got any cats.

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"M"'s avatar

Secretary Pete and also Governor Wes Moore are very much in "I love my job" mode

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Anybody in such a position has to say that up until the day they take the other job, just like somebody who is thinking about quitting has to say they're in it forever right up to the last day (see not only Biden but Cheadle, and going further back how Nixon spoke right up until he resigned).

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eg492's avatar

"I'd vote for a woman, just not THAT woman. Or that one. Or that other one. Or basically any woman who has the audacity to actually run. (I mean, does she have to be so ambitious?) I absolutely would vote for a woman, though. As long as that woman remains 100% theoretical."

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kelley's avatar

Daily Beast has been rolling out some bullshit every day as well

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Old Pal's avatar

Is there anybody in the US of any political persuasion that finds these writers relevant? Who even reads the NYT anymore?

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"M"'s avatar

I read it for Charles Blow and Tressie McMillam Cottom

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Lemonhead's avatar

The Vichy Times.

We made ol Joe quit and noe we get to constantly denigrate a Black woman!

Ladies and gentleman, yer liberal media...

But, but her emails!!? Thanks asshats.

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"M"'s avatar

I don’t see why we have to care at all what Ross Douthat wants

Or what traitor Josh Barro wants

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Tony Seybert's avatar

Where does Ross Douthat get the nerve to call anybody “mediocre”?

Oh. Wait. I know the answer to that.

It’s the same place where any conservative gets the nerve to say the fucking stupid shit that they say about everything.

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Katherine Harris's avatar

I’m kinda rooting for Governor Walz because he’s my governor and I think he’s pretty good. That said, I don’t think he’s quite got the verve for it.

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"M"'s avatar

They might go "Walz old"

But I love him because he got all the kids free lunch and spit in the face of opposition to that proposal (now law)

And also he chewed JD Vance up tonight rhetorically and spat him out lol

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Jim Parker's avatar

I'm old enough to remember when the NYT had some depth and credibility. Now they seem to be a bunch of hacks who are looking for something, anything that they can use to denigrate progressives. I guess they figure there's still plenty of room to plant their lips on that massive orange a$$.

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tempusfugit's avatar

Pinch is a long-time Nazi as are his billionaire sociopath OWNERS.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Kamala Harris has made me even more excited to kick Trump’s orange ass to the ground.

With votes.

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mondojohnson's avatar

I love and always look forward to reading your posts, Marcie Jones. Can I get an amen, fellow Wonketteers?

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"M"'s avatar

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Villago Delenda Est 🇺🇦's avatar

AMEN! Marcie is very good at what she does.

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DrBDH's avatar

It was an internal Cletus Safari, with clueless pundits playing the role of bacon-eating Midwest Republican “independents.”

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hillary's left one's avatar

Budget constraints. Why pay for travel to the yokels’ lair, when you’ve got 10 yokel intellectual equivalents in-house?

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