2020 US Democratic Party primaries discussion

[AlbertC]

Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?

By JASMINE C. LEE, ANNIE DANIEL, REBECCA LIEBERMAN, BLACKI MIGLIOZZI and ALEXANDER BURNS
UPDATED NOV. 22, 2019

Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race? (Published 2020)

There are two Democrats running for president. Here’s the latest data to track how the candidates are doing.

www.nytimes.com

Michael Bloomberg Joins 2020 Democratic Field for President

By Alexander Burns
Nov. 24, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET

Michael Bloomberg Joins 2020 Democratic Field for President (Published 2019)

Mr. Bloomberg brings a huge personal fortune and moderate views to an increasingly fluid race, but issues like criminal justice and his late start loom as vulnerabilities.

www.nytimes.com

 

[SunriseChampion]

That dude who used to be governor of Maryland!!!!

Oh, that was last time. ?

It's hopeless without him...he was the voice of reason.

Kinda lol that I can't even remember his name. Well, that's how much I think about US politics, I guess.

 

[Johnny Au]

Just like the last primaries, Bernie's my man.

 

[jje1000]

Bloomberg raises such huge questions of fair and non-partial media coverage (aka Bloomberg itself) that parallels Berlusconi.

But anyways...

Mike Bloomberg Should Go Away - The Bulwark

Democrats woke up Friday morning with a development that pretty much nobody asked for: Michael Bloomberg’s apparent entry into the presidential race. Because evidently we don’t have enough billionaires in our politics. And the Democratic field is too small. But this isn’t really about Bloomberg...

thebulwark.com

 

[AlbertC]

Too many Democrats are running for president in 2020. But there's an easy fix

None of the four top Democratic candidates poll consistently above 30% – ranked-choice voting, however, can determine who people actually support

David Daley
Wed 27 Nov 2019 11.00 GMT

The 2020 election has too many candidates – but there's an easy fix | David Daley

None of the four top Democratic candidates poll consistently above 30% – ranked-choice voting, however, can determine who people actually support

www.theguardian.com

 

[AlbertC]

Warren nosedives in new nationwide poll

The latest Quinnipiac poll also shows Buttigieg surging into second.

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO
11/26/2019 05:11 PM EST

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's support among Democratic primary voters nationwide plunged 50 percent over the past month, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll, signaling that the shake-ups in the primary field are far from over.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has retaken the lead in the poll after an autumn that saw him surrender his solid frontrunner status, climbing 3 points to earn 24 percent in the poll. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., surged into second, rising 6 points to 16 percent, with Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders not far behind at 14 and 13 percent, respectively.

Warren nosedives in new nationwide poll

The latest Quinnipiac poll also shows Buttigieg surging into second.

www.politico.com

 

[jje1000]

Bloomberg has too much baggage IMO

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1200074757196132354

 

[AlbertC]

Kamala Harris: Where did it all go wrong for her?

Anthony Zurcher North America reporter
3 December 2019

Kamala Harris: Where did it all go wrong for her?

Big things were expected from the California senator but now the cash has dried up and she's dropping out.

www.bbc.com

 

[jje1000]

What a train wreck!

 

[Hopkins123]

Trump is coasting to reelection victory for sure. He's not as unpopular as the media would have you believe and these candidates are a clown car. Just watch!

 

[Richard White]

Trump is coasting to reelection victory for sure. He's not as unpopular as the media would have you believe and these candidates are a clown car. Just watch!

The problem with the Dems is that they run smaller, low level candidates that split the vote in the Primary. It would be better to have Biden and Bloomberg run against each other in the primaries and only them. They are the two candidates most likely to win the candidacy. Despite what people may think Elizabeth Warren is a one trick pony and is starting to run out of steam.

 

[reactx]

Elizabeth Warren Accuses Michael Bloomberg of 'Buying the Election'

By Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou and
Joe Weisenthal

4 December 2019, 19:02 GMT-5Updated on 4 December 2019, 19:42 GMT-5

• On Bloomberg TV, Warren says party shouldn’t be for sale
• New York mayor spending $59 million on television ads so far

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-05/warren-accuses-michael-bloomberg-of-buying-the-election

 

[Richard White]

Elizabeth Warren Accuses Michael Bloomberg of 'Buying the Election'

By Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou and
Joe Weisenthal

4 December 2019, 19:02 GMT-5Updated on 4 December 2019, 19:42 GMT-5

• On Bloomberg TV, Warren says party shouldn’t be for sale
• New York mayor spending $59 million on television ads so far

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-05/warren-accuses-michael-bloomberg-of-buying-the-election

Flaunt it if you got it. If he has the money to burn why not? If he is spending corporate or mafia money that is a different story but he is not. Elizabeth Warren is just upset that she is being outspent by a star candidate.

 

[AlbertC]

Joe Biden targets Trump's Nato sore spot with video mash-up of mockery

Democratic frontrunner goes viral with video that ends with the message: ‘We need a leader the world respects’

Josh Taylor
Thu 5 Dec 2019 06.23 GMT

Joe Biden targets Trump's Nato sore spot with video mash-up of mockery

Democratic frontrunner goes viral with video that ends with the message: ‘We need a leader the world respects’

www.theguardian.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1202401954644865024

 

[jje1000]

Flaunt it if you got it. If he has the money to burn why not? If he is spending corporate or mafia money that is a different story but he is not. Elizabeth Warren is just upset that she is being outspent by a star candidate.

IMO the Dems are currently split between the leftist SocDems (aka AOC, Bernie, and the newcomers), and the more centralist-corporatist Dem establishment.

Parachuting a billionaire in is unlikely to heal that rift.