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Hugo Stiglitz

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

People in Iowa have brain damage from sucking ethanol fumes 

 

The framing of these polling questions are not great.  You can fight for bold progressive agenda and promise to find common ground, they are not mutually exclusive.  Same with bringing politics back to “normal” (whatever the fuck that means) and working towards fundamental systematic change to American society.  

It’s like this poll was written by Nate Silver designed to produce a certain outcome.

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24 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The framing of these polling questions are not great.  You can fight for bold progressive agenda and promise to find common, they are not mutually exclusive.  Same with bringing politics back to “normal” (whatever the fuck that means) and working towards fundamental systematic change to American society.  

It’s like this poll was written by Nate Silver designed to produce a certain outcome.

i would imagine the majority of the people answering these calls have a medium degree of difficulty with yes-or-no questions.  framing them this way probably causes more strokes than necessary.

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Just got an email from Beto's campaign. He's dropping out. I like him but I think it's the right call.

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Our campaign has been about seeing clearly, speaking honestly and acting decisively in the best interests of America.

Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully. My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee. Acknowledging this now is in the best interests of those in the campaign; it is in the best interests of this party as we seek to unify around a nominee; and it is in the best interests of the country. 

I decided to run for President because I believed that I could help bring a divided country together in common cause to confront the greatest set of challenges we’ve ever faced. I also knew that the most fundamental of them is fear — the fear that Donald Trump wants us to feel about one another; the very real fear that too many in this country live under; and the fear we sometimes feel when it comes to doing the right thing, especially when it runs counter to what is politically convenient or popular.

I knew, and I still know, that we can reject and overcome these fears and choose to instead be defined by our ambitions and our ability to achieve them. 

I knew that we would have to be unafraid in how we ran the campaign. We’d have to run with nothing to lose. And I knew that our success would depend not on PACs or corporations but upon the grassroots volunteers and supporters from everywhere, especially from those places that had been overlooked or taken for granted.

We should be proud of what we fought for and what we were able to achieve.

Together we were able to help change what is possible when it comes to the policies that we care about and the country we want to serve. We released the first comprehensive plan to confront climate change of any of the presidential candidates; we took the boldest approach to gun safety in American history; we confronted institutional, systemic racism and called out Donald Trump for his white supremacy and the violence that he’s encouraged against communities that don’t look like, pray like or love like the majority in this country; and we were one of the first to reject all PAC money, corporate contributions, special interest donations and lobbyist help. 

We proposed an economic program that focused on both equality and equity and would give every American the certainty that one job would be enough; and a healthcare plan that would guarantee that every one of us is well enough to live to our full potential.

We knew the only way our country would live up to its promise is if everyone could stand up to be counted. We released the most ambitious voter registration and voting rights plan, one that would bring 55 million new voters into our democracy, and remove barriers for those who’ve been silenced because of their race, ethnicity or the fact that they live with a disability.

We spoke with pride about El Paso and communities of immigrants. We elevated the plight and the promise of refugees and asylum seekers. And we proposed nothing short of rewriting this country’s immigration laws in our own image, to forever free from fear more than 11 million of our fellow Americans who should be able to contribute even more to our shared success.

And at this moment of truth for our country, we laid bare the cost and consequence of Donald Trump: the rise in hate crimes, the terror attack in El Paso, the perversion of the Constitution, the diminished standing of the United States around the world. But we also made clear the common responsibility to confront him, to hold him accountable and ensure that he does not serve another term in office. Committing ourselves to this task not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans first before we are anything else. 

I am grateful to each one of you, and to all the people who made up the heart and soul of this campaign. You were among the hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans who made a donation, signed up to volunteer or spread the word about this campaign and our opportunity to help decide the election of our lifetime.

You have been with me from the beginning, through it all. I know that you did it not for me personally, not for the Democratic Party, but for our country at this defining moment. Though today we are suspending this campaign, let us each continue our commitment to the country in whatever capacity we can. 

Let us continue to fearlessly champion the issues and causes that brought us together. Whether it is ending the epidemic of gun violence or dismantling structural racism or successfully confronting climate change before it is too late, we will continue to organize and mobilize and act in the best interests of America.

We will work to ensure that the Democratic nominee is successful in defeating Donald Trump in 2020. I can tell you firsthand from having the chance to know the candidates, we will be well served by any one of them, and I’m going to be proud to support whoever that nominee is. 

And proud to call them President in January 2021, because they will win.

We must support them in the race against Donald Trump and support them in their administration afterwards, do all that we can to help them heal a wounded country and bring us together in meeting the greatest set of challenges we have ever known.

I’m confident I will see you down the road, and I look forward to that day. 

Thank you for making this campaign possible, and for continuing to believe that we can turn this moment of great peril into a moment of great promise for America and the world. 

With you always, and forever grateful.

Beto

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Yup

👀 at Harris, Klo, Yang, Russian, Tom

Beto still needed 2 more national polls or 2 more early-state polls to qualify for November in the next 2 weeks.  I bet Castro drops out next.  Tulsi needs 2 more polls I think but may drop out if she doesn't get it. 

Kamala, Amy, Yang and Steyer have qualified for November. 

Kamala and Pete are both 1 more national poll away from qualifying or 1 more early state poll away from qualifying for December.  Outside of Pete and Kamala, no one else is even close to qualifying for December.  (Obviously the top 3 have qualified)

 

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3 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Didn't have his shit together at the time he needed to have his shit together.  Hope he finds a good way to serve Texas and America.

This.  Had no coherent message to kickoff the campaign when he was in the strongest position and could never recover.  Additionally, he's not a strong presence in debate.  He's a fantastic stumper and can energize those he can resonate with but his broader appeal needed a harder focus and rollout.  Maybe a gubernatorial run in a couple of years. 

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3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Beto still needed 2 more national polls or 2 more early-state polls to qualify for November in the next 2 weeks.  I bet Castro drops out next.  Tulsi needs 2 more polls I think but may drop out if she doesn't get it. 

Kamala, Amy, Yang and Steyer have qualified for November. 

Kamala and Pete are both 1 more national poll away from qualifying or 1 more early state poll away from qualifying for December.  Outside of Pete and Kamala, no one else is even close to qualifying for December.  (Obviously the top 3 have qualified)

 

lub u!

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7 minutes ago, Irwin F Fletcher said:

Ideal situation is Beto will let the dust settle for a couple of weeks then come out around Thanksgiving and announce he's running for Senate. Cornyn would probably shit a brick. 

Beto is done, unless you believe his newly adopted gun confiscation and let's tax churches positions will resonate in Texas.

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