The Crisis That Never Ended

[David Horn]

(03-30-2020, 07:00 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(03-29-2020, 10:38 PM)gabrielle Wrote:

(03-29-2020, 04:16 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(03-29-2020, 03:21 PM)David Horn Wrote: There is a nascent Draft Cuomo movement.  I doubt it's more than talk, but who knows?

As far as policy is concerned, Cuomo would probably be less progressive than Biden. His horoscope score is a little lower, but he has no incipient senility (or what's the better word? I can't find it even on google!)

And then, you know, there is the other guy that's still in the race, the one who for the past few weeks has diverted funds from his campaign to various charities to aid with pandemic relief, the one whose Neo-New Deal policies would do the most to get us through this crisis and start the regeneracy...

Myself, I registered Democratic so I could vote for that other guy, and I did. Now though, Biden is whom we got, and I'm glad that despite a bad performance in an MSN interview recently, he was coherent and clear on Meet the Press yesterday speaking about the virus and stuff. So, as long as he can do that, I'm sure he'll be the nominee. I don't know if he will win. He still has a small lead over the virus in the White House.

Here's how I see the options:

1. All the Dems, including Bernie and his followers, unite behind Biden and he wins.  We have a quiet "return to normalcy" that satisfies no one, and the left and center battle it out again in 2024
   
2. All the Dems, including Bernie and his followers, unite behind Biden and he loses. Biden will be the last centrist this cycle
   
3. Dissension reigns in the Democratic Party, but Biden wins.  The Bernie Bros will never be taken seriously again, and the left will be a long time regrouping.
   
4. Dissension reigns in the Democratic Party and Biden loses. The Democrats will come apart at the seams, unless Bernie does a huge mea culpa -- a highly unlikely event.
   

Pick your poison.  In order of preference, Ill go for 1, 3, 2, 4.  I might chose differently if the circumstances were different, but we can't have Trump for 8.