03-31-2020, 02:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-31-2020, 02:45 PM by Eric the Green.)
(03-31-2020, 11:20 AM)David Horn Wrote:(03-30-2020, 08:31 PM)gabrielle Wrote: It's not merely taking a principled stand at this point, it's trying to save the country. Trying to save lives. 3.3 million people filed unemployment last week. Many of them are also losing their health insurance at a critical time. And Biden has just announced that the pandemic crisis has not changed his mind about single payer. This is not going to work. And that will become increasingly obvious in the next few weeks.
Why is it that the Siilents, old and increasingly feeble as they are, are still in prominent positions of power? Why haven't the younger generations stepped up to the plate (in a meaningful way--not the mad king and his circle of sycophants).
Well, the mad king is a Boomer; the Silents are all Dems. And there seems to be some aura of high-regard that circles Nancy Pelosi, so she's in for the duration. But let's be honest about Bernie too. He's great in the Grey Champion role, but he has no business being the leader of the free world. It's hard to say who does at this point. This needs to pass to someone who clicks with the young, but isn't geriatric him/herself. EW could have been that person, but her candidacy fell flat and stayed that way. Most of the others are either too centrist for the times or need to wait for the times to need them (Pete Buttigieg being the prime example -- he'll be a great 1T President).
I would vote for Cuomo. He's scrapper who hates Trump to the marrow of his bones. Winning is almost everything this time, but the win has to mean something too. AT least Cuomo is able to say that people come first without it sounding like a commercial.
Cuomo will not be the candidate in 2020. Possibly in 2024, but he will need to be opposed by Pence or some other weak Republican candidate in order to win. Pete will never be president; Gavin Newsom is the 1T candidate who could win in 2028. Elizabeth could not have won in 2020, but she is a possibility if Biden chooses her as veep and wins, and the Republicans run a weak candidate in 2024. I don't see that as the most likely scenario though.