04-30-2022, 03:06 AM
(04-26-2022, 02:40 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(04-26-2022, 12:03 PM)David Horn Wrote:(04-26-2022, 12:05 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(04-25-2022, 09:07 AM)David Horn Wrote: Let me reach out and touch a potential leader or two. First, Cory Booker. He has charisma to burn, experience where it counts, and a lot of good ideas to boot. Another player, Amy Klobuchar. She's a bit rougher around the edges than Booker, but she also has solid experience and a never-quit attitude. Then there's the improbable but solid governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear.
We don't have to accept less, and these are only three of many excellent choices.
None of these three has any chance of ever being elected president of the USA.
There's no reason to believe that Biden is not a better bet in any sense that these three.
Remember I said no 2020 candidate has any chance besides Biden. Booker dropped out before the primaries, and Klobuchar I believe was a distant 5th place.
Note also that none of these three has any "go for the gold" policy plans that are any more bold or progressive than Biden's.
I don't see Biden running again, neither of us thinks Harris is viable, and the two street fighters are both in their 70s. Jumping past the flotsam in their 50s and 60s, and the next crop with the guts to go toe-to-toe with the dystopian Republicans are all too young. So I'll still pick Cory Booker or, perhaps, Pete Buttigieg. Nether is a true street fighter, but both connect with people at the core level, and they have backgrounds that are hard to fault.
Well, best wishes with your recommendation. I forecast in 2020 that none of the 2020 Democratic candidates had any chance against Biden, or Trump, except maybe Bernie Sanders (score 13-7). The latter was the last one standing; all the others melted away in a dismal pile. None of them will ever win. The other ones who could have won did not run. That's too bad, but that's what we got. We can't go back and wish they had run. It's a tragedy, perhaps, but we have to make do with Mr. Biden. Without him, we have no hope.
Cory Booker, score 8-10, has a Saturn Return due in 2028, which could be an additional barrier. His approach and style is too restless and unhinged.
Pete Buttigieg, charming as he is, has a score of 6-13. In the end, he doesn't have the strength of presence to be seen as presidential.
These two candidates just don't have the skill to connect.
Biden (score 16-6) has already said he will run again, and I believe him. His health and speaking style are, if anything, improving this year. I don't know though, if he will win. I think Trump (score 9-4) may be too discredited to beat him, when it comes down to it, but I could be wrong. Tim Scott (score 17-7) might have a shot, or Tom Cotton (score 17-9, uncertain), or even Marco Rubio (score 13-7), but I can't predict any of these or any other Republicans as defeating Biden. I may not be able to make a clear prediction, but I will present the data and the conditions when the time comes. Just how far Republicans succeed in fixing the election system may determine whether Trump or his successor wins or not. An election scoring system means little in an authoritarian state. I would probably be most afraid of Tim Scott.
Although Nikki Haley (score 8-12) versus Cory Booker might be an interesting scenario. A very unlikely one indeed, though.
Knocking Biden is not an accurate appraisal. Don't underestimate him, nor Trump for that matter.
https://philosopherswheel.com/presidenti...ScoredWhat
In many people's minds Ron DeSantis is so scary that he has been given the nickname DeSatan.