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Post by sanders on Aug 4, 2024 17:22:34 GMT
I've bet on Harris in GA at 2-1 (£50). It's not inevitable Republicans win in '26, unless they nominate someone sane like ex Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black.
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Post by stb12 on Aug 4, 2024 17:24:57 GMT
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Post by sanders on Aug 4, 2024 17:32:40 GMT
There is some disquiet among the 30% or so Bernie Sanders types in the party about Shapiro's stances on pro-Palestinian protests. Some tin foil hatters have made an issue out of the idea of Harris, whose husband is Jewish, having a Jewish VP. I am worried about him. I've never liked Ben Shapiro myself - a smarmy, lickspittle cunt.
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Post by stb12 on Aug 4, 2024 17:34:48 GMT
There is some disquiet among the 30% or so Bernie Sanders types in the party about Shapiro's stances on pro-Palestinian protests. Some tin foil hatters have made an issue out of the idea of Harris, whose husband is Jewish, having a Jewish VP. I am worried about him. I've never liked Ben Shapiro myself - a smarmy, lickspittle cunt. Well in fairness that certainly won’t be part of Fetterman’s problem, there’s probably no bigger supporter of Israel than him
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Post by sanders on Aug 4, 2024 19:30:34 GMT
There is some disquiet among the 30% or so Bernie Sanders types in the party about Shapiro's stances on pro-Palestinian protests. Some tin foil hatters have made an issue out of the idea of Harris, whose husband is Jewish, having a Jewish VP. I am worried about him. I've never liked Ben Shapiro myself - a smarmy, lickspittle cunt. Well in fairness that certainly won’t be part of Fetterman’s problem, there’s probably no bigger supporter of Israel than him Yes. I would still drag my balls through glass to vote for Fetterman over Oz, however, or any other right-wing grifter out-of-state type. He's a good egg, writ large.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 5, 2024 10:15:02 GMT
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 5, 2024 10:39:20 GMT
As he's a Presidential candidate, I think in Kennedy's case it was a bear necessity.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Aug 5, 2024 15:02:59 GMT
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Post by sanders on Aug 5, 2024 17:09:33 GMT
Kamala Harris's Vice Presidential pick has narrowed down to either Minnesota governor Tim Walz or Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro according to Reuters.
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Post by mboy on Aug 5, 2024 17:14:40 GMT
Given the absurd hard-left campaign that's whipped-up against Shapiro (which is absolutely definitely positively not related to him being a Jew), choosing him now would represent a statement of intent by Harris to face-down the party's left wing. I would be impressed and somewhat surprised if she does it TBH.
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Post by sanders on Aug 5, 2024 17:41:26 GMT
Given the absurd hard-left campaign that's whipped-up against Shapiro (which is absolutely definitely positively not related to him being a Jew), choosing him now would represent a statement of intent by Harris to face-down the party's left wing. I would be impressed and somewhat surprised if she does it TBH. All fair but there’s a compelling pro-Walz case too. He’s done a lot with a one-seat majority in MN and his crossover appeal in his successful House elections was most impressive - MN-1 was a rare instance of a GOP gain in 2018 which attests to how well he did there. He’s also got a four year head start on Shapiro as governor.
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Post by jamesdoyle on Aug 5, 2024 21:37:04 GMT
Polling update. There have been a number of polls announced over and following the weekend. Harris is up with YouGov, TIPP and Morning Consult. With the latter she has gone from +1 (Jul 30-Aug 1) to +4 (Aug 2-4). 538 now has Harris leading by between 1 and 5 points in all the last ten published polls. On average, 538 gives her a 1.9% lead, on a steady upward climb.
And Real Clear Politics? They've managed to add the latest few... but still, somehow, the Harris +5 from RMG which was released on Friday hasn't made it in to their tables. Funny that. Even RCP can only find two polls with Trump ahead, from the comedy act that is Rasmussen Reports.
Lessons: 1. Harris is leading, and the lead is improving (figures can go down as well as up, of course) 2. It's all to play for. 3. Never ever use RCP figures.
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Post by manchesterman on Aug 5, 2024 21:46:02 GMT
At long long last, (some parts of) the GOP is fighting to get its party back!
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 5, 2024 22:14:18 GMT
At long long last, (some parts of) the GOP is fighting to get its party back! The Arizona Republicans just elected Kari Lake as their Senate candidate, so they are still indulging their MAGA tendencies. Interesting that she only secured 55% of the vote though, which suggests that quite a number are ready to move on… not that her opponent Mark Lamb was very different.
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Post by sanders on Aug 6, 2024 5:48:20 GMT
Arizona Republicans would have no trouble if they'd 1) nominated Karrin Taylor Robson for Governor in 2022 (endorsed by Pence et al); and 2) nominated Cindy McCain and Doug Ducey for the Senate seats. As it stands, and I've posted about this before, they're contriving to gift the the Democrats unified control of the state, and the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts, as well as the Grand Canyon State's 11 Electoral Votes this year. Although thank fuck state party bigwig Kelli Ward didn't succeed in her Senate bids in past years. How historic would Dems winning unified control would be? Republicans have held the state house since 1966, IIRC. The election audit extended Biden’s AZ lead.
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Post by right on Aug 6, 2024 8:46:45 GMT
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Post by robert1 on Aug 6, 2024 9:07:35 GMT
Arizona Republicans would have no trouble if they'd 1) nominated Karrin Taylor Robson for Governor in 2022 (endorsed by Pence et al); and 2) nominated Cindy McCain and Doug Ducey for the Senate seats. As it stands, and I've posted about this before, they're contriving to gift the the Democrats unified control of the state, and the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts, as well as the Grand Canyon State's 11 Electoral Votes this year. Although thank fuck state party bigwig Kelli Ward didn't succeed in her Senate bids in past years. How historic would Dems winning unified control would be? Republicans have held the state house since 1966, IIRC. The election audit extended Biden’s AZ lead. I'm going to be seriously old fashioned (which I probably am) but do we have to swear in our postings? I despaired similarly that apparently every discussion (as reported) in the Johnson era Number 10 couldn't exclude unnecessary language.
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Post by batman on Aug 6, 2024 9:14:23 GMT
Well all of us believe in the existence of sexual intercourse but not all of us are theists.
I have nothing against those who find it offensive but it doesn't bother me. And Pete Whitehead's posts would be well weird if they always excluded bad language.
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Post by manchesterman on Aug 6, 2024 9:42:20 GMT
Without going off topic, I think that expletives are a valuable part of communication; however it should be used for effect and emphasis. It expresses deep anger or passion about a topic. However those who use an expletive every other word are just illiterate.
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Post by bigfatron on Aug 6, 2024 9:53:09 GMT
Without going off topic, I think that expletives are a valuable part of communication; however it should be used for effect and emphasis. It expresses deep anger or passion about a topic. However those who use an expletive every other word are just illiterate. I once worked in a removal firm for six months in the seventies - swearing was so endemic that it had actually became a necessary part of speech. For example: - "Put that fucking box in the fucking corner" was a valid instruction from the team leader - "Put that box in the corner" was essentially the same as a cough or other non-verbal noise and was invariably ignored. I learned far more about real life doing that job than in eighteen years at school...
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