If all goes as planned, a thoroughly revamped and unrecognizable version of Bloomberg, called New Mike ā¢, will be up and running in time for Super Tuesday.
But even as they announced the impending launch of Bloombergās new incarnation, campaign officials were careful to tamp down expectations. āIn a perfect world, spending ten billion dollars on a new personality would make Mike an appealing person, but weāll be happy with ānot an asshole,ā ā one aide said.
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Round-da-bouts are a great example for describing statistical distributions.
When inserted into traffic flow, the MIN travel time goes up (reduced speeding) and the MAX time goes down (no long lights) and the fun part is that the MEAN travel time goes down !
plotting the changed distribution is an exercise left for the reader
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Donāt get my hopes upā¦
2028, realistically. If the country survives until then.
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Nobody told me there would be math on this thread.
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And maybe when Perez gives up the ghost on his disaster of leadership of the party, maybe then we can have nice things and put Pete in charge. I wouldnāt have a problem with that.
Hell, my cat would do a better job at this than Perez has done.
Summary statement - Pete may not be the nominee, but I think heād be a whole lot better running the DNC.
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This is the mark of a campaign with a whole lot of money, in my mind. The others donāt have the resources to put that kind of network together for door to door canvassers in February.
At most half of us are.
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Itās already an uphill battle for a woman. HRC had 30 yrs of vilification, and SO MUCH āI just canāt vote for herā baked into the Gen Pop. Warren only has the āwomanā factorā¦so yes, I think she would have done better. Plus, HRC ran a very quiet campaing, expecting Chump would implode, watched the polls, and had a very complacent team of well-heeled advisors and campaign apparatus. I am guessing Warren doesnāt have all that infrastructure at her beck-and-callā¦but will have more ardent staff and more fire in the belly.
I see her as the best candidate with the best ideas, plans, energy, track record of making things happen, and far-left plus centrist gravity. Could be acceptable to Bernie supporters where others would not. I also think she can handle herself against Chump (face to face) and I am not certain any of the others can.
She does have the built in drag of being a woman. I wish that was the opposite, that she could get overwhelming women votes and energy and be unstoppableā¦but in America it is more like a 5%+ drag instead. Like to be proven wrong. I really hope she can get back into this delegate hunt, because I believe everyone else has fatal flaws/constituencies.
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In the town the farm is located in, we had an intersection that was known as āSalem Four Cornersā.
A couple of years ago, they put a traffic circle, roundabout, rotary, in that intersection. That intersection is now known as āSalem No-Cornersā.
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After the shellacking Mike got last night, I just hope he still plans to contribute the $1 billion to DEM down ballot races. Gaining the Senate and holding the House is every bit as important as winning the White House, if not more.
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We should all be taking those necessary actions. Registration efforts first, voting efforts second. Canāt have the second without the first.
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I donated again last night, and sheās been my #1 this entire cycle to date. Iām not sure that Iām going to vote for her in the primary, though. I really think she needed to do a lot better in IA & NH for her campaign to have a real chance at the nomination. Iām still holding my ballot, and Iāve been planning on waiting through this weekend before I fill it out and walk the puppy and I up to the library to turn it in.
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āThe Senator standing next to meā
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Just donāt ask him to name the president of Mexico.
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Tbfā¦ Iād have been hooped if someone had asked me what AMLO stood for. Iām also not running for President.
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Yes, in fact I did watch. IMHO Biden won and was his best debate so far. I am not his biggest fan and believe due to his age shouldāve declined running for the nomination. I extend that to Bernie as well. Bernieās debate was his usual performance art of slogans. Heās an old man with a heart condition. You have a different opinion and that is fine.
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Thanks.
My opinion is that Trump will eat Biden alive and he just doesnāt have the killer instinct to fight back. Nor do his followers (thatās not an attack, itās an observation. His events have been thinly attended to put it charitably)
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