The next Democratic primary elections will take place on March 17 in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1295363
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1295363
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I was hoping today would be the day that Biden would clinch the nomination, but the ambiguity around the virus situation may unfortunately give Sanders an excuse for staying in.
In any event, I hope that Biden will announce his VP pick soon, so that, if anything happens to Joe, she will be the heir apparent and not Bernie. I hate that I have to think this way, but that’s the world we’re living in now.
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I have Biden winning all 3 races tonight:
FL: 72-19
IL: 57-36
AZ: 55-38
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I think this is another inflection point that puts more pressure on an already wobbly Trump. Moscow has been quiet b/c Covid-19 has quietly torn up the streets of Moscow. Vlad has to put the whole city on lockdown. Bernie has no juice left. GOP knows they’re facing a very strong candidate in Biden. It will change how they operate and how they react under pressure.
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The virus should be a excuse for sanders to concede, he already lost the election, now he is just endangering peoples lives.
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Vladi is also in the target demographic of the virus… Too much to hope for?
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Your one word answer TM. No.
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Please send remittance to the usual account.
And it’s: OneWordAnswer™, not three separate words.
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538 has a small bump in Trump’s approval.
M.O.E?
Or are his grifting pressers helping him?
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Ah, my apologies. Typing on my phone and way too lazy to look it up. I’ll drop the usual Bitcoin in the bucket
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Important rules to help preserve your sanity while obsessively following the 538 approval graph:
- Polls always lag, by more than you expect.
- Ignore small blips up or down; they’re just noise.
- Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water.
(Actually, that last rule isn’t specific to this topic, but it’s still important.)
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But we don’t need air traffic controllers here since planes haven’t crashed in a while. Kind of a waste of money. We can always recall them if two planes start getting to close to each other.
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Thanks. As you can probably see, I am not that kind of social scientist (Colonial History).
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Not even close to the bump he got from impeachment. Well with MOE.
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How many Air Traffic Controllers need to go into quarantine before our ATC system starts to fall apart?
Granted, they’re probably handling fewer planes than usual right now, but still.
And remember, it was the threat to the ATC system that finally brought the last (stupidest?) government shutdown to an end.
ETA: This is pretty high on the list of “important jobs where you can’t work from home”. Other favorites:
- Electrical utility workers – stuck at home is bad; stuck at home with no power is worse
- Emergency services first responders (lots of firefighters and medics who responded to that early-outbreak nursing facility in Washington state had to self-quarantine)
- Emergency services dispatchers (doesn’t matter how many first responders you have if they can’t be sent to where they’re needed)
My definition of “infrastructure”: stuff most people never think about until it’s not there one day.
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How do you find any news about Russia and COVID-19? I haven’t seen or read anything and maps are not showing the spread in Russia.
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We old geezers will certainly not take good health for granted.
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I will never forget the time when (before the Prime Time activities) people were strolling along the streets of the site of the Democratic 2016 Convention.
They were questioned.
Nearly all of their responses showed that they had not a clue as to what they were about to lose.
And why.
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