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Who Is Your Nightmare Opponent?
There has been a lot of speculation as to who Democrats are hoping to run against (and not run against) in the 2024 presidential election. Since this topic has been covered a bit already, I want to look at the 2024 race on the other side. Presumably nearly everyone reading this is a Republican, or at least an independent who doesn’t want another Democratic victory in 2024.
The majority expectation is that Joseph Robinette Biden will probably again be the Democratic nominee, providing he doesn’t have a fatal stroke or something. But that’s not locked in, so my question for you is: Who do you most fear as a Democratic nominee? Which Democrat do you think would have the best chance of winning, and who would make the worst president of any Democrat who could plausibly win?
My answer is Elizabeth Warren. Bernie Sanders is often regarded as the most left-wing Democrat who has run lately, but I think Warren is more threatening. For one thing, Bernie is and looks like an old man. A lot of people across the political spectrum are thinking maybe it’s time to elect someone at least a little bit younger than dirt. I speculate that quite a few people who didn’t even particularly like Hillary Clinton voted for her because they wanted to say they voted for the first female president, and Elizabeth Warren would likely benefit from some of that mentality. She has a burning, passionate hatred for capitalism, where Sanders has a little less charge in his battery and would not fight as hard to destroy the free enterprise system. Ten years ago, there would have been approximately zero support for Senator Warren from the right side of the aisle, but quite a few Republicans these days have grown hostile to capitalism and sneer at the very concept of free trade, so she might pick up more than a token smattering of votes from populist Republicans.
Gavin Newsom? Yeah, he’s a wacko, but a lot of people see that California is going downhill and don’t want to bring Newsom-style results to the whole nation. I think Warren is more electable than the other prominent Democrats and would likely be even worse at the job than the other prominent Democrats. Unless you do think that capitalism should be destroyed, then she’d be great.
But what do you all think? Which Democrat populates your nightmares?
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I think all MO has to do is announce her candidacy and she’ll get the win. She could hide out in Biden’s basement or pass the campaign season playing checkers with Fetterman and win the election running away. The RINOs will flood the airways with ringing endorsements.
The only obstacle is her inability to let criticism roll of her back.
Good point.
Certainly worth keeping an eye on Mayor Pete. He has been criss-crossing the country handing out federal funds. His face has been all over mid-market media.
But they weren’t measuring nor asking about political bias. They were simply asking whether the media is reporting fully, accurately, and fairly. The bias does not even matter much when the overwhelming majority don’t believe what they are saying. When I was growing up, nearly everybody trusted our news sources. We are now closing in on a complete reversal of opinion. Here’s the broad trend for the last 50 years:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1663/media-use-evaluation.aspx
Seems laughable to me, too, but considering how far left some people are, the liberal media is too conservative for them.
All Democrats are Yellow Dog Democrats.
They don’t have to sell him, really. All he needs is the D after his name, and he’s in.
They couldn’t sell Biden either. They didn’t even try.
They might not trust “the media” but that same worldview is echoed from every vector of information in the country. There must be media reform, but there must also be reform in every other institution in the country.
We’ve got to begin the long march.
He’ll be the choice of the AWFLs. We gotta wipe them out, too.
Who are the AWFLs?
It doesn’t matter who they run. None would be acceptable or tolerable to us. We are two different countries, incompatible to the core. They will out-maneuver and out- fight our side. Their vision sucks. Their madness is spreading. I just returned from a vacation where the cruise ship served me a gelato and gave me a wooden spoon for eating it. That was horrible, the spoon was already splitting before I was done and felt rough. The next week a fast food place gave me a packet of wooden silverware. The wooden knife was worthless. Canned water tasted like the can. Going green is their religion. What now?
Affluent White Female Liberals.
AWFLs. Awfuls.
Ramaswamy is too may syllables. (ok Eisenhower is the same), but usually then are one or two.
So they say the was until ’96 a Republican. It so, she behaves like a reformed smoker ;-)
The vaccine mandate party is not electing RFK Jr.
And totally incompetent… So no different from current administration.
He was a friend of mine, he was a friend of mine
His killing had no purpose, no reason or rhyme
He was a friend of mine
He was in Dallas town, he was in Dallas town
From a sixth floor window a gunner shot him down
He died in Dallas town
He never knew my name, he never knew my name
Though I never met him I knew him just the same
Oh he was a friend of mine
Leader of a nation for such a precious time
He was a friend of mine
I think I prefer Abraham, Martin and John.
But think of all the Democrats who’ll get behind him . . .
I like “Buttgag” . . .
Is that a reference to Chairman Mao?
(just kidding)
They didn’t have to. Trump sold Biden. Remember that first debate? All we needed was a chance to see Biden stumble, mumble, and ramble. But we didn’t get to see or hear that, because some damn fool kept shouting over him. That man had one job and he didn’t do it.
Well, I still think that if people think the media are fair, the means something specific. If they think it’s not fair, that’s enigmatic and doesn’t tell you much.
I could be wrong, but I don’t see a lot of defections if Kamala Harris doesn’t get the nomination.
I’d like to think that even Democrats are silently thinking, “Boy, do I wish he’d gone with Tulsi”.
I hadn’t even thought of her, but yes, if Tulsi were still a Democrat she could be very formidable.
I know you’re kidding, but I think you’re right about the names. And fewer consonants. Goldwater never stood a chance. We’ve had three presidential administrations named Bush. Bush beats Clinton in both syllables and consonants. 0bama beats McCain and Romney. Reagan beats both Carter and Mondale. It’s science.
But there’s also the important vowel/consonant ratio. That’s how Eisenhauer (6/4) won against Stevenson (3/6). Don’t know how Roosevelt (4/5) beat Hoover (3/3), but he clearly beats Landon (2/4), Willkie (3/4) and Dewey (2/3). It’s science.
Sad.
Truth.
He’d probably never get through a primary, but I think Gov Pollis on Colorado would be trouble. He has low name recognition now but the Democratic media machine could change it. I don’t actually think Democrats will nominate anyone slightly toward the center until they lose a couple elections in a row, like 80, 84 and 88. Until then, they have no reason to pivot.