US Politics, March 2024: The house of illuminati will NOT be holding any other event in the foreseeable future.

she's gonna endorse Lyndon LaRouche as a write-in

Haley will do whatever she has to to position herself for 2028.

It doesn't matter and nobody cares, but Dean Phillips ended his campaign today too.

Who?

mike jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlRYftQTj9U

who is Mike Joooooooooones

Dean Phillips? From Luna and Galaxie 500?

My favorite Corn Pop band

Mike Jones would’ve had a better shot at the nomination to be really real

Back then voters didn’t want me, now I’m hot voters all on me

Haley will do whatever she has to to position herself for 2028.

To paraphrase Ben Bradlee, she gave what was like a non-endorsement endorsement this morning, leaving the door open for her to actually endorse later under some bogus pretense. (If she is angling for 2028, I don't know why she thinks she'd be in any better position then than now, even if Trump does lose.)

I don't know, if Trump somehow manages to not win again and reinforces his rep as the perennial loser, she may want to stay detached so she can say I told you so without the taint of opportunistic sycophancy

regardless of whether or not Trump loses, the republican base is not going to get any more moderate in 2028, and I don't think she's ever going to be president. Harris has a better chance than her, and deserves it more

I don't care much about Haley, but do wonder about her supporters

The only way Trump lets Haley into his cabinet is if he wants her nearby to torture her.

"She's not my type"

lol PK

she may want to stay detached so she can say I told you so without the taint of opportunistic sycophancy

That would definitely be her rationale for keeping some distance, but I don't see this party turning back either--if Trump loses, his supporters will just become more resentful and hateful, and I don't think that distance would be worth anything in 2028. And if she does endorse, can't see that helping her either. She's basically nowhwere. She should not endorse and try to land on CNN or something.

I don't care much about Haley, but do wonder about her supporters

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Except for a few, her supporters are going to go to Trump is what I think

yeah but a few is all it takes

hopefully!

as unperson has repeatedly pointed out, dude lost last time and nothing he has done since then has gotten him a single new voter

meanwhile who even knows how many kids are registered to vote for the first time because of Taylor/tiktok, and they hate republicans

but I don't see this party turning back either

I mean.. it has to end eventually, yeah? Sen. Joe McCarthy had a good run until he didn't anymore

regardless of whether or not Trump loses, the republican base is not going to get any more moderate in 2028, and I don't think she's ever going to be president. Harris has a better chance than her, and deserves it more

haha <3

has a prosecutor ever been president before?

as unperson has repeatedly pointed out, dude lost last time and nothing he has done since then has gotten him a single new voter

― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, March 6, 2024 8:28 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think the concern is that unlike in 2020, in 2024 the republicans control the election-certifying house of representatives, plus there are even more ramped-up voter suppression efforts than ever?

yeah but that's countered with 91 criminal charges

xxxxp my friend chided me before the 2020 election, saying that Trump wouldn't get one more voter in 2020 after his disastrous presidency, but he got like 10,000,000 new voters over 2016, so I'm not counting on that

has a prosecutor ever been president before?

Thomas Dewey came pretty darn close, but lost by a mustache whisker

I'm not sure what was funny about that, table

but he got like 10,000,000 new voters over 2016

culture wars, the war on woke, furries using classroom litter boxes.. it could be worse this time around

as unperson has repeatedly pointed out, dude lost last time and nothing he has done since then has gotten him a single new voter

This will make me feel better when is no longer polling ahead of Biden

I'm not sure what was funny about that, table

I appreciate your graciousness table. I’m know I'm an old conventional liberal and you don't think like me, but thank you for not chiding me for being a Harris supporter

but he got like 10,000,000 new voters over 2016

Not being in office is Trump's biggest advantage this year. There are some people who are sick of him, but they're not actively mad at him for the way things are. They might just not vote, but they might also vote for him just because on one level an election with an incumbent is always a binary change/not change choice. Which is of course one reason that an octogenarian incumbent with low approval ratings shouldn't be in the race, because if the Dem was someone else then Trump would be the most known-and-unloved candidate. But here we sit.

I appreciate your graciousness table. I’m know I'm an old conventional liberal and you don't think like me, but thank you for not chiding me for being a Harris supporter

thanks. I'm always eager to read your posts even when I disagree with them. They are a vital part of the conversation on this message board. Your posts in the books threads always make me think I should broaden my horizons

and I like you a lot, too!

John Fetterman and Bob Casey can eat shit.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/fetterman-removes-william-way-funds-from-senate-bill/

Fetterman is a disaster

Fetterman is a reliable Democratic vote.

he's a below replacement level democratic vote in PA.

Pennsylvania is West Virginia's forehead and a couple dangly Democratic earrings. Not sure what kind of ideal Democratic Senator you think is gonna win there.

Pennsylvania is West Virginia's forehead and a couple dangly Democratic earrings. Not sure what kind of ideal Democratic Senator you think is gonna win there.

Seriously. Philadelphia is to Pennsylvania as Austin is to Texas.

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-much-vaunted-guardrails-are-failing

I don't know that this necessarily needs to be shunted off to the containment thread, but it's been illuminating to see folks around me who don't seem to pay close attention to (or at least frequently talk openly about) politics expressing shock and despair that Trump is still likely to win. It's like folks have had this veil of denial or blinders on and, since Tuesday, are suddenly catching on that, "holy shit, this actually is happening again".