@Neil2Real@Brian_Chovanec@hasanthehun Both ran way to the right of Biden economically, though? Harris ran with Cheney! Said nothing fundamentally would change, that is definitionally a conservative position. Biden formed policy committees ran by Bernie and AOC and won.
@Brian_Chovanec@hasanthehun Is there no calculation of risk of the reverse? Of running so far to the center Right that you lose left wing voters and lose the general? That appears to be what happened to Clinton and Harris, they ran away from the left, lost. Biden, for his faults, embraced Bernie and won.
@LiberallyLiving@YIMBYLAND Under democratic socialism, yes, that's the whole point of the name, bringing democracy to both government and the workplace. I'm lucky and work in a cooperative, I highly recommended it, and im very in favor of democracy.
@PeterOlgui70700@TeamTalaricoHQ@jamestalarico The polls actually consistently showed Cruz and Trump ahead in tight races, and largely were reflected in the results. Beto was nearly across the finish line, the indicted fraudster manages to be even less popular than Cruz in 18. Texan since '99, voting since '10. It's possible
@ryangrim Carlson and MTG don't oppose Israel's genocide because genocide is wrong. They oppose American tax dollars not being spent on ethnic cleansing here in America. They want to reduce international harm to increase domestic harm. That isn't moral justice, or even harm reduction .
@bobbyfijan@nberpubs Anecdotal, of course, but my wife and I must be outliers. The more we encounter babies/children, the more glad we are of our choice to not have any.
@Hunter_Eagleman@kaylaguo_@RepCasar@JohnCornyn What Casar said is true, though. Republicans could fund all non Ice agencies, and even fund Ice with minor reforms, and are choosing not to.
@HausdorffMedia@GovMikeHuckabee@TuckerCarlson I mean, American constitution requires equality before the law regardless of citizenship, so that might be where one could arrive at Carlson's position (ironically he likely opposes that principal in treatment of undocumented residents)
@kpedersen77@Levi_Asher_ Again, I hope this does translate to high turnout in the fall, but new voters may very well turn out for an exciting, nationalized primary who wouldn't for a noncompetitive one. It isn't quite apples to apples. It may be closer to 2018 with excitement for Beto. That'd be promisin
@kpedersen77@Levi_Asher_ I'm not trying to be a downer. I hope this is indeed an optimistic Harbinger of good things this year, we need them. But I'm still hesitant to read too much into these particular tea leaves with how long it's been since we had multiple competitive primaries in Texas.
@kpedersen77@Levi_Asher_ Except there was no competitive primary in 24. I voted cus i always do, but I knew the outcomes were set on both tickets. For Republicans, Trump had already secures the nomination, it was just a formality of getting final numbers, and the democratic primary was an obvious joke.