U.S. Presidential Election

[Neil]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Is there a target market for ugly looking trainers apparently selling for $400 a pop endorsing this idiot? Or do we just add it to his long list of failed business ventures in time?

wonder if trump has thought about teaming up with the DUP?

[Neil]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Is there a target market for ugly looking trainers apparently selling for $400 a pop endorsing this idiot? Or do we just add it to his long list of failed business ventures in time?

there's a market for everything there's plenty of mug punters.

[charlierc]

5 hours ago, Neil said:

there's a market for everything there's plenty of mug punters.

Pretty much, and given this came hot on the heels of a judgement that Trump has been fined over $300million for business malpractice, he is going to need a lot of punters.

Though given he was booed by attendees of a trainers convention where these were launched, can't say it's off to a bright start.

[steviewevie]

 

[Neil]

57 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

its a technical thing (don't think she means it literally), life is created (when the egg is fertilised) via the ivf process.

[steviewevie]

Biden's chances of holding onto Whitehouse reduced because of US policy on Israel/Gaza. 

 

[steviewevie]

 

[charlierc]

10 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Biden's chances of holding onto Whitehouse reduced because of US policy on Israel/Gaza. 

 

It's an interesting situation, given Michigan has a large Arab-American diaspora and university cities full of younger people who've been infuriated by America's support of Israel's actions since October 7th, and in a state that is likely again to be a battleground state having gone for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020 by slender margins each time.

In saying that, it will be curious to see what the mood is like here in November. For a primary where no Democrat has really challenged Biden, it's a fairly valid and effective way to get attention. The stakes are different when confronted with the return of an ex-President who, if anything, would likely be even more supportive of Netanyahu's government and less helpful to Palestine based on his behaviour when he was in office, as noted here.

Hell, as the article notes, Netanyahu said he wanted Trump to win in 2020 while one of his mouthpieces has already spoken up support for Trump. Something local Dems on the ground might want to communicate better in the seemingly very likely event that this is a wedge issue.

Edited February 28 by charlierc

[steviewevie]

 

[lazyred]

12 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Biden's chances of holding onto Whitehouse reduced because of US policy on Israel/Gaza. 

 

Not much different to Obama in 2012

 

[Neil]

17 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Biden's chances of holding onto Whitehouse reduced because of US policy on Israel/Gaza. 

not sure that holds true when the alternative is trump's madness.

Edited February 29 by Neil

[steviewevie]

Surely Trump won't win etc

 

[Neil]

Trump is gonna win because the septics don't care about being the world laughing stock.

[charlierc]

14 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Surely Trump won't win etc

 

There's still 8 months to go, so there is still time for either Biden to turn it around or people to look more at Trump/his platform and go "... oh f**k no, no, no"

I agree it's not ideal that in a month or two, the numbers have barely moved, but the close-ness of both national and state polls suggest this could still change. Plus given US election polls on the morning of the 2016 election were saying Hillary to win, we still have to question their reliability. But even then, these can move. At this point in 1992, polls were saying Ross Perot to win and well, that happened.

It is curious tbf that some polls I saw yesterday suggested Nikki Haley might actually have a larger national poll number against Biden, but ofc she's basically finished in the primaries at this point.

[steviewevie]

45 minutes ago, charlierc said:

There's still 8 months to go, so there is still time for either Biden to turn it around or people to look more at Trump/his platform and go "... oh f**k no, no, no"

I agree it's not ideal that in a month or two, the numbers have barely moved, but the close-ness of both national and state polls suggest this could still change. Plus given US election polls on the morning of the 2016 election were saying Hillary to win, we still have to question their reliability. But even then, these can move. At this point in 1992, polls were saying Ross Perot to win and well, that happened.

It is curious tbf that some polls I saw yesterday suggested Nikki Haley might actually have a larger national poll number against Biden, but ofc she's basically finished in the primaries at this point.

ok...well...they need to sort out his meds...

 

[charlierc]

9 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

ok...well...they need to sort out his meds...

 

I'm not exactly saying this is ideal, more that we have two candidates that do this sh*t all the time. It's a weird situation where the two main and likely only contenders are two old men who seem to have a success if they avoid mixing things up in one speech. But it's also imo where a different question should be asked, which is as much on who is around the candidate as it is the candidate themselves.

[Neil]

3 hours ago, charlierc said:

There's still 8 months to go, so there is still time for either Biden to turn it around or people to look more at Trump/his platform and go "... oh f**k no, no, no"

 

biden is getting lauded for how the economy is going - while that continues hes got a great chance , cos - "its the economy, stupid!"

 

3 hours ago, charlierc said:

I agree it's not ideal that in a month or two, the numbers have barely moved, but the close-ness of both national and state polls suggest this could still change. Plus given US election polls on the morning of the 2016 election were saying Hillary to win, we still have to question their reliability. But even then, these can move. At this point in 1992, polls were saying Ross Perot to win and well, that happened.

It is curious tbf that some polls I saw yesterday suggested Nikki Haley might actually have a larger national poll number against Biden, but ofc she's basically finished in the primaries at this point.

 

[steviewevie]

42 minutes ago, Neil said:

 

biden is getting lauded for how the economy is going - while that continues hes got a great chance , cos - "its the economy, stupid!"

 

 

not any more...culture wars have taken over...

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

 

biden is getting lauded for how the economy is going - while that continues hes got a great chance , cos - "its the economy, stupid!"

 

 

A majority of voters think the economy is in poor condition, the polling showed.

[charlierc]

19 hours ago, Neil said:

 

biden is getting lauded for how the economy is going - while that continues hes got a great chance , cos - "its the economy, stupid!"

 

 

There's a curiosity to this, because as people were noting last year, there was a dissonance between statistics demonstrating the US economy was actually doing quite well, but it wasn't translating to people feeling the economy was doing so good.

Maybe this requires a messaging tweak, where the campaign should say that while they think progress is being made, it's clearly not been enough if a lot of people aren't really liking where it's at but that there is potential in this plan and not to throw it out for a radical economic overhaul that would likely cause a lot of short-term pain as some economists have suggested Trump's plans would cause.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

 

[Nobody Interesting]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Judges appointed by tRump find that tRump did nothing wrong shock

[steviewevie]

2 hours ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Judges appointed by tRump find that tRump did nothing wrong shock

It was unanimous.

[charlierc]

3 hours ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Judges appointed by tRump find that tRump did nothing wrong shock

 

53 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

It was unanimous.

There's a dissonance at play, given all 9 justices were on board but the 5 right-leaning justices went much harder in their interpretation, essentially almost like they're trying to block the January 6th riot being seen as an insurrection.

Which bodes well for this sense of whether things are bending to breaking point.