Pandemic will fuel populism that put Trump in the White House

[Mik]

I think Thiessen's right.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/12/pandemic-will-fuel-populism-that-sent-trump-white-house/

[Horace]

It's nice to see the word "populism" not used as a euphemism for "the ignorance of the rubes". Maybe we can revive that word.

[Jolly]

Interestingly enough, Biden is up about 5 points on Trump in the general. OTOH, Trump leads in almost all of the battleground states.

Wouldn't it be a hoot if Biden won the popular vote and lost the election? More wisdom from the Framers at work...

[LuFins Dad]

Wait, Biden's only up by 5 on the national? LOL.

[xenon]

The guy is pure generic democrat. He doesn't have the folks who despise him to the level of Clinton, but to balance it out he's getting too old for the job.

Sigh... something tells me this election isn't going to be about the "issues"

[Larry]

That depends on just what you think the issues are.

[Horace]

@xenon said in Pandemic will fuel populism that put Trump in the White House:

Sigh... something tells me this election isn't going to be about the "issues"

I think it will be about all the childhood issues Democrats have.

[Jolly]

JFK could not run as a Democrat today. He couldn't get through the primaries. But, pecadilloes aside, he could be elected in a general.

[Mik]

He'd be deemed a RINO.

[Mik]

But seriously, I don't think Joe will be able to handle the debates, and you know Trump will be going for the jugular. I think that might be a mistake. If Trump came in armed with defensible ideas and numbers he could utterly confuse Joe without ever getting nasty.

But I don't think he will do that. Not his nature.

[Doctor Phibes]

If I'm right, the debates are going to be a real battle of wits.

Well, maybe I'm half right....

[Copper]

Mr. Trump could end up making Joe look pathetic.

That could give him the sympathy vote.

[Loki]

As for Biden, I just don’t see much of him and his campaign at all. I know we live in abnormal times but it seems strange. Am I right, when will/should his campaign swing into high gear?

[Mik]

About when the Democrats decide they want the White House back. Which won't be this year.

[Jolly]

@Loki said in Pandemic will fuel populism that put Trump in the White House:

As for Biden, I just don’t see much of him and his campaign at all. I know we live in abnormal times but it seems strange. Am I right, when will/should his campaign swing into high gear?

Joe's campaign has limited him to seven minute interviews.

[Horace]

You can fit a lot of senility into 7 minutes.

[Larry]

The very fact that the democrats allowed Biden to run proves that they could care less about the country, and would vote for a retarded dog if they were told to.

[Horace]

Do you know what ABC stands for? It stands for Always Be Great. And that's what Joe Biden is. Always Being Great.

#ABC_For_Joe_2020
#AlwaysBeGreatJoe

[brenda]

@xenon said in Pandemic will fuel populism that put Trump in the White House:

The guy is pure generic geriatric democrat. He doesn't have the folks who despise him to the level of Clinton, but to balance it out he's getting too old for the job.

Sigh... something tells me this election isn't going to be about the "issues"