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Klobuchar is out -- nm - TWuG Mar 2, 11:36 6
- of the closet? -- nm - decline Mar 2, 11:39
- Out campaigning for Biden? Out of toilet paper? -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:37 4
  - Out to get you. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 11:38 1
    - Out For Justice 2 -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:39
  - Out of the race, endorsing Biden -- nm - TWuG Mar 2, 11:38 1
    - willywonkarestingonhischinandsmiling.gif -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:39
Washington (state) now has *5* coronavirus deaths -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 11:33 3
- That's five times as more than there were with the first one. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:38
- Were they voters? -- nm - IPOTUS Mar 2, 11:35
- There are way more cases there than we know about right now. Have to be. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:34
speaking of MDH, where is the groin? -- nm - amanda Mar 2, 11:33 2
- *points it out on a map* -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:37
- He went to a con this weekend. - Spawn Mar 2, 11:34
I could see Bernie putting Nina Turner as his VP -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:31 5
- Ok that stumped me. I had to google her. -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 11:39
- I could see Bernie putting Tina Turner as his VP -- nm - WSS Mar 2, 11:32
- I'd vote for Bernie/Tina -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:32 2
  - Is Tina even eligible? Didn't she give up for her US citizenship? -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:32 1
    - Oh ty97, it's 2020. Those quaint legalities are as dead as penny farthings and stovepipe hats. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:36
pixie, shared a segment of this on FB, but here's an extended clip of Roger Stone (melting down) in a deposition. -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 11:30
heh, poking around 2016 campaign discussion I noticed this "ST stalker primary results" from Roger More -- (link) - Max Mar 2, 11:22 [Backboard] 1
- That was an impressive piece of work by Roger. -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:27
Small print on ST. Must be an election year or a draft. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:20 3
- Bears Beets ... Biden Bernie Bloomberg -- nm - budice Mar 2, 11:28 1
  - Battlestar Galactica -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:28
- Possibly a new Star Wars movie? -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:21
Huh. A lot of the major offshores gambling sites have Clinton as the 4th most likely D nominee behind bernie, biden and bloomberg. - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:17 9
- can you short? cause if you can short you can clean up -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 11:51
- beedeebeedeebeedee -- nm - Twiki Mar 2, 11:37
- Killer Bs -- nm - budice Mar 2, 11:21
- (mid Oct 19, Warren peaked at 53%) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:19
- That only shows that some people just have way too much money. -- nm* - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 11:19 1
  - heh, yeah. If the convention is brokered/contested and they go for an off-ballot nominee, they are nuts. - ty97 Mar 2, 11:21
- Do they list Iger? -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:18 2
  - Or Michelle Obama? -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 2, 11:26
  - I can't see them individually to verify but I don't believe so. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:19
“Keep government out of my Medicare.” That’s the electorate Bernie would be facing. He can’t tell how much his plans will cost - Will Hunting Mar 2, 11:07 16
- I generally agree with this. And I think Biden needs to be the guy now (given how things have played out), but I really do worry about Joe holding up - pmb Mar 2, 11:19 5
  - it is and always will be from this point forward: " Anyone but Trump". - Pippy -with a tin foil hat Mar 2, 11:22 3
    - Oh ye of a little too much faith. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:41
    - exactly - decline Mar 2, 11:39
    - this x infinity -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 11:33
  - I look forward to a Trump/Biden debate. -- nm - Lorne Michaels Mar 2, 11:20
- The general election will be “I will cut your taxes” vs “I want to triple the size of the government tomorrow” -- (edited) - spamlet Mar 2, 11:09 9
  - I will say that I think there is a meaningful portion of the electorate would be fine with more taxes if they got something from it. The republican - pmb Mar 2, 11:14
  - I think Will was making the same point. -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:10 7
    - Sorry, i was strongly agreeing with him. Should have made that clearer. -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 11:11 6
      - My apologies. I was unsure who the "you" in your post was. Plus it gave me a passive way to agree with Will without uttering "I agree with Will" -- nm* - crash davis Mar 2, 11:13 5
        
        ^^^^ crash agrees with Will -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:16 4
        
        Mainly on the fact that Bryce Harper really needs to be a Brave. -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:16 3
        
        He called us, and we said, "Thanks but no thanks." -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:18 2
        
        There is no shame in admitting that it is time to reconsider. -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:19 1
        
        He helped Philly win that whole extra game this year! -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:40
Reagen: Yamamoto is back in the lineup tonight! Also, Archibald is moved to McDavid's line, while AA drops to Sheahan's line. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 2, 10:56
The blueberry acai Diet Coke is unusual and very strong. Almost like a dessert soda. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 2, 10:55 1
- I've been thinking of doing a blog and part of it would be non-appetizing sounding commercial food reviews. I'd possibly start w/ the KFC donut - crash davis Mar 2, 11:00
Huh. Large company we do a lot of business with has placed a travel ban on their employees for nonessential stuff like conferences due to coronavirus - Strongbad Mar 2, 10:51 6
- “Strongly discouraged” here for conferences and personal travel, only business-critical international travel is permitted. -- (edited) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 10:56
- We got the same message on Friday. - spamlet Mar 2, 10:53 4
  - educause cancelled a conference 12 hours before it was supposed to start. we had three people in the air who just stayed a night in SEA - amanda Mar 2, 10:58 3
    - Oh that sucks. At least let them stay in Seattle! -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 11:10
    - I haven't bought airfare yet, but now I'm worried my Portland May conference is going to be cancelled :( -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:02 1
      - my friend just bailed on presenting at a conf in september bc COVID. from a univ meeting. - amanda Mar 2, 11:04
RIP James Lipton -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 2, 10:37
Joe Lycett: Comedian changes his name to Hugo Boss -- (link) - LMS Mar 2, 10:37
Amy Klobuchar is dropping out of the presidential race, will fly to Dallas tonight to join Biden and endorse -- nm - decline Mar 2, 10:36 85
- Seriously - the more of these people throwing in with Biden, the more we're electing Trump again. Feeling convinced. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 2, 11:10 10
  - I've been saying, the pro/con here is how many Bernie supports won't vote Biden (X) vs how many people will vote Biden that would not vote Sanders (Y) - ty97 Mar 2, 11:18 9
    - I am one of the Never Bernies. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 11:22 4
      - What if you were in a swing state? -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:24 3
        
        I’d pull the lever for Bernie and then put money on heavy GOP gains in 2022. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 11:28 2
        
        I mean, once the candidates are set, there is nothing we can do but decide which we want in the White House next year. - ty97 Mar 2, 11:30 1
        
        Absolutely. I mean for me it was always . . . - pmb Mar 2, 11:44
    - That really is the question and all we have to go on is the past. - Turd Ferguson Mar 2, 11:20 3
      - A) I think it depends on how we wind up with Biden. Bernie supporters will go nuts if he has a meaningful delegate lead but doesn't get the - pmb Mar 2, 11:26
      - I'm not as worried about the supporters of the moderates. I'm more worried about those swing voters. - ty97 Mar 2, 11:23 1
        
        trump/third party/no vote... -- nm - amanda Mar 2, 11:24
- What's the split now? Which of the two leading candidates now lose more votes than the other to the third place candidate? -- nm - Max Mar 2, 10:57
- Jesus. Why does it have to be Bernie or Biden? Warren is the right choice. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 10:48 6
  - She'll be gone soon too. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 2, 10:56
  - Bernie and Biden keep beating her ... I know, it’s a weird situation. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 10:51
  - Warren is still in. It's her popularity that's the problem, not these people dropping out. -- (edited) - Inigo Mar 2, 10:51
  - Warren is still in. If her popularity that's the problem, not these people dropping out. -- nm - Inigo Mar 2, 10:51
  - I fully agree. It's a real shame. -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:50 1
    - It's like a multiple choice test that says, "Pick answer B!" And everyone's still taking A, C, and D. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:51
- I'd just come around to backing her. Dagnabbit -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 10:38 2
  - Thanks for nuthin' crash! Where were you when it would've mattered??? -- nm - Amy Mar 2, 11:02 1
    - I was going to donate a sawbuck. I don't think it would have turned the tide. -- nm* - crash davis Mar 2, 11:04
- Buttigieg has apparently had discussions with Biden about an endorsement as well, might expect something on that front today as well. - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 10:38 5
  - I'm a little surprised they're waiting until after the 6 o'clock news before Super Tuesday. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:03 2
    - It’s not six o clock yet... -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 11:07
    - people watch the 6pm news? (Perhaps they are timing it for 6pm news in California) -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:04
  - There's a NYT story out there with the 2 of them and Obama on a phone call before Buttigieg dropped out. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 10:55 1
    - Yup -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 11:00
- I can't decide how much of this is fear of real change vs. fear that Bernie can't win. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:38 49
  - There's gotta be some levity in a scenario where everyone thinks "there's no chance [Bernie] will win" and then he does (again). -- nm - Max Mar 2, 10:43
  - both? how the ratio plays out - I can't tell -- nm - Pippy -with a tin foil hat Mar 2, 10:42
  - absolute abject fear that Bernie cant win. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 10:41 44
    - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 10:52
    - That would be strange since he's the dominant one in polls. - David Mar 2, 10:43 42
      - That's why you're down to 2 and he's not really that dominant. He's first among a field that was splintering a moderate vote. The moderate - pmb Mar 2, 11:11 4
        
        thank you for saying what I was thinking in a way normal people can understand. -- nm - amanda Mar 2, 11:16 3
        
        ;) This still assumes that Bloomberg does the right thing now. He's still the darling of the never Trump republicans. Biden needs Bloomberg's money - pmb Mar 2, 11:21 2
        
        I am truly hoping that the consolidation of moderates behind Biden causes Bloomberg to majorly underperform tomorrow. Regardless of Sanders/Biden..... - ty97 Mar 2, 11:26 1
        
        Re-reading this I'm not sure I make much sense. I'm saying whether Sanders or Biden is your guy, I want Bloomberg out. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:28
      - maybe because the adults -- to this point -- have been splitting their votes? now that it's basically a two man race (I love you liz, but sorry) - amanda Mar 2, 11:06
      - except he's underperforming with lower actual numbers than he did in 2016, granted it's only New Hampshire -- (link) - Remlik Mar 2, 10:53 1
        
        I was the one who made this point on ST at the time. He's since recovered strongly. -- nm - David Mar 2, 11:00
      - I am caught up from lunch now. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 2, 10:52
      - Electoral massacre. -- nm - Jovian Mar 2, 10:47 1
        
        Strange. You're normally so upbeat. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:48
      - I feel like we talk about this every four years, but I throw general election head-to-head matchup polls to the wind at this early stage -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:46 22
        
        RCP has 20 Clinton vs Trump polls in 1Q16 (January to March). The results - ty97 Mar 2, 10:49 10
        
        She won by 2.1% even with the Comey bombshell just before the election. The national polls were right, imo. - Inigo Mar 2, 10:54 4
        
        The national polls near the election were quite accurate, yes, 3.2% average vs 2.1% actual. The January-March polls were NOT predictive of November. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:57 3
        
        Polls couldn't have predicted what happened with Russia and Comey. You're negating something for things beyond the parameters of the thing. - David Mar 2, 11:00 2
        
        I'm not a 2016 poll basher. At all. I am a basher of relying on any head to head GE polls (2016 or any other year!) this early in the race -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:01 1
        
        I agree with ty. - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:09
        
        I mean, the polls were right. She won. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:49 4
        
        You're being disingenuous here. You and I both know she won the popular vote. By a few points. NOT by the margins in those polls -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:53 3
        
        I honestly feel I'm not. I'm making an important point that the polls were right despite her having some of the worst unfavorables and black swans eve -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:57
        
        Again, I think that's partly to do with Comey "opening the investigation" again, and her horrible unfavorable numbers. - Inigo Mar 2, 10:56 1
        
        To your IM: A general election campaign will happen between now and November. - ty97 Mar 2, 10:58
        
        They're of limited value, but when one candidate consistently outperforms the rest, it matters. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:48 9
        
        The polls I've seen have Sanders and Biden relatively even (slight edge to Sanders) in head to heads vs Trump right now. There is, I would argue, more - ty97 Mar 2, 10:52 8
        
        I just feel like bernie is more like trump. always right and unwilling to listen to reason. I don't want that again. I don't want biden, but - amanda Mar 2, 10:54 7
        
        My gut says VP has to be a woman (regardless who the candidate is). *DEFINITELY* can't be two white dudes. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:02 6
        
        I'll be shocked if it isn't Stacy Abrams -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:06 5
        
        based on the last election, Klobuchar traverses the more important electoral terrain -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:08 4
        
        I think Stacy is a better fit for Bernie. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:10 3
        
        I think she isn’t. For her. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 11:20 1
        
        She's spoken publicly about national political intentions for a long time - Strongbad Mar 2, 12:35
        
        I'll agree with that. -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:12
        
        yeah, early general election polls break the wind -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 10:48
      - I think that there are more "never bernies" than "never bidens" -- does that make sense? -- nm - amanda Mar 2, 10:46 2
        
        yes. -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:51
        
        Absolutely. Berniebros do their candidate a huge disservice. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:47
      - People haven’t learned enough yet. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 10:45 4
        
        If the choices are that and tyrannical... -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:46 3
        
        they will pick tyrannical - every time -- nm - Pippy -with a tin foil hat Mar 2, 10:47 2
        
        It's looking likely that we'll find out. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:49 1
        
        Yes it does. And while I hope Pippy is wrong (love you Pippy!) I fear she may be right. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:00
  - Fear of loss of power -- nm - psilotum Mar 2, 10:40
  - yeah. Definitely a mixture, but what the mix is, don't know. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:39
- Their first dance will be so cute! -- nm - Max Mar 2, 10:37
- DNC doing their best! -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 10:37 4
  - So disappointing that they’d try their hardest to make sure their nomination actually goes to a Democrat. -- (edited) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 10:39 3
    - No I’m happy they are. I think Sanders will be a disaster. - spamlet Mar 2, 10:43 2
      - Ok. -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 11:01
      - I feel exactly as you do. -- nm - amanda Mar 2, 10:49
- future running mate FTW - Jovian Mar 2, 10:36
Amy's out, endorsing Joe -- nm - mud Mar 2, 10:35 3
- I should acknowledge you were first even though I wasn't sure who you were talking about :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 10:40 2
  - Amy is my wife and Joe was my first best friend! -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 11:00 1
    - that is quite a twist in your personal life -- nm - crash davis Mar 2, 11:02
Pippy, have you seen this yet? -- (link) - David Mar 2, 10:32 [youtube] 1
- I had not!! thank you! very beautiful - Pippy -with a tin foil hat Mar 2, 10:38
Unleash the Ronin! -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:30
Guess it’s time for Senate GOP to dust off its Hunter Biden investigation now that Joe is back up in the polls, looks like. -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 10:29 1
- Meanwhile, NYT is profiling him as an artist. Not joking. -- nm* - Bardi Gras Mar 2, 10:34

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