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Running Mates Won’t Determine the Winner of this Election
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I think the VP selection should more or less be the leftist of Republican nightmares. The chances of Biden dying in office aren’t bad and then we could finally get the Trotsky of our dreams. It would desensitize the public even further to the Socialism smear and open up possibilities further down the road.
This is probably tongue in cheek but Trotskyites are some annoying motherfuckers.
Once we eliminate social class inequality, everything else will get sorted out. Our good Comrades have called it a slam dunk. Okay. They didn’t use that term in the 19th century or even early 20th century USSR, but, you get the drift. Besides, who needs Florida?
I hope for Warren or someone else with strong liberal credentials. I’m afraid Biden will pick Harris.
I’d obviously be happy with Warren. But I honestly don’t care much at all.
Trump declared his intention to pick Supreme Court justices approved by the Federalist Society. Biden should declare his intention to pick a black woman to the Court (or Barack Obama), Kamala Harris as Attorney General, Susan Rice as Secretary of State, and his own personal choice as VP. I like Harris, because she knows where the money is, and she knows how to get under Trump’s skin.
I agree, it doesn’t matter much. It generates one news cycle and then people mostly forget and move on. I do like Harris. But I don’t dislike the others.
I hope Lichtman’s streak holds up. My life and livelihood depend on it. I just remember something my dad would say: you’re right until you’re wrong. Whether you use strictly some form of historical evidence or rely on statistical analyses (I’m more likely the latter), I like Biden’s odds. One thing I don’t know, and it’s embarrassing given my love of data analyses, is there any info on the impact of a VP pick? In 2008, I was expecting a much closer contest between McCain and Obama, until McCain picked Palin. She immediately made it known she was nuttier than… Read more »
I don’t rate election prediction “models” at all. Lichtman’s prediction is meaningless to me. I will give him credit for actually making predictions, rather than calling post-hoc analyses such.