Maedar
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ALT, IMOHO, Ms. Clinton does not want to run again.
I don't really get it either. The article read a lot to me like stating the obvious and trying to pretend it's something profound.NYT endorses Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren.
I don't get it. Two endorsements? They're not even similar, politically speaking, and while the opinion piece argues that it's the point of their endorsement... it defeats the purpose of their endorsement. It took them some-thousand words to point out that "there is more than one pathway forward here", like thanks, we didn't know that already? I don't know why they felt the need to endorse both now, instead of throwing the endorsement behind one candidate later on in the race if they felt the need to do that.
How do you guys feel about the results of the Iowa Caucus being recorded with a brand new smart phone app? The developer is not currently known. This does raise some security concerns for me that I personally think would outweigh making counting easier, but I'd like to hear what others think about this. It is new twist on the Iowa Caucus that certainly has my attention. Previously the idea of a virtual caucus was toyed with as well. I'm glad they scrapped that at least.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...1dd656-39b1-11ea-a1ff-c48c1d59a4a1_story.html
Unfortunately I don't think that this "identity crisis" is going to end anytime soon. The split between the progressives and the moderates in our political left isn't limited to just the DNC or the elected politicians, but extends to the entire nation.
To be honest, there is no hope for the United States. Even if we go with the best case scenario for this election, that a progressive candidate (say Sanders) both gets the Democratic nomination and defeats Trump, the presidency is just one piece of the puzzle. There's then still the issue of the composition of Congress and the Supreme Court. And that's just at the federal level. The problems repeats itself at the state and local levels, although not completely uniformly, as some places are more liberal or conservative than others. Then on top of that, there's the everyday people who support and elect all the people at various levels who make things worse or not get better, as well as the various (powerful) entities that have a vested interest in making sure that that this country does not progress. The US has long been tricked into thinking that anything more than slightly left of center is evil, that you're supposed to like this plutocracy masquerading as a democratic republic.
It's all too big a behemoth to topple really