Pence 2020

[LBJefferies]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/05/us/politics/2020-campaign-president-trump-cotton-sasse-pence.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSo urce=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

God bless the authors of this article for dropping this grenade. Even if it's not true, you know the Cretin in Chief is going to get his depends all twisted. But of course it is true because Pence knows there is a very good chance he will be the Republican candidate in 2020.

[decay]

i don't disagree with this being a potential strategy.

but- of the presidencies i've observed in my lifetime- carter -> reagan -> bush -> clinton -> dubya -> obama -> drumpf

we're all seeing a pendulum swinging back and forth here, right?

the one favor that drumpf has done us "libruls" is pulling things so far to the right that it's going to swing back hard enough to make any 2020 republican candidate unelectable... unless the dems completely fail at fielding a worthwhile candidate, which is not outside the realm of possibility. (see: dukakis.)

personally, i hope cory booker runs. he's liberal with a splash of libertarian, and that's about as close to an ideal candidate for me as possible.

gavin newsom would be a good veep candidate for that ticket; it'd put him in a position to do something at the national level without how much the rest of the country hates california being a decision-making factor for voters.

[Dagamus(NM)]

I'd like to see a Castro Castro 2020 ticket. Just for all the fun games those two could play switching roles.

[bmwman91]

unless the dems completely fail at fielding a worthwhile candidate, which is not outside the realm of possibility. (see: dukakis.)

Oh, it is well within the realm of possibility. They are doubling-down on the same idiotic stuff that cost them the 2016 election.

[BraveUlysses]

Oh, it is well within the realm of possibility. They are doubling-down on the same idiotic stuff that cost them the 2016 election.

yup

cory booker or kamala harris aren't going to inspire anyone to vote D who doesn't already

[Joe G]

I just hope that the current presidency opens the eyes of both major parties as well as those on the 'fringe'.

The 2016 election was a freaking circus. The repubs and dems need to spend next 2.5ish years grooming top notch candidates that are closer to the aisle rather than trying to distance themselves as much as possible from 'the other side.'

The bipartisan system is fucking stupid in my opinion...but what do I know. Just another damn liberal.

[gwb72tii]

I just hope that the current presidency opens the eyes of both major parties as well as those on the 'fringe'.

The 2016 election was a freaking circus. The repubs and dems need to spend next 2.5ish years grooming top notch candidates that are closer to the aisle rather than trying to distance themselves as much as possible from 'the other side.'

The bipartisan system is fucking stupid in my opinion...but what do I know. Just another damn liberal.

Wat? You'd be happier with a one party system? As in communist China?
Strong disagreements among the parties are essential. That way you have a choice.
The nation has suffered from a big government/liberal bias since WW2 with the exception of Reagan. Swinging back to conservatism, smaller government is a natural reaction to the last 60+ years.

[mbonder]

Wat? You'd be happier with a one party system? As in communist China?
Strong disagreements among the parties are essential. That way you have a choice.
The nation has suffered from a big government/liberal bias since WW2 with the exception of Reagan. Swinging back to conservatism, smaller government is a natural reaction to the last 60+ years.

Jumping to a conclusion that he didn't make. He simply stated that the bipartisan system was stupid, you assumed he'd rather have a single party system, could just as easily support a multiparty/parliamentary system.

Reagan expanded the size of the government too, don't fool yourself, every sitting president has expanded the government, from Washington to Trump.

[BraveUlysses]

lmao reagan was the biggest increase in government spending in the last 40 years and completely fucked the working classes by pushing income taxes from the wealthy to the working class

[mbonder]

Shhhhhh, you'll ruin the narrative. Reagan=god

[Wschnitz]

I think this election set a decent stage for a multi party election. Bernie could have easily taken a good 10-20% of the democrat vote if he went Independent this election, but he knew that it would hand trump the white house.

[BraveUlysses]

Shhhhhh, you'll ruin the narrative. Reagan=god

Contras are just doing God's work, right? Small government at work!

I think this election set a decent stage for a multi party election. Bernie could have easily taken a good 10-20% of the democrat vote if he went Independent this election, but he knew that it would hand trump the white house.

this will never happen because at the end of the day, it's still a winner takes all in our political system. everything is biased towards a 2 party system where one party dominates the other

[z31maniac]

Brave is right, and it sucks.