gordon
self-righteous, but never right
Unfortunately for her, the Koch network is no longer throwing money her way.
Post-Trump: III (decline, further tantrums, legal proceedings, book deals etc)
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mykel
Perpetual Hack.
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DonQuixote99
pfm Member
How Trump can become President even after losing in the Electoral College:
Basically, a repeat of the 2020 scheme. Block certification of results and throw election to House of Representatives, where they win. To do it they would use tactics that ought to be legally blockable, but apparently aren't. Speaker Johnson already has used a key tactic, refusing to swear in a newly-elected Democrat. Apparently there's no way to make him do it. Details from Thom Hartman here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-142066575:
Basically, a repeat of the 2020 scheme. Block certification of results and throw election to House of Representatives, where they win. To do it they would use tactics that ought to be legally blockable, but apparently aren't. Speaker Johnson already has used a key tactic, refusing to swear in a newly-elected Democrat. Apparently there's no way to make him do it. Details from Thom Hartman here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-142066575:
les24preludes
pfm Member
Bizarre. If the Republicans resorted to undemocratic tactics what might follow is that states with democrat majorities might refuse to implement federal policies like anti-abortion legislation or whatever.
DonQuixote99
pfm Member
Agree, the country would likely fragment.
tuga
Legal Alien
The Republic of Gilead. Margaret Atwood saw it coming...
Nick_G
pfm Member
Such a shame the writer's strike delayed production of the final season of The Handmaid's Tale. It would have been fortuitous to have aired it from September 2024 in the run up to the election in November...
tones
Tones deaf
A very good article in the NYT on the mess that the Supreme Court has made of constitutional law:
www.nytimes.com
The right-wing bias has tossed out so much precedent, which is supposed to be the whole basis of the common law legal system, that professors of constitutional law are giving up, because what used to be sure no longer is so. The Supreme Court has completely departed from, as Chief Justice Roberts said, "calling balls and strikes" and has become just another branch of Trump, Inc.
Opinion | The Crisis in Teaching Constitutional Law
A highly politicized Supreme Court makes it far more difficult to teach students about the fundamentals of the American legal system.
The right-wing bias has tossed out so much precedent, which is supposed to be the whole basis of the common law legal system, that professors of constitutional law are giving up, because what used to be sure no longer is so. The Supreme Court has completely departed from, as Chief Justice Roberts said, "calling balls and strikes" and has become just another branch of Trump, Inc.
Yank
Bulbous Also Tapered
But maybe they won't throw any in Trump's direction either?
gordon
self-righteous, but never right
Good question. I don't know. I took it as a sign that those who oppose Trump now feel it's futile to do so.
les24preludes
pfm Member
The 2024 Democratic National Convention is scheduled to be held August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Watch out for a new Democrat nomination as Biden "with great reluctance" or "on the advice of his doctors" stands down. The landscape will shift. And since the Republican Convention comes first, the Democrats will be able to make plans accordingly.
Watch out for a new Democrat nomination as Biden "with great reluctance" or "on the advice of his doctors" stands down. The landscape will shift. And since the Republican Convention comes first, the Democrats will be able to make plans accordingly.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Is this speculation on your part, or do you have a basis for thinking this is the way this will play out? In many ways, I hope you're right, but I worry that Democrats, faced with a candidate switcheroo like that, might not respond as constructively as they might if they'd felt more invested in the process.
les24preludes
pfm Member
I agree, but it would be very tricky for Biden to make a volte-face before the convention out of nowhere. The convention would act as a place where democrats could come together and act in one direction.
This is just speculation, but I can see it happening.
tones
Tones deaf
In short, avoiding a Kochup.
tones
Tones deaf
He would gratefully accept the overwhelming support at the Convention, but then say that, as he had established a firm foundation for the Democratic platform, he had decided to pass the baton to a new generation. It would render all those "senile Joe" attack ads totally useless and put the Republicans further in hock, having spent a fortune creating them.
matthewr
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This is a bonkers theory albeit also one shared by Nikki Haley and the Daily Mail.
matthewr
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"The Republican refrain goes something like this: Democrats know Joe Biden can’t win in November and they — it’s always “they” — are going to replace him on top of the ticket.
Anyone around politics has heard it — and the assured predictions have reached a crescendo following the release of the special counsel’s report on Biden and the 2x4 to the head therein.
On Sunday even Nikki Haley, ostensibly the GOP’s Team Normal candidate for president, put down her cash at the window. “My bet is 30 days from now, I don’t think Joe Biden is going to be the nominee,” Haley told supporters."
www.politico.com
Anyone around politics has heard it — and the assured predictions have reached a crescendo following the release of the special counsel’s report on Biden and the 2x4 to the head therein.
On Sunday even Nikki Haley, ostensibly the GOP’s Team Normal candidate for president, put down her cash at the window. “My bet is 30 days from now, I don’t think Joe Biden is going to be the nominee,” Haley told supporters."
Get Used to It: Biden Isn’t Going Anywhere
The GOP fantasy crowd is so accustomed to conspiracy theories that they’re betting the Democrats will switch candidates at the last minute. Have they actually paid attention to politics?
www.politico.com
matthewr
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The other thing about Biden stepping down is that if they do this (Spoiler: they won't) then they either have to pick Kamala Harris or ditch her and pick someone like Gavin Newsom (who probably refuse to run at this point as he has excellent chances in 2028).
If you want to go with Kamala then good luck running with a black woman who for all her formidable skills in grilling people in the Senate committees is actually a fairly terrible candidate. And if you whack her you destroy the very coalition which elected Biden in hthe first place (the black vote, women and the centre right).
If you want to go with Kamala then good luck running with a black woman who for all her formidable skills in grilling people in the Senate committees is actually a fairly terrible candidate. And if you whack her you destroy the very coalition which elected Biden in hthe first place (the black vote, women and the centre right).
Yank
Bulbous Also Tapered
It would be suicide for the Democrats.