Posted on 02/24/2020 3:53:00 PM PST by Gay State Conservative
Early voting began today in Massachusetts for the Super Tuesday primary. In this state if one is registered as "unenrolled" (as I am) you can take either a Republican or Rat ballot.I'm tempted to take a Rat ballot and vote for the weakest candidate.
Would anyone suggest that I vote for the President rather than vote for a Rat? Any opinions on which legitimate Rat candidate would be easiest for the President to beat in November?
Go Bernie—it is unlikely he will get 50% of the delegates by convention time.
I would only advise against it if he was getting close in one of the last states to vote.
We want a deadlocked convention—the more chaotic the better.
Word is Bloomberg has bribed almost all the superdelegates (Source: Hot Air guy I heard on the radio today) so you want Bloomberg to do as badly as possible—force them to _steal_ it for a candidate the Democrat activists hate!
“...if Bernie wins, then we get a 47 state landslide, plus a down ballot catastrophe nationwide for Dem reps and senate candidates, and we win control of both, ...”
A lot can happen between now and November. E.g. (1) A bad recession caused by corona virus. (2) Lots of people dying due to corona virus. (3) Other unpredictable stuff.
The media will blame Trump for every bad thing that happens (see Katrina) 24/7.
Whoever the D’s nominate could end up the last man standing. So their selection could make a big difference.
There is a difference between Bloomberg and Sanders. Not so sure there’s any real difference between Sanders and the others except that Sanders is honest about what he is and what he stands for.
Maybe the best choice would be the D who is most likely to cause a brokered convention.
We need for the Dems to have a nuclear meltdown, riots, etc. at their convention, that cheats and infuriates Sanders’ communists, disheartens the rest of the Dems, and thoroughly disgusts the overall electorate. Voting for Warren keeps her in the race longer, wasting Dem $$$. Losing her own state, would force her out too soon. Stop Sanders from locking up the nomination so he can be cheated out of it in Milwaukee.
Bloomberg would be more dangerous if he actually got elected.
Bernie would get nothing done—he would just yell a lot.
Bloomberg could turn the country into a nanny state nightmare.
I’m voting for Bernie in VA.
Clear choice in November.
The drive-bys didn't report that Trump got a yuge vote in NH, way more than the last three Presidents running for a second term, Dem or Repub. Our base is excited and voting even with no serious opposition.
I agree in not tempting fate. Will vote for President Donald J Trump in Commierado.
So I voted for Tulsi, because no chance, and nice ass.
I don’t really watch commercials anymore. I dvr almost everything I watch, so I can fast forward through commercials. And when I can’t fast forward, I generally look at the internet on my cell phone.
In short, I don’t expect Bloomberg to recover that much from his deadly debate prior to super tuesday. There is one more debate, I believe, so he could possibly recover, but I don’t think so.
I think their most viable candidate is Klobuchar just because she’s the least radioactive. The others should drop out and let her run against Bernie.
PS - I’m expecting Bernie to win the state, because Denver/Boulder/Ft. Collins.
I think having a brokered convention would be the best bet. I would vote for Biden. Biden’s mind will probably be toast by the end of the primaries. Have Biden and Bernie duke it out at the convention. Probably will be fun to watch.
Cast your vote based on the 15% rule. The democrats changed their primary systems to proportional voting after the last election. So every candidate gets delegates based on their percentage. They put in a floor of 15%. To get delegates they must have at least 15% of the vote. My theory is that we want a contested convention with as many candidates as possible with delegates. If we vote for the candidate polling nearest to 15% in our state before the primary we can keep as many of them alive as long as possible. I say nearest to 15% because all polls have a margin of error. So a candidate polling 16.5% might only get 14.9% of the vote and fail to get delegates. By keeping as many of these losers alive as possible, hopefully all the way to the convention, we create disunity and distrust. Imagine if we could keep six candidates viable, Crazy Bernie, Mayor Pete, Liawatha, Bite Me, Klobuchar and mini-mike. The convention goes to a second or third vote. Deals get made, hopefully, several of them get screwed over. Disunity and an even bigger victory in November.
My district in Texas has no primary races of interest to me therefore I can indulge in this. By all means though if you have a chance to vote against the GOPe in the primary that is where you need to cast your ballot.
Actually, I voted for Hillary because I saw that Obama was the presumptive frontrunner.
In Arizona there was no Republican Presidential Primary. I’ve already mailed in my ballot for Bernie. Too many young people are ignorant of Socialism. Bernie verses Trump makes the election into a pure socialism verses free market debate. Americans need to learn Socialism’s ugly history and why it is inherently evil.
I had exactly the same thought...vote Trump and add to his nationwide total. Of course here in the Gay State voting for Trump in November only gives me the satisfaction of voting for the winner and adding to his nationwide total.It doesn't earn him a single Electoral Vote.
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