[Little boy sweeps arm through Magna-tile building he & Little Girl just built]
LB: You know why our building fell?
LG: You knocked it over
LB: No, it’s because we need a plan
LG: [skeptically]: And you have a plan?
LB: I have lots of plans!Pause
LG: I’m going to do a puzzle
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) August 6, 2019
Sorry, repeating WE WILL BREAK ALL THE THINGS is not a plan. Not a plan that’s liable to succeed, anyways…
New HuffPost/YouGov poll on the second debates: Elizabeth Warren had another very good night. https://t.co/uKNroKIBt9
(Now the question is: will that help her to strengthen her standing in the primary, either temporarily or in the long term?) pic.twitter.com/YvyGLy2ADu
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) August 5, 2019
Two nuggets jump out at me in the new Q poll on 2020 Democrats:
• Warren has lapped Sanders with “very liberal” voters — she gets 40% to Bernie’s 20%
• Harris is at 1% with black voters ?? https://t.co/DodRyOpKI3
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 6, 2019
I’ll vote for the eventual nominee, but this is why I’m hoping that will be either Warren or Harris.
I’d be fine voting for Klobuchar or Gillibrand, too, but right now it doesn’t seem like their chances are good. (And of course it would gravely affect my blood pressure to vote for Gabbard or Williamson, but they’re not candidates, they’re spoilers promoted by foreign powers and useful idiots.)
Side issue: Maybe Beto O’Rorke can be Warren’s VP candidate / ‘anger translator‘?
I think a lot of people have been waiting to see a candidate as angry as Beto is right now.
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) August 5, 2019
This is a good point that only white male candidates like Beto have the ability to display anger and remain viable candidate. This is not a criticism of Beto. https://t.co/GuHfdWKb7I
— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) August 5, 2019
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