2020 news: @SenKamalaHarris is planning on sending staffers to Vermont this month to test the waters for a possible campaign operation. She would be the first 2020 candidate to challenge @BernieSanders on his home turf. w/ @KitNorton #vtpolihttps://t.co/pL8QSngMY0
— Xander Landen (@xanderlanden) July 12, 2019
Vermont’s been considered a high-risk, low-reward state — “only 16 primary delegates out of 4,690 nationwide”, chosen on Super Tuesday when the media attention will be on bigger prizes. And Sanders is popular with his constituents, if only because he’s familiar (and their expectations are low). But if Harris is running a fifty-state campaign, putting a VT marker down now would seem the smart move. If there’s local interest, she’s in a position to expand as the race heats up (and it’ll draw media attention!); If the new office doesn’t do well, best to get it out of the way early.
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Speaking of late-night weirdness, and the Green Mountain state’s senator…
All billionaires are the problem – unless they blew smoke up my ass and gave me a sweet sword to hang in my office. https://t.co/dUJlyKau6X
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) July 9, 2019
Bernie celebrating a conservative billionaire giving him a toy sword for sharing his regressive, 19th C robber baron trade policies is giving me life
— Dreadful E (@EvilCEOE) July 9, 2019
Listen I’m not saying the core of the take reactor exploded but I think Bernie’s strength comes from the magic sword he received from a goblin. https://t.co/vjY2gWBfqT
— DSA DNC Caucus (@agraybee) July 10, 2019