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Noodles & Cabbage's avatar

I'm shocked that anybody is answering yes to this poll. Have we learned nothing?

Presidential elections are a referendum on the incumbent. That does not change if you change the candidate. In fact, if you change the candidate after one term, that is perceived as admission that the first term was a failure.

Everybody has a theory about why Clinton was a bad campaigner in 2016, but her #1 mistake was that she distanced herself from what had been a very strong 8 years of Obama. Instead of crowing about 20+ straight quarters of economic growth, all she talked about was how we "could do better," and how we had to focus on the people who'd been "left behind." Trump ate that up.

This election will be about Joe Biden, whether we like it or not. So I recommend borrowing from the Trump playbook, and crowing about how good things are.

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Came across this from the estimable Baltimorean, John Waters. Sort of sums up my worldview (at least one of them --- for today...). "My idea of rich is that you can buy every book you ever want without looking at the price and you’re never around assholes. That’s the two things to really fight for in life."

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