Pete Buttigieg drops out of the Democratic presidential contest

[Shabibilicious]

As far as Klobuchar's departure....Joe will enjoy another nice little voting bump I believe.

 

GO RV, then BV

[Pitcher]

Once he is gone he’s gone, just like HRC or Obama, Bush etc 

[Pitcher]

7 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

As far as Klobuchar's departure....Joe will enjoy another nice little voting bump I believe.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

It will be interesting to see if Bloomberg throws in the towel and supports Joe.  Warren is the enigma.  What happened to her?

Does she cave and become Biden’s VP candidate or does she support Bernie?  That will be the call after Super Tuesday imo.  

[Shabibilicious]

19 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Once he is gone he’s gone, just like HRC or Obama, Bush etc 

 

You're a smart guy and what you say here makes perfect sense.....though not entirely true, as all we've heard for the last year is wait until the I.G. Durham report comes out and Obama and the rest of the "Deep State" are indicted and jailed.......So, I suspect when Donald's tenure is over, the same vindictive nature being shown to the last administration will be enjoyed by Donald as well.  As always, just my opinion.

 

GO RV, then BV

[Shabibilicious]

21 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

 

It will be interesting to see if Bloomberg throws in the towel and supports Joe.  Warren is the enigma.  What happened to her?

Does she cave and become Biden’s VP candidate or does she support system" rel="">support Bernie?  That will be the call after Super Tuesday imo.  

 

Not sure what Bloomberg's path forward is....as the black community is not a fan of his.  Ideally, Mini Mike bows out, puts all his money behind Uncle Joe, who in turn wins the nomination and then selects Stacey Abrams of Georgia as his running mate, which solidifies the minority support as well as the support of women.....See, I gots it all figured out.  

 

GO RV, then BV

[Pitcher]

6 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

You're a smart guy and what you say here makes perfect sense.....though not entirely true, as all we've heard for the last year is wait until the I.G. Durham report comes out and Obama and the rest of the "Deep State" are indicted and jailed.......So, I suspect when Donald's tenure is over, the same vindictive nature being shown to the last administration will be enjoyed by Donald as well.  As always, just my opinion.

 

Throw her in jail is a chant at a rally. She will never go to jail and neither will Trump, imo

[Pitcher]

1 minute ago, Shabibilicious said:

Stacey Abrams of Georgia as his running mate, which solidifies the minority support system" rel="">support as well as the support system" rel="">support of women.....See, I gots it all figured out.  

 

I keep forgetting about her BUT Warren will need to be placated or rewarded or throwing her support to Biden.  Don’t forget HRC and Obama like Warren and have said so publicly 

[Shabibilicious]

1 minute ago, Pitcher said:

 

Throw her in jail is a chant at a rally. She will never go to jail and neither will Trump, imo

 

Like I said, you're a smart guy and understand the difference between reality and whipping the rabid base into a lather.....the problem is Donald's rabid base doesn't know the difference.

 

GO RV, then BV

[Shabibilicious]

1 minute ago, Pitcher said:

 

I keep forgetting about her BUT Warren will need to be placated or rewarded or throwing her support system" rel="">support to Biden.  Don’t forget HRC and Obama like Warren and have said so publicly 

 

Warren has the perfect attention to detail and aggressive nature to be Sec of State, or the U.N. Ambassador.....no real power, just a talking head for the administration.  As always, just my opinion.

 

GO RV, then BV

[bostonangler]

Corona is wiping out Trump's older base... It's the Democrats damnit... While the right wing supporters are using God, the evil Democrats are using science...   I'm just joking...

 

B/A

[bostonangler]

Just now, Shabibilicious said:

 

Warren has the perfect attention to detail and aggressive nature to be Sec of State, or the U.N. Ambassador.....no real power, just a talking head for the administration.  As always, just my opinion.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

I'm from Massachusetts and the people I know there will never vote for her... She is not well liked, and if the nominee is smart, he will send her packing...

 

B/A

[Shabibilicious]

Just now, bostonangler said:

Corona is wiping out Trump's older base... It's the Democrats damnit... While the right wing supporters are using God, the evil Democrats are using science...   I'm just joking...

 

B/A

 

Getting harder and harder to recognize your jokes, BA.....I'm just joking.  

 

GO RV, then BV

[Pitcher]

1 minute ago, Shabibilicious said:

Like I said, you're a smart guy and understand the difference between reality and whipping the rabid base into a lather.....the problem is Donald's rabid base doesn't know the difference.

 

And either does the most frenzied from the other side.  Why else would anyone laugh and cheer at a dumba** Joke on SNL that insinuated that Trump should be Assassinatied.  That’s not remotely acceptable from either side imo.   

[bostonangler]

Just now, Shabibilicious said:

 

Getting harder and harder to recognize your jokes, BA.....I'm just joking.  

 

GO RV, then BV

 

Well it's as though Trump has fallen on the sword... His lame response is coming back to haunt him... We have a government that is reactionary as opposed to being proactive. I don't know about you, but the best companies and management I've been associated with were proactive, not reactionary.

 

B/A

[bostonangler]

2 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

 

And either does the most frenzied from the other side.  Why else would anyone laugh and cheer at a dumba** Joke on SNL that insinuated that Trump should be Assassinatied.  That’s not remotely acceptable from either side imo.   

 

I agree with you on that one...

 

B/A

Edited March 2, 2020 by bostonangler

[Pitcher]

4 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

Warren has the perfect attention to detail and aggressive nature to be Sec of State, or the U.N. Ambassador.....no real power, just a talking head for the administration.  As always, just my opinion.

 

Possible, but with the way Joe is stumbling and stammering I think being his VP would be a pretty pathway to President.  

[Shabibilicious]

5 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

 

And either does the most frenzied from the other side.  Why else would anyone laugh and cheer at a dumba** Joke on SNL that insinuated that Trump should be Assassinatied.  That’s not remotely acceptable from either side imo.   

 

For the same reason people on the other side joke about stringing people up....bad upbringing, no sense of right and wrong.

 

GO RV, then BV

Edited March 2, 2020 by Shabibilicious

[Synopsis]

1984 DOW Monthly Information:

 

January -- Dow Jones high: 1,286.64 Jan. 6; low: 1,220.58 Jan. 31; loses 38.06 in month.

February -- Dow Jones high: 1,213.88 Feb. 2; Low: 1,134.21, Feb. 22; down 65.95 in month.

March -- Dow Jones high: 1,184.36, March 16; Low: 1,139.76, March 9; gains 10.26 in month.

April -- Dow Jones high: 1,175.25, April 26; Low: 1,130.55, April 5; up 5.86 in month.

May -- Dow Jones high: 1,186.56 May 2; low: 1,101.24 May 29; loses 65.90 in month.

June -- Dow Jones high: 1,133.84 June 6; Low: 1,086.90 June 15; gains 27.55 in month.

July -- Dow Jones high, 1134.38, July 3; Low, 1,086.57, July 24; loses 17.12 in month.

August -- Dow Jones high, 1239.73, Aug. 21; Low, 1134.61, Aug. 1, up 109.10 for month.

September -- Dow Jones high, 1237.52 Sept. 14; Low, 1197.99, Sept. 11, loses 17.12 in month.

October -- Dow Jones high, 1225.93, Oct. 19; Low, 1175.13, Oct. 9; gains 0.67 in month.

November -- Dow Jones high, 1244.15, Nov. 6; Low, 1185.29, Nov. 19, loses 18.44 in month.

December -- Dow Jones high, 1211.57, Dec. 18 and Dec. 31; Low, 1163.21, Dec. 7; gains 22.63 in month.

 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/31/A-month-by-month-chronology-of-the-1984-stock-market-using/9393473317200/

 

 

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/84-87B35F01.pdf

 

[Shabibilicious]

8 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

 

Possible, but with the way Joe is stumbling and stammering I think being his VP would be a pretty pathway to President.  

 

Perhaps....they are all well into their seventies, Donald included

 

GO RV, then BV  

Edited March 2, 2020 by Shabibilicious

[bostonangler]

1 minute ago, Synopsis said:

1984 DOW Monthly Information:

 

January -- Dow Jones high: 1,286.64 Jan. 6; low: 1,220.58 Jan. 31; loses 38.06 in month.

February -- Dow Jones high: 1,213.88 Feb. 2; Low: 1,134.21, Feb. 22; down 65.95 in month.

March -- Dow Jones high: 1,184.36, March 16; Low: 1,139.76, March 9; gains 10.26 in month.

April -- Dow Jones high: 1,175.25, April 26; Low: 1,130.55, April 5; up 5.86 in month.

May -- Dow Jones high: 1,186.56 May 2; low: 1,101.24 May 29; loses 65.90 in month.

June -- Dow Jones high: 1,133.84 June 6; Low: 1,086.90 June 15; gains 27.55 in month.

July -- Dow Jones high, 1134.38, July 3; Low, 1,086.57, July 24; loses 17.12 in month.

August -- Dow Jones high, 1239.73, Aug. 21; Low, 1134.61, Aug. 1, up 109.10 for month.

September -- Dow Jones high, 1237.52 Sept. 14; Low, 1197.99, Sept. 11, loses 17.12 in month.

October -- Dow Jones high, 1225.93, Oct. 19; Low, 1175.13, Oct. 9; gains 0.67 in month.

November -- Dow Jones high, 1244.15, Nov. 6; Low, 1185.29, Nov. 19, loses 18.44 in month.

December -- Dow Jones high, 1211.57, Dec. 18 and Dec. 31; Low, 1163.21, Dec. 7; gains 22.63 in month.

 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/31/A-month-by-month-chronology-of-the-1984-stock-market-using/9393473317200/

 

 

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/84-87B35F01.pdf

 

 

 

Are you comparing Trump to Reagan?.... Trump can't even ride a horse.

 

B/A

[umbertino]

2 hours ago, Shabibilicious said:

Associated Press

Klobuchar is ending her presidential bid, will endorse Biden

SARA BURNETT

Associated PressMarch 2, 2020, 1:32 PM EST

 

 

Election 2020 Amy Klobuchar

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., visits with attendees after speaking at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday, March 2, and endorsed rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president's White House bid. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday and plans to endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president's White House bid.

She is flying to Dallas and plans to join Biden at his rally Monday night, according to her campaign.

Klobuchar was the third presidential candidate to drop out of the race in less than 49 hours, following Pete Buttigieg’s departure late Sunday and Tom Steyer's exit late Saturday. Their decisions reflect an urgent push among moderates to consolidate behind Biden as a counter to progressive rival Bernie Sanders.

Klobuchar outlasted several better-known and better-funded Democrats, thanks to a better-than-expected third-place finish in in New Hampshire. But she couldn't turn that into success elsewhere, as she struggled to build out a campaign that could compete across the country and had poor showings in the next contests.

The three-term senator had one of this cycle's more memorable campaign launches, standing outside in a Minnesota snowstorm last February to tout her “grit” and Midwestern sensibilities. Klobuchar argued that her record of getting things done in Washington and winning even in Republican parts of her state would help her win traditionally Democratic heartland states like Wisconsin and Michigan that flipped in 2016 to give Donald Trump the presidency.

She was hoping to own the moderate lane of a Democratic field that grew to some two dozen candidates. But that got much tougher when Biden joined the race in April, starting as a front-runner and remaining there. Klobuchar also was quickly overshadowed by Buttigieg, a fellow Midwesterner who shot from being the largely unknown mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to a top contender on a mix of intelligence, strong oratory and youthful optimism. Buttigieg dropped out on Sunday, saying he no longer had a viable path to the nomination. He has not endorsed anyone.

Klobuchar entered the race with low name recognition compared with many of her rivals, a disadvantage she was still citing a year into her campaign. Outside Minnesota, the lawyer and former prosecutor was best known for her questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during a 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Klobuchar asked Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow teenager when both were in high school, if he ever had so much to drink that he didn't remember what happened. Kavanaugh retorted, “Have you?” Klobuchar continued, unruffled, and Kavanaugh later apologized to the senator, whose father is recovering from alcoholism.

Even before she got into the race, Klobuchar was hit with news stories claiming she mistreated her Senate staff, and she had a higher-than-usual turnover rate in her office. Klobuchar said she is a “tough boss” but countered that she has several longtime employees, including the manager of her presidential campaign.

She also face questions over her prosecutor past. In January, The Associated Press published a story about Klobuchar's office in Minneapolis having prosecuted the case of a black teenager accused of the 2002 shooting death of an 11-year-old girl. Klobuchar has cited the story to show her toughness on crime. But an AP/APM Reports investigation uncovered new evidence and myriad inconsistencies, raising questions about whether Myon Burrell was railroaded by police. The issue followed Klobuchar on the campaign trail, with protesters forcing her to cancel a rally in suburban Minneapolis days before Super Tuesday.

Klobuchar campaigned on her productivity in Washington, where she led more than 100 bills that were signed into law. And she criticized the more liberal candidates in the field, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sanders, for running on promises she said they couldn't keep.

Rather than advocate for “Medicare for All,” for example, Klobuchar favored expanding the Affordable Care Act and working to reduce prescription drug costs — changes she said had a chance of passing and would make a significant impact. She supported making community colleges free but said she wouldn't promise to do the same for four-year colleges and universities because the U.S. cannot afford it.

“I've got to tell the truth,” she said during a CNN town hall at a college campus, where she acknowledged her position may be unpopular with younger voters.

Klobuchar was one of the first candidates to outline a plan for addressing addiction and mental health, an issue she described as personal because of her father's longtime struggle. Her accounts of growing up with a father suffering from alcoholism and watching him be forced to choose between prison or treatment were some of the most compelling moments of speeches, interviews and discussions with voters. Klobuchar said that her father described getting help as being “pursued by grace” and that it's an opportunity all people fighting addiction deserve.

But Klobuchar couldn't match her top competitors in fundraising. She raised about $11 million in the last quarter of 2019 — roughly half of what Sanders and Buttigieg received. The lack of finances early on in the campaign meant Klobuchar wasn't able to expand her operation on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire until months after her rivals. She then scrambled to put an operation in place in Nevada, South Carolina and the 14 states that voted on Super Tuesday.

Still, there were bright spots, including strong debate performances that helped bring in new donors. Her campaign credited Klobuchar's showing in a debate days before the New Hampshire primary with helping her clinch a better-than-expected third place in the state's primary, topping Warren and Biden. Klobuchar said she raised $12 million in the next week.

During one debate she addressed sexism in the campaign, questioning whether a woman with Buttigieg's experience would qualify for the stage. She also pushed back at fears of a female candidacy, saying, “If you think a woman can’t beat Donald Trump, (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi does it every day.”

In January, she earned endorsements from The New York Times, which also endorsed Warren, and the Quad-City Times, one of Iowa's largest newspapers. But Klobuchar was sidelined for much of the last few weeks before the Iowa caucuses when she — along with fellow candidates Warren, Sanders and Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado — was stuck in Washington for the Senate impeachment trial.

She continued to rack up endorsements even as her campaign struggled, getting the backing of newspapers including the Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times and the New Hampshire Union Leader.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/klobuchar-ending-her-presidential-bid-183214593.html

 

GO RV, then BV

 

 

Thanks for sharing, Shabbs....This saga / feud is getting interesting by the minute......

[umbertino]

1 hour ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

For the same reason people on the other side joke about stringing people up....bad upbringing, no sense of right and wrong.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

 

 

I agree...That's an Int'l political problem unfortunately.... A sort of virus somehow

 

 

 

Edited March 2, 2020 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Pete Buttigieg might be the most progressive candidate ever to run for president

 

The former mayor of South Bend will not reach the White House – this time. His campaign was historic for all America

 

Charles Kaiser

Mon 2 Mar 2020 13.39 GMT Last modified on Mon 2 Mar 2020 17.44 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/02/pete-buttigieg-president-white-house-***-lgbtq

 

 

 

 

 

Pete Buttigieg quits Democratic race: 'The path has narrowed to a close' – video

 

Pete Buttigieg has dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination......

 

Source: Reuters

Mon 2 Mar 2020 04.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 2 Mar 2020 10.02 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/mar/02/peter-buttigieg-bows-out-of-democratic-race-video