POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[Motown Bombers]

I think the odds are much higher. She is the front runner right now. 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

I'd put the odds of Harris getting the nomination at about 15%. That is, within the realm of possibility but not particularly likely.

Good thing the democratic convention is not in progress at the moment.

Edited 2 hours ago by chasfh

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

I think the odds are much higher. She is the front runner right now. 

July 2028 will be a very different environment from February 2026.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

I think the odds are much higher. She is the front runner right now. 

only because no-one else has a candidate in mind.

Question for the history buffs. Has a candidate ever won the Presidency after losing in the general election as a challenger 4 yrs earlier? (IOW excluding Trump who was running for re-election and lost. Nixon did it 8 years 8 yrs later.)

[Motown Bombers]

Grover Cleveland. Ironically Harrison won because of tariffs and lost because of them. 

[ewsieg]

4 hours ago, romad1 said:

Is this a Magazine-isn't-a-Clip level of self-cancellation?  

Depends on how you want to view it.  The real point she was trying to make was spot on, but she did ruin it with the equator comment.   I'm fine with people that flub up occasionally especially when the flub isn't on the important substance of the comments.  If she was in charge of a cartography division of Google Maps, I would tell her she needs to quit and based on her entire response, maybe she could go into politics instead.

(Note: If I continued to sit with her and discuss economics, i'd probably end up saying maybe politics isn't the right choice either....but that's just me)