They need someone from outside New England.

hope warren busts into the white house and becomes the left extremist that repubs always accused obama of being when he was a centrist 

I know that caucuses are notoriously difficult to poll for (I guess caucus-goers tend to be more willing to change their minds last minute?), but if this ends up being a pattern in the polls, I am not sure what kind of pivot Biden can make to bring his numbers back up in Iowa. On paper, he seems about as Iowa Democrat …

Glad to see some good news. I don’t know if she’s necessarily a good matchup against Trump, but I think she would be a good President and I would be happy casting a vote for her. I really just don’t want to see Biden vs Trump, I can’t live with a whole year of Grumpy Old Men: The 2020 Campaign.

“The Founders could never suspect that a president would be so abusive of the Constitution of the United States, that the separation of powers would be irrelevant to him and that he would continue, any president would continue, to withhold facts from the Congress, which are part of the constitutional right of inquiry.…

It makes me so sad that there were probably so many bubbly JVNs in the 80s and early 90s who got the same news at 25 and didn't live to see 30. Thank goodness (science) for HIV/AIDS research. 

You’re probably right, but they can also do a two minute Google search to confirm they can’t get the virus from someone doing their hair.

Not only is there no evidence it’d turn off Democrats...did she not understand at all why the Blue Wave happened in 2018?...

He is a hero for balancing being a real inspiration and a human with such dignity. The collective love we have for him makes me believe there is still good in the world. Not even kidding.

Pelosi is wrong. There is NO EVIDENCE that impeachment would “alienate” any in-play voters. There’s quite a bit of evidence it would motivate the voters Democrats want.

The alternative is simply that she’s a craven, spineless weasel entirely unworthy of her position.*operating at the behest of corporate forces that would strongly appreciate her not upsetting a predictable system that rewards all of them handsomely.

At this point, I genuinely wonder if Trump has dirt on Pelosi, or if there are skeletons in her closet that are so heinous that she’s terrified of them coming to light if she were to push too hard against Trump. The alternative is simply that she’s a craven, spineless weasel entirely unworthy of her position.

Can anyone explain how refusing to impeach Trump because of fears of a political backlash isn’t functionally just as corrupt, complicit and ethically bankrupt as Congressional Repubs who protect Trump?

Again, the established democrats in power are more or less fine with the things that Trump is doing and/or supporting. They like their kickbacks and their bribes. They like their freedoms to pilfer the public coffers. They like a complete lack of accountability. They like their corporate welfare handouts. They LIKE…

It sucks that he felt the need to have to come out with this. I understand why he decided to do so, but none of us should have to feel that weight. Trump has so many of us in the LGBTQ (and every other marginalized community) in a stranglehold that we can't sit quietly and hope for the best.

I *guarantee* you she styles herself. She always looks so uncomfortable, like she can’t breathe. I mean, spanx are our friends ladies, I wear them, but sweet baby Jesus, don’t suffocate yourself so you can’t sit down girl. Maybe that’s why she’s so angry, lack of oxygen...

You know who she should really be mad at? The stylist who put her in that purple matchy-matchy mess.

That’s making a lot of very generous assumptions about McCain (that she can follow directions, that she’s self-aware enough to build a character, that she isn’t ridiculously thin-skinned and petty) that I’m not sure is warranted.

You are all doing true yeoman’s work summarizing this shitshow so we don’t have to watch.