Yeah, my suspicion is that they’d want custody of the child if it were born and that the suggestion of an abortion was to avoid a court battle.

It sounds more to me that they don’t want someone else to have their baby, not that they don’t want their baby.

This is what I’m talking about. The steadfast refusal to accept realities. Do you really think that a win in NH will help him erase an over 50 point deficit in SC? That he will win any significant amount of non-white support? Nevada is before SC and Clinton is far far far ahead in that race as well. In other southern…

I completely disagree that Sanders’ biggest obstacle is name recognition. But my only real point is that Sanders winning New Hampshire is hardly indicative of overwhelming momentum.

So Bernie’s own supporters are susceptible to this “myth” and “media bias”? I thought they were the ones “correcting people.” And also, his lead is down 6 points. Whenever HRC’s lead goes down by even a couple of points in any given poll, it’s “BERNIE’S SURGING!” There is a disconnect for sure, I’m just not sure it’s…

Incidentally, the smallest constituency of any senator as well.

Look, I grew up in New Hampshire and I’m a political nerd who majored in poli sci and worked in politics for the first ten years of my career. But honestly the winner in NH doesn’t always mean much. Shit, Pat Buchanan beat a sitting president for the primary in 92! That might have foretold just how screwed GHWB was in…

Here’s an interesting point in these polls that seem to be Feeling It. This same group that supports Bernie by 10%, look at some of the other questions asked of the same people in the same poll.

He is as of about a month ago. He finally registered as a Democrat so he could continue running in a party he’s never been a part of before.

Eh, he wins NH and then loses Iowa (probably) and then gets crushed in the later primaries. Please continue your good work in the Senate, Senator Sanders.

FYI, this is patronizing. This is the political equivalent to ‘why do Black people riot in their own neighborhoods’? Or ‘Why aren’t these Black people able to make sound judgements about their future?’ A

I love all the early politicking surrounding the primary states. I fully believe that the states that are first are way too homogenous to play such an important role in the presidential process, but I also love all the drama. I love that Hill-dog just can’t get certain states behind her. I love that no-chance…

Kind of like how Ralph Nader “messed thing up” for Al Gore in 2000? Um, yay Bernie?

Fivethirtyeight has an excellent analysis of why Bernie Sanders does so well in Iowa and New Hampshire. He has a lot of support amongst white liberals, but when it comes to minorities and moderates his support rapidly deteroriates. Since, these states are overwhelmingly white and since there are many liberals whitin…

No, and this is why Tracy’s post is so appreciated and relevant to so many people.

But isn’t that actually more on the “trying” end? I feel like everything except actively trying to 100% prevent pregnancy is actually trying to get pregnant. There’s no gray area here, there’s no “kind of” pregnant, or “sort of” having a baby. You are or you aren’t. If there’s any ambivalence, any amount of maybe,…

what do you do for contraception if you don’t know what you want?

What you’re talking about is what I would call the Welp! method. “I wasn’t sure and then it happened. Welp!” And it worked out well for you but there are plenty of mothers to whom it happened and they didn’t love it.

Fascinating. I don’t feel this way at all. I am deeply committed to not getting pregnant, and always have been. I have nightmares about finding out that I’m pregnant. I reflect almost every single day on how grateful I am not to be pregnant or have kids. I’m almost certain that I would get an abortion if I did get…

Betteridge’s Law in full effect.