I’m putting everything in comparison to what we have now. I have found managing expectations instead of going for moon shots every time is far more successful.

You said above: “it was still disappointing to hear him say that in-person voting is totally safe.” Did he say that? No, he did not. You’re playing real fast and loose with words here, for a professional writer. He didn’t encourage people to go vote in person, he said it was possible to do it safely, and that it was…

One of the realities of this moment is that whomever becomes President, they’ll have to spend most of their time trying to put out all the various dumpster fires that are going on. One of the plusses to Biden is that he’s been in government long enough to know how to fix it. Not to mention getting our allies to stop…

Little from column A, little from column B.

Biden has been pushed left over the course of his career; he has repeatedly shown that he can be pushed to be more liberal, more progressive, and line up behind younger, more progressive politicians. (See: Obama, Barack.) I feel like the Sanders sour grapes brigade just has no idea that Biden has been in politics…

The problem with that argument is that Bernie supporters were sure as hell “excited” about voting for him and look how that turned out. They didn’t show up and he got a smaller share of the vote in many states than he did in 2016.

Oh for fuck sake.

Pretty sure we’ve got at least two more weeks of sour-grapes posts from Jezebel staff to look forward to, but you are spot on. 

So unexciting that the extremely exciting candidate didn’t turn out enough to beat him?  Your argument seems like one that immediately defeats itself.

Don’t forget the importance of justice appointments. It’s IMPERATIVE we have a D in the WH to help counteract all the damage McConnell has done over the past four years in the federal courts. Not to mention RBG will likely be letting go of her seat in the next presidency.

Except he’s the only Dem candidate to actually increase voter turnout in several states. Why does everyone forget this? If Bernie had done the same would this even be a narrative?

Hear, hear! In PA, we’re beginning to figure out who can run against Republican Pat Toomey, who has outstayed his welcome. He’s up for re-election in 2022, but it’s never too early to get started.

I don’t much care for the guy, but I’m voting for him anyway. I think the “nostalgia” isn’t so much about harkening back to Obama as it is fixing on a guy who knows how government is supposed to function — what all the parts do, what’s needed from them and what needs to be supplied to them. Add in a sprinkle of…

It simply is NOT TRUE that Bernie “took a dream of a strong social safety net with him.”

Hot Take: Weddings are growing because as women gain power and money many choose to unapologetically do girly ass stuff with that money like wear awesome dresses and have a great party.

Hey man, as long as you’re having a wedding because you want to, and planning in a way that you’ll enjoy, there’s nothing to feel bad about.

Perhaps this makes me a bad feminist, butI went to a bridal fair before I got married, and I enjoyed it, I got to spend time with my Mom, and there were lots of free cake samples.

There is no worse opening in in journalistic writing that “everyone/everything is/does X thing” because it immediately causes the reader to consider all of the many exceptions that they will inevitably be aware of in their own lives.

I was thinking the same thing, the list is pretty much anywhere on earth where the hell are people supposed to get married? 

Everyone’s wedding looks the same on Instagram. There’s a barn, church, hotel, museum, beach, or backyard,