Watching some super early returns.
“Klomentum,” Meade says.
UPDATE: At 6:46 CT, Gloria Borger said “Klomentum” on CNN.
UPDATE 2: “Klomentum” has been around since before Meade independently coined it. Not trying to claim first.
UPDTE 3: Michael Bennet and Andrew Yang have dropped out.
AND: Steyer is out. ADDED: I heard that on tv, but I am not seeing it in print, so I doubt it.
ALSO: My son John looks back on the Yang performance in the debates.
February 11, 2020
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Bye-Ku for Bennett
Which one was Michael?
Bennet, we hardly knew ya.
The party's over.
I wonder how many democrats left running are Putin/Russian assets?
Amy ends on a note of positivity, “The best is yet to come”. Very good speech!
Oh, Amy’s mother was born in Milwaukee! Amy has a good story and she has a cute sense of humor and she seems fearless. She presents herself as a real, a decent, a smart woman. She’s easier to listen to than Bernie, she could be good uniter of the left and moderate Democrats.
I'm still looking for the part that says she would make a good President.
Byeku for Steyer:
Impeachment a waste
Should I stay or should I go
You ain’t The Clash, boy
“I'm still looking for the part that says she would make a good President.”
You didn’t listen to her speech?
watching Biden is just painful. I don't even like the guy and yet I feel this dread that the next thing out of his mouth is going to be another verbal faceplant. His campaign has become a form of elder abuse and someone should put an end to it.
“WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar ranks first on a list of all 100 senators with the most bills that have been enacted into law during the current Congress. According to a Medill News Service analysis of legislative data from the independent congressional tracking website GovTrack, Klobuchar has sponsored or co-sponsored 27 bills that have been enacted into law.”
Also she believes that no president is above the rule of law, that clinches it. She advocates America return to decency, that clinches it.
warren moved far left and that was a mistake. Tho - not for Inga who will support
any leftwing fool.
Sorry to see Yang drop out - I was playing with the idea of crossing over to the Dem primary (WA state) and voting for him. He is the ONLY Dem candidate that I would have voted for.
Washington Post is showing -- regardless of vote totals or order of finish -- Bernie, Pete and Amy each getting six delegates a piece.
Is Biden above the law? yes he is!
Same with Hillary...
And what's with every candidate going by their first name now?
Sorry to see Yang drop out. I was playing with the idea of crossing over and voting for Yang in upcoming state (Washington) primary. He is the only Dem that I would have voted for in November.
Klobuchar hasn't won anything in this race.
Wake her up when she does.
Wait thats tidiculous:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckRossDC
If Biden were winning - Inga would be in camp Biden.
Joe Biden on New Hampshire results: “it is important that Iowa and Nevada have spoken”
Great line from Tim Carney in the Washington Examiner. "Biden has more experience running on his experience than anyone in American history."
You didn’t listen to her speech?
I'm sure the Chinese will be enthralled by how great she is at giving speeches
"He is yet to win a single delegate in a Democrat nominating contest."
He'll get one of those Lifetime Achievement Delegates like they give at the Oscars.
Klobusurp!
“WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar ranks first on a list of all 100 senators with the most bills that have been enacted into law during the current Congress. According to a Medill News Service analysis of legislative data from the independent congressional tracking website GovTrack, Klobuchar has sponsored or co-sponsored 27 bills that have been enacted into law.”
Translation:
Amy is really good at co-sponsoring bills to name Post Offices.
The Left in Hennepin County (where she was the Chief Prosecutor) hates Amy Kolbuchar. She owes her state elections to her gender and, most importantly, name recognition from her Father who was a forty year sports commentator for the Minneapolis paper and a big radio station. She is a not too smart, nasty, empty vessel who hews 100% to the current Democrat "party line". She is ripe for attack now that she is visible.
Less than meets the eye:
https://www.congress.gov/member/amy-klobuchar/K000367?q={%22bill-status%22:%22law%22}&searchResultViewType=expanded&KWICView=false
Trump is brilliant! He has a "perfect" phone call with the Ukrainian President, and the Democrats immediately start up an impeachment process and spend three months educating the American people about Biden protecting his son's $50k/mo. deal with a "corrupt" Ukrainian company. Bye bye Biden.
Can Slow Joe Biden suffer any more humiliation? The guy is wandering around in a fog with a box of Duncan Donuts mumbling about Corn Pop and Burisma.
Turnout in an early, hotly contested, wide-open primary field looks to be down five to ten percent. If this holds - like the pathetic numbers in Iowa - it’s a disaster for the Dems. Sad!!
I hate to break it to you, mam.
The meddling claim was "bullshit".
I hate to break it to you people here, but support for Biden has dropped because he presents himself as an old forgetful man who has put his foot in his mouth one too many times. It has little if nothing to do with Trump election meddling, which is actually funny. His plan didn’t work and got him impeached
Kathryn51 laments: Sorry to see Yang drop out. I was playing with the idea of crossing over and voting for Yang in upcoming state (Washington) primary. He is the only Dem that I would have voted for in November.
Yes. I'd like to see Yang and Gabbard run on an Independent ticket in 2024. They're both too good--and too sensible--for the Democrats. I'll be voting for Trump again in 2020 but not sure what kind of GOP candidate will be stepping forth in 2024. If it's another swamp-logged Neocon, I'll switch. I'd probably vote for Cruz, though...
"If it's another swamp-logged Neocon, I'll switch."
Wow. Pretty definitive considering there's no telling who Dems will put forth.
Who knows what the phony Joe interest was all about. A combination of investors hoping to keep the Democrat party corporatist/Clintonian and the far-right seeing him as too old, white and dopey to not veer too far from their demands. Joe never got very far in a primary before... he'd usually put his foot in his mouth way before half the states voted. The only reason he's able to run right now has to do with his VP history, and that only existed because he had old white guy blue collar credentials for making the black president less "scary." Joe was the guy who took his metal lunchbox to work and let the boss know that the black guy on the job was ok. He's served his purpose; he's out. Done. He was never in. Amazing that anyone ever thought this single purpose of his in American politics made him a fitting choice for taking on a psychotic Republican. Although it was interesting that he was just as touchy feely as President Pie Hole but with some decency in him as well. I guess that's why they wanted him to run in 2020. That and that he'd do whatever the insurance and finance industries asked of him. Bye bye Joe. Maybe I'll see you at the next biker rally.
Third place is a miracle? Is this a special scale for women?
Would we call it the miracle on ice if the US hockey team took bronze in 1980?
Mark said, "And what's with every candidate going by their first name now?"
Interesting phenomenon. And it parallels the tendency in recent years to call every politician by their nickname.
In the last century, it was Joseph Biden and Richard Durbin and Charles Schumer. Somewhere along the line, they became "Joe, Dick, and Chuck".
I'm guessing the informality trend started with Jimmy Carter but took off under Bill Clinton. Vice President Albert Gore became Al Gore. When Cheney served under Bush 41, he was Richard. Running with Bush 43, he became Dick.
Can anyone who is old enough imagine
President Jack Kennedy
President Dick Nixon
President Ron Reagan
The two Bushes and Obama didn't come with folksy nicknames, of course. And Donald Trump bucks the trend, thank goodness.
So do we have dueling Rallies as Amy’s movement makes America polite again. If Trump only had a corrupt FBI and DOJ now that he needs one. He could hire Fusion GPS and use the Five Eyes to find something on Amy...or just make it up.
Mayor Pete has had another good night. As has Crazy Bernie.
Biden and Warren are barely hanging on. Klobuchar is klinging to third place. She can probably tap Biden’s donors who aren’t getting behind Mayor Pete after tonight.
Will be fun to watch Mayor Pete go after Klobuchar. She’s been treated with kid gloves so far. Like Kamala, she is going to be hit with her record as a prosecutor. And like Kamala, she has a glass jaw.
If you're a fresh-faced young gay mayor from Indiana, you really have no choice but to marry a guy named "Chasten." The name is literally related to the word chastity.
What a goody two-shoes.
Hopefully someone can take out Klobuchar decisively. The biggest Democratic wipe-outs have been when running Minnesota senators in '72 and '84.
Monmouth National Poll this morning:
Sanders 26, Biden 16, Warren 13, Buttigieg 13, Bloomberg 11, Klobuchar 4
I guess that will change.
Interestingly Monmouth had a special New Hampshire poll this morning which had Klobuchar in third place but with only 11%.
Polls are having a lot of trouble defining an accurate sample which may reflect indecisive voters or more likely reflects an underlying political failure by the Democratic party. Not Trump, not socialists - but who are they? Strangely blurred.
Ok, McGovern was from SD instead of MN. A bordering state. Close. Both times the D could only win one state. Pathetic.
I care more about the winners here than the winners of the Academy Awards. Honestly, I really do. I already forget who won the best acting award for men, but I'm glad Rene Zelweger won. She seems really nice. I guess Klobuchar is okay. She's not as good looking as Gabbard, but she's more likable than Warren. She's more composed than Biden or Bernie, and perhaps she's not as robotic or rehearsed as Buttigieg. If she's the winner here, I have the feeling we'll be learning many new things about her and not all of them will be edifying. Still, there are definitely worse choices within the Democratic field. I liked Yang. He seemed new and different. That's very important in a Democratic candidate, but he couldn't find the crease.
Sanders is really a power house for a 78 year old man, one can’t help loving this guy. What’s really clear tonight is that no matter who wins the nomination Democrats will unite behind him/her.
To be fair, in 1984 Mondale outperformed what he should have won.
Because of her mean fastball, I'm going with "Amy Kloufax".
After Bernie gets cheated, again, his voters won't be pleased.
Bernie has the most votes so far but still trails in delegates.
Bernie also has the most heart attacks.
Biden is leading the pack in strokes.
Trump has everyone beats when it comes to psychotic breaks.
Crazy is not good in a president. No matter how much better the crazy makes right-wingers feel about their own crazy.
Berno has The Strokes on his side.
Turnout huge in NH, good news.
Independents, voting for Democrats.
Bye-Hutchku for Biden:
Joe says he doesn't
Want O's endorsement
Or NH's votes
Independents, voting for Democrats.
Setting up a Bernie vs Trump race.
Good times ahead.
Independents, voting for Democrats because the Republican primary is non-competitive.
Guess what? I'll be voting in the Dem primary in Virginia on Super Tuesday.
That's hardly good news for the Dems.
"If it's another swamp-logged Neocon, I'll switch."
Wow. Pretty definitive considering there's no telling who Dems will put forth.
I didn't say I'd switch to the Democrats. Hey, I voted for Ron Paul two elections in a row.
Bill Weld got 9% of the Republican vote. That’s not good for Trump.
"Oh, Amy’s mother was born in Milwaukee!"
Who cares? That's exciting news to Inga?
BleachBit-and-Hammers said...
If Biden were winning - Inga would be in camp Biden.
2/11/20, 9:11 PM
Exactly.
You could run zombie John Wayne Gacy on the D ticket and Inga would not only vote for him, she'd tell you how great he is with children.
Inga said...
Bill Weld got 9% of the Republican vote. That’s not good for Trump.
2/11/20, 10:38 PM
LOL.
If Biden were winning - Inga would be in camp Biden.
Wrong, I’m on record here in these threads as saying several times I wasn’t a Biden supporter.
Guess what? I've voted in Republican primaries.
Mark said...
And what's with every candidate going by their first name now?
2/11/20, 9:08 PM
Pete and Amy both have unwieldy last names.
Bernie - well that started in 2016 with "Feel the Bern."
Warren is also known as Fauxahontas and Paleface.
"What’s really clear tonight is that no matter who wins the nomination Democrats will unite behind him/her."
Why is that clearer tonight than last night? Huge turnout in a primary can just as easily indicate contention as enthusiasm.
President Toilet Paper Shoe's Cooked-Up Drug Deal said...Ok, McGovern was from SD instead of MN. A bordering state. Close. Both times the D could only win one state. Pathetic.
Minnesota would be one of those rectangular flyover states too but for its natural boundaries.
Bill Weld got 9% of the Republican vote. That’s not good for Trump.
Gee whiz! I guess I'll be looking for him on the ballot in November then.
In the 1984 New Hampshire primary, over 13 percent of the Republican vote went to someone other than the incumbent Reagan.
In 2004, over 19 percent of the Republican vote went to someone other than the incumbent George W.
Looks like Trump did better than either one.
Who will the Bill Weld voters vote for in November, that is the question. I doubt they vote for Trump.
https://althouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Tulsi%20Gabbard
I wonder how many more votes would have been,
garnered if she were allowed to participate. Amy has the charisma of a warm stale beer.
Bill Weld -- the vice president candidate for the Libertarian Party in 2016? Another non-Republican? That Bill Weld?
Who will the Zoltan Istvan voters vote for in November? THAT is the question.
Best take of the night was this random tweet I came across:
“Amy Klobuchar says she’ll beat Trump even if he isn’t on her staff.”
Haha :D
Turnout is actually quite a bit lower than 2016 given the fact that there was no contest on the Republican side this year to draw independents to that primary- remember, independents make up almost half the registrations in New Hampshire and can vote in either primary. I would have expected the at least 50% turnout for the combined race, but it looks to be about 40%. It will be interesting to see what the turnout actually was for registered Democrats in the state- I predict it will be 10% lower than it was in 2016 even with the higher vote totals.
Inga said...
Who will the Bill Weld voters vote for in November, that is the question. I doubt they vote for Trump.
2/11/20, 10:50 PM
Haha! Way to completely ignore Mark's commnt at 10:50.
If Bernie is cheated out of the nomination again, I wonder who his voters will vote for in November.
Farmer,
Also overheard: If you can't beat 'em, beat 'em.
Ok..that was a Berno staffer.
James O'Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
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I’M BACK ON TWITTER - and @Project_Veritas
is breaking a #NHprimary2020 story tomorrow! Stay tuned...
Amy came in third. The plain fact is that Pete is prettier than Amy.
Inga, you dumb fuck- did you know that Barack Obama only won 80% of the vote in the 2012 NH primary? Did you know that? Probably not is my guess.
Remains to be seen:
https://mobile.twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1227432494305333248
Au vieder zein
https://mobile.twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1227453566610268161
Uh-oh...
"The voter turnout for Trump tonight in New Hampshire is absolutely insane. He has the most votes ever by an incumbent running for re-election in the NH Primary, and there are is only 63% reporting. That’s bananas."
Inga said...
Bill Weld got 9% of the Republican vote. That’s not good for Trump.
You are just a really stupid person.
Democratic voter turnout in NH higher than 2016 and may end up higher than 2008.
Admiral Inga: "Who will the Bill Weld voters vote for in November, that is the question. I doubt they vote for Trump."
LOLOLOLOLOL
Trump is outperforming both Reagan and GW Bush in their reelection years in the NH primary.
Seriously, how can you be this dense?
New Hampshire is pretty rural state, but I noted earlier that Sanders was really strong in the 3 largest cities in New Hampshire, Buttuvwxyz stronger in what passes for suburban New Hampshire, while Sanders did better once you get to the boondock precincts. I wonder if this presages Sanders strength in the big urban areas in the states that follow, followed by strength in the flyover areas.
Exit polling of minorities was sparse in NH, but what there was showed Sanders with the strongest support of the top 3 candidates.
Fuzzy wuzzy loveable Berno!
Inga,
You dumb fuck- we won't know what Democratic turnout is for a bit. We know the vote totals are higher in the Democratic Primary this year than 2016, but almost half of NH registrations are Independents who can vote in either primary. The metric you are looking for is turnout among registered Democrats, and based on the results of 2016, I predict registered Democrats turned out at a lower rate than 2016 given the Republican race had half the vote totals it had in 2016.
YW: "You dumb fuck- we won't know what Democratic turnout is for a bit. We know the vote totals are higher in the Democratic Primary this year than 2016, but almost half of NH registrations are Independents who can vote in either primary."
Inga is not capable of understanding this.
This would square with the Iowa Caucus turnout which is closed to all but registered Democrats- there turnout was down significantly.
For the record, Nevada is also closed to all but Democrats, and South Carolina is a fully open primary. So I predict that in Nevada, turnout is down and in South Carolina the Democratic Primary will see a surge of vote totals due to the lack of a competitive race on the Republican side.
Fewer Democratics voted.
Independents... some people cannot grok.
Not competitive, Yancey Ward?
Bill Weld has an orgasm inducing 9% and you say not competitive?
/sarc
The sarcasm tag was unnecessary for me, but, yeah, Inga probably needed it.
Klobuchar sounds like a midwest Joy Behar.
It has been hilarious reading the mainstream media takes on this- I have never seen a third place finish played up to this extent in my life. What makes it hilarious is that it will fool no one- third place is still third place no matter how much makeup you put on it. Who remembers the third place finisher in Iowa?
Drago said...
Trump is outperforming both Reagan and GW Bush in their reelection years in the NH primary.
Actually, with a fraction of the precincts reporting, he is outperforming every incumbent in history.
Including all those "popular" and "beloved" and "normal" democrats.
Trump has outperformed everyone's expectations. Every person who actually voted for him in 2016 will vote for him again. He will have many new voters added to his 2016 totals.
For some reason record employment growing wages and ending stupid neocon bullshit is popular.
They arent merely grasping at straws, they are cutting them and painting.
For some reason record employment growing wages and ending stupid neocon bullshit is popular.
If he's so popular then why does he have to lie every ten minutes? Why does he make up some shit about there being such a thing as "windmill cancer?"
Hell, if you want to stay out of a war just don't enlist. But growing wages are definitely important for our many Americans with poor career trajectories, so I'll grant you that.
Don't know who it is good news for, but Steyer is apparently dropping out, too. He was polling well in South Carolina, but was unlikely to win the primary. The next South Carolina poll should be an interesting one.
I think a (muted) message that the Democrats who are actually winning can take to the butt-hurt establishmentarians, the Chris Matthewses, the Clintons, the other assholes boosting Biden and the billionaires, is to call them parasites.
For years, corporatists have hijacked the populist FDR party of American Democrats and used the veneer of all they've done for the poor and the neglected in our country while perverting it for their own Wall Street purposes. They don't actually do anything for the party politically, or the country nationally. They actually lose the party representation when they're in charge.
So if they're so big on a conservative economic message, it's time for the Democratic populists to finally call out the corporatists and name them for what they are: Political Parasites. Living high off the hog on the Democratic message while never actually doing anything for the actual people out there who have been scraping by and seeing their incomes and earnings and benefits and life quality declining for decades.
It's finally time for the Democrats to ditch the corporate Clintonian political parasites sucking the blood out of their party, and to return to their FDR roots. FDR. The Democrat. The Great president who actually made America as great as all the old time Trumptarians remember it.
That's what we're going to do.
It's going to come down to Bernie and Bloomberg.
And it'll likely be Bernie at the end, but if it's not, expect Bernie Bros to riot.
Yang silenced
Like a male mute
Dream has ended
Dixville Notch had "Blomentum" but the rest of the "Live Free or Die" state couldn't find Bloomberg on the ballot. Minnesooota Amy says thanks and adds, “Buddy, have a drink!” “Well,” came many replies, “I believe I will have another big orange.”
Howard said...
The Democrats have finally admitted they have a VD.
??
Amy K is the recipient of the "Oh my gawd, there MUST be SOMEONE else" voters.
Bernie Bros won't just stay home if Bloomberg becomes the last white knight, the fringe guys will try to make the convention Chicago 1972.
Bernie Bros won't just stay home if Bloomberg becomes the last white knight, the fringe guys will try to make the convention Chicago 1972.
Two of my friends were Sanders supporters and ended up voting for Trump. I think a lot of them were just furious at Hillary for screwing Bernie in the primaries.
Looks like a very recent "Biden booster" is becoming a Bernie Bro.
Just not comfortable saying it yet.
She finished in third place. Third.
Maybe her supporters should hold off measuring the White House drapes for just a bit.
Bill Weld got 9% of the Republican vote. That’s not good for Trump.
Trump doubles the vote total of the incumbent in 2012. Apparently, that's not good for Trump, either.
Cupid. Stunt.
If she is elected president, the Klobuchar Miracle would consist in making "liberal" (i.e, statist) economics produce prosperity.
Amy Klobuchar is Huey Lewis. Huey was sane, mature, responsible and sang songs with titles like "Happy to Be Stuck With You" and "Hip To Be Square." If you were young and clean-cut and relatively conservative back in the 80s, you should have loved Huey. But probably you hated him. You should have hated the rock and roll wild men, but you didn't. So it is with Amy.
Klobuchar seems like the sanest, most mature and responsible of the Democrats, but for some reason you might run away if you saw her coming. Something about her voice and manner reminds me of teachers I didn't like. Not the especially annoying teacher - that was Elizabeth Warren - but just somebody annoying and boring.
Gloria Borger used to be somebody. She was on a lot of political talk shows. Now when you say her name I think of the 70s disco singer. "I will survive." "Never Can Say Goodbye." "I Am What I Am."
J. Farmer: "Best take of the night was this random tweet I came across:
'Amy Klobuchar says she’ll beat Trump even if he isn’t on her staff.'
Haha :D". Somebody awhile ago said Klobuchar was once seen leaving a team-building exercise covered in blood.
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