2020 Presidential Election - Trump versus Biden

[Donovan]

Another Republican who didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 will be in 2020. Good argument in the article for Republicans hesitant to vote for him:

 

[KillerGopherFan]

Another Republican who didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 will be in 2020. Good argument in the article for Republicans hesitant to vote for him:

A very reasonable take. Spoofin needs to read this. Ari Fleischer has a very similar take on Trump as Spoofin. I would like Spoofin to vote for Trump, but I respect his personal objections to Trump. The lefties don’t have respect for his differences with the left and Biden.

That’s what worries me about giving the left control. The left’s extremes know no bounds.

What are the Right’s extremes? *Banning all abortions? Not going to happen. *Letting people keep more of their own incomes, even if they’re wealthy? Hey, the wealthy are paying a disproportionate amount of taxes already. I’m not talking about billionaires. I’m talking about the top 1%. *Not wanting to forfeit the benefits of energy independence? If the rest of the world isn’t going to, whatever handicaps we put on ourselves are stupid.

It’s really hard to think about what is so extreme about a conservative agenda. Not so hard to think about the left’s desire to ”fundamentally change America”.

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

 

[howeda7]

 

[KillerGopherFan]

We’ll see. Nate was wrong last time. But if it helps you get some sleep...

 

[Nax5]

Here's something we can all enjoy.

 

[Bad Gopher]

 

[Spoofin]

Didn’t the court’s ruling uphold the existing law? I don’t believe they changed the law. The real question is what bonehead created/approved the letter. It was wrong the day it was printed.

 

[Bad Gopher]

Didn’t the court’s ruling uphold the existing law? I don’t believe they changed the law. The real question is what bonehead created/approved the letter. It was wrong the day it was printed.

I don't pretend to know what federal law the two judges refer to in their ruling TBH. All I know is that this amounts to potential ex post facto invalidation of properly enacted rule making, at least at the state level. The obvious question, though, is why is this ruling inconsistent with other concurrent rulings in the U.S. in recent days that uphold those other states' rights to regulate their elections? Where is that cited federal law in those cases?

 

[Bad Gopher]

Another Republican who didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 will be in 2020. Good argument in the article for Republicans hesitant to vote for him:

A more courageous thing for him to do is go on record about specific policies and why they justify his vote. He agrees with the family separation (child kidnapping) policy? Say so. He agrees with the do-nothing herd-immunity approach to the COVID pandemic? Say so. Trump's offensive manner has been the LEAST offensive aspect of his presidency.

 

[Bad Gopher]

As this notes, even if Trump goads Republican legislatures to appoint electors counter to vote totals, that still doesn't work in the key state of Pennsylvania, where that action can be vetoed by the governor.

 

[Bad Gopher]

 

[justthefacts]

At 3am Trump is trying to lobby the Supreme Court

 

[MplsGopher]

I agree it's broad brushed which was the point. I have many family members and friends who lean conservative and liberal and they don't fit under those agendas. It's harmful to assume that the extremes speak for the majority when it's not true.

Here it is, the naked truth, in all its impotence: the loudest and angriest get to have the face time and the microphone, in this country.

And they are, by definition, always a small fraction of people.

 

[MplsGopher]

I'm with you and the Tweet in spirit, but unfortunately the state law in Minnesota is pretty clear, and the SOS's order/opinion did not go through the legislature. I'm afraid we're going to be hamstrung by our law. Simply, no one has cared enough before to challenge a SOS's order, because mail-ins never really mattered before.

Hopefully the state law can be updated to officially give a week grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day.

After all, the electors don't meet until Dec 14. Kinda absurd not to count perfectly valid ballots through Nov 10 ...

 

[MplsGopher]

Trump Trains are happening all over the country this weekend, including in Minnesota.

Meanwhile, Hiden's rioters are also getting together to burn down cities and destroy businesses all over the country this weekend, hopefully not Minnesota.

Is a "Trump Train" like where a bunch of old, white guys come along and grab a woman between her legs without permission? Is that how it works?

 

[MplsGopher]

Per my write up:

• News flash: Tina has not won her election handly, voting runs through next Tuesday. Not sure why you'd say something so stupid, but that's you.
• News flash: TIna is most definitely distancing herself from the Democrats. This was a huge pivot in her advertising. Her whole message right now is how she's not a lock-step Democrat and tries to work across the aisle with Republicans. She's gone from "all in with Biden and the Democratic Party" to "I work with Republicans".
• News flash: JL has been getting much larger crowds and has a significantly larger ground game than Tina. Tina is barely coming out of hiding to campaign.
• News flash: There isn't any significant down-ticket issue this year like there has been in the past.
• News flash: All across the state, Democratic candidates are pivoting away from their party and towards the Republicans. Numerous Dem mayors are actively supporting Trump and Congressional candidates are running adverts that they're an independent voice, willing to vote against Pelosi and the Dems. Republicans are running adverts that show their opponents do vote lock-step with the Dems.
• New flash: The best indicator of how the Presidential race is going in a state is what the current candidates are doing, and what they are doing is showing that MN is going to Trump.

- She did win her election handily, as you were referring to previous elections
- She isn't distancing herself from Biden
- He isn't getting larger crowds and doesn't have a better ground game
- Down-ticket is irrelevant, as you were talking about getting people out to vote. You can't be so dishonest as to believe that people will vote for President and then not vote for US Senate? Literally the next box down.
- What number is "numerous" re: "dem" mayors? Number. Likely few
- The current candidates have been and continue to be aligned away from Trump

 

[howeda7]

 

[Face The Facts]

I've decided I'm only going to vote for Presidential tickets that have nicknames like Rocky or Spike.

 

[MplsGopher]

I've decided I'm only going to vote for Presidential tickets that have nicknames like Rocky or Spike.

Bob "Again" Carney runs every time.

 

[KillerGopherFan]

Whew. That tricky woman almost penetrated your echo chamber! Thank God you smoked out her awful Bush-ism and could go back safely wrap yourself in your Tarflagger blanket.

Apparently, “that tricky woman” is coming around. She’s wrong on Michigan and possibly Wisconsin, but she just has too much faith in polls that were wrong in 2016. Note: she’s not even considering Trafalgar howie.

 

[Spoofin]

I don't pretend to know what federal law the two judges refer to in their ruling TBH. All I know is that this amounts to potential ex post facto invalidation of properly enacted rule making, at least at the state level. The obvious question, though, is why is this ruling inconsistent with other concurrent rulings in the U.S. in recent days that uphold those other states' rights to regulate their elections? Where is that cited federal law in those cases?

The MN Court ruling you cited in your post was a MN Court upholding a MN Law. Every State has different laws in regards to when ballots have to be where. You are misdirecting your blame.

 

[KillerGopherFan]

The MN Court ruling you cited in your post was a MN Court upholding a MN Law. Every State has different laws in regards to when ballots have to be where. You are misdirecting your blame.

It’s not a real election if Democrats can’t try to change the rules in the middle of the game.

 

[bga1]

Apparently, “that tricky woman” is coming around. She’s wrong on Michigan and possibly Wisconsin, but she just has too much faith in polls that were wrong in 2016. Note: she’s not even considering Trafalgar howie.

Deep down she knows that the polls are BS. This is a late shot at getting some cover. In her universe Texas is tight.

 

[Wally]

Early voting has surged to unprecedented levels in the 2020 election, especially in Texas where the number of early votes has already surpassed the total number of ballots cast four years ago.

 

[bga1]

At 3am Trump is trying to lobby the Supreme Court

Yep, he is active and telling the truth. The truth is just not your thing.
Trump's day 20 hours. Joe's day 8 hours awake, 1 productive.

 

[bga1]

Early voting has surged to unprecedented levels in the 2020 election, especially in Texas where the number of early votes has already surpassed the total number of ballots cast four years ago.

Hmmm, now Texas is typically a Republican state and the enthusiastic voters are..... I don't know but this seems like good news to me. Here is a good resource. One can actually go county by county here and see early voting trends through yesterday in terms of percentage of registered voters who have already voted. Despite the propensity of Democrat voters to vote early by mail or in person, there is no appreciable difference between early voting percentages in heavy R counties versus heavy D counties.
That tells me that Rs are turning out in amazing numbers considering that a much higher percentage of Rs will show up on election day.

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apps.texastribune.org

 

[Wally]

Hmmm, now Texas is typically a Republican state and the enthusiastic voters are..... I don't know but this seems like good news to me.

You better get with the playbook, you think there is no data behind Republicans extensive voter suppression operations. They do it because they know more voters is bad for them...

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

 

[Minnesota]

Another Republican who didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 will be in 2020. Good argument in the article for Republicans hesitant to vote for him:

Wow, the guy who laundered lies for the Bush administration to sell the Iraq War? Well, I’m convinced.