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GUYS HE'S AT 9% IN IOWA AND 11% IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IT'S REAL THIS IS THE MOMENT

Pretty certain "No Clear Winner" is Israel's official slogan.

Mitch Daniels isn't fucking insane.

This post is not handsome enough.

Well, yes, the link was wrong. I fixed it. .......dumbass.

That's the thing - he's got that academic gear, but unlike so many academics, he is actually intelligent and insightful, not merely well-read and verbose. You can see that on the trail. He can synthesize immensely complex things (which he understands) into digestible soundbites. Most other candidates can only dispense the latter.

If you're not convinced yet that this is the guy, listen to this podcast. His ability to see things most people can't, and then make them accessible, demonstrates a depth of intelligence that we almost never get in America's personality-fueled politics. Give it a listen - you'll be impressed, I promise. https://www.vox.com/2019/4/1/18290849/pete-buttigieg-2020-ezra-klein-show Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uRxeqHfULT5augBQr5sJB?si=G9KIORMsRu2EisdsRZ65xg

Yup. Lawyers are like airbags. It's awesome they exist, and in fact they save lives, but pretty much all the time, if you can benefit from one, you're probably behaving recklessly or are in some super deep shit, and it's never pleasant when one goes off.

Arguably, if he goes the militarization route. And it's the only right that hasn't been selectively incorporated! GOOOOO!!!

YOOOO, eminent domain lawsuits take foreeeeehhhhhver. This thing will never, ever be built.

From him it is. That's how Trump will take it, anyway. But yeah, it's fairly tepid.

I don't know how to react anymore. Him writing this after playing footsie is disappointing, but I'd be more disappointed if he hadn't. Better question is why open his Senate tenure with (what will be perceived as) a broadside like this? To provide cover for other senators who hate POTUS? To position for a quixotic 2020 run? But, meh, until I see real pushback in the Senate, my reaction is mostly a shrug.

.... I have no idea why this game exists.

Because it's great to have a huge economy in your economic union.

It's almost like her job is basically impossible because Brexit was a shit-ass idea from the beginning...

Just kidding. I really will post my full thoughts soon. Almost done with Epilogue II.

Scott Walker is gone. End of an era. Wow. Sisolak almost certain to win, too, when Vegas comes in. Two more governorships flipped.

Good lord, he's insecure. Next two years should be entertaining, at least.

When Democrats flip the House and prove the enduring genius of the Constitution (may or may not be my wife and kid in a random dance from two nights ago):

And Illinois/New Mexico, and probably Maine.

Or Colorado! We just passed amendments to establish independent commissions for both Congress and state legislative districts.