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Oscirus wrote:Why would eric do this? He had the coveted 50 endorsement and even had enough people doubting ice cube, why go this extra step?
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ice-cube-responds-eric-trump-165116608.html
rammagen wrote:Pointgod wrote:Don’t get overconfident. Continue to push, sign up 5 people you know to vote and make sure they have a voting plan. This model should make people hopeful (not sure how reliable the pollster is) but remember the only way these results come true is if Democrats show up and vote and vote in large numbers so Trump can’t steal the election. Continue to encourage people to vote and vote early
I voted and live by the early voting location and I am surprised by the amount of Minority voters showing up and voting every day there is a line of a few hours since the 12th. People were polite sharing food and drinks while staying socially distant. I live just north of Atlanta and that is one reason why Georgia is up for grabs this yr.
Oscirus wrote:Why would eric do this? He had the coveted 50 endorsement and even had enough people doubting ice cube, why go this extra step?
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ice-cube-responds-eric-trump-165116608.html
? ?Pointgod wrote:rammagen wrote:Pointgod wrote:Don’t get overconfident. Continue to push, sign up 5 people you know to vote and make sure they have a voting plan. This model should make people hopeful (not sure how reliable the pollster is) but remember the only way these results come true is if Democrats show up and vote and vote in large numbers so Trump can’t steal the election. Continue to encourage people to vote and vote early
I voted and live by the early voting location and I am surprised by the amount of Minority voters showing up and voting every day there is a line of a few hours since the 12th. People were polite sharing food and drinks while staying socially distant. I live just north of Atlanta and that is one reason why Georgia is up for grabs this yr.
Well there’s a reason Republicans don’t want people of color to vote and are actively suppressing the vote. Just boggles my mind that anyone can support this and some people freely choose to help Republicans by note voting or voting 3rd Party. Oh and 12 hour lines is not **** normal! Voting should not take more than 15 minutes tops.
Et tu, Joe? Not surprised at all. Just like with Obama, it made no sense and he got back zero return for that investment. They still spit in his face for 8 years. Among the names being floated for possible Biden Cabinet posts are Meg Whitman, the CEO of Quibi and former CEO of eBay, and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, both of whom spoke at August’s Democratic National Convention. Massachusetts GOP Gov. Charlie Baker and former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) have also been mentioned, as has former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), who resigned from Congress in 2018 and became a lobbyist.
When asked for comment, a spokesperson for the Biden transition said only that the team is not making any personnel decisions before the Nov. 3 election, but stressed that “diversity of ideology and background is a core value of the transition.”
Nominating a Republican to the Cabinet would be the latest in a series of steps Biden has taken to extend an olive branch across the aisle. His campaign regularly holds calls with a group of officials who have endorsed him, including Republicans. After giving multiple GOP supporters prime speaking slots at his August convention, he tapped others for roles on his transition team, including Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Republican Sen. John McCain.
“This plays to Joe Biden’s comfort zone,” said one former Republican member of Congress who is close to the Biden transition. “If you’re Joe Biden, of course you’re going to want to expand your base a little bit, show some outreach to the other side.”
“I don’t understand why someone who says, ‘I am the Democratic Party,’ would then hand benefits to someone who’s not a Democrat,” said Jeff Hauser, director of the the Revolving Door Project, a left-leaning advocacy group he founded in 2015 to scrutinize executive branch appointees.
Already, members of the Democratic left are making their opinions known. Left-wing lawmakers and progressive groups on Friday signed a letter saying no corporate executives or lobbyists should have Senate-confirmed positions in a Biden administration. And Segal and other progressive leaders say they and their supporters are ready to loudly oppose the nomination of anyone with a record they find objectionable — be they Republicans or Democrats.
“We need to have people in those positions who will rise to the occasion much like they did in the New Deal era,” said Larry Cohen, the president of the board of Bernie Sanders’ organizing group Our Revolution.
Despite their criticisms, progressives have collected a handful of wins on the Biden transition. Former officials note that it’s customary to vet potential candidates from across the aisle. And Biden allies say that for a nominee who will be looking to appoint the most diverse Cabinet in history, ideological diversity should be a part of those considerations.
Plus, for a Democratic presidential nominee who has won significant support from former elected Republican leaders, Biden has an even broader pool of GOP candidates to choose from than his predecessors, supporters say.
Some Cabinet positions have historically been considered less ideological than others, a “safe” slot to fill with a member of the opposite party. Both Obama and Bush appointed Transportation secretaries from the other party, for example. The Transportation Department, however, is expected to have a higher profile in a potential Biden administration that wants to focus on a major infrastructure package.
National security is another traditional spot for cross-party appointments. Clinton tapped Republican Bill Cohen to lead the Department of Defense, while Obama had two GOP officials in that role: Robert Gates and Chuck Hagel.
“Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign,” Ratcliffe said.
“Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that. And we have shared no intelligence with Adam Schiff, or any member of Congress,” he said.
Kampuchea wrote:I told y’all this was a problem
It’s impacting polls.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/19/john-ratcliffe-info-on-hunter-biden-laptop-not-russian-disinformation/“Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign,” Ratcliffe said.
“Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that. And we have shared no intelligence with Adam Schiff, or any member of Congress,” he said.
Pointgod wrote:How many more life long Republicans need to come out and endorse Biden before undecided voters realize that Trump isn’t normal and is an existential threat to Democracy and the world.
GONYK wrote:Kampuchea wrote:I told y’all this was a problem
It’s impacting polls.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/19/john-ratcliffe-info-on-hunter-biden-laptop-not-russian-disinformation/“Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign,” Ratcliffe said.
“Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that. And we have shared no intelligence with Adam Schiff, or any member of Congress,” he said.
It hasn't impacted polls in the slightest
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"Slipping" to 7 points in one poll is statistically insignificant, especially since the margin of error is +- 3.Kampuchea wrote:GONYK wrote:Kampuchea wrote:I told y’all this was a problem
It’s impacting polls.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/19/john-ratcliffe-info-on-hunter-biden-laptop-not-russian-disinformation/
It hasn't impacted polls in the slightest
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I saw this one that says it’s having an impact
https://nypost.com/2020/10/17/joe-bidens-polling-lead-slips-in-wake-of-post-report-on-hunter/
