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DAY 1132

2/26/2020

TIME TO STOP TREATING BERNIE AS THE BAD GUY
which Democrat has a better chance of beating Trump?

I KNOW YOU’RE HUNGRY for good news, so I’m happy to bring it to you.
Let me assure you that you’re not alone in freaking out because of the imminent calamity that is about to be visited upon a fearful and anxious nation.
You know what I’m talking about:

The continuing spread of coronavirus, which is killing thousands, sickening millions and worse, is unnerving the stock market?
The break-off of another iceberg - the size of a) Texas, b) Rhode Island or c) Dixville Notch - from the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica, accelerating sea level rise around Mar-a-Lago?
Another price hike for Amazon Prime?

   None of the above. It’s about a cranky, white-haired 78-year-old arm-waving, high-volume Senator from Vermont.
   We're talking, of course, about Bernie Sanders.
   And what did Bernie do? Did he boast that he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue, blast away with a gun and get away it? Pardon a war criminal? Force refugees back into the clutches of their would-be murderers? Draw a phony weather map?
   Nope, worse. He won the Nevada caucuses, and won big. And that’s after eking out the popular vote in the Iowa caucuses (So, so long ago), and barely winning the New Hampshire primary.
   All of which, if you watched the candidates' shameful screamfest yesterday in South Carolina, really has Bernie's fellow Communists, oops, I mean socialists, no that’s not right, either - has his brother and sister Democrats struggling with how to deal with their multiple stages of grief.
   Rather than congratulating the former Congressman and now Senator, and instead of cheering the 705,580 people who have donated to his campaign, his fellow Comm … candidates, the Democratic Establishment (Someday, somebody will tell me exactly what that consists of) and the entire National Academy of Political Pundits, set upon him with a fury usually reserved for unindicted real estate cheats and convicted movie molesters.
   Panic everywhere, like this Politico headline:

Now, it’s bad enough that our spy agencies report that the Russians are trying to help Sanders, whom they've designated as a surefire loser in their plan to engineer Komrade Trump's second term .
   But it really seems like everyone else, except the voters, is out to get The Bern.
   “Look, if you want to keep the House in Democratic hands,” ex-South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg scolded Sanders during the debate, “you might want to check with the people who actually turned the House blue: 40 Democrats who are not running on your platform. They are running away from your platform as fast as they possibly can.”
   Mike Bloomberg, ex-mayor of an actual city, played the Russia card: “Vladimir Putin thinks that Donald Trump should be president of the United States, and that's why Russia is helping you get elected: So that you lose to him.”
   So, Sweet Dog, what's the good news?

SANDERS at a 2015 rally. CREDIT: Creative Commons license

THE GOOD NEWS is that I actually live with a grumpy, loudmouthed, almost 78-year-old from Vermont. And I’m here to tell you that it can be done.
   It’s not easy. But it’s possible.
   One of my two Humans here in Rhode Island - The Grouchy One - was actually born in Vermont, in the cute little college town of Middlebury, which is just down the road from the city of Burlington, where Sanders once was mayor.
   Now, it’s also true that the other Human at our house is The Nice One, and with patience and good humor, she goes a long way to overcome the many hurdles of living with someone who yells all day at the radio and TV; whose idea of a conversation is: “What, Phoebe? You want to go out again? We were JUST out.” Or, “Stop barking at the mail lady, that’s MY job.”
   But underneath, The Grouchy One is, well, grouchy.
   So give him credit for consistency, which is just one of the reasons that so many people, especially young people, are devoted to Bernie. He’s authentic in that he used to be unpleasant and still is, and that his beliefs have changed very little since the early days when he was among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. (Note to Democratic debaters: that's a joke).
   Anyway, I've survived almost eight years with a grouchy Vermonter; and I'm betting that the country cand do the same with Bernie and be much the better for it, assuming he ages in place for that long in the White House.

NOW, LET’S GET one thing straight. Bernie is not my man. My man is Amy Klobuchar, because The Nice One and I think it’s time for a “good girl,” to put it in dog terms, to be president, and of the remaining candidates, she’s got the right temperament – pleasant, but not too pleasant – plus the experience as a prosecutor and longtime Senator, with broad appeal that can pull together all sorts of Democrats.
   But let’s say Bernie does become the nominee. Is that so bad?
   If you're e a Democrat or a left-leaning Independent, what's not to like about the issues that Bernie is pushing?
   Are you against healthcare for everyone? Do you oppose housing, food, a job, good pay for everybody? Are you upset with the idea of a humane immigration policy?
   I challenge anyone with a heart to go to www.berniesanders.com and find one single thing they don’t like there, other than having to pay for Bernie campaign swag.
   Speaking of swag, while you’re at the website, look up one of the tote bags that no NPR-loving liberal can resist. It has this relevant slogan: “Keep calm and vote. Bernie”. The tote is only $18, but I suppose you're asking how we all are supposed to pay for the rest of what Bernie's is selling.

   Let's be clear, the whole question of how the country pays for a new program is a question you only ask only when you don’t like the person who’s proposing the program. Nobody has the slightest interest in any plan to pay down the national debt, which none of us - Republicans included - understands or cares to learn about even if anyone tries to explain it to us.
   But here’s one idea from the Phoebe Thought Factory: putting millions of people to work building roads and houses and solar panels and taking care of the elderly and auditing rogue real estate dealers’ tax returns and all the other union-grade jobs Bernie’s programs would create, meaning lots of new taxpayers and lots more revenue from people who already paying.

NOW, ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. Which is to say that every critic seems to take it as Gospel that if Bernie is the nominee, that means he'll be responsible for a horrendous loss, and not just of the White House, but the House, the Senate and probably the entire Burlington City Council.
   What about that “Democratic Socialist” target that Bernie has slapped onto his own back and that he’ll stick onto all the other Democrats, making them easy pickins' for Trump’s troops of gun-toting goons?
   That's actually an easy answer: Russia-loving, Putin-kiss-up Donald Trump, whose best pen pal is Kim Jong-un, is going to call every Democrat a socialist no matter whom he runs against.
   And another thing – Don’t cut me off, I still have some time left – just like yesterday, just like today, and just like tomorrow, Donald J. Trump is the odds-on favorite to win the Nov. 3 election unless he does something truly bad, like running naked around Fifth Avenue wearing Stormy Daniels’ panties on his head, and even then we can’t be sure.
   He’s riding high on a supposedly strong economy. The Gallup Poll says 90 percent of Americans are satisfied with their lives. His “approval” rating is in the upper 40s, and probably higher than that, since lots of hidden Trump supporters lie to pollsters.
   But it's possible that Bernie, with his enthusiastic base and his solid Democratic aspirations may be best chance to defeat Trump, and the doomsayers, The Establishment and the Russians are plain wrong.
   Do you seriously think Tommy, Amy, Mikey, Petey, Lizzie or Joey has a better chance than Bernie of taking down the worst president in history?
   By the way, RealClearPolitics, which averages various polls, has Sanders beating Trump by more than 4 percentage points in a national matchup, granted that kind of speculative survey has limited value.
   Finally, here is more advice from a dog who is close to the grassroots and whose ancestors roamed the wilderness in packs:
   Things do not go well when members of the family turn on one another, as they did at last night’s yell-and-interrupt cage match, instead of coming together before the big and bad wolf eats all of us alive.
   So, if we can get Michelle Obama to run as Bernie’s vice president, or better still, reverse the order if there's no dominant nominee by the time the Democratic National Convention rolls around.
   Well, a girl can dream, can’t she?
   Yes, she can. And yes, she should.

GREEN MOUNTAINS near where The Grouchy One grew up in Middlebury, Vt. Not clear from this photo why they call them "green."

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DAY 1123

2/17/2020

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STILL WAITING FOR THE PERFECT CANDIDATE?
What if there is no such Thing? And holding out helps donald trump?

   HERE’S THE THING: I’m just a dog, but I’ve been thinking about the perfect candidate.
   Frankly, this is something that you should not leave to a dog. But given the childish way Democrats are fighting among themselves, finding fault with anyone who seems to be getting ahead in either the polls or early primaries, I must jump in with all four paws.
   I do have a suggestion for the perfect candidate.

My candidate is authentically, unquestionably “green.”
This candidate has never said a bad word about anybody or anything. No gotcha tape recording, hot-mic wisecrack, no yearbook ethnic slur or disciplinary record as a Second Grader waiting to be unearthed.
Our candidate flourishes when talked to, just loves to listen and never, ever talks back.
The candidate is gender neutral (as far as a non-scientist can tell).
The candidate can easily be moved to the left, to the right, to the middle, as conditions warrant.
This candidate, at a time of governmental secrecy, loves the sunlight,
Our candidate doesn’t have a “vision," but pledges to “do no harm,” while in office (or out of office).

   Who is it?
   The answer is not “who” but “what.”
   Our perfect candidate is a potted plant.

IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE IDEA of a Christmas cactus or a geranium leading the Democrats into the Nov. 3 election, then you are going to have to live with the alternative: someone who’s in the race. And sad to be the barker of bad news here, each man and woman currently in the field is flawed.
   She or he has something about him or her that somebody doesn’t like.
   In fact, for the people who are in the race for the Democratic nomination, they have only one attribute to recommend them: they are not Donald J. Trump.
   Here’s the thing.…
   (By the way, are you as sick as I am of hearing that phrase – “Here’s the thing” – which is what candidates say when they want you to know that they’re talking straight and simple, but it never turns out that way)

ANYWAY, HERE’S THE THING: the Democrats don’t have a superstar candidate. It’s been the problem since Trump’s election in 2016.
   The Democratic superstars are out of the picture:
   Barack Obama – not available, per the Constitution’s two-term limit.
   Michelle Obama – also unavailable (so she says).
   That’s the entire supply.
   Which leaves a whole bunch of people that many, even lots of voters aren’t crazy about. They have great potential; and they are imperfect.
   But take it from a dog, who is here today to tell you not to be too picky.
   I, too, once faced imperfect choices. After being rounded up as a stray puppy in Missouri, I was brought to a Rhode Island shelter, where the options were limited: Choice A – I could move in with a bunch of strangers about whom I knew nothing, including how they smelled and whether they had terrible taste in TV shows; or Choice B – I could hold out for something better to come along, but risk eventually disappearing in a puff of smoke, literally.
   Choice A indeed was not perfect: One of the Humans was known – for good reason – as “The Grouchy One;” but another inhabitant was “The Nice One,” and let's be clear, those don't come along very often.
   And that’s where we as a country find ourselves today.
   We can either get behind an imperfect Democrat; or wait for the perfect plant and let the country go up in smoke.

IT’S NOT A GIVEN that we’re going to make the right choice
   Every time one Democrat or another seems to be making some headway, in the primary voting so far or in the opinion polls, the immediate result is to go on the attack and focus on the person’s wretched flaws and unsavory history.
   Take Mike Bloomberg. After spending millions upon millions upon millions on TV ads that are making him a household name, two things have happened: he’s come up in the polls, some of which show him beating Trump; the other thing involves “revelations” coming fast and furious, showing him to have been a foul-mouthed and sexist CEO of the media company that made him a gazzilionaire; and to have been a New York City mayor who backed a policing policy that victimized young black citizens.
   The Washington Post last week unearthed a 32-page booklet complied in 1990 by an executive at his media company for the occasion of his 48th birthday, “The Wit and Wisdom of Michel Bloomberg.”
   Here’s an example, in a section about how to be a successful salesperson:
   “Make the customer think he’s getting laid when he’s getting fucked.”
   And another knee-slapper:
   “A good salesperson asks for the order. It’s like the guy who goes into a bar, and walks up to every gorgeous girl there, and says ‘Do you want to fuck?’ He gets turned down a lot – but he gets fucked a lot, too!”
   Any positives here? Only one I can think of is that if Dirty-Mouth Mike does become Presentable President Mike, his speechwriters won’t have to look far for material for his inaugural address.
   We might mention, without excusing the destructive atmosphere that Bloomberg seems to have condoned and promoted at his company, that booklet wasn’t limited to gutter talk. Other sayings from Chairman Mike included:
   “There are two things I’d love to do – have more birthdays and pay more taxes. If you have more birthdays, it’s obviously because you haven’t died yet, and if you pay more taxes, it’s clearly because you’re making more money.”
   Or this one:
   “When I was growing up in Boston, we always used sterling silver at all our meals. All my friends’ mothers used stainless steel flatware. We weren’t any better off than my friends’ families. So I asked my mother why we did this. She told me: ‘Use your best for the people who matter the most.’”

SO, HERE’S THE THING: If Mike Bloomberg turns out to be the person most likely to beat Donald Trump, does what he said in “Wit and Wisdom” disqualify him from running against Trump?
   And what of the others?
   Is Bernie Sanders out because of his self-imposed label as a “socialist” and because he looks like a B-movie’s wild-haired mad scientist?
   Is Elizabeth Warren too shrill, going downhill too fast, fast and faster? Can’t stomach Amy Klobuchar’s mid-Western casseroles and how mean she is to her staff?
    Is Mayor Pete “Smalltown” Buttigieg too gay, not gay enough, too reminiscent of early TV’s Howdy Doody? Is Joe Biden too old, too addled, too yesterday?
   We do have choices this year.
   We can choose an actual person, any person still in the nomination race, any one of whom has real talent, real flaws, and real potential to defeat Donald Trump and possibly go on to be one of the great presidents.
   Or we can wait for the perfect candidate.
   We have one you'll like at our house, waiting patiently on a stool or windowsill, with the rest of our potted plants.
    And here's the thing, they're all perfect.

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DAY 1110

2/4/2020

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AFTER THE IOWA FIASCO, AFTER THE IMPEACHMENT DEBACLE,THERE’S A NEW GALLUP POLL …
The Democrats' Dog Days Drag on

I DON’T KNOW WHY I am bothering you with this. Maybe it’s because I have to go to the vet today for my annual checkup, and I’m in a “mood.”
   The last time someone in our house went to the vet, it was Cat, and, as you know, he didn’t come back.
   Actually, my vet is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and I believe she also knows what she’s doing, unlike the Democrats in Iowa, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
   The veterinarian knows a lot about keeping me up and running, which is important, since I’m getting up there in dog years. As I understand it, you no longer multiply a dog’s age by 7 to get to the Human equivalent. Still, 10 is 10 for dogs, just like 70 is 70 for two-leggers.
   Enough about me.
   I’m guessing that you got up this morning irritable and exhausted, because nobody – nobody decent – has had a full night’s sleep for the last 1,110 nights. And first thing, what slapped you in the face? More Bad News. Again.

IT WASN’T ABOUT the state-of-the-union talk – that’s tonight. This morning’s punch in the puss was that after years and years of anticipation, the Iowa caucuses were held last night, in Iowa. But as of breakfast, and as of lunch, for that matter, there were no results.
   I suspect the Russians. Again.
   But what do dogs know? The “experts” say it was merely a run-of-the-mill screw-up, that Iowanian Democrats were using a new “app” they didn’t know how to use to count results from the 15-trillion places in which caucus-goers caucus. The app didn’t work at first. Not a surprise to anyone with a smart phone.
   You don’t have to be Donald Trump to twist the knife by pointing out the obvious: If Democrats can’t count their own votes, how are they going to run the country? Democrats might put it differently: If we can’t count our own votes, how are we going to get Donald Trump out of the White House?
    Actually, it’s worse than that.
   That’s because Iowanians didn’t care enough to turn out in the most important election-like thing so far (meaning it was the first one). According to the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty, it’s possible that only 170,000 voters showed up, compared to 240,000 in 2008 when Barack Obama won big.
   That’s a disaster, because the one thing everyone is counting this year is that there will be a huge outpouring of Democrats and Independents determined to send Trump back his gaudy estates, no matter who runs against him.

   BUT THAT’S NOT the Bad News I’m about to drop on you.
   It showed up in our email in-box this morning, and right here we should advise people who “Can’t Take It Anymore" to stop reading and immediately seek medical treatment from their vet or other provider.
   Gallup says when 946 people were asked this question Jan. 16 to 29 – “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?” – this percentage gave the wrong answer:
                                                                49 %
   Gallup says that is the highest approval rating Trump has ever had since he was sworn in 1,110 days ago.
   Which is to say that after telling 16,241 lies (“False or Misleading Claims” is the term the Washington Post’s lie-counters use to define his lies) – and those figures don’t include the whoppers he’ll tell tonight; after locking children in cages at the border, pulling the country out of the world climate change accords, breaking the nuclear arms agreement with Iran and assassinating one of their leaders; after his racist slurs, after pardoning a war criminal, after siphoning military construction funds to build his “wall,” after kowtowing to the Kremlin and after trying to extort Ukrainian leaders to agree to “investigate” a potential political rival in exchange for military aid, Trump gets a 49 percent pat on the back, and the trend is that Trump's ratings have been going up.
   If you want the glass half-full, Gallup says that 50 % of respondents “disapprove” of the job Trump is doing and 1 % have “no opinion,” which doesn't seem possible, having no opinion.
   Anyway, with all the other things that are going on this week, you may have missed this tidbit. and I wanted to get it to you before tonight’s state-of-the-union speech and tomorrow’s vote by the Senate, in which Trump will be exonerated after being impeached in the House in connection for that Ukrainian business.
   Anyway, I’m off to the vet’s. Wish me luck.
   On the other hand, if you’re a Democrat, with the way things are going, maybe you better not.

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Day 1108

2/2/2020

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HOW DO REPUBLICANS SLEEP AT NIGHT?
Second thoughts on Trump's impeachment

THIS IS THE SECOND version of this blog post.
   I threw out the first one, which was better written, had better pictures, better headlines and maybe a more satisfying conclusion. The problem with it was it wrong and made me ashamed.
   It did come from the heart, and I think some people might have said it reflected how they are feeling as the impeachment and trial of Donald Trump – perhaps the last serious challenge to his outlaw presidency – is coming to a close.
   When Trump is acquitted later this week, he’ll be in a much stronger position than when the process started. His control over government will be more powerful perhaps than any president in history; and his already favorable odds of winning a second term will be improved.
   At least that’s how it seems today.
   You can argue that the impeachment episode will give voters one more reason to throw Donald Trump out of the White House when the Nov. 3 election rolls around.
   Across the land, millions of sleepless Americans face every morning distressed, depressed and disgusted by a president who’s out to destroy the values and reforms that make the United States a country which, despite its terrible and aberrant flaws, many of us cherish.
   But it sure doesn’t feel like that will happen. Instead, impeachment seems to be turning out to be one more example of Donald Trump’s astonishing run of good luck, just the way a fiendish cartoon character escapes one perilous calamity after another.
   All thanks to Republicans who control the U.S. Senate.

THAT WAS SORT OF THE THEME of the now-discarded blog post that I had written first: If nothing else, impeachment had taught us this lesson about Republicans, "they’re “bad.”
   I even had arranged for a clever picture to be taken, showing me sitting at the top of our hallway stairs, looking smugly down at the final three steps, each posted with a sign:
   “Republicans”
   “Are”
   “Bad”
   The trouble is that it’s not true. It’s not true in the Senate or the House of Representatives. It’s not true in the 50 states, the Red ones or the Blue ones. Not true in your county, your city, your town, and not in my neighborhood.
   That kind of blanket dismissal, labeling a group of people, is bigotry. It’s where racism starts. It’s how Donald Trump thinks and talks. It’s wrong.
   Sure, I’m a “sweet” dog, but I took the bait and thought and talked like Donald Trump.
   I happen to know some Republicans, and mostly I like them. Some are neighbors. I meet Republicans on my daily walks, including those who stuff their pockets with dog treats. I can assure you that Republican dog treats are as tasty as Democratic treats.
    It's still a mystery why some Republicans can like both me and Donald Trump, since Trump is too selfish to care of a dog. I know some Republicans who both own dogs AND voted for Donald Trump. I’m sure you have had the same sort of experiences with Republicans, minus the treats.
   This is the real disappointment of impeachment.
   A lot of us hoped some Republicans would stand up to Donald Trump. But our hearts were broken, just like they were on Election Night, 2016, when we learned that our neighbors, friends and relatives had voted for a foul-mouthed, heartless fool whose campaign was built on hatred and phony promises.
   Since not all Republican are alike, why didn't some of them push back last week?

ACTUALLY, TWO DID, in what turned out to be the only dramatic chapter in the impeachment process, when the issue of whether to hear the testimony of witnesses came up.
   To be honest, and I think dogs should try to set an example here, the witnesses weren’t going to say anything truly new. It was already clear that Trump betrayed his office by trying to extort the new president of Ukraine - withholding military aid his country needed to fight Russia until Ukraine announced it would investigate a potential Trump political rival.
   But the real effect of witness hearings would be to drag out the Senate trial and scare the bejeezus out of Trump, and then who knew what might happen.
   All that was needed was four Republicans to vote with the 47 Senators who vote Democratic.
   Only Utah’s Mitt Romney and Maine’s Susan Collins did. The other 51 Republicans chickened out.
   There were two other possible Republican defectors, and their statements show, again, that Republicans aren’t all alike.
   Lisa Murkowski of Alaska gave what I thought was a bogus excuse for staying with the pack, blaming Democrats for a “rushed and flawed” case for the Senate to consider:
   "Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate. I don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything. It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed."
   On the other hand, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee gave a slightly more credible explanation: that Democrats had proved their case, but the offense wasn’t impeachable, and, with the election only months away, ousting the president might produce a terrible spit in the country:
   “There is no need for more evidence to prove that the president asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter; he said this on television on October 3, 2019, and during his July 25, 2019, telephone call with the president of Ukraine. ... the House managers have proved this with what they call a ‘mountain of overwhelming evidence’ … If this shallow, hurried and wholly partisan impeachment were to succeed, it would rip the country apart, pouring gasoline on the fire of cultural divisions that already exist.”

I HOPE YOU DON’T THINK I’ve gone soft on Republicans.
   The Republican Senate is solely responsible for putting our country on the road to dictatorship by betraying the Constitution’s promise that Congress – the Senate and the House – will keep the president honest.
   Instead, lots of people are going to blame the Democrats for “losing” the impeachment fight, just like Maureen Dowd did in today’s New York Times, implying that Democrats are sissies by letting Republicans win:
   “I feel like I have spent my career watching the same depressing dynamic that unspooled Friday night: Democrats trying, sometimes ineptly, to play fair and Republicans ruthlessly trying to win… . As with so many other pivotal moments in modern history, Republicans wanted to win, not look for the truth. And history, God help us, is written by the winners.”
   To which I say: God help us, Ms. Dowd, what choice do Democrats or anyone else have but to “play fair?” Is the answer a Democratic Donald Trump?
   The question we should be putting to Republicans, because it’s just as much their responsibility as it is for Democrats to stand up to a dangerous president, is this: What are Republicans going to do when Trump, now freed from Congressional oversight, tries out one of his most famous ideas, shooting somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue?
    Stated differently:
   “How do Republicans sleep at night?”

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A "sweet dog" and a smart opossum consider a nation at risk.

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PHOEBE, a "sweet dog" who came to Rhode Island in 2010 as a stray puppy from Missouri, was a political agnostic until Trump's catastrophic election. She tracked his presidency in a blog, which she decided to resurrect it this year when it became obvious that Republicans are committed to Trump's destructive policies

MR. O, an opossum, showed up in Phoebe's backyard somewhat mysteriously. He turned out to have genuine insight into political matters, and he agreed to assume co-author duties of the blog after Phoebe's previous writing partner, Cat, a cat, died.

CAT

DAY 1132

TIME TO STOP TREATING BERNIE AS THE BAD GUY which Democrat has a better chance of beating Trump?

DAY 1123

STILL WAITING FOR THE PERFECT CANDIDATE?What if there is no such Thing? And holding out helps donald trump?

DAY 1110

AFTER THE IOWA FIASCO, AFTER THE IMPEACHMENT DEBACLE,THERE’S A NEW GALLUP POLL … The Democrats' Dog Days Drag on

Day 1108

HOW DO REPUBLICANS SLEEP AT NIGHT?Second thoughts on Trump's impeachment

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TIME TO STOP TREATING BERNIE AS THE BAD GUY
which Democrat has a better chance of beating Trump?

STILL WAITING FOR THE PERFECT CANDIDATE?
What if there is no such Thing? And holding out helps donald trump?

AFTER THE IOWA FIASCO, AFTER THE IMPEACHMENT DEBACLE,THERE’S A NEW GALLUP POLL …
The Democrats' Dog Days Drag on

HOW DO REPUBLICANS SLEEP AT NIGHT?
Second thoughts on Trump's impeachment