TenuredVulture wrote:Here's a possible scandal that's received no attention. The Commerce Department is responsible for the census, and this is of course a census year. You may remember the flap about the citizenship question, but there were other problems with Trump's administration simply not doing the preparation normally considered an important part of the Census. Of course, the census occurs in April, and the mailings did go out and people were able to complete it. But as always, lots of people didn't. (It probably varies a lot, but it's looking like 50-60% of households have completed the census.) Lil' Vulture was in fact hired in February to work as an enumerator, a job that was supposed to start in May. But it does not look like any of the field activities or even the distribution of literature house to house is going to happen this summer. (It was supposed to start in May.) Even given Covid-19, the whole thing seems massively disorganized and poorly run.

threecount wrote:Here's the transcript of Trump's response when he was asked what are his top priorities for a second term.

Trump has cancelled his trip to his New Jersey country club this weekend, so will presumably be at the White House. If memory serves, President Johnson made his surprise announcement that he wouldn't seek renomination or reelection in 1968 on a Sunday night, from the White House.

PSUsarge wrote:

Wolfgang622 wrote:

traderdave wrote:He's the male version of Sarah Palin.

True, which among other things proves some things about latent sexism: Palin was widely regarded as a joke, Trump is President of the United States.

Trump was/is just as big of a joke, though, just (unfortunately) a more effective one in the end. IMO that was a big reason he did end up getting elected - nobody took his candidacy seriously until, well, he won the election.

PSUsarge wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

But the Democrats have a secret weapon in 2020 on the other side of the age spectrum: senior voters. Among this age group — voters 65 and older — polls so far this year reveal a dramatic shift to the Democrats. That could be the most consequential political development of this election.

The bipartisan States of Change project estimates that Mrs. Clinton lost this group by around 15 points. By contrast, the nonpartisan Democracy Fund + U.C.L.A. Nationscape survey, which has collected over 108,000 interviews of registered voters since the beginning of the year, has Mr. Biden leading among seniors by about six points. We are looking at a shift of over 20 points in favor of the Democrats among a group that should be at least a quarter of voters in 2020. That’s huge.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opinion/trump-biden-senior-voters.html?searchResultPosition=1

Makes sense. All Trump has done is throw two middle fingers up at them while this virus ravages their demographic while consistently throwing age-related insults at Biden.

TomatoPie wrote:@BillKristol

Trump has cancelled his trip to his New Jersey country club this weekend, so will presumably be at the White House. If memory serves, President Johnson made his surprise announcement that he wouldn't seek renomination or reelection in 1968 on a Sunday night, from the White House.

TenuredVulture wrote:I think it's interesting that the Trumpiest age group were teenagers in the late 60s and 70s.

Squire wrote:Trump lives in a reality of his own creation. It's 10 times more likely that he refuses to concede defeat after losing the election than withdrawing before the election

threecount wrote:Here's the transcript of Trump's response when he was asked what are his top priorities for a second term.

Monkeyboy wrote:

Squire wrote:Trump lives in a reality of his own creation. It's 10 times more likely that he refuses to concede defeat after losing the election than withdrawing before the election

If the GOP thinks he's lose and pull them down with him, they could go to him behind closed doors and tell him they are done protecting him. Trump has a history of pulling out of things, like most every business he's ever created. The problem with that idea is that he tends to screw everyone over on the way out the door. I'm not sure what a presidential version of bankruptcy and refusing to pay his bills is and I'm a little afraid to find out.

Bucky wrote:wow almost 15,000 posts and i've never heard of ya

Squire wrote:Trump lives in a reality of his own creation. It's 10 times more likely that he refuses to concede defeat after losing the election than withdrawing before the election. Kristol seems to have more than his fair share of Fantasyland tweets.