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My friend just texted that one to me and it's pretty funny.

The Dems packing the court is contingent on them winning the Senate. Will he or won't he, it is hard to tell. If he does it, who will it anger? The right. They're not voting for him anyways. In a scenario where the Dems control the House, Senate and White House, you're going to take a gamble then on if Dems can keep the get out to vote in the mid-terms (historically that hasn't happened). Not doing it angers the left. I personally think Biden is only there for 4 years anyways so that could give them some coverage in 2026 to still keep an engaged left. I would say go for it. Since Trump was sworn in, the Dems have been more engaged then ever (similar to the Tea Party post Obama). What can the Dems do to keep that momentum, whereas the Tea Party lost theirs? Not to go off topic but on your points: I lived in DC. It's crazy it's not a state. The only reason it's not a state is politics at this point. Republicans don't want it because it adds two more Dem senators. Not adding DC does keep more of a competitive balance to the Senate where either party has a shot to win. If you support keeping the Senate the way it is, why not support keeping the Supreme Court similar in structure? Let the Dems add 4 judges of Barrett passes. 3 liberal and 1 moderate. The court will then have a similar make up and no one party is in control.

Cannot the same be said that the Dems warned McConnell if you fill RGB with Barrett during an election year (which is his opposite position with Garland) that they'll pack the courts using the technique of McConnell's getting rid of the Supreme Court filabuster. You know, you reap what you sow.

Can you expand into this? What is single party control in this scenario? Harry Reid taught him to waive the filabuster on lower court and judicial appointments. 4 years ago, McConnell made up a rule on not appointing a Supreme Court Justice in an election year. Like 3 years ago, McConnel followed Reid and got rid of the filibuster on the Supreme Court. Reid never made up a rule of when the Senate should offer consent on Supreme Court appointments.

Do we count 2020? More people with health insurance means more people with health coverage, which hopefully means more lives saved. It did though when McConnell made up some dumb rule 4 years ago that never existed before.

No one should have a problem with the confirmation of Barrett. She is well qualified for the position. I doubt there would be any pushback from the left of it wasn't for Garland.

So the solution wasn't hire people who will do a good job but hire people who will be yes men, pledge loyalty, and always agree with him. I do believe Bidens mental capacity is diminished similar to Trump. It happens with old age, but hope Biden will not use that hiring policy.

Another reason to vote for Biden is Trump's hiring practices. He promised to bring on only the best people. However, he's had to fire a ton of people and shortly after firing them bashes how unqualified they are. So we have: 1. Trump is hiring incompetent people, which is terrible for the country 2. Trump lied to us when promising to hire only the best

That's a good point I never thought about. I think a majority of Dems have tuned out Trump and understand his lies vs what's real. Republicans still listen to him. So with that in mind, it wouldn't see surprising to see Democrats vote early in the same manner and the Republican vote actually end up being supressed.

Would you please point to the section of the Constitution that says either how many Supreme Court justices there are or that more cannot be added? Thanks! They literally would have won the Senate, House and Presidency legitimately for them to pack the Supreme Court. Republicans basically did work on packing the court the second McConnell refused to give advice and consent on Garland. Also none of this Court packing talk happens if Republicans wait until after January to try to get a justice on the Supreme Court like they demanded be done with Garland.

I'd chalk it up more as a gaffe than a political position. All the voters know the Dems are going to pack the court once they win the Senate and White House.

RIP Herman Cain. If only you didn't go to that Trump rally with no masks and no social distancing.

That's the thing. The media can say what they want, but actual ballots coming in are showing Democrats and Republicans aren't. I mean it's not a huge surprise, the polls showed Dems would early vote more than Republicans, but not by the margins: Americans are voting early in the 2020 general election at an unprecedented pace, with elections officials having already received more than 9 million ballots in the 30 states that have made data available, and that data indicates that registered Democrats have returned more than twice as many ballots than Republicans thus far https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/520306-democrats-surge-past-republicans-in-early-voting In Florida, registered Democrats had out-voted registered Republicans by a slim 37 percent to 35 percent margin by this point in 2016. Today, almost 53 percent of votes cast in Florida have come from registered Democrats, while Republicans account for just 28 percent In North Carolina, registered Democrats have cast 52 percent of all ballots so far, up from 36 percent four years ago. Registered Republicans account for just 17 percent of the ballots, down from 37 percent in 2016. And in Pennsylvania, a state at the heart of Trump's reelection strategy, registered Democrats have cast more than three-quarters of all ballots. Republicans made up just 15 percent of ballots returned to date.

Please describe the correlation of people showing up to events in a pandemic to showing voter turn out? We literally have hard data on voter turnout already from early voting and mail in ballots and it's been overwhelmingly Democrat.

Should we get an edit to the title to switch if to when?

So true. He seems like the kind of guy who would throw temper tantrums on Twitter. The full quote of they don't deserve to know: “Well sir, don’t the voters deserve to know-” DiMattei began to ask, as Biden interjected “no they don’t deserve,” before asserting “I’m not gonna play [Trump’s] game… he’d love that to be the discussion instead of what he’s doing now.”

Outside the whole Democrats don't want to go to big get togethers due to COVID, all the Democrats are just too busy out early voting. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/us/politics/early-voting-swing-states.html In Wisconsin, about 146,000 people voted by mail in the 2016 general election. This fall, about 647,000 people have already voted absentee, many in Democratic strongholds. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/10/10/over-9-million-people-have-already-voted-in-the-2020-election-the-majority-being-democrats/ Americans are voting early in the 2020 general election at an unprecedented pace, with elections officials having already received more than 9 million ballots in the 30 states that have made data available, and that data indicates that registered Democrats have returned more than twice as many ballots than Republicans thus far https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/520306-democrats-surge-past-republicans-in-early-voting In Florida, registered Democrats had out-voted registered Republicans by a slim 37 percent to 35 percent margin by this point in 2016. Today, almost 53 percent of votes cast in Florida have come from registered Democrats, while Republicans account for just 28 percent In North Carolina, registered Democrats have cast 52 percent of all ballots so far, up from 36 percent four years ago. Registered Republicans account for just 17 percent of the ballots, down from 37 percent in 2016. And in Pennsylvania, a state at the heart of Trump's reelection strategy, registered Democrats have cast more than three-quarters of all ballots. Republicans made up just 15 percent of ballots returned to date.

This is the exact reason why if the Dems take the Senate and White House, while keeping the house as all the polls are pointing, the Dems should add 4 judges. 3 liberal and 1 moderate. The Republicans made that much easier to do by ending the filibuster on Supreme Court judges. I'm on the fence about trying to add PR and DC as a state. They should definately move to add DC. That's been a long time coming.

Early votes seem to be going Democrat in Wisconsin: "the mother lode of absentee ballots is coming in Dane County, a Democratic stronghold that includes Madison. As of Friday, the number of submitted ballots there amounted to more than 36% of the county's total 2016 election vote; that figure is 10 percentage points higher than in any other county in the state." "In Wisconsin's Republican heartland, the suburban counties that ring Milwaukee, the absentee turnout is only at about the state average so far. And in the dozens of rural counties where Trump won huge victories four years ago, ballots are being returned at a far slower rate than in the state's Democratic areas" For other key states: "Ballot return data from heavily Democratic cities like Pittsburgh; Chapel Hill, N.C.; and Tampa, Fla., and the long lines of cars waiting at a Houston arena to drop off ballots, are signs that many voters have followed through on their intentions to cast ballots well ahead of Nov. 3" Other key issue is ballots are being made when Trump's approval rating is at one of its lowest at even Republican leaning Rasmussen: "As of Friday, more than 8.3 million ballots had already been received by elections officials in the 30 states that have made data available. In six states -- including the battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Minnesota -- the number of ballots returned already is more than 20% of the entire 2016 turnout." https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/oct/11/gop-lags-in-mail-in-voting-numbers/

I don't think there's anything wrong there. White House and Trump campaign didn't pay the travel expenses. No one was given a fee to attend. The more telling thing is the group was expected to be 20,000 and they only got 2,000 while paying for travel costs. Also, White House was saying it was an official event but Trump turned into into a campaign speech violates some ethics.

Kind of excited for the new movie: https://mobile.twitter.com/BoratSagdiyev/status/1314722422285717504

Interesting quote for a Republican Strategist in the race: Legendary Republican campaign strategist Ed Rollins, who is the chair of the pro-Donald Trump Great America PAC, told me "I'm afraid the race is over." Rollins said that he "would definitely recommend that candidates make the case for their own reelection, and when asked about President Trump they should say 'I support him when it's in the interest of my state, North Carolina, Arizona — and oppose him when it's not in the interest of our state. My job to support the people of our state.'" "What happened after the first presidential debate is every Senate race saw a 3- to 4-point drop [for Republican candidates] across the board," said Rollins. "So campaigns are panicking and it's the first time in a long while that they are being outraised. The potential is there to lose not only the presidency but the Senate as well...and to see the kind of wipeout we haven't an experienced since the post-Watergate year of 1974." https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/opinions/republican-politicians-self-interest-leaving-trump-avlon/index.html

Great support in Florida!! https://www.yahoo.com/news/senior-warning-sign-trump-biden-043109910.html "An armada of as many as 500 golf carts gathered at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center to caravan to the nearby elections office, so folks could drop off ballots for Biden." A great point made by one supporter: "But there was also “an overwhelming sense in 2016 of ‘we’ve got this in the bag.’ There was a level of complacency that she’d win,” said Stanley. “Now there’s a heightened sense of urgency, and in many ways, Trump has been our best recruiting tool ever.”"

This is a thread about the reasons you will not vote for Biden. I am now asking you the question, your reason is that he steals and is a liar. If another candidate was a proven thief in court, would that change your opinion on that candidate? If it would not, then being a thief and a liar is not a reason would you won't vote for Biden because you wouldn't apply that standard to another candidate. I'm just trying to clarify your position on why you would or would not vote for someone. I led with that because the OP started with plagiarism and then went with stealing. I was simply following his ramble.

Yes, I do. The point was more it's something the Trump campaign has done. Now your turn.