rgio wrote:
Maybe he should run as an R. Imbeciles aren't uncommon there.

 R_P wrote:

No, he’s brain damaged - unless that’s what you’re trying to say: that he’s now imbecilic.

One of my colleagues became my brother-in-law (on my recommendation) but he loved to hike. And he fell into a glacier crevice, requiring airlift out. Bad head injury. He spent the next dozen years actively trying to kill himself. For instance, while committed, he managed to leap from a fire escape, landing and shattering both his heel bones turning them into bony splinters whenever he tried to bear weight. And so forth.
Finally, he overdosed successfully, ending years of suffering for him and the members of his family.

That unrelenting behavior was a consequence of the glacier head injury. The circuits don’t fire properly, and you’re not yourself. And you certainly shouldn’t be in Congress… 
Trying to make sense of what he says is a waste of everyone's time.

 R_P wrote:
He hasn't been the same since the stroke.   He lives in Trump country, and it almost feels like it's just too hard to argue, so he's taken the easy way out.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Fetterman's an imbecile. He needs to be put out to pasture.

 R_P wrote:

They talk about ignorance and sense and then he makes the absolutely nonsensical comment that she's ignorant because she's in Germany when she accuses Israel of genocide. What better place to make that particular point?

At least nine others – Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Mark Kelly, Ruben Gallego, Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow, Chris Murphy, Jeanne Shaheen, and Yassamin Ansari – appear to disagree with the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch – each of which found Israel to have committed genocide.

Pritzker

 black321 wrote:

Because if someone doesn't there will only be one road

 kurtster wrote:
Rubio running? Oh, God I hope so. 🙏😂
 
I would love to see him twist himself into knots trying to explain that he was doing anything other than what Trump wanted. The minute he hitched his wagon to Trump was pretty much the beginning of the end of his being politically relevant… just ask Pence.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

On this I will agree.

 Steely_D wrote:
I think he could do a good job, but the Biden nexus makes him a non-starter (IMO).

 rgio wrote:

No one mention Buttigieg. Please. As soon as you do, they’ll do what they did before: â€drinks the blood of children” or “not born in the USA” - abject lying to the gullible bumpkins who still think their lives are threatened by the guys hoping to pick the vegetables that they won’t.

 Steely_D wrote:
I think he's aiming to run, but "California", as big a job as it is, is too much baggage right now for the dems to carry.  AOC ain't gonna fly either.  My guess is it'll be one of the moderate governors...Pritzker is the one I think that can thread the needle of primaries.  I like Shapiro a lot, but have doubts he can win a national race.

 black321 wrote:

Guess: he might not be thinking as much of the Presidency as people expect. So, he is burning capital right now in order to lift the party. It’s what a lot of were expecting Obama to do, and he’s been weirdly silent despite his proven eloquence.

I think Newsom is highly intelligent and a compelling politician.
What i dont get is why he feels compelled to get into these schoolyard scuffles with chubby. 
Take the high road. 

 kurtster wrote:

And Newsom, leading California, is kicking trump ass. The state - yeah yeah yeah with its flaws that don’t offset its wins - has much more of a future than oxymoronic clean coal and an Smaug-like leader and obvious off putting international provincialism. If trump thinks the USA is gonna be great “again” it isn’t gonna happen without the extras that Californians provide.
“California has the largest economy among all the states in the United States. The state’s economy is so large that it is often compared to that of entire countries. In 2022, California’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was $2.89 trillion, more than many countries’ GDP. The state’s economy is driven by diverse industries such as technology, entertainment, agriculture, and tourism.

California’s economy is considered to be a major contributor to the overall growth of the US economy. The state’s economic output accounts for approximately 14% of the US GDP. The state’s economy is also responsible for creating many jobs, with the unemployment rate in California being lower than the national average.”

Europeans Quietly Press U.S. Lawmakers for Clues on the Midterms

While the main focus of the Munich Security Conference was on the alliance, top leaders wanted to know all about November

Democrats’ vague answers to straightforward questions on stage about global hot spots fueled whispers that the party’s boldfaced names needed to better think through their stances. Ocasio-Cortez, who came to Munich to prove her foreign-policy chops, offered an indirect response to whether the U.S. should actively defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion. Whitmer, asked what victory in Ukraine could look like, sought twice to have a fellow panelist present their views instead.

The party’s main message, delivered by Newsom on Friday, was that Trump’s time in power will end in three years. Democrats were in the wings, ready and willing to keep the current rift from becoming a permanent rupture.

But some Democrats questioned whether simply being the foil to Trump was enough.

“There’s just a deep dearth of ideas across the board in the Democratic Party,” said Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.), who last September put forward her own national-security strategy. “We can win midterm elections when the public is mad at Donald Trump. Winning a general election means we have to have our own ideas.”

 kurtster wrote:

This is all well and good but she's got a better shot to wind up being Speaker of the House for about 40 years.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Yeah, go ahead and have her debate Rubio face to face on foreign policy or anything for that matter.  The two could very well be running against each other in 2028.

At least she would be better than Newsom.  Not saying much though as anything is better than Newsom.