Linky Friday: Candidate Confab
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Let’s check in on the (mostly) running candidates for the Democratic Nomination in 2020.
[LF1] This is Joe Biden’s biggest liability
[LF2] The Liberal Case Against Bernie
[LF3] ‘He can’t DIY things like he did in Texas’: Beto goes mainstream
[LF4] California Democrats like Harris, but not all are behind her 2020 presidential run
[LF5] Elizabeth Warren meets with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Washington
[LF6] The Buttigieg Boomlet
[LF7] Booker and the Politics of Mean Christians and Nice Atheists
[LF8] Where in the world is Tulsi Gabbard?
[LF9] Gillibrand on her past guns record: ‘I didn’t do the right thing’
[LF10] Andrew Yang And The Future Of Democracy
[LF11] Julián Castro’s endorsement blunder
[LF13] John Hickenlooper opposes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ Green New Deal and wants you to know it
[LF14] Jay Inslee, Candidate and Eco-Dude
[LF15] Who is Wayne Messam, the Florida mayor running for president?
[LF17] Stacey Abrams rejects Biden veep talk; aide says pitch was “exploitative”
[LF18] As Eric Swalwell gets closer to presidential decision, East Bay politicos eye his congressional seat
[LF19] Colorado Sen. Bennet says he’s ‘very inclined’ to run for president
LF4
This is a quite unusual way of framing this result. Normally, those numbers would be “has net favorables of 17 points”.Report
LF15-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPcoLHS2h3QReport
Unrelated, but also on Friday the US District Court for the Southern District of California declared California’s ban on high capacity magazines unconstitutional, saying “California Penal Code § 32310 is hereby declared to be unconstitutional in its entirety and shall be enjoined.” (PDF of the ruling)Report