Still hiding his donors. Pretending he is similar to Obama for heavens sake.

Kucinich Endorses Tulsi Gabbard

December 23, 2019 at 2:21 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 130 Comments

Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) endorsed Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) in the 2020 Democratic presidential race.

"I believe people in the second district deserve representation and are not getting it and they are unlikely to be able to get it over the next year. A whole lot of things are going to be going on and happening here and in Washington over the next year and to essentially deprive half the state of Hawaii of representation in that sense is unacceptable."
- Former Gov. Neil Abercrombie (Dec. 23, 2019)

... and noting that my vainglorious Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has missed 86% of all House votes in Washington this past year while laboring under a self-anointing messiah complex-- uh, excuse me, I mean "running for president," former Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (who's also a former 10-term congressman himself) has called upon her to resign her seat.

The new media narrative is Klobuchar since she is "electable" and not an old white guy. I don't think she can overtake Warren in the primaries, since progressives are activated.

Perplexingly, the thrust of the debate was to focus on the candidate who is running fourth in national polling. Sure Buttigieg is doing quite well in the early primary states, but still--this was a national debate.

Klobuchar has received favorable reviews by some, but her resentment, if not dislike, of Pete was palpable, resurrecting fading memories regarding the treatment of her own staff. The question of her voting for Trump's Federalist judges was deflected with her back pat on the unfitness of Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court--a glaringly apparent observation.

Buttigieg was a range of different things--a mixed bag. Some of his policy questions were handled very well, particularly those of foreign affairs. There were often dull responses to the sharp questions. Overall, he did not seem to hurt himself. Probably a status quo, which was a good outcome for him.

Elizabeth Warren was not as good as at previous debates, but still good. She stood firm with her Medicare for All proposal, despite the political realization and recognition that it will not occur over-night. Perhaps it was she who had the most memorable line of the night, not only a sound bite, but also, one that might put the matter of her age to bed: "I will be the youngest women to be elected president.".

Bernie was, well...Bernie.  He was more energized than at the last debate, which is not necessarily, an improvement.

Yang, I decided, would fit well into a response to one of those questions, who would you want to have at a dinner party. Witty and smart, and someone who should consider running for Congressman somewhere, such as Palo Alto. Steyer made some good points during the night, although I kept being distracted by that l/2 inch Scotch Tape tartan tie.  Tom, please give your money to those brave Democratic Representatives in swing districts who voted for the impeachment of that Constitutional criminal.

That brings me to Joe Biden.  I believe Biden was the winner of the debate.  As the enduring national front runner, he won by not losing ground. Indeed, it was his best debate, deploying the strategy, apparently, of saying as little as necessary---why do so when your opponents are busying themselves with each other.  A trick every graduate student learns in a pre-lim--just sit there while the professors argue with each other.

 I could go with Bernie in the General.

But my gal Amy sure did shine.