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John Strohmeyer's avatar

Agreed. I was listening to the podcast with Tim, Bill, and AB yesterday as Bill and AB wishcasted (sp?) for some magical nominee to spring from the ashes of burning Biden to the ground.

It was infuriating listening to them point to Generic Better Democrat as the obvious nominee without naming anyone specifically who would win.

Maybe they forgot what I thoutht was common political knowledge about polling for generic nominees: those numbers drop the moment you put a real person, with a real record, in place of the magical unicorn candidate.

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David Dickson's avatar

AB I can understand; she is a reporter to her bones and lives for the new faces and fun, exciting drama a primary grants. With Bill I think it's more personal; he's still not forgiven Biden for leaving Afghanistan. Wishcasting tends to flow downhill from wishful thinking.

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Bobbi's avatar

I wondered what Kristol grudge is - you think Afghanistan. Interesting.

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David Dickson's avatar

Foreign policy is his thing, and Afghanistan's been the only real issue he's let Biden have it on, with both barrels, during his presidency. It's as good a real reason as any.

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