This one won't be another 'who won, who lost' post that you've surely consumed enough of. My top ten ranking follows, but it's even more loose than usual because of the fallout from Kamala's third flip-flop on eliminating private insurance companies, Uncle Joe's explanatory presser yesterday afternoon, Beto and Julián's dueling parties in Austin last night, and a lot more shit that will happen today and tomorrow before we get some actual polling on Monday ... that we can promptly throw out the Overton window.
1. Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan For Thathttps://t.co/HcxJkzCAMo— Two Party Opera (@twopartyopera) June 29, 2019
It's a shame for Bernie that she stole them all from him, watered 'em down a little in that capitalistic kinda way, and is pawning them off as originals to gullible Donkeys.
Bernie Lite won't fly. Berners will accept no substitutes. And if she can't find a satisfactory answer to the Pocahontas insult, Trump will thump her should she ultimately wind up the nominee.
2. Kamala Harris
While the Birtherism Hydra has raised its foul multi-heads once more against her, the Cop Rocket is falling back to Earth based on her own gaffes and not a false racist smear.
How *not* to campaign on Medicare for All. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/FaQlh9mR38— DSA for Medicare for All (@dsam4a) June 28, 2019
3. Bernie Sanders
Bernie was the same guy he always is Thursday night -- the same guy he has been for fifty freaking years -- and that guy lifts his supporters and enrages those who oppose him. I have an ominous feeling that the establishment powers are gathering strength to again prevent him from winning the nomination. I'm #Resisting the paranoia, but the coincidences are too many to ignore.
I really don't want to be right about this. Things will end badly for everyone if I am. It is still confounding to me that the Democratic Party cannot execute democracy within their party.
4. Pete Buttigieg
Mayor Pete's debate performance was sound enough for his base to stay in love with, and solicited enough empathy for his racial screw-ups that he won't lose any ground. In fact, there's already chatter about a Kamala-Pete ticket (heavy fucking sigh).
5. Julián Castro, Cory Booker
JMO but I think that these two winners from Fight Night One have some wind at their backs, enough so that I rate their medium-range prospects ahead of ...
7. Joe Biden
8. Amy Klobuchar, Kirsten Gillibrand
Fair enough performances for both, but not good enough to move up. Gillibrand lost some style points on others' scorecards for interrupting a lot.
10. Everybody else.
Beto is canceled. I honestly thought it would be the laughingly ignorant war tax that would end his campaign, but Castro killed it quicker and more mercifully. Bennet and Swalwell had a few moments but really don't need to be on the stage in July. Hickenlooper, Delaney, and Ryan can just stop the charade, please.
Inslee was a little too "I'm on the only one on this stage" for Amy K, who deservedly slapped him down on women's reproductive rights. He's very much on the razor's edge.
I'd like for Tulsi to hang around for her value in pissing off the centrists, and de Blasio (hasta la victoria, siempre!) for comedic worth. Yang and his Gang are going to continue to be a pain in the neck for some time.
That leaves "Cosmic Sorceress" Marianne Williamson.
watching clips of everyone else when Marianne Williamson was speaking pic.twitter.com/or9zaASgcY— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 28, 2019
Just watch the first two minutes. That's all I ask.
