NOTE: The third installment in my series on the US military industrial complex will come tomorrow. If you haven’t had a chance to read the first two, here they are: Part 1: Part 2: Yesterday, a Wall Street Journal poll was just the latest evidence that Ron DeSantis’ support as a potential GOP nominee is stalling — to put it mildly. Back in December, DeSantis had a 14-point lead over Donald Trump. The latest survey results show a 13-point drop since that time.
If not Biden as the Dem nominee then who? Whitmer or Warnock perhaps. I doubt that Harris would fair any better than Humphrey in ‘68. After seeing Biden in action in Kyiv, Warsaw, and the State of the Union I am less concerned with his age - especially against a corpulent Trump.
I disagree with your take on Biden. If he were to step aside, the Dems could nominate a less electable candidate and most likely would. Too risky. I object strongly to you blaming Biden if Trump were to win. That would be on the American people, with the DEM party likely also responsible. All of us need to step up to do what we can to stop Trump.
I don't think Trump has a prayer in the general election-- more of his elderly white GOP voter base will be deceased 4 yrs after his loss to Biden.
And i do believe that a few million diehard GOP-voters who turned out for him in Nov. 2020 will have second thoughts after the Jan 6, 2021 atrocity and all these lawsuits coming after him-- not the least of which, IMO, is E. Jean Carroll's rape lawsuit.
I think there are at least 1 million elderly Republican females across the land who wouldn't vote for Trump after this rape-case becomes more widely-covered news.... Maybe some outraged Republican males, too, if their "family values" posture isn't complete hypocrisy.
And finally, if special prosecutor Jack Smith achieves what i believe he can do, Trump may be sitting in prison for his felonies of trying to reverse a lawful election and incite an insurrection.
I agree with most aspects of your statement. However, Biden may be the only candidate who could defeat Trump in 2024. He paces himself well, presently has good health and his mental acuity less the occasional difficulties with his acknowledged stutter. He has hope, belief in his mission and an excellent track record in taking back our Democracy from the MAGA cult of Trump to date. His understanding of foreign relations is based on years of experience no one else can match. I understand completely the fears of ageism and am somewhat concerned that he might not complete a second term if he could pull it off; but every year he is on the job is another victory lap with the exception of climate decisions like Willow to which I am greatly opposed. But I can’t help believing he has a vision for climate that will reveal itself in due course. There remain two big issues in my mind, assuming a Trump vs: Biden rematch in 2024. Will Trump finally be held accountable for his crimes and incarcerated, my fervent wish for mankind all over the
earth 🌎 ? And can the voting electorate get behind an out of the park vice President to pick up the mantle should Biden be incapacitated during a second term? I don’t understand objections to Kamala Harris but she was handed the impossible problem of immigration which she will pay for in the minds of the American people no matter her efforts on that issue or other fronts. Failure to resolve has not been her problem but she will bear the brunt of criticism. An alternate stellar pick like Pete Buttgieg or Amy Klobochar or ADAM SCHIFF could make such a ticket workable. I’d vote for Biden with Schiff without reservation! Or either of the other two. And I’d give kudos to Mamala Harris who has not had the opportunity to “strut her stuff” in the current administration. ❤️🇺🇸🕊️🌎
Donald Trump has yet to actually win the popular vote in any election. He isn’t adding to his support, and I don’t see a scenario where he will given all of his ongoing legal woes. Democrats are always their own worst enemy, but I really believe they have learned their lesson after the Clinton loss in 2016, and the situation at the Supreme Court. The elections post-2016 show that to be true. By no means should we sit back and say there is no way Trump can win, but I see reason to be hopeful that our electorate can handle this. Each year that passes, more children who have grown up in the “active shooter drill” society will come of age to vote. They will not be voting Republican. We must stand behind Biden, or whomever our nominee will be. I think we should stay the course with Biden and I hope others running for the nomination do not do too much damage. We are witnessing the death throes of the Republican party. Let’s not get in the way of that.
I am happy to read Steve’s written words and happy to see and hear him as well. Steve has one of the most powerful and distinctive voices and presence of any political commentator I have ever heard. I hope and pray that all of Steve’s gifts will be read, seen and heard loud and clear throughout the impending campaigns. We need all the wisdom, seriousness and strength we can muster no matter who the Democratic nominee is.
Steve, Thank You for helping to take Desantis down! Now go after Trump, relentlessly, as you are.
Mainly, thank you for mentioning the CHILDREN several times, what they're experiencing with all this madness, and that we must be responsible and leave them in the future with a fair two-party Democracy, and a code of ethics. Keep at it -you're batting 1000!
Steve - with your background in election campaigns, I sincerely hope you are working behind the scenes right now to form a coalition of like-minded people to find and develop a candidate to run in place of Joe Biden. It is going to take someone with your knowledge and skill to turn this around or at least put things in motion. There are tens of millions of us who are hoping for something more than business as usual this time around. We support Joe Biden as our current president, but we all know that what you are saying is the truth. We need to put a new candidate in place now, before it’s too late.
This has been some of your finest work. I’d love to see a whole book on this. I would buy it for everyone I know. Thank you so much for sharing this in a egalitarian format first. 💙🇺🇸💙
To try to make sense about the Republican Party's aspirations for the American nation is like navigating the nonsensical little breaking news, bit by bit, around how extreme right courts handle the legal framework that has targeted women and girls to live lives in misery. This is the legacy of wars fought to defend human rights? A return to the Age of Darkness when Religion ruled hypocritically? Opposed to such darkness are words reread from a soldier of World War I: "Kat turns his eyes to heaven, lets off a mighty fart, and says meditatively: 'Every little bean must be heard as well as seen.'" The cleanliness of truth!
Trump would read such words and follow it with a barrage of rants against the Constitution, the American institutions, the American justice system, the American law enforcement, the IRS, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, his posse, in brutish mumbo jumbo concatenations of nonsense. He will strip all the money he can from those who believe that he and only he can protect the rights of common women and men where he to be in jail for his acts, because if it happens to him, Lord Almighty, it can happen to anyone. Such women and men are so brainwashed as not to see that this is the reality of so many Americans since memorial times. They are now paying to self-gratify their innermost worries which, by the way, had they the right information and were guided to understand professional advice and investigative acumen, would now be searching elsewhere for the leader we all deserve.
DeSantis would read such words and give himself a pat in the back, because he is so lost in his own Plan For America, a plan founded on the centrality of sexuality. No, we do not fart towards the heavenly skies, much less have intercourse, babies are born all from lo-o-ove, girls are girls and boys are boys and Mickey Mouse is sexless, fantasy is not allowed, free thinking is incomprehensible to men in white boots (Puss In Boots wears them better). I might just as well say it, Theses Boots Are Made For Walking and They'll Walk All Over You. His obsession with Sex is dumbfounding, in a country with so many therapists, sexologists, psychiatrists. Professionals. He needs help. And, obviously, he comes through as self-righteous in front of Floridians, a little autocrat signing BS into directives that do such harm, not unlike his comments about horrific acts of extermination for neo-Nazis in Florida, not to mention the brutality of torture which ensued by his very presence and vacuous statements around human rights.
But what most concerns me is the following. We are faced with an extremist Congress, incapable of discerning Truth when it is given to them in such a forceful manner. So much evidence, evidence that only the brainwashed can not understand. There is a viciousness that threatens default on America's credibility in the world, brought on by a group of Trumpists who can not distinguish between the criminal acts of a president and the Wisdom of another, a group so riled with hate and vengeance that they will do all to take anyone around Joe Biden down, Joe Biden the man, like any one of us
I am not as optimistic as others that Trump will be defeated (in the general election). It will be very, very close, and even worse than January 6th will happen if he loses.............and even worse than THAT if he wins.
The end piece of this article is profoundly important and I hope you will elaborate on your thoughts in at least one more iteration , in fact this subject is of such import I hope you would consider a way to make it available to as many people as possible .
President Biden alluded to being a one term president when he ran the first time , it wasn't a promise but he appeared to appreciate his age
That was 2019 . The 2024 election is it , either the US constitional democracy survives or it dies .
I agree with Sam. I too worry about Biden, but if not Biden, then who? I don’t think anyone should disrespect Biden if they can’t put forward a viable alternative! I think we should support a loaf of bread for president if that is the Democratic nominee. My hope has always been that Trump will be disqualified under the 14th Amendment. If he’s been indicted for espionage and engaging in a conspiracy against the United States...?
As an independent and fool-me-once Trump supporter in 2016, it still amazes me that factions of the Democrats’ party still trip on each other and can’t come together; even to defeat Trumpism aka autocratic oligarchy in the making. It took the youngest voters, willing to battle through suppression and a pandemic to save our ass last time. Please, come to the middle, win over the Independent vote, keep the Senate and the White House then retreat to your corners and fight amongst yourselves.
If not Biden as the Dem nominee then who? Whitmer or Warnock perhaps. I doubt that Harris would fair any better than Humphrey in ‘68. After seeing Biden in action in Kyiv, Warsaw, and the State of the Union I am less concerned with his age - especially against a corpulent Trump.
The collapse of DeSantis is just fine! Not suited for the White House, anyway. More on . . .
I disagree with your take on Biden. If he were to step aside, the Dems could nominate a less electable candidate and most likely would. Too risky. I object strongly to you blaming Biden if Trump were to win. That would be on the American people, with the DEM party likely also responsible. All of us need to step up to do what we can to stop Trump.
I don't think Trump has a prayer in the general election-- more of his elderly white GOP voter base will be deceased 4 yrs after his loss to Biden.
And i do believe that a few million diehard GOP-voters who turned out for him in Nov. 2020 will have second thoughts after the Jan 6, 2021 atrocity and all these lawsuits coming after him-- not the least of which, IMO, is E. Jean Carroll's rape lawsuit.
I think there are at least 1 million elderly Republican females across the land who wouldn't vote for Trump after this rape-case becomes more widely-covered news.... Maybe some outraged Republican males, too, if their "family values" posture isn't complete hypocrisy.
And finally, if special prosecutor Jack Smith achieves what i believe he can do, Trump may be sitting in prison for his felonies of trying to reverse a lawful election and incite an insurrection.
I agree with most aspects of your statement. However, Biden may be the only candidate who could defeat Trump in 2024. He paces himself well, presently has good health and his mental acuity less the occasional difficulties with his acknowledged stutter. He has hope, belief in his mission and an excellent track record in taking back our Democracy from the MAGA cult of Trump to date. His understanding of foreign relations is based on years of experience no one else can match. I understand completely the fears of ageism and am somewhat concerned that he might not complete a second term if he could pull it off; but every year he is on the job is another victory lap with the exception of climate decisions like Willow to which I am greatly opposed. But I can’t help believing he has a vision for climate that will reveal itself in due course. There remain two big issues in my mind, assuming a Trump vs: Biden rematch in 2024. Will Trump finally be held accountable for his crimes and incarcerated, my fervent wish for mankind all over the
earth 🌎 ? And can the voting electorate get behind an out of the park vice President to pick up the mantle should Biden be incapacitated during a second term? I don’t understand objections to Kamala Harris but she was handed the impossible problem of immigration which she will pay for in the minds of the American people no matter her efforts on that issue or other fronts. Failure to resolve has not been her problem but she will bear the brunt of criticism. An alternate stellar pick like Pete Buttgieg or Amy Klobochar or ADAM SCHIFF could make such a ticket workable. I’d vote for Biden with Schiff without reservation! Or either of the other two. And I’d give kudos to Mamala Harris who has not had the opportunity to “strut her stuff” in the current administration. ❤️🇺🇸🕊️🌎
Donald Trump has yet to actually win the popular vote in any election. He isn’t adding to his support, and I don’t see a scenario where he will given all of his ongoing legal woes. Democrats are always their own worst enemy, but I really believe they have learned their lesson after the Clinton loss in 2016, and the situation at the Supreme Court. The elections post-2016 show that to be true. By no means should we sit back and say there is no way Trump can win, but I see reason to be hopeful that our electorate can handle this. Each year that passes, more children who have grown up in the “active shooter drill” society will come of age to vote. They will not be voting Republican. We must stand behind Biden, or whomever our nominee will be. I think we should stay the course with Biden and I hope others running for the nomination do not do too much damage. We are witnessing the death throes of the Republican party. Let’s not get in the way of that.
I am happy to read Steve’s written words and happy to see and hear him as well. Steve has one of the most powerful and distinctive voices and presence of any political commentator I have ever heard. I hope and pray that all of Steve’s gifts will be read, seen and heard loud and clear throughout the impending campaigns. We need all the wisdom, seriousness and strength we can muster no matter who the Democratic nominee is.
Steve, Thank You for helping to take Desantis down! Now go after Trump, relentlessly, as you are.
Mainly, thank you for mentioning the CHILDREN several times, what they're experiencing with all this madness, and that we must be responsible and leave them in the future with a fair two-party Democracy, and a code of ethics. Keep at it -you're batting 1000!
Steve - with your background in election campaigns, I sincerely hope you are working behind the scenes right now to form a coalition of like-minded people to find and develop a candidate to run in place of Joe Biden. It is going to take someone with your knowledge and skill to turn this around or at least put things in motion. There are tens of millions of us who are hoping for something more than business as usual this time around. We support Joe Biden as our current president, but we all know that what you are saying is the truth. We need to put a new candidate in place now, before it’s too late.
This has been some of your finest work. I’d love to see a whole book on this. I would buy it for everyone I know. Thank you so much for sharing this in a egalitarian format first. 💙🇺🇸💙
To try to make sense about the Republican Party's aspirations for the American nation is like navigating the nonsensical little breaking news, bit by bit, around how extreme right courts handle the legal framework that has targeted women and girls to live lives in misery. This is the legacy of wars fought to defend human rights? A return to the Age of Darkness when Religion ruled hypocritically? Opposed to such darkness are words reread from a soldier of World War I: "Kat turns his eyes to heaven, lets off a mighty fart, and says meditatively: 'Every little bean must be heard as well as seen.'" The cleanliness of truth!
Trump would read such words and follow it with a barrage of rants against the Constitution, the American institutions, the American justice system, the American law enforcement, the IRS, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, his posse, in brutish mumbo jumbo concatenations of nonsense. He will strip all the money he can from those who believe that he and only he can protect the rights of common women and men where he to be in jail for his acts, because if it happens to him, Lord Almighty, it can happen to anyone. Such women and men are so brainwashed as not to see that this is the reality of so many Americans since memorial times. They are now paying to self-gratify their innermost worries which, by the way, had they the right information and were guided to understand professional advice and investigative acumen, would now be searching elsewhere for the leader we all deserve.
DeSantis would read such words and give himself a pat in the back, because he is so lost in his own Plan For America, a plan founded on the centrality of sexuality. No, we do not fart towards the heavenly skies, much less have intercourse, babies are born all from lo-o-ove, girls are girls and boys are boys and Mickey Mouse is sexless, fantasy is not allowed, free thinking is incomprehensible to men in white boots (Puss In Boots wears them better). I might just as well say it, Theses Boots Are Made For Walking and They'll Walk All Over You. His obsession with Sex is dumbfounding, in a country with so many therapists, sexologists, psychiatrists. Professionals. He needs help. And, obviously, he comes through as self-righteous in front of Floridians, a little autocrat signing BS into directives that do such harm, not unlike his comments about horrific acts of extermination for neo-Nazis in Florida, not to mention the brutality of torture which ensued by his very presence and vacuous statements around human rights.
But what most concerns me is the following. We are faced with an extremist Congress, incapable of discerning Truth when it is given to them in such a forceful manner. So much evidence, evidence that only the brainwashed can not understand. There is a viciousness that threatens default on America's credibility in the world, brought on by a group of Trumpists who can not distinguish between the criminal acts of a president and the Wisdom of another, a group so riled with hate and vengeance that they will do all to take anyone around Joe Biden down, Joe Biden the man, like any one of us
I am not as optimistic as others that Trump will be defeated (in the general election). It will be very, very close, and even worse than January 6th will happen if he loses.............and even worse than THAT if he wins.
The end piece of this article is profoundly important and I hope you will elaborate on your thoughts in at least one more iteration , in fact this subject is of such import I hope you would consider a way to make it available to as many people as possible .
President Biden alluded to being a one term president when he ran the first time , it wasn't a promise but he appeared to appreciate his age
That was 2019 . The 2024 election is it , either the US constitional democracy survives or it dies .
I'm with Charlie Sykes: at least Elon Muck's starship exploded AFTER it left the launchpad.
I agree with Sam. I too worry about Biden, but if not Biden, then who? I don’t think anyone should disrespect Biden if they can’t put forward a viable alternative! I think we should support a loaf of bread for president if that is the Democratic nominee. My hope has always been that Trump will be disqualified under the 14th Amendment. If he’s been indicted for espionage and engaging in a conspiracy against the United States...?
As an independent and fool-me-once Trump supporter in 2016, it still amazes me that factions of the Democrats’ party still trip on each other and can’t come together; even to defeat Trumpism aka autocratic oligarchy in the making. It took the youngest voters, willing to battle through suppression and a pandemic to save our ass last time. Please, come to the middle, win over the Independent vote, keep the Senate and the White House then retreat to your corners and fight amongst yourselves.