Thread by @michaelnorth

@thespybrief

How do we defeat Trump ? I rarely do threads but..

I have 4 questions.

1. Who can serve 2 terms?

2. Can what they propose get 60 votes in the Senate?

3. Do they really, REALLY WANT IT?

4. Can they unite the Party?

/1

Because when you try to defeat an incumbent, you MUST make Trump dangerous and ALSO have answers about why your person isn’t .

Incumbents win when it’s close IN SWING STATES.

The fear you stoke must be primal and must have a safe place to flee to.

HT:@TheRickWilson /2

Question 1. Can they FULLY serve two terms?

Sure we will say it’s about this election. But this is the set up of a Trump dynasty. Get that?

Joe NO
Bernie NO
Liz Yes
Pete Yes
Amy Yes
Bloomberg nobody cares, he won’t get enough delegates to matter.

Least important question

/3

Number 2. Can they get 60 votes in the Senate.

Subtle but it weighs when you elect a pipe dreamer.

Joe maybe, most likely
Bernie HELL NO
Liz Even more no
Pete 50/50
Amy meh

It’s about SAFETY against the other person being dangerous

/3

Question 3. Do they REALLY, REALLY WANT IT?

Fire in the belly gets people to follow AND ACT. To organize and get voters to vote

Joe meh, need more
Bernie Hell yes
Liz with every last molecule
Pete perchance he does
Amy Is nap time now?

Voters want you to light them up

/4

Question 4. Can they unite the party?

See Carter re-election for details, the progressive wing destroyed Carter and he never recovered

Joe yes well maybe
Bernie I’m laughing so hard
Liz you are killing me Smalls
Pete No. Watch NV and SC
Amy maybe

/5

I don’t have the answer. That’s why I’m asking the questions.

No one gets 4 yes answers ever.

Politics is compromise but when we say Trump is dangerous, you must have reasons why you person is safe

/6

We will know the nominee after Super Tuesday. It’s math. With the states that have moved up, more than half the elected delegates will be chosen after Super Tuesday and mighty Momentum will be clear

There won’t be enough delegates left for the remaining states to shift it.

/7

I have other issues

Is Joe the next Bob
Dole?

Is Bernie essentially Ted Kennedy, unelectable but fatally divisive?

Do you get how freaking scary Liz is between the Rockies and Appalachians? You know, in swing states?

Will Pete and Amy last to Super Tuesday?

/8

Can Yang get even 100 delegates?

Can Bloomberg get 200?

Last... now go look at the candidates and how the voters look at those questions IN JUST SWING STATES orrrrrr we get....

Donald J Trump the only President ever elected AFTER being impeached....

/end

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Comments appreciated if it moves any of you on the thread.

I’m so addicted now that my Super Bowl Sunday between my two favorite teams is consumed with this issue