2024 Presidential Election Thread

[MartyFunkhouser]

I was hoping for Shapiro. Too Jewish I guess. Bummer.

I am going to reserve judgement on Walz until Uncle Ted weighs in with a measured and thoughtful analysis.

It seems like both candidates are doing their best to not win this election. Shapiro was the perfect choice.

Walz is the most liberal of all the options talked about. It would have been helpful to have a more moderate candidate.

[myboynoah]

I was hoping for Shapiro. Too Jewish I guess. Bummer.

I am going to reserve judgement on Walz until Uncle Ted weighs in with a measured and thoughtful analysis.

Agreed, I was hoping for Shapiro. Would have been a great attack dog. But alas, it could just come to down to internal chemistry. I heard one pundit a couple of weeks ago emphasize that as the most important factor when choosing a running mate.

[Maximus]

It seems like both candidates are doing their best to not win this election. Shapiro was the perfect choice.

Walz is the most liberal of all the options talked about. It would have been helpful to have a more moderate candidate.

how liberal is clean energy, school lunches, infustrucre bills, etc.

Seems like a gop platform in the 90s

[Bo Diddley]

I was hoping for Shapiro. Too Jewish I guess. Bummer.

I am going to reserve judgement on Walz until Uncle Ted weighs in with a measured and thoughtful analysis.

[Moliere]

how liberal is clean energy, school lunches, infustrucre bills, etc.

Seems like a gop platform in the 90s

Depends on whose paying for it all

[Uncle Ted]

I was hoping for Shapiro. Too Jewish I guess. Bummer.

I am going to reserve judgement on Walz until Uncle Ted weighs in with a measured and thoughtful analysis.

I am on holiday right now but took a quick look at the news… Minnesota was a lost cause for Gop’ers anyway. Pennsylvania is a much better prize. Former teacher so he will secure the teacher union endorsement… oh wait, Harris already had that too. I wonder what the twitters are sayings…

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Yeah, RJK Jr is going to get a boost in the polls.

[myboynoah]

Cuban weighs in with an interesting point. The contrast between hope/positivity/humor is pretty stark. I remember way back when Clinton ran for the first time. The Repub convention was all about the dangers out there in America (gay people, abortion, welfare queens, crime, etc.) and the Dem convention was about hope and how America could be better moving forward. The killer was the final night of the convention after Cinton accepted the nomination. They brought the families up and I believe they were blasting Fleetwood Mac, and much younger HIllary and Tipper Gore were dancing and swinging each other to the music. It looked fun and a stark contrast to the glum nature of the Repubs.

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[YOhio]

I am on holiday right now …

Americans say 'on vacation.' You've shown your true colors, you crown-loving lib.

[The_Tick]

So...are we in a financial collapse? Surprised I haven't seen it bantered about here yet.

[Uncle Ted]

Americans say 'on vacation.' You've shown your true colors, you crown-loving lib.

I’m in Europe rn… just keeping a low profile while I’m here.

[BigPiney]

Last year I wrote this:

I am at conference and I just heard Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speak. I would vote for this guy. I wish he was running for president and not Biden.

He is very likeable.

[Bo Diddley]

So...are we in a financial collapse? Surprised I haven't seen it bantered about here yet.

It feels like a speed bump to me.

Maybe Trump is right and the Fed shouldn't cut rates until after the election.

[Uncle Ted]

It seems like both candidates are doing their best to not win this election. Shapiro was the perfect choice.

Walz is the most liberal of all the options talked about. It would have been helpful to have a more moderate candidate.

Yeah… I can’t wait for the attack ads. Mike Murphy posting lots of good information.

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And he is a socialist… cool.

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[Uncle Ted]

It feels like a speed bump to me.

Maybe Trump is right and the Fed shouldn't cut rates until after the election.

With the job numbers heading south cutting rates could cause stagflation which would be really fun.

Stupid Intel and Nvidia are dragging down my Apple!

[Jeff Lebowski]

A big part of the market volatility has been triggered by automated trades in response to Japanese banking changes and yen valuations. Lots of organizations were borrowing yen to buy stocks. Jobs data aren’t that bad.