US Election Week 2020

[Liep]

At the rate of counting today it does look like a chance of a winner no?

No. More counting won't matter, set your alarm for mid December.

[celedhring]

Lost in the shuffle of the yank election, but it looks like PR voted 52/48 for statehood on 51% turnout. Not that it has any chance of making it past the Republican Senate. The mandate isn't too strong either.

[Josquius]

Lost in the shuffle of the yank election, but it looks like PR voted 52/48 for statehood on 51% turnout. Not that it has any chance of making it past the Republican Senate. The mandate isn't too strong either.

Checking up 4.5% of Florida is Puerto Rican.
Hope the democrats see it as worthwhile to try anyway, could gain them some support there.
Though 51/49...wow thats close. Wonder why some are against it.

[Caliga]

You'd need the Democrats to control the House, Senate, and Presidency if Puerto Rico is to have a shot at statehood.

[celedhring]

Lost in the shuffle of the yank election, but it looks like PR voted 52/48 for statehood on 51% turnout. Not that it has any chance of making it past the Republican Senate. The mandate isn't too strong either.

Checking up 4.5% of Florida is Puerto Rican.
Hope the democrats see it as worthwhile to try anyway, could gain them some support there.
Though 51/49...wow thats close. Wonder why some are against it.

Well, some want full independence (which seems a terrible idea). And there's a third option 

[Sheilbh]

[The Minsky Moment]

Remember the Maine!

[The Minsky Moment]

The farcical news conference at the landscaper company is reassuring - the President clearly has no legal strategy and no team to pursue one.

[Sheilbh]

Rudy's taking things well:
https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1325128506523652096?s=20

Some inadvertantly revealing lines here: "All of the networks, wow! We have to forget about the law; judges don't count [...] Networks don't get to decide elections; courts do."

[The Minsky Moment]

And the old dictum proves right again.

America can always be counted on to do the right thing — after exhausting all the other alternatives.

[Josquius]

You'd need the Democrats to control the House, Senate, and Presidency if Puerto Rico is to have a shot at statehood.

Aye, but I wonder whether there's political gain in trying and having the Republicans stand against democracy and block it.

[crazy canuck]

The farcical news conference at the landscaper company is reassuring - the President clearly has no legal strategy and no team to pursue one.

[The Minsky Moment]

Rudy's taking things well:
https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1325128506523652096?s=20

Some inadvertantly revealing lines here: "All of the networks, wow! We have to forget about the law; judges don't count [...] Networks don't get to decide elections; courts do."

"Of course Courts set aside elections ..."

Doesn't he have any non-estranged family left capable of performing an intervention?

[celedhring]

Rudy Giuliani 2001-2020, can't think of many political falls from grace steeper than his.

[Sheilbh]

Rudy Giuliani 2001-2020, can't think of many political falls from grace steeper than his.

Agreed - globally admired to this year which, for him particularly, has not been great.