(04-15-2020 11:35 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  I think the Veep picks of both candidates will be of paramount importance.

For the Biden ticket, there is a real possibility of early onset dementia needing a rescue via resignation or 25th Amendment. I mean, the guy is nothing more than a walking and eye blinking version of a word salad right now......

For the Trump ticket, you have to lay odds on favorites on the proposition that the Democrats will keep up the barrage of impeachment. If there is a Trump re-election, he may very well be the first President to be impeached twice.

And, with that happening, we will have proven ourselves no better than a banana republic in our electoral process and the incessant drum beat of a 'do over' actions to undo the results of the last election.

For the Identity Party, I hope it is Klobuchar. I wonder how many capable people are off the list because they are male. Or white.

For the Republicans, I think we will be OK with Pence. The Dems have been shooting at Trump for four years now and have barely touched him. They can impeach him every other Sunday for the next four years, but they will never remove him. I don't think they can ever get 67 votes in the Senate.

Sure hope we can confirm a lot of judges in the next 8 months. Just in case.