Democratic Convention

All during the primaries, I warned DWT readers that if Biden became the nominee, the campaign would swing on stuff that aren't of much relevance to the American people: which one has a more disgusting family, which one is more corrupt, which one is more senile. Democrats, bolstered by mainstream media, believe Trump's family is worse; Republicans, bolstered by Fox News and Hate Talk Radio, believe Biden's family is worse. Democrats, bolstered by mainstream media, believe Trump is more corrupt; Republicans, bolstered by Fox News and Hate Talk Radio, believe Biden is more corrupt.

The three colors in the chart represent odds that a season will be perceived as cool (blue), normal (white) or hot (red). In 1950 to 1980, if represented on a six-sided dice, there were two blue sides, two red sides and two white sides. "The dice are now loaded, really loaded. ... Four sides of the die are now red (hot) and one side is deep red for extreme heat, more than three standard deviations warmer than in 1951-1980.

Biden really is the Lincoln Project candidate, the candidate of what Rahm Emanuel called, approvingly, "the Biden Republicans." Wall Street Journal reporters Ken Thomas and Eliza Collins were being kind when they predicted unity in the Democratic Party won't last. The only "unity" I can detect beyond party hacks is the unification across the party and beyond to rid the country of the toxic malignancy in the White House.

No one knows what's going to happen, but it would be a safe bet that Americans aren't going to have a chance to vote for a real progressive for president in a very long time, probably longer than I'll be a sentient being. Or maybe not.

Cringe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=74FvxjiIIfo

The Challengers by Nancy OhanianA new Langer poll for ABC News and the Washington Post shows that 86% of Democrats approve of Biden's pick of Kamala Harris as his running mate-- and so do most independents and even 25% of Republicans.

Iowa's four congressional districts. Note Cedar Rapids in CD1, Iowa City (a major college town) in CD2, Des Moines in CD3 and Ames (the other large college town) in the otherwise heavily rural CD4.by Thomas NeuburgerMost people think, innocently enough, that the coming Democratic Party Iowa caucuses held in each of the state's voting precincts selects pledged delegates to the national convention.

by Thomas Neuburger"Where would you stick the knife in?" — 2020 Democratic Convention Rules Committee nominee John Podesta, referring to candidate Bernie Sanders in 2016DNC chair Tom Perez recently presented his nominations for the 2020 Democratic Convention standing committees.

In 2018 EMILY's List shill, Brooklyn hipster, Hillaryite and wealthy Qualcomm heiress Sara Jacobs tried buying the San Diego/Orange County congressional seat that other people-- not her-- had driven Darrell Issa out of. She failed spectacularly and didn't get through the primary-- after spending $2,125,798 of grandpa's money.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren (Mary Schwalm / Reuters)by Thomas NeuburgerOne of the more likely outcomes of this season's primary race is that either Warren or Sanders will be the nominee.