Ready The Clown Car: The First Batch of Democrats Are Ready To Announce Their 2020 Bids

Like I said, forget about whether you personally support the issue for a minute. What this tells us is that she is more interested in virtue signalling, posing for the media and building her tribal credentials than it is about any real commitment to getting this issue addressed the way that she says that she wants, or, more importantly, about her building her case for being the next President of the United States.

 

Presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Julián Castro have announced their support for decriminalizing illegal immigration. Surely more will follow.

Elizabeth Warren calls for decriminalizing illegal immigration

Elizabeth Warren called for a repeal of the statute that criminalizes illegal entry into the U.S. The presidential candidate's stance came after fellow 2020 Democratic competitor Julián Castro said he also supported the measure.

“I agree with Secretary Castro,” Warren told the Huffington Post in a Tuesday statement. “We should not be criminalizing mamas and babies trying to flee violence at home or trying to build a better future. We must pass comprehensive immigration reform that is in line with our values, creates a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants including our DREAMers, and protects our borders.”

Castro said in April in a Medium post that the U.S. should overhaul its immigration system, which would include making illegal immigration a civil rather than criminal offense.

"The truth is, immigrants seeking refuge in our country aren’t a threat to national security. Migration shouldn’t be a criminal justice issue. It’s time to end this draconian policy and return to treating immigration as a civil — not a criminal — issue," Castro said.

Unauthorized entry into the U.S. has been a crime since the early 20th century.​

We used to play hide and seek when I was a child. Sometimes someone would call out "ally ally oxen free," which meant effectively everyone was awarded a free pass and the game was over. This policy will be heard around the world very much like that with regards to anyone who has aspirations of coming here in anything other than a legal manner.

Can you say "Open borders"? I know you can.

 

Moveon.org has published a new straw poll the day before the first Democrat party debate tomorrow night. Of course there may not be a more openly striden group of out-of-the-closet partisan propagandists in this country than Moveon.org.

So, who do they say is in the lead in their "straw poll"? Well, Elizabeth Warren, of course.

From an article by NBC News:

Elizabeth Warren jumps out to a big lead in MoveOn poll

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders top a new straw poll from the progressive group MoveOn.org, illuminating how the packed field of candidates is coming into focus for more left-leaning Democratic voters just before the first debate of the 2020 cycle.

The poll, released Tuesday and first reported by NBC News, shows Warren is the top choice of 38 percent of MoveOn's members nationwide — and the top choice of voters surveyed in the early-voting states of California, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Sanders comes in second nationwide — 17 percent say he's their first choice — trailing Warren by more than 20 points. Former Vice President Joe Biden (15 percent) and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana (12 percent), are the only other candidates to earn double-digit support; Sen. Kamala Harris of California comes in with 7 percent.​

Just one little observation, if I may. California is not an early voting state. It is the most populous state. It is the state with the most electoral votes. And it is very possibly the most left leaning state. But it does not hold its primary until Super Tuesday, along with 12 other states and one territorial caucus.

Truly unbelievable.

 

Why did they think it is pertinent, is the more pertinent question.

 

It looks like the media campaign promoting Warren at the expense of Biden and Sanders is working with Democrat voters.

Economist/YouGov: Biden 25, Warren 19, Sanders 15, Harris 7, Buttigieg 6

 

If Biden really is being kicked to the curb and Elizabeth Warren is the new current media favorite, that is to a significant degree because there is no clear, solid moderate Democrat that has the chops to fill that lane right now. (Elizabeth Warren is not even close to being a moderate, and anyone who thinks she is, is just mindlessly spewing media invented nonsense.)

Well, it is not impossible to fix that, those Democrats with moderate tendencies need to start engaging in this process more and they need to start vetting some of the lesser known candidates, a few of who actually do have some moderate tendencies remaining. Apparently one of the leading Democrat opinion leaders in Iowa (The first contest in the primaries - actually a caucus) is doing just that.

‘Giant in Iowa politics’ endorses Steve Bullock

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock won’t appear on the debate stage in Miami tonight, but he still notched a high-profile win Wednesday. In an early state that’s critical to his strategy, longtime Story County Democratic chair Jan Bauer told POLITICO she is backing Bullock for president.

The endorsement from Bauer, one of the most recognizable names in Iowa caucus politics, is considered a coup for Bullock. Story County is home to Ames and Iowa State University. “Jan is a giant in Iowa politics. She’s loved across the state and known for being a tireless advocate for her candidates,” said Sean Bagniewski, chairman of the Polk County Democrats in Des Moines. “She’s one of the few people whose endorsement is as important as any of Iowa’s elected officials.”

The Montana governor, who entered the race in mid-May, has already won the endorsement of Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, one of the most popular Democrats in the state.​

This bracket in the contest is not empty, as Biden is supposedly still in it. But as Biden has been casting aside his decades long stances that have made him the favorite as a moderate, his poll numbers have fallen precipitously. This cause and effect reaction should surprise exactly nobody. Combine that with the impression he has left in his few appearances - that he is too old and weak to do this - that has left a gaping hole open for somebody to fill.

Will Governor Bullock fill that gaping hole? It is too soon to tell, but as nature abhors a vacuum, it sure seems to me that somebody will. And that is certainly not going to be Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders, who are competing aggressively at the other end of the ideological spectrum for the support of the activist far left.