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[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I don't think people complain about it being hell. It's a beautiful state.

People complain about it being run badly by crazy progressives.

I can't image being super-rich and leaving California for...Texas or Florida. What a downgrade (in terms of natural beauty). Florida and Texas (and Arizona) are unlivable for 4 months (but maybe I just hate the heat).

Maybe the people who have made the move don't care about natural scenery, etc. My guess is Elon is holed up in his home office all day regardless of where he lives.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

I am partial to Whitmer now. SHE IS NO JABRONI.

It's pretty wild that an assassination attempt that happened 9 days ago is already old news.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Best candidate for Ds out there. She should be running for Pres on D ticket, not VP. She'd definitely beat Trump. Harris might as well, but it's a toss up.

Sebby, curious what you think of your governor; press seems to indicate he's pretty widely popular.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Sebby, curious what you think of your governor; press seems to indicate he's pretty widely popular.

He's a very popular moderate. I voted for him and like him so far. People in both parties like him as he tends to be transactional and pragmatic.

But I'm not sure how much he moves the dial here. Harris is a CA senator who's considered (on the East Coast/Mid-Atlantic at least) as a lightweight, and by a significant percentage of people, not exactly competent. Shapiro would gain some votes here, but I think he'd only be making up for those old people and moderate Rs in the collar counties who voted for Biden but will not vote for Harris.

Joe was an easy sell here because everybody knows someone like him and he spent his career commuting back and forth between DC and Wilmington, just below the border. Harris has a very different background, and I don't just mean her race and sex.

She's probably going to run into the same thing that's going to cost McCormick, an ex-fund manager at Bridgewater (Ray Dalio's outfit), his election (he's running against Casey for Senate). Both the city and rural folk here do not trust perceived "elites" of any kind.* They want home grown stuff, like Shapiro. Blue dogs are adored here. Progressives and "Wall St. fat cats" are electoral poison.

She also can't run on abortion, and talking about green energy is doom. The sole issues in the state are inflation and growth, and fracking to sell natural gas to other countries is seen as one of the biggest growth areas that needs to be expanded. Joe did himself few favors in the state with that dumb ban on terminals for further sale of LNG abroad.
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* I hate the word, as the people who think they're elites are usually what Taleb calls "intellectuals yet idiots" and those who brand others as elites are just plain old idiots. But it's in the political vernacular now, so I'm using it.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I can't image being super-rich and leaving California for...Texas or Florida. What a downgrade (in terms of natural beauty). Florida and Texas (and Arizona) are unlivable for 4 months (but maybe I just hate the heat).

Maybe the people who have made the move don't care about natural scenery, etc. My guess is Elon is holed up in his home office all day regardless of where he lives.

TX and FL are easy in matters like zoning and licensing. What would take a million permits and variances in the teeth of a ridiculous pile of regulations and zoning ordinances in CA gets done at 10X the speed in FL and TX.

I just spoke with client last week which is "tying off" CA operations (running them off and shutting them down). Too much of a pain in the ass to do business, and too many lawsuits. Clients I know who've got operations in TX and FL love it. You can do a lot more without asking for permission.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

TX and FL are easy in matters like zoning and licensing. What would take a million permits and variances in the teeth of a ridiculous pile of regulations and zoning ordinances in CA gets done at 10X the speed in FL and TX.

I just spoke with client last week which is "tying off" CA operations (running them off and shutting them down). Too much of a pain in the ass to do business, and too many lawsuits. Clients I know who've got operations in TX and FL love it. You can do a lot more without asking for permission.

I was referring to people; not a business. I am aware of why those states are better for business.

But if you move your company to those states, you probably have to live there. It's not that Florida and Texas are bad places - it's just that compared to California they are ugly.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

But I'm not sure how much he moves the dial here.

VP candidates rarely move the dial, but we have a lot of political journalists who see stories in believing otherwise. After the events of the last few days, we should all understand that the important thing about VPs is that sometimes they have to step up, but that doesn't mean that voters care.

Harris is a CA senator who's considered (on the East Coast/Mid-Atlantic at least) as a lightweight, and by a significant percentage of people, not exactly competent.

Former Senator, former Attorney General, "considered" this as she runs against a guy who was a reality TV star, stared at an eclipse, and told people to drink bleach. But she's the one considered a lightweight, "not exactly competent." Relatedly, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

VP candidates rarely move the dial, but we have a lot of political journalists who see stories in believing otherwise. After the events of the last few days, we should all understand that the important thing about VPs is that sometimes they have to step up, but that doesn't mean that voters care.



Former Senator, former Attorney General, "considered" this as she runs against a guy who was a reality TV star, stared at an eclipse, and told people to drink bleach. But she's the one considered a lightweight, "not exactly competent." Relatedly, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

1. Yup

2. Nobody said he’s not a lightweight (odd phrasing given his physicality). But it must be noted, if all one’s done is worked in politics, how can one not be a lightweight. Bubba being a huge exception who understood the economy like he’d been a CEO.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

VP candidates rarely move the dial, but we have a lot of political journalists who see stories in believing otherwise.

Then why do political parties pick them as if they do?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Then why do political parties pick them as if they do?

Because they sometimes do. Tin Fey was a disaster for McCain.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Then why do political parties pick them as if they do?

These days presidential candidates pick them, not the parties, and I don't think there's a simple story about who gets picked. But a lot of political journalists like to write stories as if that is central to what is going on.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

These days presidential candidates pick them, not the parties, and I don't think there's a simple story about who gets picked. But a lot of political journalists like to write stories as if that is central to what is going on.

I can't help but think picking a Penn governor will help win Penn.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I can't help but think picking a Penn governor will help win Penn.

It can’t hurt. But I think her path may be less courting Penn moderates and more getting out the youth vote. She isn’t saddled with Joe’s position on Israel or his age, both of which alienate young voters.

Young voter registration jumped 700% when she became presumptive nominee.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Young voter registration jumped 700% when she became presumptive nominee.

Cite please

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Cite please

I don't have any idea where Sebby saw that number, but there have been a lot of stories this week about increases in voter registration since the weekend. You can find them using the Google.