We need a fighter in 2020...

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I don't think Booker would be effective...

I think he'd take the same hands off approach that many Republicans took throughout the primary and Hillary tried to take for most the general. He'll focus on issues, talk about staying above the fray, maybe even mention things he likes about Trump...and then he'll get shit on constantly, given a lousy nickname that Trump will run into the ground and something that will play on national TV every single day, and the oxygen in the room will, again, be completely absorbed by Trump and his outlandish behavior and lies toward Booker.

"Lock her up!" was a dangerous, scary, horrific moment in our country - a moment very similar to the scenes experienced with Obama in 2008 when there were veiled attempts to question his citizenship and love of America. The Palin rallies were a preview of what was coming ... but the difference is in 2008, it was roundly criticized by EVERYONE and it played bad - the optics were horrifying for the GOP. It only helped Obama. By 2016, the same type of rally, the same type of ugly chanting, played differently. It riled up the base while leaving many other people shrugging to it. But worst of all, it legitimized the idea Hillary Clinton should go to jail and because that was put out there, it gave enough people enough doubt to not vote for her.

Those moments should have been disqualifying and they weren't. Palin was turned into a national joke for things Trump has been lauded for. The game HAS changed since Obama ran. If we run another inspiring candidate who speaks to our ideals and hopes and dreams, I'm not sure we'll win.