It’s the party of celebrities woke people and lost academics
Not my dad’s party of laborers cops etc
“I don’t like Trump but I like his policies”
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Not my dad’s party of laborers cops etc
None of us have a window into his heart and soul. But my impression is that he really coveted that job. Most people who seek it do, of course. But this is somebody who had been in the Senate for nearly 40 years, and then had a front row seat to somebody else having the job he wanted for another 8. He ran in 1988, then again in 2008...and then finally won the backing of the party's power brokers in 2020 -- largely as a consensus candidate to prevent Sanders from being the standard-bearer.
After all of that, and given that he had already beaten Trump once, I'm sure it would be very hard to just willingly do a Cincinnatus and step aside.
I love that she has "D1 swimmer" in her X bio - she swam at Central Connecticut State.
I see you're looking into her, Noodle . . .I love that she has "D1 swimmer" in her X bio - she swam at Central Connecticut State.
Monkeybranching!
I guess being an assistant at Alabama and IU carried a lot more weight in 1999-2000 than it does now.
I already told you I’m running in 2028.
This is key. The relative success of different types of Democrats during the midterms will be what shapes the party's message for 2028.
I was there when it all happened. The support for Davis was entirely emotional:
1. We were on a roller coaster that seemed to get better after he took over.
2. The players seemed to support him.
3. As far as we all could tell (and I can confirm), he was just a genuinely nice guy, which was a nice change of pace.
Clinically speaking, looking back on it, he clearly wasn't ready for the gig. But at the time, it felt right.
I sure wanted him to do well
I remember working at the McD's for a while up by the stadium, and he'd come through the drive-through after work on the way home. Which, to his credit, was much more likely to be 9 or 10 pm than 5 or 6. Just super friendly and down to earth. Combine his attitude with his work ethic, and you couldn't not root for him.
Plus, there was that whole Kirk Haston thing and then the tourney run, and we all just felt like the program had weathered a bad storm and would be fine.
Shy. Stutter. Foisted into the role. Felt like an underdog story
Funny thing is I saw him on one of those roundtable discussions on the B1G network a few years ago, and he was exactly the opposite. Confident, funny, at ease, clearly intelligent in the ways of basketball in a detailed, nuanced way. The IU job just came at him far too early in his own professional development to handle it.
Probably a blessing and a curse. I’m sure it also set him up. He started at the top
Correct.
No one said or thought "on paper, this guy is clearly a great candidate for the IU basketball head coaching job." Including Davis himself, I'd guess. But the players wanted him and were rumored to threaten to leave if he was not hired.
I'm not saying Davis was a bad guy, just clearly not qualified for the job on paper or otherwise.
For what it’s worth - I wasn’t saying Davis was hired on his resume alone. It was an emotional hire based largely on the situation and timing. I guess that’s where the comparison is more apt.
And almost won a national championship. Crazy
Oh, there was a certain Region lawyer and his crew of 45 (or so) oxpeckers who rooted against him from day one.
Unless you are able to charge excessive rates at your resorts and golf courses for secret service and funnel foreign dignitaries to your hotels at higher rates as well.
The ability to grift is also unmatched by any in congress. I think you're underestimating Trump and his crime family's ability to profit off the position.
Kucinich was also on Fox a lot. Which probably sunk his campaign with the Dem crazies.
Mark and ohio and others don’t realize the radical left is the party. It’s who is galvanized. Centrist Dems are dead. Not unlike Bush Cheney types.
Populism is it now. On both sides
Moderate, sensible candidates have run this country into near bankruptcy.
Sorry - I'll take the guy who addresses real problems and is interested in helping the average American.
You may not agree with him, but what's your plan to get a balanced budget and cut the debt?
For the last 9 years, you have been trying to nail Trump on bogus charges.
You think, in all that time, with all those investigations, there's a reason why not a single charge has been filed against him for illegally profiting by his Presidency?
The US needs a pragmatic centrist with the guts to actually streamline our bureaucracy writ large while uniting and boosting our citizenry.
It’s not a pipe dream, it doesn’t require a third party, and this person could come from either side of the aisle.
Will the real slim shady please stand up?
It’s not a pipe dream, it doesn’t require a third party, and this person could come from either side of the aisle.
Will the real slim shady please stand up?
bogus charges? just because you keep your head in the sand doesn't make them bogus. Trump got them thrown out when idiots voted him back into office.
He loves the rule about not being able to indict a sitting dictator.
I'll get crucified for saying this, but Mike Davis would be a good coach at IU today.
I saw that same discussion and he was a much wiser, experienced person.
Mike's problem was relying on star players and featuring them. After Knight's players left, he never developed leadership within the program. The only time I saw him bench starters en masse was the second half of the IU Big Ten Tournament game against Ohio State. He put in all subs except for Bracey and they came from WAY back to beat Ohio State. After saying he'd learned a lesson in that game, he went right back to the starters the next game and lost badly. Mike's a good guy, but didn't learn from his mistakes at IU.
