Election Morning November 4th : Sort of Live Blog 3

 7:01 AM

I admit it.  I passed out.  At least for an hour or two.

Not much new.

MSNBC still has Biden 224 Trump 213

HuffPost has Biden 238  Trump 213

I'm not sure of the difference, other HuffPost has called Arizona for Biden and MSNBC has not.

Nothing is too shocking, but also the margin that I prayed Biden would get is not there.  I had hoped he'd get more surprise states, in addition to Arizona and Nebraska District 2, but alas, that has not yet transpired.

Donald Trump has declared victory and is openly lusting for the Supreme Court to intervene.

Yes, this is very different from what I projected in my Last Speculatron.  Am I ashamed I missed?  No, I always strive to put the best scenario forward.  The emphasis is always on SPECULATION rather than PREDICTION.  I prayed I was right but I was not.

It does look like Warnock will finish first in the runoff, with current Senator Loeffler second.  Interestingly, Democrats combined have 50.8% of the vote and Republicans have 48.6.  Most of the vote yet to come in is from Democratic strongholds.  Ossoff is close to a runoff - he's at 46.9% and David PeeYou, uh, Pureedew, uh Perdue is at 50.8%.  It won't take much to frag him below 50.

(In Georgia, any race where no candidate receives 50% plus of the vote results in a runoff.  It's not the worst idea, but it is a hangover from Jim Crow.

Senate Dem 46 GOP 47

7:25 AM

Thanks, MSNBC, for finally telling me that Biden won Hawaii.

I've pulled up a summary from AP, and this is apparently where HuffPost is getting their information.  They also have it 238 to 213 in favor of Biden.

Biden has pulled into the lead in Wisconsin.  Hopefully, that will stick.

Biden is closing the gap in Michigan.  Oh, my God, do we need that one!

Someone on MSNBC is blaming liberals for spending too much money on Senates races they could not win.  Yeah?  And the horse you rode in on, motherducker!  Everyone deserves a choice.  Too many regions of this country have had no choice for too long.  You have to keep coming at them AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN.

To top it off, my Song of the Day feature is not working.  YouTube is not transferring videos to FaceBook.  I don't know whether it's personal or temporary or what.  

By the by, this whole thing is pretty much WYSIWYG.  I'm not checking grammar or nothing.

8:21

Biden is decisively ahead in the popular vote, by about 2.3 million votes, with much that is left that will favor him.  It's very like that Biden will not only win the popular vote, but also win the majority of the vote (50% plus). Too bad, thanx and a hat's tip to slavery-favoring impositions on our Constitution, that doesn't mean as much as it should.

What could that mean if Trump won?  It would mean the THIRD time the popular vote winner did not win, and the first time a 50+ candidate did not win. Let's pray that this is not the case.

9:04 AM

I haven't gone away.  Just bereft of news.  Trying to decide if my stomach can take breakfast.

No, I'm not going into work today.  That would be a very dangerous thing for me to do.

I just saw a list of states that MSNBC has given Biden, and it doesn't include Hawaii.  WTH?

9:22 AM

I now see where Biden has pulled ahead in Michigan!

9:33 AM

After four years of the worst Presidency in American History, Pierce County still voted 87% for Trump. Same as 2016. So, it wasn't just hatred of the dreaded Hillary. There is something even worse going on. No progress made at all, I am sad and frightened.

This is where I live. I live in political Hell.

9:49 AM

Thanks to my friend, Benita Collins, I was able to end around and post my Song of the Day! If you are a FaceBook friend, please enjoy Here Comes Santa Claus!

10:18 AM

I am at my desktop at home, with multiple windows up. I have MSNBC on mute. I can't take the Kornacki chatter, but I don't know where else to go. I also have the AP interactive map up - that's more statistically informative.

I am going to admit it - I am losing my mind. I can't look, and I can't not look. (yeah, that's a double negative - SUCK IT, GRAMMARLY!

11.:53 AM

I really don't see much changed. Pennsylvania may have a press conference while I was inattentive, so I'm not sure if they did or what they said.

I'll continue this with a new blog post.

Election Night November 4th! Sort of Live Blog 2

12:00 AM

Georgia still has a lot of important vote left.  Could it make a difference?  Probably not.  Damn.  Steve Kornacki and that damn same day vote.

Idaho Trump

Biden 192 Trump 136

Virginia Biden

Biden 205 Trump 136

Still no flips. All the states projected are the same as 2016.

Nebraska District 2 Biden leading

I am sick of rearing how the same day vote is Republican.

Senate GOP 45 Dem 44 we really, really need the Senate

12:23 AM

HuffPost has Biden at 223 and I don't know why. Also Trump at 145.  

I think they are giving Minnesota and Hawaii to Biden, and Iowa and Montana to Trump.  Makes sense, but not in my official channel of choice.  Although, I've about had it with Steve "Same Day" Kornacki.

12:40 AM

Florida Trump Damn

Biden 205 Trump 165

Cuban Americans have traded one dictator for another.

12:42 AM

Biden speaks.  Mike not good.

Ok they got it better.

He is optimistic and gracious.  Please, I pray, he is our next President.

I guess the next exciting thing will be Alaska closing.

Iowa Trump

Biden 205 Trump 171

Joni Ernst coming back.  Super Blech.

Senate GOP 46 Dem 44

1:00 AM

Alaska closes!  Oh...too early to call.

1:09 AM

Texas Trump

Biden 205 Trump 209

As terrible as this is, nothing has really changed.  If Biden can win Arizona and claim the Great Lakes, he'll be the next President.

Montana Trump

Biden 205 Trump 212

Rhode Island Biden

Biden 209 Trump 212

1:27 AM

I think the Orange Menace may speak soon.  I may try to take a nap.

Wait.  Calling Nebraska District 2 for Biden?

Biden 210 Trump 213 - Maine District?

That's a flip!

1:37 AM

Minnesota Biden

Biden 220 Trump 213

Yeah.  It's hard to take a nap.

Senate Dem 46 GOP 46

2:24 AM 

Ok.  I can't stand to look at him.  I'm going to turn off coverage and try to get some sleep.

The only thing interesting is watching Biden get closer in Georgia.  I'm not sure he can catch Trump, but it has been a bright spot.

No electoral vote change.  Be back.

Election Night November 3rd! Sort of Live Blog 1

6:10 PM

Ready for Election night!  

I will be posting into this blog post as the night progresses.

This post may get more joyous or despairing, depending on how the results go.

Starting with TYT, the progressive network that reluctantly predicted that Trump would win.

This year?  Not predicting a Trump victory.  Not predicting a close election.  Predicting a Biden BLOW OUT!!!

6:21 PM

Switched to MSNBC.  My God!  They love exit polls!  Which may or may not mean anything.

7% of Nevada voters think the economy is excellent.  Yeah, I do hear the rich are getting richer.  So, congratulations, ye mighty handful. 69% think wearing masks is a public safety responsibility.

Ok, actually, this is from the crawl at the bottom of the screen.  I swear, they've run about 200 commercials in a row.

7:00 PM

Indiana for Trump.  Others too close early to call.

Trump 11 Biden 0

7:24 PM

The tension is too much, so we're watching Who Wants to be A Millionaire for a little while.

7:37 PM

Vermont goes to Biden.

Trump 11 Biden 3

So many states way too close.  Florida is scary.  Biden's leading, but the Panhandle yet to come in.

I don't understand anyone who would have voted for Trump.  I know I'm surrounded by Trump voters, but I still can't see how they reach that conclusion.

7:52 PM

I see that HuffPost is reporting different electoral numbers than MSNBC, but I can't tell which states they are - Biden 16 Trump 13.

7:58 PM

Kentucky called for Trump.  Yuck.

Trump 19 Biden 3

8:01

Slew of states!  

Biden 44 Trump 26

I wish I could tell you all the states.  I know they include Massachusetts and Maryland.  Trump gets Oklahoma.

Still have little idea on the Senate.

Nobody's talking about the house.

Florida is a mess, as usual.

8:12

Tennesse for Trump.

Biden 44 Trump 37

Texas looks more promising than Florida.  But who knows?

McConnell wins.  Turtle Man comes back.  Blech.  Hopefully, as minority leader.

To update, Biden wins New Jersey and Delaware.  Those are the states I missed earlier.

8:23 PM

West Virginia Trump Connecticut Biden

Biden 51 Trump 42

Some states are interesting but still too early.

My heart is pounding.

8:51 PM

Arkansas Trump

Biden 51 Trump 48

Rural Georgia for Trump - we'll see about the Metro.

We took a chocolate break. Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Warnock in runoff position.

9:00 PM

Poll closings

New York Biden

Biden 80 Trump 48

Texan Jon Cornyn coming back to Senate.  Blech. Another Republican weasel.

9:09

South Dakota Trump

Biden 80 Trump 51

Coronavirus is raging in South Dakota.  Some lessons are hard to learn.

Nobody has gained ground yet.

9:18 PM North Dakota Trump

Colorado Biden 

Biden 89 Trump 54

Glad to see that one.  No flips yet.

9:28 PM

Alabama Trump

Biden 89 Trump 63

Colorado Senate seat flips to Democrats!

Dem 40 Rep 37 Senate

In contact with my two older sons.  They are frustrated and worried.  It's frustrating.  I'm worried too.  But no major Presidential state flips have yet occurred.

South Carolina Trump 

Biden 89 Trump 72

I'm sick of hearing about the difference between early voting and same day voting.  Blasted Trump super spreaders.

10:18 PM

New Mexico Biden

Biden 94 Trump 80 - didn't catch how Trump got to 80 

Still no flips.

Louisiana Trump

Biden 94 Trump 86?

There predicting the House will remain in Democratic control.  No duh.  

New Hampshire Biden

Biden 98 Trump 86

Still no flips.

The Doug Jones loss in Alabama is predictable but crushing.  

Utah Trump.  Thanks, Utah, I guess you don't value Romney after all.

Biden 98 Trump 92 

10:40 PM

Missouri Trump

Biden 98 Trump 102

Still no flips.

Illinois Biden

Biden 118 Trump 102

Nebraska Trump even the split district?

Biden 118 Trump 105 now 114?  Don't know what happened - trying to track too many things at once

Senate GOP 42 Dem 41

Mississippi Wyoming Trump

Biden 118 Trump 114

Graham going back.  I think I just threw up in my mouth.

11:00 PM

California Oregon Washington Biden

Biden 192 Trump 114

HuffPost has Biden at 209 and Trump 112.  I don't know what the differences are.

It looks like the big three - Michigan, Wisconsin & Pennsylvania will not have results for one to five days.  Technically, I should go to bed.  It wouldn't matter.  I'm not getting any sleep.  No way can I rest knowing that Trump could remain in office.

I wish they would at least call Arizona.  A flip for the Dems might ease my mind.

11;30 PM

Biden has pulled ahead in the popular vote.

11:48 PM

So this won't run on forever, I may end this post at midnight, but start a new one for November 4th.

I'm not despairing yet, but i am deeply frustrated and worried.

11:58 PM

Ohio Trump Damn

Biden 192 Trump 132

Damn

  

Last Speculatron of the 2020 Election: Saturday Political Soap Box 258

The above is a sample map.  It's nothing to do with my projection, but it shows the delusion level that can be found in the carefully crafted Facebook Trumplandia.

This is my final speculation for the 2020 election.

State and Local Races

Yes, Democrats will gain in State legislatures and Governorships.  The Governor gains will be modest, perhaps just one or two, but the legislative bodies' shifts should be more impressive.  I think that Democrat will increase almost everywhere and gain legislative control in two to four additional states.

House of Representatives

Since the Democrats made such significant gains in 2018, it will be hard for them to make another dramatic increase.  Nevertheless, I see the Democratic majority increasing slightly.  

Current 116th Congress

Democrats 232 Republicans 197 Open 6

Projected 117th Congress

Democrats 242 Republicans 193

An estimated gain of 10.  More importantly, the AOC-led Progressive Caucus (the Squad) will increase in size.  This will help them have a larger influence over legislation.  They're going to get harder and harder for Nancy Pelosi to ignore.

United States Senate

The Democrats will regain control of the Senate.  Yes, they will.

The composition of the current Senate includes two independents that caucus with the Democrats, as will the projected numbers. 

Current Senate

Democrats 47 Republicans 53

Projected Senate 

Democrats 54 Republicans 46

Yes, to get to this, I have a lot of things breaking the Democrat's way.  But I really feel that's where we're going.  I'm even optimistic that Georgia will gain one, possibly two, Democratic Senators. 

Special note to my fellow Georgians:  if there are runoffs in one or both of our Senate races, YOU HAVE TO SHOW BACK UP AND VOTE AGAIN.  This is vital to the future of Georgia AND the country.

The Presidency of the United States of America

This is not my final map.  Technology skills failed me in downloading my own map,  but it's fairly close.

Biden 413 Trump 125

My version has North Carolina and one district in Nebraska going blue and Indiana going red.  Those are the differences.

Biden will exceed Trump's vote total by 7 to 9 million.  His vote percentage will exceed Trump by 7.3 to 7.8%.

Is this optimistic?  Oh, I'm sure it is.

Is this as delusional as the Trump version at the top of this blog?  No.  This is based on real polling trends and my own judgment that the trend lines all favor Biden.  There has always been more of us than them, and I think we're finally showing up in significant numbers.  Trump has worn out his welcome.

Notes of caution:  Republican voter suppression efforts are massive and often supported by the Republican-stacked courts.  And there is also the possibility of hackers breaking into election systems.

These concerns are much more important in a close election.

This will not be a close election.

Trump will squaller and complain, but in the end, I feel he will exit early, like the coward he is.  He will resign around Thanksgiving, like gifting America an extra turkey,

He will leave under the condition that President Mike Pence gives him a blanket pardon.  This will not cover state crimes, so there is an excellent chance he will move to a country that won't accede to extraditing him.  Nevertheless, he will buy out or control the network OAN (One America News Network) and will continue to incite hatred and violence as long as he is able.

What happens beyond that?  I'll leave that to another speculatron.

Please note that in past speculatrons, I have been reasonably accurate, but I do tend to exaggerate Democratic Party results.  That being said, yes, this will either be a Blue Wave or a Blue Tsunami.

Buckle up, Trumpeteers.  It's going to be a bumpy ride.

  

The Worst COVID-19 Responses

 What are the worst COVID-19 responses you've heard?

I'm not talking about politicians.  I'm talking about everyday people you may have heard or read about.

Here's some of mine - 

"Well, we're all going to get it."

Really?  We just surrender?  That's the answer?

No.  There are countries that have controlled this SIGNIFICANTLY better than us.  We don't have to surrender to anything.

It's just an excuse to not do anything and/or justify Trump's administration's lack of response.

"Yes, I know our county numbers just jumped up quite a bit.  But that's from the prison."

Really?  So, some lives matter more than others? Being from prisoners (and guards) makes them less worthy of consideration?  How Christian of you.

Not from a private citizen, but from a Judge in Wisconsin, when asked to rule on COVID restrictions, dismissed them by saying, "Those are coming from the meat-packing plant, not from our regular people."

Another variation:

"I mean, a lot of these are coming from the elderly, who are sick and vulnerable anyways."

What are we, like some Inuit cultures, gonna set aside declining Grandma on an iceberg and just let her float away?

All life is valuable.  Unnecessarily cutting anybody short, with callous disregard, is WRONG.

This is not exclusively a virus of the elderly.  Not only the elderly suffer and/or die.  By now, we should all know cases that have upended or even ended the lives of otherwise healthy people.

All lives matter.  I can't even believe I have to hear this crap.

"I don't like the way I look in a mask."

Well, too bad, so sad.  I don't even know what to say about this one.  Choosing vanity over others' well-being is beyond the pale (or veil - you know, like a mask).

"Wearing a mask is an infringement of my liberties."

Methinks you don't know what liberty means.  How the word liberty came to mean my right to be a selfish prick exceeds my caring about and responsibility to others, I have no idea.

Should there be mask mandates?  Yes.  Should it have to take a mandate to make people be responsible and take care of each other?  I would hope not.  But that doesn't appear to be the case.

"We can't stay locked down forever."

You know what?  I can't speak to other places, but here where I live, WE NEVER REALLY SHUT DOWN!  Yeah, we pretended to make a stab at it for a couple of weeks, but it was feeble and quickly cut off.  Kemp made sure Georgia was last in and first out, and Georgia numbers show the damage that did and continues to do.

The only way to get out of danger is to COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN FOR FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. If your area hasn't done that, then talk to the hand, man. 

And then after you've gone through that shutdown, you can resume activities, AS LONG AS YOU wear masks and socially distance, test, and contact trace. If you don't do that, you're either going to have to shut down again and again, or you're going to have to watch a lot of people suffer and die.

"I think the Trump administration has done the best job that they can."

If you believe that, then you are straight-trippin', boo.  You need to get out of your Fox News panties and see the world as a whole.

4% of the population with 20% of the world's cases and deaths is NOT A GOOD JOB!

Those are a few I've heard.  What are some of yours?

C'mon!  Please!  Let's make this interactive!

Don't make me feel like I'm all alone out here.

Banana Republic Halloween

 

Listen to the music!

Nothing better than be-bopping into work headphoning the Estron's latest hit, Sound Crash, the most popular song in the country as Halloween 2023 approached.  Wearing a ruffled green skirt, Harley Quinn t-shirt, anklet sox, and pink shoes, she knew she was the bomb, the height of Dixon County fashion.

She nodded to the manager, older than her by three years, but thirty years older in behavior. "You're late," the manager complained.

"Am I," she said in a sarcastic tone.  "Did I miss anything?"

The Dixie Land Mills, a shopping district built from Dixon County swampland, was not living up to it's potential, to put it mildly.  Banana Republic was especially down.  The odds of any customers showing until school let out were pretty small.

"Not the point!" the manager exclaimed.  "Get over to lingerie and straighten it out.  Last night, some customer rummaged through it and left a big pile of misplaced bras and panties. And take your headphones off.  You're at work now!"

"Wow!  You are super pissy today, Arlene.  Didn't get any action last night?"

"I'm not talking about that with you.  Get to work."

She snapped a quick salute.  "Yes, Massah boss." Debbie immediately had second thoughts about using that phrase.  Oh, well.  What's the big whoop?  Arlene wasn't black.

"Headphones off, Debbie."

What a crank.  "Tell you what.  I'll keep them on until a customer comes in.  Then I will be the Glommer Queen, following them, upselling them, whatever it takes,"

Arlene sighed.  Not a battle worth having.  She waved to the lingerie, and Debbie got started.

A man passed by the front of the store.  He had a huge automatic rifle strapped on, it's barrel higher than his head.  Not an unusual sight.  Georgia was proudly open carry.  And nobody knew when Antifa or BLM would show up, and our Proud Boys would have to show them who was large and in charge.

Debbie had not really seen the lefty radicals, except a black guy a month ago carrying a rifle, but Security quickly scooped him out of the store.  She didn't know what happened after that.

Oh, great.  Here he comes.  Speaking of radicals, into the store came her old-ex, panting, out of breath, dressed like the hopeless nerd he was, khaki pants and button-down lumber shirt.  What she saw in him was beyond her. Despite the ending of their hook-up, they were still friends.  There was some connection that defied logic.

"What you doing here, Belmont?" she asked.

He said, between gasps.  "That guy with the assault rifle, did you see where he went?

"What?  How would I know?  Do I look like a stalker gawker to you?"

"This is serious, Debs.  I think I might be in real trouble."

"Oh, God, Bels!  What the Biden did you do now?"  Biden was the new curse word.  She didn't know why.  She just went with what's in vogue.

"I spray painted the side of Crowley City Hall."

"What?  What stupid thing did you write?"

"AOC '24."

"Who?"

"She's a politician, a Congresswoman from New York.  They don't like her.  They just arrested her on trumped-up charges to get her out of the way."

"You spray painted a criminal's name onto City Hall?"

"An accused criminal, but that's not all.  I spray painted the Pledge of Allegiance under her name."

"Well, that ain't so bad.  A lot of people like the Pledgers."

"Not when you leave out the phrase 'under God'.

"You weeble-headed moron!  Did anyone see you do this?"

"Yes.  Dotty Mathers was coming out of City Hall and saw me as I was finishing."

Debbie knew little of politics.  But she knew about local politician Dotty Mathers. She was in one part of the Congress and was gonna run in '24 for the other part.  She wasn't sure what it was called, but it had fewer people in it - maybe two each state? "Oh, Lord.  Your pooch is Bidened for sure!"

"I been running ever since, and I don't know what to do.  You're my closest friend, so I came here.  But I think they're trying to track me, like that guy with a gun."

Debbie didn't know if she was honored or insulted by him, considering her his best friend.  "Maybe you should go visit your Aunt in Pittsburgh."

"Maybe you're right.  I don't know.  Crazies rule the Earth now. You may have a point, though.  It may be easier to hide there for a while.  Man, things got really screwed up! He stole that election, don't you know.  Him and his Supreme Court buddies!"

Debbie put her hands over her ears.  "Oh, please, Louise!  Don't bore me with another history lesson!"

"History is important.  Those who don't learn from it are destined to repeat it."

"Cute.  Everyone knows the other guy was trying to steal it, with phone tappies and all kinds of things.  That's why the other guy, and the black President, and that other lady who tied to beat him the first time are all in jail."

"Do you like your cousin Rose?"

"You bet!  She is my number one A-lister!"

"How did you feel when her marriage to Lisa was voided?"

"That was some nasty piece of Biden.  I hated that."

"Who do you think did that?"

"I don't know.  Some county clerk?  A preacher?  I really don't know."

"The Supreme Court!  The President put two more on the Supreme Court, creating an 8 to 1 majority, and they've been stripping us of our rights ever since!"

"Whoah!  That is way above my pay grade! Tell you what!  You get way too uptight over this crap.  You need to chillax and listen to some music."  She tried to hand him her headphones. "Have you heard the latest from Estron?"

They were interrupted by a huge whistle blast,  The coppers!  Debbie pushed Belmont under a table of panties.

Two armed police officers approached Arlene.  "Did you call us, Ma'am?"

"Yes, I did, officer," said Arlene.  There's one of them Antifa people here, hiding under the panties."

Debbie whispered to Belmont, "Run!"

Belmont darted out, but he didn't get very far.

"Sir, you are under arrest for violation of the Dissidents Act."

They hauled him away.  They were no reading of his rights.  Under the Dissidents Act, he was not entitled to any of those.

As he was dragged out, Belmont turned back to Debbie and said, "Remember history!"

Debbie was confused.  She didn't understand what had happened, but something itched at her that it was not quite right.  It certainly irritated her that Arlene narced on Belmont.  What a Biden!

In the back of her mind, a little thought burrowed in, that she might not ever see Belmont again. That made her kind of sad.

Oh well.  Back to separating bras and panties.  Time to listen to Estron again.  Time to think about her Halloween costume.  Which way to go?  Ivanka, Harley, or Proud Girl?

Tough call.

Happy Halloween.

 

Final Grades: Saturday Political Soap Box 257

 

Weird times, huh?

Trying to get on my Soap Box about who to vote for when over 50,000,000 people have already voted?  These numbers are boosted by the Pandemic, but I think it's going to represent a permanent change - I think early voting will become almost as dominant as voting on Election Day.

That may be a good thing unless you wake up on the Monday before Election Day and find out your candidate is starring in a Borat video.

Given that, I'm still going on advocating until Election Day, even though many of you have already voted.  Indeed, my family is voting today, so we'll be part of the early brigade.  Benjamin is home this weekend, and we like to go vote as a family.  My big dream for my home county is for the Republican Candidate to receive a lower percentage of votes than they did in 2016. What did Trump get here in 2016?  87%.

I would do a post of endorsements, but it's not very involved this year.  Vote for Democrats all down the line.  Choose Reverand Raphael Warnock in the Georgia US Senate open primary style race - we need to consolidate behind one candidate to get into the two-person runoff (and there is at least a chance that Warnock could win outright with 50% plus).  

I won't dwell on the incredibly offensive and toxic personality of President Bone Spurs.  What I would like to do is grade the two candidates on a few of the issues that are most important to me. Please note issue discussions about these won't be in great detail.  For greater detail, please see some of my other 250 plus political posts.

Reversing/mitigating Climate Change/Global Warming

The ideal position is support for a Green New Deal.  Biden does not go that far, but he recognizes the crisis's reality and is willing to take serious steps to mitigate it.  On the other hand, Trump doesn't care about it, doesn't think it's real, and wants to gallop us off in a direction designed to accelerate it.

Biden B+  Trump F- 

Universal Health Care

The ideal position is universal health care, which I identify as Medicare for All.  This may be one of my biggest disappointments with Biden, as he has firmly stated he won't implement Medicare For All.  That said, he is for important improvements - improving and preserving the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), and even putting in a public option.  Trump, on the other hand?  He knows nothing other than he wants to destroy Obamacare because it's connected to his predecessor - he doesn't have a real replacement because he really doesn't give a rip after that.

Biden B Trump F-

Raising Minimum Wage

The ideal is a living wage - whatever wage it takes so that a full-time working person can support themselves and their family.  The number most bandied about is $15 per hour.  Biden supports this.  Trump doesn't even support a minimum wage.  I'm not sure he even knows what the minimum wage is.

Biden A Trump F-

Addressing Income Inequality

This involves a lot.  It's highlighted by the fact that as most of the US has fallen into a severe recession, billionaires have actually GAINED in money and power.  Solutions involve tax reform, antitrust legislation, raising wages (as addressed above), the hated necessity of government regulations (including consumer protections - which you might hate, but I don't).  Biden is slightly flawed as he has often represented corporate Democrats, but I think he recognizes the problem and will work in the right direction.  For all of Trump's symbolizing economic resentment, he has done little but serve his Wall Street masters.

Biden B- Trump F-

Systematic Racism

This is deeply ingrained into the American system and has little to do with personal racism (that's a problem, but only a corollary to systematic racism). This will require police reform, ending housing discrimination, prejudicial bank practices, and so much more.  This has to be graded on a curve, as this will take time and requires so much from ALL OF US, not just political leadership.  For the record, Trump can't even say the phrase "systematic racism."

Biden A- Trump F-

Foreign Policy

Some may be surprised at this, given my other positions, but I am not much of an isolationist.  The world is far too complicated for America to withdraw into its own little corner.  But that does not mean that I support military intervention - that should always be a last resort and done with clear objectives in mind.  I believe in a super-strong diplomatic corp and the very best intelligence-gathering agencies we can muster.  Trump has dismantled the diplomats and has tried to turn the intelligence services into his OWN tool for his OWN means. 

Biden A Trump F-

War! What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing. Can it always be avoided?  Maybe not always, but I think it can 95% of the time.  Biden does not seem as potentially militaristic as Clinton did, but I can't rule out, since Trump has put us in so many holes around the world, that war will not happen on the Biden watch.  Trump, for all his bluster, seems less inclined to actually go to conflict.  How that would be true in a second term, and with sinking relationships worldwide, is anybody's guess.

Biden C Trump D+

Preservation of Democratic Institutions and Principles

I mean, good Lord, do I even need to discuss this one?

Biden A+ Trump Z-

Bipartisanship

I mean, I kinda want this one, but honestly, I also kinda don't care.  We have a lot to get done.  I'll take some compromise, but my God, we have a lot of ground to make up.  Nevertheless, the choice here is clear.  Biden has an almost naive Obama-esque attachment to working with Republicans.  On the other hand, Trump works well with no one, even trashing Republicans if they dare utter a hint of a word in opposition to him or to anything he wants.

Biden A+ Trump Dante's Ninth Level of Hell

Coronavirus Response

Think of the James Bond movie Goldfinger:

Biden: My god, man?  I favor science, masks, reason!  I have an actual plan!  Do you expect us to get over this without a plan?

Trump: No, Mr. Biden.  I expect hundreds of thousands of Americans to die! (Dr. Evil level chortling)

Biden A++ Trump -  A Blackhole of Death and Doom

There are other issues, but I don't want to go on forever.  

After all, I have to get ready to vote this morning.

Biden/Harris 2020

AOC 2028