{"id":38688,"date":"2020-01-14T08:49:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38688"},"modified":"2020-01-14T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:49:13","slug":"open-thread-1-14-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/14\/open-thread-1-14-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 1\/14\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s an easier day here in the CatBox, but they don’t get much harder than yesterday.  Breakfast was touch and go, but I managed to keep everything down since yesterday.  I hope you all have a great day.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:33 (average 5:28).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Should we upgrade that charge to treason?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a positive sign for the former New York mayor, a new poll indicates that an increasing number of Americans would vote for Michael Bloomberg if that would make him stop airing campaign ads.<\/p>\n

The poll found that sixteen per cent of those surveyed were \u201csomewhat likely\u201d to vote for Bloomberg if that would convince him to stop airing ads, twenty-one per cent were \u201cvery likely\u201d to do so for that reason, and a whopping thirty-three per cent \u201cstrongly agreed\u201d with the statement \u201cSeriously, I\u2019ll do whatever he wants\u2014please, just make them stop right now.\u201d <\/p>\n

By contrast, only eight per cent said that they would vote for Bloomberg\u2019s fellow-billionaire Tom Steyer if that would make Steyer stop airing his ads. <\/p>\n

At Bloomberg campaign headquarters, in New York, the campaign\u2019s chief strategist, Harland Dorrinson, said that the poll numbers made it clear that \u201cMike\u2019s ads are having exactly their desired effect.\u201d <\/p>\n

Dang Andy!  If I had a nickel for every time I’ve tuned out a Bloomberg ad, we could both retire!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Sources: Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren that a woman couldn’t win <\/p>\n