re: #171 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Gillibrand has made it official in throwing her hat in the ring, which means the knives are already out for her because she called for Franken to step down over allegations of harassment and unwanted contacts with multiple women.

So… time to update my tier rankings (no change really):

Tier One: Harris, Booker, Warren, Gillibrand (no order ranking yet)
Tier Two: Beto, Brown, Garcetti, Inslee, Castro, Klobuchar
Tier Three: McAuliffe, Delaney
Tier Four: Bloomberg, Biden
Tier Five (don’t just go away.. go home): Bernie, Tulsi.
Anyone in the first two tiers could be president; any in the top three could be VP and I’d be okay with it. Tier 4/5 - don’t want, don’t need. And Bernie/Tulsi should just go away.

That you’ve got media scrutinizing whether Bernie is running to catch the Senate subway while other Democrats who are in the running are just walking or milling about as a story in and of itself shows how lazy journalists are. Instead of digging into Bernie’s past - and following up on the financial chicanery surrounding his wife, his failure to release his tax returns, etc., we’re treated to a dog and pony show.

Media must do better.

I’d put Biden in the top tier if/once he declares, not in the sense that I prefer him, but in terms of his competitiveness relative to the rest of the field.