US Presidential Elections 2020

A federal case for tax evasion can’t be brought against him until he leaves office, but yes, I can see that happening, along with prosecution for other crimes.

You seem to be a regular reader of the NYT, to be able to declare their reporting to be one-sided. I applaud you for this - - it is unusual to find a UK subscriber, and even more unusual for a UK expat in Argentina to subscribe to a US newspaper.

I would suggest that you might want to go into their archives to look at their treatment of Democratic presidents. I’m thinking specifically of their laser-focused reporting on Bill Clinton’s “bimbo eruptions” during his campaign as well as leading the Monica Lewinsky investigations while he was president.

The polls suggest he'll be going to court then. I have no problem at all with that.

The only reasons he might not be held accountable would be

A) the new administration’s preference to put all energy into the future, not the past, and concern about the near-impossible task about reuniting a country that has become so violently torn apart, or

B) the statute of limitations for some of the crimes will have run out while he was under the protection of his office.

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The only reasons he might not be held accountable would be

A) the new administration’s preference to put all energy into the future, not the past, and concern about the near-impossible task about reuniting a country that has become so violently torn apart, or

B) the statute of limitations for some of the crimes will have run out while he was under the protection of his office.

Seems to be run along similar lines to Argentina when it comes to accusing Presidents of corruption....

The only problem I have with it is this: if no one is above the law, I think presidents should be prosecuted just like anyone else.

Failing that, the clock on the statute of limitations should at least be halted for their years in office. The current custom is insane.

All over bar the shouting.

Much closer than the Biden camp and followers were predicting.

Rice , what happens next?

When should we expect results from the remaining states?

Even if Biden does win, the country’s governing problems are not over.

The Party of Trump will probably end up holding the Senate majority, so they would block all Biden appointments and all House legislation.

And as foreshadowed by trump for weeks, he is pre-emptively declaring that he’s the winner, the remaining votes should not be counted, and that if the numbers are in Biden’s favor, he will engage the courts in the hope they will “win” for him.

On the other hand, another four years of trump would be far worse. So the options now are bad and worse.

The BBC pundits last night were criticising the Democrats for having Biden as their candidate. Old and out of touch with the majority of the population they said and I have to agree. Bit of an own goal it would seem.

The British bookies have Biden as favourite at the moment....

They are not often wrong

Trump crying on Twitter that he was winning the votes, then suddenly he lost the states

Hillary was in the same situation, but she didn't bemoan it, just accepted it

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The BBC pundits last night were criticising the Democrats for having Biden as their candidate. Old and out of touch with the majority of the population they said and I have to agree. Bit of an own goal it would seem.

You have denigrated Biden several times, so naturally I’m curious about which of the Democratic candidates you feel would have been better? Remember that he was the clear moderate in an election when republicans were already rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of running against a candidate of an ethnic minority, gay, too liberal, too outspokenly pro-choice, too pro-business regulations? Am I missing someone who could have clearly been a better choice? Remember that this was a referendum against a demonstrably crooked president, and squeaky-clean Biden has had background checks for decades.

And only a fool would vote against a 77-year old slim, healthy, stable and scandal-free candidate in favor of a 74-year morbidly obese incumbent who is unanimously acknowledged to have bungled the nation’s response to the coronavirus and has demonstrably lined his pockets at public expense?

I would have preferred that Barack Obama were the candidate, of course. Or Biden with an oratorical and charisma injection. But given the field, I am curious about which one you would have chosen, UK Man ?