@stirringthepot You're not wrong, I just think Kanye is the only one who can out-Trump #Trump, cuz let's face it, #KanyeWest is to #Trump as #Trump is to ordinary politicians.

It takes a certain level to achieve that, and I think #Kanye got it.

That said if #Kanye loses, your analysis will likely be proven correct.

@realcaseyrollins I don’t have any greater insight than others just fed up with the process and the myopia of partisanship Uber Alles that increasingly embrace mediocracy.

@stirringthepot EXACTLY! Which is why in this respect I think you represent the typical modern American voter since like 2008, wanting a change from the status quo, thus we got a black president and a celebrity president, both in the hopes that thing will be different, and both being at least somewhat disappointing.

@realcaseyrollins some would point to this trend as the decline of empire - Obama was something of an unknown on the nation level and ran a brilliant campaign - Trump was a known commodity which denotes a certain validity for me to the decline of empire - but as you say both predicated on a desire to break from the status quo - the lesson being change in and of itself isn’t enough.
Demographics are changing, younger voters coming in who are also dissatisfied, hopefully the change they seek will be predicated upon reason and common sense.

@stirringthepot There's a lot to this. In that sense than perhaps even #KanyeWest doesn't have a shot, he's a known commodity.

But then by this logic the Dems shouldn't trot out #JoeBiden, but rather some fresh, new blood, right?
I honestly think someone like #TulsiGabbard or #AndrewYang * could * beat #Trump, as they have a lot of momentum in the online community, at least from what I've heard.

@realcaseyrollins A lot of this is about the party apparatus like the DNC, RNC, “super delegates, and those entrenched.
Hillary was the anointed one and the DNC did everything they could to insure her nomination.
Fast forward now and the RNC is doing likewise.
Factor in the money that’s involved and it lends itself to the rise of “populist” candidates which supposedly was the reason for the electoral college to insure “populism” wouldn’t sweep the nation.
Personally I favor dumping the EC and going with the popular vote if it’s about majority rule which can and cannot be a good thing- we may be the only nation that doesn’t.
Bottom line for me is the system needs a meaningful overhaul.

@realcaseyrollins More than anything we need accountability in government and there’s precious little of that.

@stirringthepot That's in part the fault of the media, and in part the fault of the voters.

@realcaseyrollins In the end a large share of responsibility knocks at the electorates doors - the embrace of sound bites, an unwillingness to actually do the math, and that blind partisanship thing

@stirringthepot I am glad that there is some common ground between us, and there's at least something we can agree on! 🙂 I know that we tend to disagree from time to time...

@stirringthepot I don't prefer the popular vote. I prefer the EC since it allows the ideology of the branches to sway back and forth over time instead of completely being perpetually driven in any singular direction and eventually toppled over.

@realcaseyrollins One problem with the EC is the potential for abuse - an example being Hillary already had close to 500 committed before she officially launched, not much diversity in that

@stirringthepot True but it's better than the nation voting one way all the time, which likely would be the case if we switched to the popular vote.

@realcaseyrollins I could live with Yang or Gabbard but as we see the party has already marginalized Gabbard

@stirringthepot That's really a shame. People call her "progressive" but I find her quite reasonable, from what I've heard from her in debates I don't take much issue with most of her positions, save tighter gun laws. And she is against third trimester abortions, which is honestly pretty ballsy and badass of a #Democrat do be. She would probably make a great president and serve as a unifying leading.

It does annoy me to see her sexualized though...like yeah she's hot, but that's a dumb reason to vote for someone for PRESIDENT, y'know?