
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:20 PM
PTWB (4,131 posts)
Who needs to drop out to keep the contest fair?
At this point we have a lot of people splitting vote of our main voting blocks. Who should drop out next?
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
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Author | Time | Post |
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PTWB | Feb 2020 | OP |
apcalc | Feb 2020 | #1 | |
squirecam | Feb 2020 | #2 | |
JustAnotherGen | Feb 2020 | #3 | |
W_HAMILTON | Feb 2020 | #4 | |
squirecam | Feb 2020 | #6 | |
redstatebluegirl | Feb 2020 | #16 | |
relayerbob | Feb 2020 | #5 | |
Sherman A1 | Feb 2020 | #15 | |
PTWB | Feb 2020 | #18 | |
relayerbob | Feb 2020 | #19 | |
rurallib | Feb 2020 | #7 | |
Hassin Bin Sober | Feb 2020 | #8 | |
jmg257 | Feb 2020 | #9 | |
ibegurpard | Feb 2020 | #10 | |
2naSalit | Feb 2020 | #11 | |
emmaverybo | Feb 2020 | #12 | |
MoonlitKnight | Feb 2020 | #13 | |
pinkstarburst | Feb 2020 | #14 | |
VarryOn | Feb 2020 | #17 |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:21 PM
apcalc (4,370 posts)
1. Each candidate will decide what time is best.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:23 PM
squirecam (2,706 posts)
2. Anyone suggesting that some candidate needs to drop out
Should immediately call and text their own candidates HQ and tell them so.
And keep doing so until they drop out. ![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:23 PM
JustAnotherGen (30,405 posts)
3. It's too soon
We've literally had ONE primary and one caucus.
I don't understand the rush to take the franchise away from late primary states? ![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:23 PM
W_HAMILTON (6,478 posts)
4. Klobuchar.
No offense to her, but she most likely is not going to gain enough traction to really have an impact on this race other than to play spoiler for someone like Buttigieg -- which I believe she already did (in New Hampshire) -- and Biden. I hope that if she is in ~5th place in Nevada and South Carolina that she will drop out before Super Tuesday and endorse someone, but I think Minnesota is on Super Tuesday and I imagine she wants to stay in for that, believing she can win her home state.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to W_HAMILTON (Reply #4)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:28 PM
squirecam (2,706 posts)
6. We will see
Where the race stands after Super Tuesday.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to W_HAMILTON (Reply #4)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:45 PM
redstatebluegirl (12,114 posts)
16. I don't agree, she had a good couple of weeks.
I don't want to see any of them drop out after only two white primaries.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:27 PM
relayerbob (5,799 posts)
5. Can we wait until after Super Tuesday at least?
Some of us who don't live in Iowa and New Hampshire would like to vote. Thanks
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to relayerbob (Reply #5)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:26 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
15. Apparently the OP
Cannot. This perpetual campaign, is just tiresome.
![]() ![]() primary today, I would vote for: Undecided |
Response to relayerbob (Reply #5)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 08:17 PM
PTWB (4,131 posts)
18. I feel like so many candidates will split the centrist vote on Super Tuesday ...
And that will give sanders an insurmountable lead.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Reply #18)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 08:54 PM
relayerbob (5,799 posts)
19. And at some point, they will agree to consolidate
probably for the strongest person after Super Tuesday. I'm not too worried about it at this point. Sanders is at 30%. There is no combination that gives him >50% on the first ballot. There are many combinations that could provide one of the others with more
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:31 PM
rurallib (60,293 posts)
7. Donald Trump
he's a Russian agent anyway.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:31 PM
Hassin Bin Sober (25,413 posts)
8. Everyone but Bernie
Well you asked.
![]() ![]() primary today, I would vote for: Undecided |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:32 PM
jmg257 (11,996 posts)
9. Seems fair to me, other then those who dropped out already even though rules were changed.
Give the voters a choice, and give candidates a chance to show they have what it takes to generate enough support.
All this vetting takes time, and every day we learn something new, see them in action, hear them speak, etc. ![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:32 PM
ibegurpard (16,685 posts)
10. splitting voting blocks has nothing to do with keeping it fair
people are supporting who they are supporting. Should people who are splitting ideological allies get together and make some STRATEGIC decisions? that's probably going to need to happen very soon.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Undecided |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:39 PM
2naSalit (67,705 posts)
11. Bloomberg. ...nt
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:01 PM
emmaverybo (8,143 posts)
12. Tom Steyer with all thanks to impeachment campaign and dedication to climate control. He is
not going to win the nomination or the White House. All that he’s spending on primary campaign, he could spend educating about and lobbying for climate change.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:21 PM
MoonlitKnight (1,584 posts)
13. Steyer
We need him fighting elsewhere.
And Bloomberg should have just stayed out and spent his money attacking trump and supporting Democratic senate candidates instead of Republicans. ![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |
Response to PTWB (Original post)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:22 PM
pinkstarburst (835 posts)
14. All about strategy
The contest is perfectly fair. Voters are deciding who they want as the nominee.
But if the candidates wanted to change the rules of the game (I think they may realize soon they're stuck), I could see them making a move like combining to form VP tickets, maybe a Biden/Warren ticket, and a Bloomberg/Klobuchar ticket. That might uncrowd things enough to make a difference, because at this point, why would Warren or Klobuchar or Buttigieg drop out? They have delegates. They're getting to be in debates. They're going to wait for a really good offer because they have zero to gain by dropping out, and if they do, Biden or Bloomberg will just put Kamala Harris or Abrams on the ticket as VP. ![]() primary today, I would vote for: Undecided |
Response to pinkstarburst (Reply #14)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 06:55 PM
VarryOn (2,343 posts)
17. I agree...
While I don't like so many candidates, and some are thinking more about themselves than what's in the best interest of the country or party, I don't see the race as unfair.
![]() primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden |