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I'd be happy to know the complete uncut story. marble falls Mar 15 #1
Trolls amped up demands to step down. They also attacked those of us standing up for PJB - all of them gone now. we can do it Mar 15 #62
No primary or anything. If someone wanted Emile Mar 15 #78
A primary? There was no time for a primary...we would have lost just the same. Demsrule86 Mar 15 #87
A primary would have started a year earlier. Emile Mar 15 #89
Every single time we have primaryed a president we lost the election... Demsrule86 Mar 15 #94
Well, Some of Us RobinA Mar 17 #146
Trolls convinced President Biden to withdraw? MichMan Mar 15 #80
Trolls HERE amped up demands - better? we can do it Mar 15 #90
Oh, some are still here...and I mean here here Prairie Gates Mar 15 #101
So why post flame bait for the trolls? live love laugh Mar 15 #109
I was all for Joe Biden, especially after the great job he did at the State of the Union appearance. brush Mar 15 #111
It wasn't just a bad night. At SOTU, he read from teleprompter, but reporting at the time told us... thesquanderer Mar 15 #117
Agreed about Harris. I still don't believe she lost every swing state. brush Mar 15 #119
Joe wasn't winning that election HereForTheParty Mar 15 #2
Prove it. You can't. n/t valleyrogue Mar 15 #6
Post removed Post removed Mar 15 #18
Correct. He should have bowed out in early 2023 so we could have had a fair primary season and nominated beaglelover Mar 15 #45
He should've announced right after the midterms in 2022 that he wasn't going to run. Yavin4 Mar 15 #51
That's not just the Democrats The Revolution Mar 15 #74
He said he would be the bridge to the next generation as 1 term president Ferryboat Mar 15 #52
That's the weird thing.... DiamondShark Mar 15 #55
Given that he was 78 in 2020, I certainly thought he would only serve one term - trying to serve as president Midwestern Democrat Mar 15 #58
Are we really going down the path of age shaming? DiamondShark Mar 15 #59
During early primaries in a crowded field of candidates. Ferryboat Mar 15 #124
He stated he was going to be a transitional administration MichMan Mar 15 #82
That is so odd... DiamondShark Mar 15 #103
Believe it or not MichMan Mar 15 #125
Interesting... DiamondShark Mar 15 #133
It was a statement he made in 2020 MichMan Mar 15 #134
Okie Dokie. DiamondShark Mar 15 #136
All depends on how the second debate would have went Polybius Mar 15 #67
There's nothing to indicate qazplm135 Mar 15 #77
I know Polybius Mar 15 #83
VP Harris immediately did better than President Biden in polls muriel_volestrangler Mar 15 #118
You can't prove he would have won either.... MichMan Mar 15 #135
Yes he was, handily New Breed Leader Mar 15 #25
Aren't you in the same boat? Nice avatar lame54 Mar 15 #99
Putin/Musk/Trump stole the election. Didn't matter which Dem ran. Irish_Dem Mar 15 #3
You're right. Trump virtually admitted it. Ritabert Mar 15 #81
I wish I could believe this election was stolen but I don't. Demsrule86 Mar 15 #95
It's painful to lose but lose we did ZRB Mar 15 #123
Exactly. That is the bottom line. yellow dahlia Mar 15 #130
Joe would have lost as well. berksdem Mar 15 #4
Wrong. nt valleyrogue Mar 15 #7
Correct... FBaggins Mar 15 #15
Solid analysis berksdem Mar 17 #144
NO HE WOULD NOT HAVE LOST New Breed Leader Mar 15 #21
Yes he would have RJ-MacReady Mar 15 #22
WRONG New Breed Leader Mar 15 #23
i wish that were the case RJ-MacReady Mar 15 #24
He didn't win in a landslide with covid EdmondDantes_ Mar 15 #37
Landslide? Polybius Mar 15 #68
Did you not look at his approval ratings... Melon Mar 15 #102
You fail to understand Biden's ties to the rustbelt. He could have won if Democrats Demsrule86 Mar 15 #104
VA isn't really fully blue just yet. spooky3 Mar 15 #127
I agree claudette Mar 15 #29
I think he had a chance...but we doomed ourselves by forcing him out. Demsrule86 Mar 15 #96
they're so happy that they're now trying to force both Democratic leaders in Congress out bigtree Mar 15 #5
Schumer was a great leader for sane, Democracy driven times Takket Mar 15 #9
Schumer was never a "great" leader. yardwork Mar 15 #40
Not to mention if it were not for him, valleyrogue Mar 15 #10
Why do you ask? Because you think he would have won? Takket Mar 15 #8
Why do you think he wouldn"t other than the media told you to think valleyrogue Mar 15 #14
FELON would've stolen it for F45 no matter which Dem ran SheltieLover Mar 15 #11
Yup orangecrush Mar 15 #41
I wonder because they tried obviously with B in 2020 as well on some level Meowmee Mar 15 #122
I don't think we can have an honest discussion about Biden and his decision to run in '24. tman Mar 15 #12
He was sabotaged from within. valleyrogue Mar 15 #16
Dems could have stepped up and defended his reccord right then but didn't. we can do it Mar 15 #93
This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyGrinder Mar 15 #13
These types of posts are pointless. And weird. n/t demmiblue Mar 15 #17
I agree Rebl2 Mar 15 #31
Let them hash it out stoned Mar 15 #50
I just wish he had dropped out in the fall of 2023 Buckeyeblue Mar 15 #19
That would have been the way to go, pushing him out 4 month's before election was not. we can do it Mar 15 #64
Even with around the clock coverage it takes time to frame your message Buckeyeblue Mar 15 #75
History tell us incumbency wins elections...every time we lose Demsrule86 Mar 15 #105
I don't New Breed Leader Mar 15 #20
Clooney and his wife will be peachy XanaDUer2 Mar 15 #43
Me too. An awful way to treat a kind human who was very effective. we can do it Mar 15 #66
The trolls shouldn't get off lightly. DiamondShark Mar 15 #70
Clooney and his wife are now separated. Demsrule86 Mar 15 #106
I think it was the people around Biden who did us no favors. Tell it straight to your own, because it does no one any RoeVWade Mar 15 #26
I love Joe Biden like he's a member of my family. But I hate this second-guessing. Walleye Mar 15 #27
I still tip the scale at the election was stolen. FarPoint Mar 15 #28
Oh please. That's not the issue. Nanjeanne Mar 15 #30
Some of ya'lls backs must be aching real bad from moving those goalposts New Breed Leader Mar 15 #32
It was the claudette Mar 15 #33
This XanaDUer2 Mar 15 #42
Wow. I guess the other side doesn't own reality detachment. BannonsLiver Mar 15 #73
Nothing there is reality based qazplm135 Mar 15 #79
I'm way more sad that a bunch of idiots, conmen, crooks, and ignorant voted for a man like Trump. PERIOD. RoeVWade Mar 15 #34
Best OP so far today. William769 Mar 15 #35
✌🏼 we can do it Mar 15 #86
I doubt that anyone on DU had any say in the matter. yardwork Mar 15 #36
No. Wrong. Blaming the dems doesn't help anyone but the GOP. Covid and maga are to blame. lindysalsagal Mar 15 #38
I love Kamala and worked my butt off for her. we can do it Mar 15 #97
Yes. I didn't want Kamala's future ruined by LeftInTX Mar 16 #143
Oh lord are we going to rehash thisagain and agin? indusurb Mar 15 #39
Joe should have won and if ability and Phoenix61 Mar 15 #44
Anyone who would choose Trump over Biden or Kamala wasn't a sane and sure vote anyway, IMO. RoeVWade Mar 15 #46
Now we know Bluestocking Mar 15 #47
Many times he lost his train of thought pattyloutwo Mar 15 #48
Dont worry they have already moved on Johonny Mar 15 #49
Sheldon Whitehouse reminded Democrats, "Don't form a circular firing squad". jmbar2 Mar 15 #53
Time to get over it. Elected Democrats and Democratic leadership wanted Biden gone. Autumn Mar 15 #54
I will never get over it. People will die because of such actions. Demsrule86 Mar 15 #108
Then live with it. That's your burden to bear. There are those of us who followed the Democratic party Autumn Mar 15 #115
The mood here went from doom and gloom to excited Kaleva Mar 15 #56
Biden would not have won and by less... So this is not the call out you think it is. LizBeth Mar 15 #57
That is just not true...Biden had a special relationship with the rustbelt...which Kamala Demsrule86 Mar 15 #110
Nah... he couldn't LizBeth Mar 15 #112
Yep I agree dwayneb Mar 15 #120
Would this be a good time to start a Merrick Garland Appreciation thread? Blue Owl Mar 15 #60
Back in 84 BluenFLA Mar 15 #61
There are differences though Polybius Mar 15 #69
Reagan was never sharp except as an actor. PufPuf23 Mar 15 #132
That's what I said about Reagan Polybius Mar 16 #142
Mondale was not Trump. Crunchy Frog Mar 16 #138
I still contend that debate was a setup and a hit job. Initech Mar 15 #63
Even if he did, it wouldn't explain Biden's performance Polybius Mar 15 #72
Trump's response was that he didn't shut the fuck up. Initech Mar 15 #76
I saw a video comparing Biden's 2012 and 2024 debates Polybius Mar 15 #88
DeJoy slow walking the mail in votes in Big Blue Cities... GreenWave Mar 15 #65
Hoo boy. BannonsLiver Mar 15 #71
I said that at the time. I was against replacing Biden...we should of rallied around him. Demsrule86 Mar 15 #84
And I m saddened beyond words to say this: moonscape Mar 15 #128
Which demographic didn't vote for Harris but would have voted for Biden? Shrek Mar 15 #85
Trump might have won anyway Progressive dog Mar 15 #91
The bottom line is everytime we screw with a sitting president, we lose. Demsrule86 Mar 15 #92
He stays in, we lose dozens more House seats and a handful more in the Senate, plus governorships. ZRB Mar 15 #98
That is untrue...we will never know of course...but history tells us incumbents almost always Demsrule86 Mar 15 #114
You may be right ZRB Mar 15 #121
I hope that everyone H2O Man Mar 15 #100
I wish that he would have kept his 1 term insinuation. JanMichael Mar 15 #107
Agree. And Joe likely would've lost by wider margins than Kamala did, radius777 Mar 16 #140
It wasn't DU as much as it was DNC types, PACs and major donors. LeftInTX Mar 15 #113
cough! cough! Bernie Sanders cough! mike_c Mar 15 #116
You're expending canetoad Mar 15 #126
After reading most of the replies what is the point of having this doc03 Mar 15 #129
really? that's who's to blame?! ecstatic Mar 15 #131
I haven't read this long thread so moonscape Mar 15 #137
No, the problem with the election is that Fascism appeals to a large enough portion of the voting population to elect artemisia1 Mar 16 #139
Joe should have announced he wasn't running after the midterms pinkstarburst Mar 16 #141
I think pointing fingers often provides us a sense of accomplishment. Torchlight Mar 17 #145
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