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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Biden enters the race: [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)13. He'd hurt everyone.
Biden would pull more support from Clinton than anyone else, though probably not enough to make much of a difference. Sanders and O'Malley would get even less media coverage. And he's arguably even further to the right than Clinton, so if he were to win, everyone (who is even remotely progressive) is hurt.
I don't think anything good can come from Biden entering the race, aside from making it even clearer that there are distinct factions (progressive vs. corporate).
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Helps Bernie, Hurts Hillary, O'Malley stays the same unless he can do something to
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#10
It's also integrity vs..Well, let's just say ignoring the elephant in the room won't make it go away
Skwmom
Sep 2015
#17
No amount of pressure will keep Clinton from delivering on her promises to her big money backers.
Skwmom
Sep 2015
#40
I'm interested to see how Bernie fares when he does "introduce himself to the country"
gateley
Sep 2015
#19
What would I like to see happen? Biden enters the race, Obama supports him, Hillary tanks
tularetom
Sep 2015
#33
You know what - I've known about Bernie for a long time because of Tom Hartmann
tularetom
Sep 2015
#41
Joe is actually more liberal than any of them (I'm talking Clinton, Obama, etc.)
gateley
Sep 2015
#43