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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Hard data shows a centrist Dem candidate would lose in 2020 [View all]IronLionZion
(45,868 posts)15. The GOP nominated an unelectable unqualified nonreligious dumbass
and we saw what happened as he ran an openly extremist campaign.
Let the Democratic voters decide our party's nominee. Conventional wisdom has failed many times.
And I disagree with the notion of Kamala Harris as centrist. She holds many liberal views on important issues like single payer healthcare.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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The powers that be are pulling out all the stops to ensure we do not see how well a liberal
brewens
Jun 2019
#58
If this analysis is correct then why is Biden leading in all the head-to-head polls against Trump?
honest.abe
Jun 2019
#9
Yes - so, at this point there is no reason to believe Biden can't win.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#86
If his analysis is correct then why doesn't the effect show up now in the polls?
honest.abe
Jun 2019
#12
Do you have a land line? If you do, do you have caller ID? If you do, do you pick it up..
aidbo
Jun 2019
#42
Don't trust the Salon narrative. Here is the actual article by Picketty to form your own opinion.
honest.abe
Jun 2019
#21
But will Biden make redistributionist economics a central part of message and policy?
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#29
I am sure Joe will include some level of redistributionist economics into his message.
honest.abe
Jun 2019
#37
Typical Salon bullshit. I remember what Salon did to Hilllary, distorting and
still_one
Jun 2019
#30
When Republicans attack Biden, they won't be calling him a centrist. He is a liberal. Always has
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#38
I don't think Republicans have changed their mind. He will still be a "libtard" to them, and
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#87
Clearly your not familiar with the difference between analysis and an editorial on that analysis
LanternWaste
Jun 2019
#93
He said it is based on a study of French, American, and British political history.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2019
#55
I read that in the body of the op.. and disagree with the premise if it refers to the United States
Peacetrain
Jun 2019
#63
I am the last person to speak ill of Secretary Clinton but she didn't lose because of her ideology.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2019
#76
Sigh. You can usually cherrypick an academic to cherrypick allegedly "hard" data to "prove"
highplainsdem
Jun 2019
#92
Thankfully, this 'hard data' sourced from 2013 was ignored during the mid-term win.
LanternWaste
Jun 2019
#94
Hard data makes its sound like the author of the paper reduced it to a mathematical certainty.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2019
#95