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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Any more debates like last night and Trump will be re-elected. [View all]techne7319
(173 posts)169. Not true
Her points were factually based. He didnt sufficiently respond. Biden supporters got their feelings hurt.
Thats how campaigns work. Thats how debates work. Attacks are part of it. Biden wasnt prepared, she was.
With so many candidates, one has to suspect that the Dem party IS in disarray. Hopefully Dems unite behind the eventual nominee.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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This is survivor, everyone else gets kicked off the island, not some dinner party debates.
LovingA2andMI
Jun 2019
#77
Agreed. So far, nothing as nasty as the Dems in 2008 OR the Repubs in 2016
thesquanderer
Jun 2019
#10
Very well stated...I can't help but remember karl rove running around like a chicken with his head
asiliveandbreathe
Jun 2019
#11
Right now - WE MUST UNITE - not fight, WHO in our field is the BEST to beat the pos?
asiliveandbreathe
Jun 2019
#8
They don't care about winning. They want the full gladiator spectacle. And they want hands-on
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#125
Warren would eat Trump alive! I can see the cookbook. Pairie Oysters move over!
floppyboo
Jun 2019
#43
And any candidate who isn't capable of being meaner and nastier than Trump will get rolled
sop
Jun 2019
#42
I don't understand that comment. I didn't say or imply everyone thought like me.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#117
When the punches get personal and go to a person's character is where the problem lies. And
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#135
Trump is going to do exactly that, just like he attacked the Clinton Foundation
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#166
Clearly people aren't getting that Senator Harris got personal there and that is the problem...
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#136
What do you want them to do sit around and only talk about how bad Trump is?
inwiththenew
Jun 2019
#49
Our nominee was damaged 30 years and never figured out how to undo the damage.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#95
Yes I know because we can't say anything mildly critical about Hillary or Obama on this site.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#116
What it explains is that, if somebody uses a term to disparage you, own it.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#167
They will attempt to drive up our candidates negatives by any means necessary.
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#89
Therein lies the madness that will lead to four more years of hell for all the people not
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#126
Will come down to voters in states. As I have said, it will not be primarily a matter of who is a
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#132
Yeah well they should not attack each others character and Senator Harris did just that. nt
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#137
Well golly gee if she was 'hurt' by those purposely misconstrued words than rump is gonna
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#171
I don't think she was actually hurt by those words. I think it was a planned attack,
marylandblue
Jun 2019
#177
The first thing Trump was tweeting about last night was their immigration/healthcare policies
tulipsandroses
Jun 2019
#69
I hope you feel the same way when they start going after Kamala's Record
tulipsandroses
Jun 2019
#127
Should we just let the front runner cruise to victory without first vetting them?
gldstwmn
Jun 2019
#76
If they are going to snipe at each other they should at least work together to counter...
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2019
#80
Last night might have hurt Biden in the primary, but it won't have hurt him in the general
fishwax
Jun 2019
#99
Biden needs to do a whole lot better than he did last night if he is going to survive debates
Chemisse
Jun 2019
#107
He will NOT be re-elected! That said, I fear these huge debates are counter-productive
dawg day
Jun 2019
#111
Did you miss Mark Penn's campaign memo from that time about how they should treat Obama?
Kentonio
Jun 2019
#172
If you think Kamala questioning Biden about his past actions is a 'personal attack'
Kentonio
Jun 2019
#191
They should not be rewarded, but some of us want to crown the most cutthroat and least
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#128
It's just the process of culling. We have a long way to go before the big game starts.
Firestorm49
Jun 2019
#176
My point is that it is not clear at all that anything that happened hurt the nominee
karynnj
Jun 2019
#201
Oh bullshit! I have to get to work, but I read this entire thread in a major effort...
TreasonousBastard
Jun 2019
#197