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TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:39 PM Mar 2019

Trump Aides Are Desperately Betting on the Left to Cancel Biden [View all]

"Going into 2020, Republicans appear to have coalesced around a strategy to keep Donald Trump in office: bait Democrats into nominating a far-left progressive, and thereby drive centrists back, screaming, into Trump’s open arms. The two biggest threats to this plan, G.O.P. insiders suggest, are Beto O’Rourke and Joe Biden, whom they see as more palatable in a general election than a socialist like Bernie Sanders.

There is already something of a plan in place to tank Beto, even if it’s not fully baked. Republicans figure they can play up suspicions on the left that O’Rourke, who previously drew donations from the pro-Republican business establishment, is a phony progressive who doesn’t really believe in anything besides his own celebrity. (The Club for Growth is already out with an ad decrying O’Rourke’s “white male privilege.”)

Biden, however, is another matter. Although he has yet to declare his candidacy, the former vice president consistently holds the lead in Democratic primary polling, and has the highest net favorability rating of any potential candidate in the mix. Trump, according to Politico, is rightly concerned. Behind closed doors, he reportedly fixates on how he would perform in a head-to-head matchup against Biden, and has recently “peppered” aides with questions about Biden’s polling and what it would mean for a general election."

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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/donald-trump-joe-biden-2020-election

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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KR! We'll see what pans out. Cha Mar 2019 #1
OK, we can do that: elleng Mar 2019 #2
Haha TwilightZone Mar 2019 #3
Oh yuck. That would totally sap my enthusiasm. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #29
I suspect that the only sort of far-leftist that would make Democrats vote for Thimp Vogon_Glory Mar 2019 #4
My guess is they're thinking moderate independents, not Democrats TwilightZone Mar 2019 #5
Of course you wonder what those are... Vogon_Glory Mar 2019 #7
The politically disinterested, maybe. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #8
Those politically disinterested swing independents will decide the election Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #12
Very interesting points you are all making Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #14
Or someone that jails parents over kids being late to school Renew Deal Mar 2019 #18
Dumpy is right to be scared shitless of Biden. COLGATE4 Mar 2019 #6
I don't really know if trump could get away with Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #15
He can't and he knows he can't. What's worse for COLGATE4 Mar 2019 #20
Who did Biden debate for VP. Unfortunately I dont Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #21
Palin and Ryan. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #23
Wasn't his best performance, for sure. I think he'd do much COLGATE4 Mar 2019 #24
Well Ryan was a policy wonk and fairly smooth Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #25
Cutting regs for the number of nuke plant inspections. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #33
Yet a normal person couldn't have survived with Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #38
Nuke inspections cut !!! Perfect Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #39
Joe Biden will drive Trump out of the White House. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #9
There is a comfort factor with Biden. Unlike the rest, he is a known commodity. redstateblues Mar 2019 #26
I am thinking how proud a senior would be to vote Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #40
Left like Sirota is "counting" on that, Cha Mar 2019 #10
Sadly, they're going to cancel each other out instead. kcr Mar 2019 #11
At least right now, Florida Bull Mar 2019 #13
Biggest mystery about trump to me. Where it seems Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #16
"... already plan in place to tank Beto"...it dawned Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #17
The left will cancel anyone who isn't pure enough. leftofcool Mar 2019 #19
Solid political analysis. McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #22
The purity patrol is out there again redstateblues Mar 2019 #27
"Purity patrol"? Is that like "political correctness"? Or "welfare queen"? McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #35
Or "kneecapping?" ehrnst Mar 2019 #41
I agree! True Blue American Mar 2019 #32
Doesn't he have to announce his run Doreen Mar 2019 #28
The thought might have been to try to damage him before he announces.... TwilightZone Mar 2019 #31
Don't they realize that it is human nature to retaliate Doreen Mar 2019 #34
I just read this True Blue American Mar 2019 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author INdemo Mar 2019 #36
Trumps too big a fool do realize that Hortensis Mar 2019 #37
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