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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Tonight's special election shows we can't afford a risky nominee in 2020 [View all]ArcticFox
(1,249 posts)77. Maybe I'm pessimistic
But when I look at his history and hear him say "the votes just aren't there" for things that would help relay people, it just doesn't inspire me.
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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Tonight's special election shows we can't afford a risky nominee in 2020 [View all]
5starlib
Sep 2019
OP
Ditto. People will be more likely to come out to vote especially for someone who advocates what most
Doitnow
Sep 2019
#49
2018 clearly said the issue is trump, not policy. Dems did not flip all those trump seats
empedocles
Sep 2019
#115
We need to field candidates for districts that fit the district...we might have won with someone
Demsrule86
Sep 2019
#24
The Republicans were found to have committed fraud in the last election and still won.
AJT
Sep 2019
#28
That district is pretty moderate/leaning right. You have to play to your district.
bearsfootball516
Sep 2019
#90
The GOAL is getting rid of trump. The OP rcognized that. There are two radically
empedocles
Sep 2019
#88
tRump calls Democrats trhe "far-left", as does the entire frigging GOP. But feed right into it if
KPN
Sep 2019
#109
Well, I remember tRump sounding just like Bernie toward the end of the 2016 election.....
Doitnow
Sep 2019
#120
trump is effectively scaring voters away from Biden with 'socialists' and ''far leftists' type Dems.
empedocles
Sep 2019
#130
His unpopularity is what brought him down from +12 to +2.3 in 2018 and now.
Tiggeroshii
Sep 2019
#13
It's also a fear-based argument to say that nominating a more moderate candidate will suppress
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#61
We will never know, though I suspect the chances in NC were and are not good. At the same time,
KPN
Sep 2019
#113
this candidate was different. anyone who didn't vote does not care for a liberal agenda
JI7
Sep 2019
#39
this district does not make up the politics/demograhpics of the country as a whole.
JI7
Sep 2019
#64
If the system is rigged from within No One is beating the Republican candidate by simply showing up.
Ford_Prefect
Sep 2019
#62
Remove 'Biden', insert 'any other candidate' and your posts means just as much... or little.
LanternWaste
Sep 2019
#119
I stopped paying attention to Salon, the Intercept, Greenwald, Cen or TYT a long time ago
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#149
Unfotunately Biden voters aren't even the majority of Democratic voters, much less GE voters
Bradshaw3
Sep 2019
#145
According to Nate more Democrats are closer to Biden than sanders or warren on the issues
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#150
Meanwhile in the real world voters know that Joe Biden is the most electable candidate
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#159
"Biden is the DNC favorite. He's the preordained nominee. The big donors know he'll vote
betsuni
Sep 2019
#73
Bernie has never said he is socialist. He talks about his organization "Our Revolution" not
KPN
Sep 2019
#123
I'm not a Bernie supporter. I'll defend him, yes, because I admire his tenacity in
KPN
Sep 2019
#156
What don't his supporters know about him? What makes you or anyone else think that you
KPN
Sep 2019
#161
Have you ever really listened to Sanders? Have you ever listen to how he defines or describes
KPN
Sep 2019
#160
"I'm not supporting Bernie." "Go ahead and try to discredit and ridicule all you want"
betsuni
Sep 2019
#189
No, you stop calling him a "socialist-like/revolutionary". Your words verbatim. Are you on the
KPN
Sep 2019
#155
Some Elliott Wavers predict a near term dji drop, followed by new highs in 2020.
empedocles
Sep 2019
#131
I am equally worried. And I'm particularly worried about Joe Biden being our nominee. The polls
KPN
Sep 2019
#170
I disagree. What I saw was insults ... and I said so. If you see that as insults, I can't help
KPN
Sep 2019
#171
Nonsense. Republicans who succeeded in that election because more of them turned out.
bigtree
Sep 2019
#93
Your fear voting suggests that we should only run Republican lights or conservatives.
Autumn
Sep 2019
#98