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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Tonight's special election shows we can't afford a risky nominee in 2020 [View all]Gothmog
(145,291 posts)192. The hardest job for the next president may be fixing Trump's mess
This is one of the reasons why I think that Joe Biden is the best candidate. Who ever is the nominee will have to be prepared to fix all of the damage that trump has done to our government.
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Perhaps the most straightforward and least complicated undertaking, since it would be entirely within the next presidents purview, is rebuilding the executive branch from the corrupted ruin Trump will leave behind.
One of the most underreported stories about the Trump administration is its basic incompetence. Perhaps Trumps biggest con of all was convincing his supporters that he was some sort of business wizard with a genius for management. In truth, the Trump Organization was a mom-and-pop family business that he repeatedly micromanaged to the brink of collapse. He is doing exactly the same with the government of the United States.
The White House itself is less like The West Wing than Game of Thrones. Courtiers vie for the favor of the Mad King, unable or unwilling to perform normal duties for fear of risking Trumps ire. Usually, the White House is a place where information from outside sources is synthesized and digested so the president can make the best possible decisions. Under Trump, the flow is reversed his whims, however ill-informed or contradictory or just plain loopy, are tweeted out and must be made into policy.
Agencies vital to our national security including the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency lumber along, month after month, without permanent leadership. Its easier to make moves when theyre acting, Trump has said, but really the situation reflects his own insecurity. By keeping his underlings weak and beholden only to him, he limits their power and thus hamstrings the departments they nominally lead.
One of the most underreported stories about the Trump administration is its basic incompetence. Perhaps Trumps biggest con of all was convincing his supporters that he was some sort of business wizard with a genius for management. In truth, the Trump Organization was a mom-and-pop family business that he repeatedly micromanaged to the brink of collapse. He is doing exactly the same with the government of the United States.
The White House itself is less like The West Wing than Game of Thrones. Courtiers vie for the favor of the Mad King, unable or unwilling to perform normal duties for fear of risking Trumps ire. Usually, the White House is a place where information from outside sources is synthesized and digested so the president can make the best possible decisions. Under Trump, the flow is reversed his whims, however ill-informed or contradictory or just plain loopy, are tweeted out and must be made into policy.
Agencies vital to our national security including the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency lumber along, month after month, without permanent leadership. Its easier to make moves when theyre acting, Trump has said, but really the situation reflects his own insecurity. By keeping his underlings weak and beholden only to him, he limits their power and thus hamstrings the departments they nominally lead.
Joe Biden is the best candidate to repair the damage done by trump. I think that the repair of this damage will keep the next Democratic President very busy.
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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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