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DrToast

(6,414 posts)
18. His polls don't make the cut
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 02:44 PM
Dec 2019

He’s qualified based on donor threshold.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
harris was not included in dec. debate? nt msongs Dec 2019 #1
She qualified, but she's dropped out. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2019 #3
Yeah I'm pissed ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #2
I am angry, ism mcar Dec 2019 #5
I feel you ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #10
You said it! So disappointed and ticked off. MerryBlooms Dec 2019 #14
I hear ya, mcar. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #81
it's sad... myohmy2 Dec 2019 #112
why did Kamala Harris drop out ? stonecutter357 Dec 2019 #4
Not enough funding ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #6
Here's her notice on medium - money, of course mcar Dec 2019 #11
She was not going to win the nomination so why continue...others should follow her Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #12
Exactly. The race is, in reality, down to 4. IluvPitties Dec 2019 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author redqueen Dec 2019 #7
Starting Our Primaries in IA and NH is Responsible For Some Of This Indykatie Dec 2019 #8
This is true mcar Dec 2019 #13
She was performing poorly everywhere else though madville Dec 2019 #50
And an old white man is pulling over 50% with African American voters RhodeIslandOne Dec 2019 #66
Yes squirecam Dec 2019 #90
Heh, and I'm really wishing it was already narrowed down to 1 person.. Amimnoch Dec 2019 #9
Ok squirecam Dec 2019 #91
Booker's not in it? Retrograde Dec 2019 #15
His polls don't make the cut DrToast Dec 2019 #18
There are four candidates who theoretically could win...Biden, Sanders, Warren Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #19
Yang and Gabbard will qualify DrToast Dec 2019 #17
HRC speaks mcar Dec 2019 #20
Excellent inspiring tweet from Hillary! Cha Dec 2019 #77
Thanks Cha mcar Dec 2019 #78
I know.. and I know how it feels.. Cha Dec 2019 #80
Only if you think there HAS to be a person of color on the stage. TCJ70 Dec 2019 #21
... mcar Dec 2019 #22
Who cares? Whoa.. ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #23
Yes...who cares? What matters more: how someone looks or their ideas? n/t TCJ70 Dec 2019 #24
Sweet Jesus ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #30
Obviously. n/t TCJ70 Dec 2019 #32
Oh my. ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #42
I could...but given your response to them below... TCJ70 Dec 2019 #49
Always depends on the source and context ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #61
I don't think we've reached that point as a society... TCJ70 Dec 2019 #63
That's how life works for you huh? ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #67
I'm sorry squirecam Dec 2019 #92
This is funny. SaschaHM Dec 2019 #35
Maybe it's not THAT foreign an idea ... I would submit that mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #36
Honey, don't use quotes from a murdered black man to try and erase racism ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #40
+1000 tishaLA Dec 2019 #45
Oh, so Kamala is no longer in the race because 'racism' and no other explanation is possible? mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #48
Not what I said. ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #62
Boom! mcar Dec 2019 #54
+! crazytown Dec 2019 #82
I am the whitest guy on the forum Codeine Dec 2019 #33
The majority of presidential elections I've been eligible to vote for... TCJ70 Dec 2019 #34
Agree ... eyes on the prize here ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #53
Dude I mean... ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #70
Seems you want to take everything I say in the worst possible way ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #100
Good lord. No shit. cwydro Dec 2019 #115
Are you seriously suggesting that only the white people have good ideas? mcar Dec 2019 #52
No. That wouldn't make sense as we've already nominated and elected Obama twice. n/t TCJ70 Dec 2019 #56
Huh? mcar Dec 2019 #59
"Good ideas" is a relative term... TCJ70 Dec 2019 #64
I don't think you mean to convey... spicysista Dec 2019 #75
Harris dropped out due to insufficient campaign finances. Also, I think people are getting... TCJ70 Dec 2019 #109
There are systemic issues at play also. not just merit. That's why I'm not happy about this. Kurt V. Dec 2019 #83
Well THAT was kind of abrupt and insensitive. blm Dec 2019 #101
I care loyalsister Dec 2019 #103
Harris being out "reverting to white supremacy"? OK. n/t TCJ70 Dec 2019 #110
I'm glad that the preferred choice of the majority of AAs is still standing and that our voices Skya Rhen Dec 2019 #25
There is that ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #43
Thank you Skya. Everyone keeps pointing to Obama in IA, and how black people came around... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2019 #107
there wasn't last time though treestar Dec 2019 #26
Agreed ... last thing we need is a day of hand-wringing across the media ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #47
Agreed. We shouldn't feed the media driven Democratic party bashing narrative Salviati Dec 2019 #65
Not shocked .... LenaBaby61 Dec 2019 #27
deval patrick just got in... no chance to qualify, but he is in the race..... nt getagrip_already Dec 2019 #28
He will not be on the December debate stage mcar Dec 2019 #29
yup, just pointing out he is in the race... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #31
Kamala qualified for the debate. Why drop out now? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #41
... mcar Dec 2019 #55
The voters have decided to whittle the race to a Final Four ritapria Dec 2019 #37
Thus far there have been no voters for 2020 tishaLA Dec 2019 #46
I understand but here's the thing as Monk would say underthematrix Dec 2019 #38
So what exactly is the ask here, tokenism? tritsofme Dec 2019 #39
Harris should be forced to participate! DrToast Dec 2019 #51
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2019 #44
Lots to blame mcar Dec 2019 #58
And which of those things is the fault of the party, as Pierce insinuates? BannonsLiver Dec 2019 #84
When did voting start? mcar Dec 2019 #86
So Yang isn't a person of color, or is he not in the debate? Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2019 #57
He has not yet qualified for the December debate mcar Dec 2019 #60
Thanks. Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2019 #68
He still has a bit of time to do so, IIRC mcar Dec 2019 #73
There were real people of colour in the RepubliCON debates? Not cardboard cutouts? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #69
There was Ben Carson, Mr.Bill Dec 2019 #72
There are some fucked up comments on this thread. That is all. n/t demmiblue Dec 2019 #71
It's discouraging mcar Dec 2019 #87
We're taking a major perspective hit. This was one of the best moments in all of the debates IMO BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #74
She is brilliant, and a fighter, and had great ideas and plans mcar Dec 2019 #76
old and white. evertonfc Dec 2019 #79
"Our last the nominees that won a GE were under 54" Polybius Dec 2019 #104
To Charles Pierce: Like it or not, it's not, as of the moment, in any way a bad thing, either. ancianita Dec 2019 #85
I disagree mcar Dec 2019 #88
I hear you, I do. Everything you say makes sense. But we here need to make clearer sense of the ancianita Dec 2019 #94
This thread is depressing on so many levels flibbitygiblets Dec 2019 #89
Um... squirecam Dec 2019 #93
Hillary Clinton is a minority? killaphill Dec 2019 #108
Yes squirecam Dec 2019 #113
Jews are also a minority killaphill Dec 2019 #114
Correct squirecam Dec 2019 #116
What might those changes be. Who in the party is supposed to make them. That can be the party ancianita Dec 2019 #95
It's only because of tradition. totodeinhere Dec 2019 #98
she had very low support among black voters KayF Dec 2019 #96
Seriously, pigmentation should be the deciding factor? obliviously Dec 2019 #97
I'm bummed to see Kamala drop out. Hopefully she will come back strong in 2024. jalan48 Dec 2019 #99
Hopefully we will have an incumbant in 2024. nt dflprincess Dec 2019 #102
Good point. Make that 2028 jalan48 Dec 2019 #105
the optics are not good. but why is the party at fault? stopdiggin Dec 2019 #106
Oh, has voting started? mcar Dec 2019 #111
there has been non-stop polling for close to a year stopdiggin Dec 2019 #117
Fourteen people have dropped out of the Democratic race; all but two are white, all but two are men LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #118
Would it be a bad thing if she dropped out after being in the last four? The last two? brooklynite Dec 2019 #119
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