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LakeArenal (16,585 posts)

17. Good deflection.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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77 replies	Author	Time	Post
Should the Democratic Nominee be a Democrat??? [View all]	PubliusEnigma	Feb 2020	OP
Preferably, yes.	CousinIT	Feb 2020	#1
Yes	mindem	Feb 2020	#2
So you would have rather Bernie run third party? (NT)	ripcord	Feb 2020	#75
Well, if Bernie could run third party now, why didn't he just run 3rd party in the beginning	KewlKat	Feb 2020	#77
If you have a problem with anyone that is running	RandiFan1290	Feb 2020	#3
Or they could just join the Democratic Party, like the rest of us did. It's easy, if you mean it.	PubliusEnigma	Feb 2020	#5
Looks like it isn't necessary.	RandiFan1290	Feb 2020	#7
No it isn't time to move on.	LakeArenal	Feb 2020	#12
Take it up with the DNC	RandiFan1290	Feb 2020	#14
Good deflection.	LakeArenal	Feb 2020	#17
You mean the Democratic Establishment	Dave in VA	Feb 2020	#37
Oh snap!!!	PatSeg	Feb 2020	#55
Why? What would that accomplish?	ehrnst	Feb 2020	#56
Yes.	TheCowsCameHome	Feb 2020	#4
There is no party registration in Vermont.	Mariana	Feb 2020	#40
I had no idea Vermont has no Democratic Party.	TheCowsCameHome	Feb 2020	#41
So every single Vermont state and local elected official is also an independent?	MichMan	Feb 2020	#54
Yes, and eliminate Open Primaries	still_one	Feb 2020	#6
My thoughts exactly	liberal N proud	Feb 2020	#8
+1! eom	BlueMTexpat	Feb 2020	#11
I'm with you on that one!	VarryOn	Feb 2020	#15
And Eliminate these stupid caucuses. This 'crossover' stuff is bull.	apcalc	Feb 2020	#27
++	still_one	Feb 2020	#31
Absolutely.	2naSalit	Feb 2020	#9
Absolutely! eom	BlueMTexpat	Feb 2020	#10
As long as they are running for the Democratic nomination that's good enough for me.	totodeinhere	Feb 2020	#13
You don't know if that is Democrats or people pretending to be.	apcalc	Feb 2020	#28
You are relying on anecdotal evidence. Whereas, at least pollsters are using scientific	totodeinhere	Feb 2020	#35
You are correct, my evidence is anecdotal.	apcalc	Feb 2020	#42
Yes and hopefully the convention will	Progressive dog	Feb 2020	#16
Yes!	BlueIdaho	Feb 2020	#18
Yes.	Sunsky	Feb 2020	#19
Yes!!! We are the Democratic Party..not the blasted Independent Party	Peacetrain	Feb 2020	#20
Yes.	Raftergirl	Feb 2020	#21
The Democratic nominee should be	SCantiGOP	Feb 2020	#22
Bernie signed a DNC loyality pledge back in March that stated he would run as	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#23
Then why aren't the Democats good enough for him to join?	Jersey Devil	Feb 2020	#24
Take it up with him. He is however good enough for millions of Demcrats.	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#26
"your" choice.	TheCowsCameHome	Feb 2020	#30
Yes, and at least at this stage he is leading by double digits	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#39
I will wait on this " ahead" bullshit until we have a few	apcalc	Feb 2020	#45
Good point.	TheCowsCameHome	Feb 2020	#49
Iowa was a closed caucus. New Hampshie is neither open or closed.	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#52
Party activists and able bodied ppl with time.	apcalc	Feb 2020	#57
Two states running primary elections with state Democratic party control	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#62
Bernie is not leading by double digits. He's got 22 to 35% of the Dem vote.	SunSeeker	Feb 2020	#66
My statement that you are replying to said leading by double digits in the polls.	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#68
Averaging 28.7% of the Democratic vote is hardly a mandate to lead pur party.	SunSeeker	Feb 2020	#71
It is what it is and there are months to go.	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#72
Maybe he follows George Washington's	OliverQ	Feb 2020	#46
A young man came by and said he wanted to sleep with my daughter.	TheCowsCameHome	Feb 2020	#25
You ssy this as a Bloomberg supporter eith his NDA's on the news.	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#29
My current choice may very well change,	TheCowsCameHome	Feb 2020	#32
I wouldn't want my daughter around him.	CentralMass	Feb 2020	#33
rather than a Democratic Socialist	evertonfc	Feb 2020	#34
Yes. And someone who's loyal to the party...	NurseJackie	Feb 2020	#36
He's putting the screws to us again....	apcalc	Feb 2020	#47
I think we're screwed anyway... the divisions he created are too deep.	NurseJackie	Feb 2020	#51
Well then, he succeeded in his intentions.	apcalc	Feb 2020	#60
It's part of the "burn it down" philosophy from the two extremes.	NurseJackie	Feb 2020	#61
+1	apcalc	Feb 2020	#67
Yes, absolutely ...	CatMor	Feb 2020	#38
+1	apcalc	Feb 2020	#48
It should be who the voters in the Democratic Primary process want as their candidate.	Tom Rinaldo	Feb 2020	#43
As long as they're not a Republican, don't care.	OliverQ	Feb 2020	#44
Yes.	Mme. Defarge	Feb 2020	#50
Yes	RandySF	Feb 2020	#53
Yes. Not an independent and not a Republican in disguise. nt	Codeine	Feb 2020	#58
It should be whoever wins the democratic	fallout87	Feb 2020	#59
Yes. It is a requirement to run in our primary.	SunSeeker	Feb 2020	#63
YES. nt	Sloumeau	Feb 2020	#64
Timely	Roy Rolling	Feb 2020	#65
What makes a Democrat? A letter after their name...or a set of ideals? N/t	TCJ70	Feb 2020	#69
Yes	musette_sf	Feb 2020	#70
He is a member of the Democratic Party.	intheflow	Feb 2020	#73
No he didn't..."He officially changed to D in 2019".....and you can't source it.	AncientGeezer	Feb 2020	#74
Ideally	d_b	Feb 2020	#76

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