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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:00 PM Mar 2019

Ok Im going to say it

Biden will not win the Primary. This will be his 3rd or 4th shot at it and has been rejected.
Joe Biden is two old and Democratic Voters want a progressive younger candidate.
Just look at the Midterms and see how many candidates were moderates and of all the winners how many were over 70.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Ok Im going to say it (Original Post) INdemo Mar 2019 OP
Fully agree. NT WeekiWater Mar 2019 #1
Well, you could be right. And, you could be wrong. Perhaps we'll see. WheelWalker Mar 2019 #2
I so agree with you. n/t monmouth4 Mar 2019 #3
Makes sense to me. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2019 #4
He's "two old"? BannonsLiver Mar 2019 #5
I guess that's twice as old as we all thought? eom Control-Z Mar 2019 #6
Dare we give DU another grammar lesson? MoonRiver Mar 2019 #8
hmmmm handmade34 Mar 2019 #7
Wow! Loved his statement. R B Garr Mar 2019 #9
Opinion: Democrats might need Biden more than they know Gothmog Mar 2019 #10
 

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)
2. Well, you could be right. And, you could be wrong. Perhaps we'll see.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:02 PM
Mar 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

monmouth4

(9,700 posts)
3. I so agree with you. n/t
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:02 PM
Mar 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
4. Makes sense to me. n/t
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:03 PM
Mar 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
6. I guess that's twice as old as we all thought? eom
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:35 PM
Mar 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
8. Dare we give DU another grammar lesson?
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:54 PM
Mar 2019

You go first...

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

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
7. hmmmm
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:47 PM
Mar 2019

Joe Biden is just the right age given his experience and connections

https://www.americanpossibilities.org/

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

R B Garr

(16,953 posts)
9. Wow! Loved his statement.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:55 PM
Mar 2019

Thanks for posting this,

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

Gothmog

(145,225 posts)
10. Opinion: Democrats might need Biden more than they know
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 08:44 PM
Mar 2019



This is where Biden comes in. Even if he is not the ultimate winner, he has the stature, the money, the name ID and the popularity to seize the party by the scruff of the neck and pull it back from the brink. He can say, “You know Bernie never accomplished a damn thing in the Senate” or "the Green New Deal that Warren supports has about 10 votes in the Senate” or “We figured out how to provide tens of millions of people with health-care coverage; Medicare-for-all proponents haven’t covered a single person.”

Biden has the reputation for being the eccentric uncle in the room, but in this case, he must play the role of the wise patriarch, there to remind Democrats that they win when they stick to the center-left candidates and that they achieve progressive aims when they win elections. If they pick scary socialists or rank novices incapable of governing (such as Trump!), they will never achieve aims such as checking climate change, expanding health-care coverage, reducing income inequality and keeping the United States safe and respected.

Frankly, that’s a message that many, if not most, Democrats already understand. However, they need someone with credibility to say it. Maybe there is someone else in the race or available to run who could do the same, but I’ve not spotted such a person. That’s the rationale for Biden to run.

Finally, those independents and disaffected ex-Republicans whose midterm votes flipped the House to Democratic control have a very big stake in this. If the Republicans, as I suspect, are unable to rid themselves of Trump, the country will need one major party that hasn’t lost its marbles, one capable of winning and governing. If Trump is the GOP nominee, voters regardless of past affiliation who fear for the country’s future need to work strenuously for a competent and electable Democratic nominee. Otherwise, we’re in deep trouble.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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