IT'S HAPPENING!!

[NurseJackie]

So exciting!

[Demsrule86]

1. Yes it is Nurse Jackie...I am so psyched...and excited...we got your back Joe...sending more money

today to Joe in honor of Super Tuesday and a massive comeback for Joe!! !!! Go Joe. K&R

[NurseJackie]

6. I can't wait to find out who his VP choice will be.

Harris? Abrams? Warren? Pete? Amy?

It's very exciting!

[Demsrule86]

10. I am excited about this too...can' wait. I know Joe will make the best choice.

[NurseJackie]

11. The Bernie folks need to GET ON BOARD the Joe Biden Express!

We're heading directly to the White House!

[Demsrule86]

17. Join us Sander's supporters...the next stop is the White House!!!!!

[PunkinPi]

18. C'mon, get in...

[NurseJackie]

19. LOVE IT!!

[PunkinPi]

21. It's so perfect.

[PatSeg]

44. Oh, I love this!

So much energy last night and today!

[PunkinPi]

107. There sure is. Glad to see Dems coming together.

As a wise democrat once said, "Stronger Together!"

[PatSeg]

114. Yes

We really needed this!

[Demsrule86]

66. Take that long walk 'from your front porch to my (Biden's ) front seat...

"We can make it if we run..."

[PunkinPi]

71. Great addition, thank you! nt

[Demsrule86]

103. Love Springsteen...I heard him my entire life as my Mom loved him.

I still hold it against hubs that he got sick (not really wasn't his fault) and I missed the Springsteen concert at the Obama rally in Cleveland.

[PunkinPi]

85. "Our candidates," this is a democratic primary. Joe Biden is a lifelong democrat.

Where in my post did I mention anything about "corruption" or being against getting rid of it?

[emmaverybo]

109. Oh, we are! Takin' back our country! Joe time!

[CaptYossarian]

28. Excellent choices, but we should be concerned with

keeping our current Dem senators and gain what we need to capture the whole enchilada.

That leaves Abrams, Pete, and others like Beto.

[NurseJackie]

29. Good points! Gaining complete control of both houses of congress is paramount!

[ananda]

57. I go for Warren!

Nt

[DownriverDem]

16. Why are we then

seeing this morning that Bernie will have enough delegates tonight for the nomination? Please say it isn't so.

[Demsrule86]

20. I have not seen that except from the usual suspects..no way Sanders gets enough delegates

tonight.

[brush]

54. Not possible. He has 60 delegates but 1991 are needed to get the od.

Someone is gas lighting you as there are only some 1300 delegates available today and Biden and Warren will get their share.

Biden has 55, btw.

[samnsara]

2. yes it is but I will jump for joy next november...

..I still have my bouquet of very dry yellow roses I was going to hand out to the other Dems I was watching the election with. It was inna bar and I left before the others even got there.

[Demsrule86]

4. Yes...redemption...this is for you Hillary. You should be President...and I will never forget or

forgive what happened in the General...I just won't. I will vote blue no matter who...but I got a feeling it will be President Joseph Robinette Biden.

[NurseJackie]

7. I'm looking forward to hearing Bernie Sanders endorse and support Joe Biden!

I'm very much looking forward to all the support that he's going to be getting from BERNIE SANDERS and his supporters too.

I know that BERNIE SANDERS is going to go ALL-IN to help JOE BIDEN DEFEAT TRUMP!!

Blue no matter who, right?

[McKim]

12. Blue No Matter Who

It’s Blue No Matter Who for this Warren/Sanders supporter. I hope Joe incorporates Sanders ideas into his platform. Stop the hate please. There is money for our health care we are just squandering it in the military budget.

[NurseJackie]

13. It will be very unifying when Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden.

Stop the hate please.

Oh yes! Indeed! I'll be very eager for Gray, Turner, Sirota, Sarandon, Moore and Cusak and West to "stop the hate".

I'm sure the hate and contempt for the Democratic party will all come to an end the moment that Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden. It will be a great moment! I'm very much looking forward to Bernie's support and welcoming him on board!

I hope Joe incorporates Sanders ideas into his platform.

As a courtesy-nod, or as a token-gesture perhaps... but the loser doesn't get to dictate what the platform will be. That's an honor that's left to the winner... the people's choice.

[Eyeball_Kid]

74. Bernie could pull off being a winner, even if he doesn't get the nomination.

He can officially JOIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY while endorsing Biden. Why? Because if Bernie doesn't get the nomination, this campaign season will be his last hurrah. He's, what, 78? There are few other options to complete his legacy. IMO, he may WANT to reconcile his positions with the Democratic Party before he retires.

But.. we're a long way from any scenario in which this is politically possible and even desirable for all factions. There are a lot of primaries on the calendar.

[Doreen]

79. Last time Bernie lost he just left and did not say anything to his supporters.

He then took to long to endorse Hillary and by then his supporters had already made their minds up for who to vote for and not enough of them were for Hillary.

I think things might have gone differently if he had done so.


If he "really" cares then if he does not win he will immediately endorse Biden like other candidates did.

[emmaverybo]

110. You go, Nurse Jackie!

[Eyeball_Kid]

64. Biden MUST adopt some of Sanders' positions if he's to unify the party. That's how it's done.

But I'm assuming a lot here. Biden may NOT get the delegates he needs to challenge Sanders at the convention.

OR... Sanders may have to adopt some of Biden's positions to bring Biden's supporters into HIS fold!

[Demsrule86]

104. Sanders had a big influence over the platform during the general but he still did not

help Hillary sufficiently in the general IMHO.sure he gets my vote in a general but I am hoping Biden beats him. Sanders supporters want him and may not be satisfied with any concessions...and keep in mind if Biden wins...he has the biggest say.

[emmaverybo]

111. I hope his first order of business as per HIS campaign promises is to restore and improve

Obamacare, offer a public option, expand Medicaid, and protect the heck out of Medicare. We are not getting single payer right off the bat and need to work with good systems we haven in place as
a framework.

States are cutting Medicaid. ACA is gutted. Repugs will, come after Medicare and Social Security.
First things first.

[Demsrule86]

22. Yeah...we could wait quite a while for that Jackie...

[NurseJackie]

26. The train will leave the station without them. The sooner they accept the inevitable...

The train will leave the station without them. The sooner they accept the inevitable, the better it will be for everyone. Trump is a national emergency. There's no time to grieve for a failed campaign that didn't get the nomination.

It's time to RALLY AROUND Joe Biden. Bernie and his supporters will get on-board, I'm sure of it. I know that we can COUNT ON BERNIE for his enthusiastic support. I know that he'll work tirelessly and campaign every day for Joe... just as if he were campaigning for himself. Bernie will be selfless and will give his all to Joe Biden.

I know this, because that's the kind of honest and honorable man that Bernie Sanders is. He's not the kind of man who will put personal feelings ahead of the national interests. He's going to go ALL IN FOR JOE (and so will his supporters).

[Demsrule86]

68. Beating Trump is what every one wants so I think they will too.

vote blue no matter who...

[Mars and Minerva]

46. Aren't you required to use the "SARCASM" emoji here?......

[NurseJackie]

91. I'm hopeful.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

96. Joe / Hillary ?

[Demsrule86]

98. We will beat Trump...Hillary should be president...and except for the Steins and the Turners she

would be...when Sanders hired them...he lost me forever. I was never of the opinion that he did enough for Hillary on the General...so the fact that he isn't going to be the nominee...is a form of redemption...

[samnsara]

3. i filled out my ballot yesterday and mailed it off..i was going to wait til after super2..

...but Pete and Amy convinced me to send it in now...

[Demsrule86]

8. I am early voting with hubs and daughter on Saturday in Ohio. I can't get there until

then and hubs wants to make it a family affair. I will wear my woman's march hoodie and so will my daughter. We were there in January 2017 for the march that put Trump on notice that we were coming after him. And it happened in special election after special election, the wins in 18 that gave us the house...and last but least the blue wave that hit Virginia...all blue now.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

5. I love it!

GO JOE!

[Demsrule86]

9. Go Joe...you are going to beat dirty donnie like a drum and save our party...and the Republic.

[Eyeball_Kid]

67. What I like about Biden...

is that his animosity toward Trump is clearly VISCERAL. IMO, his rage at Trump is partly fueled by the way that Trump treated, and still treats, Obama.

If Biden gets the nomination, Trump will refuse to debate him during the general election campaign. If Trump agrees to debate, Biden will eat his brains-- only because Biden feels that it's his right to reclaim the superior position vacated by BHO, and because Trump needs to be put in his place.

... but it's a long way to the nomination.

[Aussie105]

15. There should be an upper age limit for candidates.

There is a lower age limit, I'm guessing for supposed inexperience, but there is an inexperience that comes with old age too.
Fading of memory and judgement, physical frailty, senile dementia, Alzheimer's, it's a long list.

Let's set it at 62, so that whoever wins and gets a double term, will be 70 by the end of the 8 years.

This idea might not go down well right now, but then again it would have made Trump ineligible and a non starter in 2016. So there is that.

[beachbumbob]

51. wisdom comes with age, I'll take a smart 70yr over a smart 40 year old any day

[emmaverybo]

113. As Sully said when endorsing Biden, experience can mean the difference between life and death.

new studies show that in the absence of cognitive disorders older folks, though they process a bit more slowly, scan problems better, being more able to pick out the salient features immediately from the trees n the way of the forest.

They operate out of a reservoir of knowledge and experience that can afford them more sound decision making. This deeper resource is not available to much younger counterparts.

And yes. Older brains can learn new things.

And no. The majority of the elderly do not go on to dementia or Alzheimer’s, which can also have an early onset.

A VP tested in leadership abilities, hopefully with political savvy and a knowledge of world affairs,
so important in these perilous times, considerably younger, should be chosen.

If Biden is the candidate he will bring the best people on board. And he will listen to experts.

[SilasSouleII]

23. NurseJackie!

I feel it too! The excitement growing The Democratic Establishment, which has fought so hard, coalescing on one, albeit imperfect man, a Democrat who is decent and has the experience to move this country out of the haze.

[gab13by13]

24. I read this article and I became morose,

We don't even know who owns our voting machines. It doesn't matter who our nominee is.

http://www.serendipity.li/jsmill/whomakes.htm

[debsy]

25. IMO, we are so f@*#ed

I don't believe there is any way Biden can beat Trump. This, it seems to me, is exactly what the Russians and Trump want. I like Joe Biden but I fear he will be destroyed in the run-up to the election. Elizabeth Warren seems to me to be the only person capable of beating Trump but I think the social media blitz and misinformation being propagated may be too much to help any of those left in the field. I fear the worst.

[janterry]

27. Exactly

though I think most of our candidates stood a better chance than Biden.

Very depressing. He was very clearly my LAST choice.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. I am sorry you feel that way. To me Biden has always

been the most perfect antitheses of trump. And a perfectly experienced pick to remediate what trump broke. But an important factor is for him to pick a young energetic progressive as VP to complete the package. Age and wisdom to fix, with youth and optimism to forge the future.

This is an unusual time to say the least. In a stable environment Warren may have been the pick. Timing just not right. If she runs in 2024, hope she looks too at a way to present her ideas in a way that doesn't alienate the middle so much. Too say ALL big businesses are ALL bad could be rejiggered to talk more about specifics?

[janterry]

38. I've watched him mess up too many elections with half-truths

fibs and gaffes. It might be worse with age, but I remember his first presidential run.

eta: so, I guess I'm not in line with the wisdom piece. I think he's been lucky in some ways. But I don't think he's particularly astute.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

52. I hear ya...but pulling off those incredible endorsements

yesterday was very astute. It actually was quite shocking since it seems like forever since we actually did something quickly without the typical dragging out forever and uber caution.

And Warren, Sanders, and Bloomberg missed out on the optimum time to look magnanimous. Bloomberg is the only one who hasn't drawn a line to n the sand. Warren drew hers yesterday.

[CaptYossarian]

33. As long as he's a choice...

Fellow Dems,

Let's all actually show up this November. I was really into Bernie last time when we only had three candidates, but did the right thing and chose Hillary (with the majority) when it was supposed to matter.

Biden should unite the party, not for Joe's sake, but because his presence will remind us of better times with President Obama. I'm sure his Cabinet and WH staff will have a lot of familiar names and faces to help him right the wrong that Trump inflicted upon America and the world.

I'm leaving Senator Warren's image here, but if Rocky the Flying Squirrel is the Democratic nominee, that's who I'm voting for.

See you on November 3rd,

Capt. Yossarian

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Well, just saw a clip where she pretty much un-endorsed Biden. Bad move

to shut that door, imho

[Cosmocat]

35. There is no candidate that 45 and the conservative slander machine won't potentially destroy

Hell, John Kerry was an actual vet who served, with honors and was injured during battle and they spun him into being weak while promoting a simple minded son of privilege who avoided combat by a politically manuvered air national guard assignment.

They spun a highly competent, decent and honorable public servants (Hillary) into the female embodiement of satan.

We spent nearly two fucking months with them driving the narrative during the 2008 election over a flipping flag pin.

Yes, they have already started on Biden because he is the one they fear the most. They have already softened the ground with EW, and if she were to rise to be a real threat for the nomination she would be the full on target and it would get just as ugly as it will about all the Urkrain bullshit with Biden.

And, there is little doubt that they candidate they most want, by far is Bernie. THAT would be the so fornicated nomination.

It is going to be ugly with whoever (againt the worst being Bernie).

[marble falls]

63. There's not one that it seems we won't slander ourselves.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

36. I agree.

Instead of 6 months of "lock her up," it's going to be 6 months of "lock him up" and "Hunter Biden." Anyone who thinks Trump isn't going to be thrilled if Biden gets the nomination isn't paying attention.

[writes3000]

40. Sorry. I don't think he's thrilled to be facing Biden.

Trump isn’t some master of subterfuge. He’s extremely direct with his tactics. He’s very, very, obviously rooting for Bernie to win the nomination.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

61. You really don't think the Hunter Biden ads are already made and ready to roll?

Because they are.

[writes3000]

70. Sure, they are. Just like they're making "socialist" ads and "Jane is corrupt" ads against Bernie.

[Demsrule86]

72. But in Biden's case it is old news and looks petty.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

82. Have you forgotten "Lock her up"

That was news that went through how many hearings and still worked?

[Demsrule86]

101. Have you forgotten Jane Sander and the college...or the amount of money her daughter got from the

college? It cuts both ways. Biden has already been vetted on this issue...and the GOP can try, but he is Teflon...Sanders not so much.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

81. They are making "socialist" ads for any Dem

Remember, Obama was a socialist (among other things).

[NurseJackie]

97. Bernie is only self-admitted and avowed Socialist running for national office.

Obama was a socialist (among other things).

Obama never said 'I'm a Socialist". It's kinda hard for someone to "deny being a socialist" and accuse the GOP of exaggerating. When someone has admitted and BRAGGED about being a Socialist many many (many many) times, it's difficult to ridicule GOP hyperbole if it's not exactly hyperbole. So, there's that... and the essays, and the toddler comments... ugh... and the open hostility for the Democratic party and contempt for Obama... double-ugh.

Y'all just need to get on the Joe Biden bandwagon. Come back into the tent and get with the program. Joe is going to be our party's nominee, and we're all very much looking forwarding to you working to help him to defeat Trump.

[The_Counsel]

49. Sure...the Lyin' King Is Absolutley Thrilled He May Be Facing Biden in the General

He only risked his Presidency on trying to keep that very thing from happening. Indeed, the only reason the GOP isn't running Pence or someone else is because McConnell & Co. instead chose to wipe their collective ass with the Constitution.

They can try flogging Hunter Biden all they want. It won't end well for them....

[Cuthbert Allgood]

62. Get in your way back machine

and read all the "they can talk about Clinton's emails all they want; it won't end well for them" discussions.

Trump knows how to make things happen. He has a lot of ammo against Biden. Let's not fool ourselves.

[Demsrule86]

75. Huge difference there....and I think Sanders was way more beatable given the love Trump has shown

him.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

84. So we should base who we pick on Trump's perceptions of things.

Well, that's completely a winning strategy that can't possibly backfire.

[Demsrule86]

99. No, but I could clearly see why Trump fears Biden...MI, WI and PA...and maybe he gets a few more

states like say Florida, Ohio or Georgia...maybe Texas...I typed until my fingers bled showing the states see need to win to prevent Trump from getting another EC win...blue wall states baby.

[debsy]

122. Hmmm. What about "reverse psychology?"

We have no idea what kind of tactics the social media warfare trolls are employing. The goal is to depress voters and, as an extension, voter turnout.

[The_Counsel]

87. What "Ammo" Do They Have Against Biden That They Haven't Tried to Use Already?

Hunter took a job with Burisma. And? No laws were broken. Even Billy "Disbar Me Please" Barr and "Noun/Verb/911" know that by now.

More importantly, the people know it now. Continuing to push that narrative just makes them look silly at this point....

[Cuthbert Allgood]

89. Clinton was cleared of any email problems like 3 times.

Same with Benghazi.

So, clearly, in 2016, there weren't any "lock her up" chants. That would have just made them look silly.

[The_Counsel]

94. Keep in Mind: Half the Electorate Hated Hillary Regardless....

...the other half just wasn't paying attention. Hopefully, more of us are this cycle.

I think we all know that, with all things being equal, Trump gets his ass kicked in 2016. Even he knew that. And still does.

[Celerity]

108. Hillary Clinton must testify in email case, judge rules (yesterday)

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/02/hillary-clinton-must-testify-in-email-case-judge-rules.html

A Reagan RW Relic

[dualboy24]

53. I agree

Reading this forum you will not find many who agree, not sure if its their hope for a "Democrat" nominee like Biden, or fear that Sanders is too progressive or his supporters too extreme/vocal.

Personally I don't see Biden as a great campaigner, and does not come across strong on the debate stage, going by his past presidential campaigns.

Go online to larger forums and you get the clear impression that Trump has been hoping and preparing for Biden, he is already tweeting videos of all the "sleepy Joe gaffes" and his online meme brigade is going to run away with it on Facebook and social media.

But this is expected for any of the candidates, just Joe gaffes a lot.

[ehrnst]

88. So why was Trump encouraging his followers in SC to vote for Bernie?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

90. Who the fuck knows what goes on in that head when 2 neurons collide?

But, sure, he has NO plan whatsoever if Biden becomes the nominee. He'll be powerless. He'll probably resign before the election in shame.

[emmaverybo]

115. Please.We paid attention. Trump has always been transparent. Russia if your'e listening. He has

signaled in every way possible that he wants Bernie.

He is still trying to get him.

[frazzled]

100. Look, if you can't win a single primary contest

it's highly unlikely that you could win a general election. That, for better or worse, is the way the system works. It means that people just aren't that into you. Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong, but when they speak, it's a done deal.

[RhodeIslandOne]

120. "Any way"

Come on.

[Peacetrain]

31. Good Morning Nurse Jackie... so excited for today!

I know California will be days out before we know exactly how their vote total is.. but excited for everyone who gets to vote today.. All you Super Tuesday people will be making a mark on this election.. a big mark

[Cary]

34. Yay!!!

VOTE DEMOCRATIC!

[peoli]

37. Nothing will ever change! Yay!

[NurseJackie]

39. Seriously? GMAFB! So, are you arguing that Biden and Trump are the same?

Nothing will ever change! Yay!

Seriously? GMAFB! So, are you arguing that Biden and Trump are the same?

Time to get on board the Biden Bandwagon! This is happening!

[peoli]

41. I am arguing that systemic change will not happen with Biden! YES!!!!

[NurseJackie]

42. Are you saying that Biden is corrupt? Are you saying that they're both the same?

[peoli]

48. No!

I am saying that systemic change will not happen with Joe Biden.
I am saying that corporate power will continue to rule this country, this government and the processes that decide everything

[NurseJackie]

92. Ah, okay, so you're saying that Joe Biden is "corrupt" by "corporate power"... got it.

[NCProgressive]

50. "Systemic change" as envisioned by Bernie will never happen

It is a pipe-dream, a slogan a rallying cry -- but IT WILL NEVER PASS.

Come to reality. People don't want a revolution. (Another platitude)

[onetexan]

56. yup, incrementalism is how society changes.

[peoli]

65. We don't have time for incremental change anymore

[onetexan]

93. spoken like a BS supporter...sigh

[peoli]

95. Spoken like someone who is aware of what is happening on Earth actually

[peoli]

58. It's utter bullshit to say that. It's just not true. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IF WE MAKE IT HAPPEN

[emmaverybo]

117. Even Warren has pointed out Bernie's inability to get anything done. He certainly is not going to

be able to effect his revolution with all this ‘60’s naive rhetoric and lack of judgement. My God, while extolling USSR virtues, he was not aware of communist oppression, occupation, plan for global domination?

He wants Florida and had no idea how Cubans felt about Castro?

[NurseJackie]

121. If a politician is unwilling to compromise and find common ground and mutual interests, then...

If a politician is unwilling to compromise and find common ground and mutual interests, then that politician will fail and walk away with NOTHING. (And then, get this, that politician will BOAST AND BRAG about getting ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!)

Meanwhile, the most vulnerable among us continue to suffer because some politicians want to boast and brag about "holding firm" and "never compromising" their principles.

Fact of the matter is this (and something that the most egotistical politicians fail to understand... no matter who he or she may be) is that incremental progress IS STILL FUCKING PROGRESS!!! It's NOT standing still... it's better than we were before even if it's not the whole thing, a half a loaf is better than nothing at all. A single piece of pie is better than nothing at all.

So, the politician/s who claim/s that he (or she, whatever) will never negotiate and never "bargain with the enemy" is a fool! That type of egotistical and obstinate attitude ultimately means that they are (either willingly or unwillingly) maintaining the status quo. When nothing changes, what we have is the status quo. If a politician is unwilling to accept incremental change and is unwilling to compromise, then the "status quo" wins again.

That's not what I'd call being "progressive".

[emmaverybo]

124. Bravo! Nailed it. No progress is not progressive.

[George II]

69. If it won't happen with Biden it won't happen with anyone.

[peoli]

73. Biden is rooted in it

[Demsrule86]

76. It won't happen with Bernie either...nothing will happen...he won't get any of his stuff through

this congress if the house even survives his candidacy.

[peoli]

80. That's just a myth, a projection of your own inability to believe

[ehrnst]

86. .....

[NurseJackie]

106. Clap harder!!

[peoli]

123. Don't patronize me with your emotional weakness

[Demsrule86]

102. I look at Congress and know it won't happen...hey I would vote for him...but I see the reality of

our situation.

[NCProgressive]

118. Ok. I'm game.

How will Bernie get 60 votes in the senate to pass anything?

The reality is he won't get his bills through even a Democrat-held committee.

He will have to compromise and come up with watered down versions that will be worse than what Biden will be able to pass because Biden has the respect of the senators.

by the way, if Bernie has some secret formula to get bills passed, how come he has not used it for 30+ years? His salient legislative "accomplishment" is naming two post offices.

[kevink077]

43. What a relief....

February was a month of doom. March is looking a lot brighter!!

[PatSeg]

45. What a wonderful, upbeat thread!

I love Democrats!

[NCProgressive]

47. Yay!!!

[George II]

55. Bazinga!

[NYMinute]

59. I love the "messiah" graphic

I remember another candidate using it before.

I was hoping for a bird to land on Joe's podium last night too but alas - didn't happen.

[yuiyoshida]

60. Waas Sap pening??

[Maru Kitteh]

77. LOL! I love it.

[Initech]

78. Let's do this!!!

[C_U_L8R]

105. Thanks for the Joe Glow, Nurse Jackie!

[SKKY]

112. Big "Jomentum" on Super Tuesday!

I feel something happening!

[R B Garr]

116. K&R!

You have the best gifs, NJ!

[NurseJackie]

119. Well, thank you!