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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

OAITW r.2.0

(24,467 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 11:48 PM Mar 2020

A great night for Joe Biden.

Changed my DU status from undecided to Joe, though I've always been predisposed to the Biden argument. I stayed undecided because of the sheer# of candidates that had great policy ideas and Joe's early lackluster performance had me wondering if he had the tools to be POTUS. The last couple of days has seen a seismic shift in the public perception of Joe's capabilities. He hit all of the right notes about where we have to go wrt to climate change and a new approach to energy technology. Decentralize the energy grid with labor intensive jobs. He's going to change the bullshit US policy on immigration because we need immigrants to help us survive the 21st century changes the climate is bringing.

Listening to Joe was uplifting, listening to Bernie was a rerun of every rally I've heard in the past 8 years.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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A great night for Joe Biden. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2020 OP
Thank you OAITW for switching to the Biden camp. Joe won't disappoint us. onetexan Mar 2020 #1
Okay, you made me do it frazzled Mar 2020 #2
Yep. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2020 #3
Agreed. calimary Mar 2020 #4
 

onetexan

(13,040 posts)
1. Thank you OAITW for switching to the Biden camp. Joe won't disappoint us.
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 11:52 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
2. Okay, you made me do it
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 11:59 PM
Mar 2020

I’ve always liked Joe Biden, and he was among the four candidates I thought I could happily support. I have been waiting to see who would be viable against Sanders.

My question has been answered. I’m all in. (I actually made a donation, my first to any candidate this cycle, on Saturday night, after SC.) time to declare.

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

OAITW r.2.0

(24,467 posts)
3. Yep.
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 12:22 AM
Mar 2020

I actually voted in Maine by absentee ballot a few weeks ago. It went to Joe. I really wasn't all that enthused, but I voted for the candidate that I wanted to take on Trump in November.

But I am amazed that voters are coalescing quickly with Joe and it appears that the real 2 options are Joe and Bernie heading into the convention.

I think Warren and Biden should be doing some serious horsetrading...she has a significant coalition of Democrats who want greater economic change and they (Biden/Warren) would be an awesome ticket.

Bloomberg will eventually fold and join Biden because he see's Trump as an existential threat to our country's future. So it will be Bernie against the rest of us - the Democratic establishment - at the convention.

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