Republicans, rooting for Sanders, see Biden wins as setback

[TomCADem]

It is an odd type of bipartisanship that Bernie is pushing with even Donald Trump attacking Warren for not dropping out fast enough to help Bernie. I can't imagine that Republicans support Bernie's platform.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/486042-republicans-rooting-for-sanders-see-biden-wins-as-setback

Republican lawmakers are surprised and disappointed by the results of Super Tuesday, which firmly re-established former Vice President Joe Biden as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination and dealt Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) a major setback.

Republican senators conceded Wednesday they would rather face Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, as the opposing nominee, instead of Biden, whom they consider more mainstream and tougher to draw a contrast with.

In the battle for the Senate, Republicans would like to tie Democratic candidates to Sanders and socialism, and generally see Biden as a stronger candidate. Similarly, Democrats were uneasy about Sanders as their standard-bearer, and Biden has made this a point of attack on the campaign trail, arguing he would help Democrats take back the Senate.

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GOP lawmakers thought they even had a chance of winning the House with Sanders as the Democratic nominee. Now that hope is fast fading, according to a GOP senator who requested anonymity to assess the presidential race.

[greenjar_01]

1. The Hill is a Trump campaign organ

So...

[OnDoutside]

8. And has Bernie supporter Krystal Ball on its TV platform

[tazsarge]

2. But of Course

Of course they see it as a setback. Bernie's ideas are just a little too radical to take a chance with. Booting tRump out has to be #1 priority!

[William769]

3. Glad we pissed in their Wheaties!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Did you say Tweeties? ...

[Beartracks]

10. "Fill Your Bowl Like the President!" n/t

[Cha]

4. Oh so Sorry to "disappoint" the republicons!

[Gothmog]

5. Russia and the GOP really want to run against a very weak candidate like sanders

If sanders is the nominee, trump will win 45+ states and Kevin McCarthy will be the next Speaker of the House

[NanceGreggs]

7. That moment when ...

... you realize that your "pResident" is now forever impeached - and all you got out of it was the same Dem candidate you risked impeachment to get rid of.

Well played, GOP - well played.

[Beartracks]

9. Of course. They've baselessly called Democrats "socialists" for years. So...

... they must've been looking forward to having as a lightning rod one who actually uses that word in his political identification (even if it doesn't mean what they think it means).

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[Tarheel_Dem]

11. I can't help but remember how much flack Biden took for even suggesting he could work with...

Republicans. And now that they seem to be actively promoting one candidate over another, hardly a peep. What's up with that?