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Bernie Sanders
Showing Original Post only (View all)POLL: If they gave the nomination to Biden, should Bernie run as an independent? [View all]
If by some chance, Hillary's legal issues force her out of the race, there has been talk of Biden being available to jump in. I know, Sanders said he would not mount an independent or third-party run, but that was only spoken about in the context of Hillary winning the nomination. If the party gave the nomination to Biden rather than to the other candidate who actually ran competitively against Hillary, what should Bernie do?
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Bernie should run in the general against Biden and Trump. It is simply unfair to pull the nomination from a highly competitive candidate and hand it to someone who no one voted for. | |
38 (81%) |
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Bernie should only run in the general if he actually managed to end up with more pledged candidates than Hillary (i.e. where it is that much more clear that the nomination was effectively "stolen" from him). | |
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Bernie should not run in the general no matter what. It may be unfair, but it's not worth the risk of a split Dem vote making it easier for Trump. | |
5 (11%) |
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Bernie should lobby for Biden's VP spot in exchange for not running. | |
1 (2%) |
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Some other possibility (post below). | |
3 (6%) |
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POLL: If they gave the nomination to Biden, should Bernie run as an independent? [View all]
thesquanderer
May 2016
OP
If they have Obama lead the prosecution he will begin by INSISTING she be President!!!
yourpaljoey
May 2016
#13
IF (and it is a HUGE if) she was indicted, that's curtains, she is done like burnt toast
AntiBank
May 2016
#30
There's also the possibility that a Republican runs ind/3rd party against Trump.
thesquanderer
May 2016
#9
correct, its one vote per each of the 50 House delegations, the Rethugs will control around 30 of 50
AntiBank
May 2016
#28
re: "Interestingly, IF the Dems took back the Senate, they would vote in a Democratic VP"
thesquanderer
May 2016
#33
It's Sanders choice, not mine. Sanders said he would back the Dem nominee
HereSince1628
May 2016
#17
IF they gave the nomination to Biden rather than to Sanders should Hillary win and then
JDPriestly
May 2016
#24
re: "If the Democratic Party is going to go down with a Hillary candidacy, so be it. "
thesquanderer
May 2016
#31
re: "the GOP establishment COULD run a 3, 4, 6, 7 or so state targeted campaign"
thesquanderer
May 2016
#34