Posted on 06/16/2019 7:05:23 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
That is probably what the establishment wants, although both candidates have a severe problem with black voters. Pete has 0% among black voters in South Carolina.
Biden is like Jeb at this point, leading due to name recognition. Bernie probably has the most grassroots support out of any candidate, but the party leadership hates him and he polls abysmally with older voters.
I hope ol’ Joe is the nominee. Right into the general after the primaries will have him worn out. He already appears somewhat weak and feeble. By the time he has to compete with President Trump, they’ll be wheeling him out at his “rallies” with a blanket over his lap.
It will be Hillary. The VP will be the one with the most votes at the convention. Dems best bet is to go with two women and use the Trump hates women narrative.
His Ukraine crimes and deep state connections.
Not only that, but Clinton was on the Arsenio show on June 3 of 1992, and Jay Leno’s first show as Tonight Show host was on May 25, so Carson was already gone. No mere nitpick.
I think the dynamics may be just the opposite this time. With so many democrat candidates flacking extreme left policies it’s doubtful that one of them will have enough time & money to emerge as a front-runner. This is particularly true with the primary schedule being front-loaded. The only thing that unifies Democrat voters is a hatred for DJT. So they’ll go for the candidate that the Media says has the best chance — and right now that is Joe Biden.
Biden’s problems are manifold. Just last week we saw him flip his position on the Hyde Amendment. He had to do that politically. But that may be his only forced move since he appears to have a bye to the convention. I make his chances 1 in 3 of gettng the nomination. That’s far & away the best odds in this field.
At the 11th hour he'll be "incapacitated" somehow and either Michael, or Skankles will appear to save the day.
Biden failed in the Dem primary process in 1988 and 2008... when he was a younger, more energetic man. What does he have now that he didn’t have then? Well, he has name recognition, and I suppose, some residual good will from the imbeciles who remember the Obama administration fondly. Is that enough? Hell no. He can’t sleepwalk his way to their nomination. He can’t grab the ball and run out the clock. In a field of 20+, the aforementioned advantages carry weight. Let’s see how he does when the field narrows down to 4 or 5.
Because he white. He old. He gottadick.
I still say there’s a great big ugly lurker thing lurking behind it all. Right now my money still says Biden is just stalking horse for the pants suit stalky thing - Hellary. He’s there to flush out the current loony bin opposition. (He might be too stupid to know it!) Same strategy as before Hellary will look moderate in comparison.
I confused the ‘84 and ‘88 campaigns. Nonetheless, Mondale was the Establishment favorite, just as Biden is now.
Why do you think Michelle will run. I don’t think she wants it, Hillary is finished. An 11th hour candidate would be a moderate white male from the South, a Wes Clark type.
Because it is who they are and what they do.
Biden looks frail and tired at his appearances. His physical well being will be that much worse a year from now. He has been limiting his campaign appearances. This is being done not as a “strategy”, but out of necessity. When he does show up someplace, he hasn’t exactlt been packing them in.
If Sanders or Warren back out, the other can beat Biden.
I think Warren was pushed by the Party to split the vote and prevent Sanders from winning.
Biden should be kept in for as long as possible... for the entertainment value alone.
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