NIKK..very long but I really thought you Folks need to see how Democrats view the politicians running on their ticket. It's REALLY interesting.
Sam Stein (MSNBC/DailyBeast)
Thought experiment. Biden and Sanders are put on different debate nights. They then go back and forth choosing which candidates the other has to debate (i.e. Biden picks first, choosing who Bernie has to debate. Then Bernie goes, then Biden...) How does this play out?
My guess: Biden, with the first pick, chooses Warren to debate Bernie. Bernie responds by choosing….
This is how @lachlan (TheDailyBeast)envisioned the drafted would go. (The number next to the candidate is the order they are picked). Where did he go wrong?
here is @willsommer’s (TheDailyBeach)draft. I firmly disagree with some of his picks.
Here’s @ErinBanco’s (TheDailyBeast)draft. I’m speechless.
Finally, we have @JuliaArciga’s(TheDailyBeast). Shaking my head.
cont.Sam Stein....Finally, here is my draft. It’s perfect.
trillscottp
With a lot of people mad that two old, white men picked the debate stage groups for what’s supposed to be the party of inclusion.
Jeff Fecke
Why does the guy in third place get to pick? Is it because he's an old white guy?
Tzippy Shmilovitz
The old white dudes get to dictate the rules. It's right there in the constitution.
Alex Katz
Kid Phantasm
That is incredibly stupid. I mean stupid in every possible way.
femalepersuasion.net
Both suck
Lawrence Connolly
Bingo
Cosmic Dancer
Why are your prioritizing an old white man who isn’t even polling in the lead?
The Side-Eyed Raven
They shouldn’t get to pick crap. What kind of patriarchal ish is this? Do better.
Jennifer Rindahl
Thank you 0
wolfonthehill
Why are the two white guys the team captains?
Stone-Cold Local Milk Hen
Oh, we all know why.
The Hawk
Nope. It’s not a two person race with some other bystanders. They all run their best campaigns and do their best in debates. Then we will get a proper outcome.
GeorgeCostanzaa
Bernie puts Gravel against Biden on day 1. We get an hour of Gravel clowning on Biden over his horrendous record instead of the brief minutes we had in 2008.
Boggsy
Why is the 3rd place tanking Sanders even discussed here... Ohh right... Another white guy.
MaroonHoosier
Why is the guy in third place one of the two choosing teams?
Nico Yi
Sanders is not in third place. In a few polls, yes, and increasingly so. But still definitely in second nationally.
priscillaupstate
No competition for the early bird special?
La Contessa
Why them ? Why not Warren and Harris ?
Beth Licht
Because ingrained misogyny is hard to grow out of.
Amanda Oh, Please Tell Me More Abt My Uterus, Bro!
Oh, old white men get to choose how things go? Why hasn’t anyone thought of that before? S
Rosalind
I refuse to entertain the premise of this thought experiment because Bernie Sanders has no business in a Democratic primary to begin with
James Israel
If history repeats itself, I will be picked last.
Brad Bourne
I’ll never vote for either Biden or Bernie, no matter who’s on the other side.
SaybrookChick
That’s how we ended up where we are today
Jim Hart
Do you realize how stupid this “thought exercise” is?
BobbyC
Elizabeth Warren would be the last pick. Bill De Blasio would be the first pick.
Em Howard
Why not use the real Dems for your scenario?
Randy Freisinger
I’m looking for the one Democratic Presidential Candidate at the Debate of calling Bernie out for part-time Democrat while Registered Independent.
JMizzle
Why in the hell would Bernie get to pick anything?
SnapTrouble
You try so hard, Sam....but the train is coming down the track and you can’t stop it....
You try so hard, Sam....but the train is coming down the track and you can’t stop it.... https://t.co/8sjS8GPfIX— SnapTrouble (@SnapTrouble) June 15, 2019
