Posted on 04/09/2019 9:57:42 PM PDT by conservative98
I go back and forth on Joe Bidens chances at the Democratic nomination. On the one hand, weve seen him run two primary campaigns, and they both ended badly. Moreover, given the hard left turn of the much of the modern Democratic party, he could find himself constantly on the defensive about his long record in Washington. He voted for the Iraq War. His past tough-on-crime past could haunt him. And hes got that embarrassing sniffing/kissing/hugging habit.
But on the other hand, what if the universal, hard left turn by virtually every other candidate opens up a center-left superhighway to the nomination? Most of the other candidates are vying for the attention and love of the Online Left, but theres an entire other Democratic party out there the majority of the party that doesnt live on social media. Over at the New York Times, Nate Cohn and Kevin Quealy have put together a fascinating interactive piece that separates the Democratic electorate into two large groups, Democrats on social media and Democrats off social media. It begins like this:
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
So no more perv reports on Biden?
Not for now. If he actually declares he’s in the race and does not walk it back (again) one day later, I expect many more people will march forward and have a Biden story to tell. Such accusations are very easy to do, and can be very difficult to undo.
It’s all good now.
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Biden will get wiped out in the General election.
Democrats may say that but Independents are going for it.
lol - great meme/post
What a creep!
Which one? I’ll let others decide. :)
Not a fan of French but this does make some sense. Biden can run as an above the fray sensible elder statesman while the kids have a socialist food fight. He’d be a lock if the kenyan ends up supporting him.
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He'll get his ass beat by DJT behind that school gym before Nov. 2020.
Joewalter Monbidalen.
Just like the repubes tried to skew the primaries towards Yeb by stacking the field to take out rival candidates in 206, the demonrats are doing the same thing. This was a tactic at first demonstrated by the demonrats. It was even posted on FR as it was occurring.
The basic idea is to conflate the pool of primary candidates that will take votes away from other candidates so that the one the establishment wants to win will win. So the question becomes which of the demonrat pool are there for this purpose? Who is there to take the votes away from whom?
They say they want Biden in but he hasn’t entered the fray yet. So who in the demoncrat pool is there to take votes away from Sanders?
Does it matter?
13 states and now Oregon is said to join these states in giving their EC votes to the populace winner. This disenfranchises the voters and it will require a SCOTUS decision on whether this is Constitutional since the Constitution does say the states may decide their own elections but the Presidential election is Federal and not a state election. The precedence in favor of giving states the latitude for deciding how their EC votes will go to the popular vote is how previously states have divvied up the EC votes in the past.
A reminder in overturning or making new law is that it can be overturned when the opposite party comes into power. Sometimes it is done without a fight and sometimes not. In this case, it could be a see-saw battle until SCOTUS finally steps in.
It’s the lane marked “Pale, Male, and Stale”.
Half the dems won’t vote for him just because he’s not a 40 year old black female tranny...
NeverTrumper French. He was wrong about so many things in 2016. What makes him an expert now?
The media wants Buttigig.
Joe: Pale, male, and stale. No Obama endorsement.
Life in the fast lane, Surely makes you lose your mind
https://youtu.be/SZPI4xbNS84
He said, “Call the doctor. I think I’m gonna crash.”
“The doctor says he’s comin’, but you gotta pay in cash.”
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