Question for Clinton supporters - If Biden had entered the race

[Lodestar]

would you have remained steadfastly behind Clinton or switched
to Biden? I think people probably have enough knowledge and
familiarity with both politicians to know where they'd stand.

[Lodestar]

1. ...crickets.........fascinating.

Hilbots, was this question/answer not on your meme list of talking points?

[Nye Bevan]

18. You ask a question at 12:52 AM and then proclaim "crickets" 8 minutes later,

when nobody has responded yet?

That being said, I would still have supported Hillary over Biden. I think Joe is a little too old and gaffe-prone for the presidency.

[NurseJackie]

31. I see that a lot...

... it always makes me laugh. 😃

[dchill]

2. It's not his TURN!

Oh, wait...

[Lodestar]

3. lol. I think they just need time to check with the home office...patience.

[dchill]

4. I can wait.

Quality gin-ups take time, I understand.

[Lodestar]

8. Hello! Thanks for answering. Do you mind a few followup questions?

So you are saying that for you Clinton/Biden are two sides of the same coin
in terms of their general outlook/goals on domestic and foreign
policies? In other words if the two were both running in this race you don't have a preference
they are pretty much redundant?

Do you think Bernie supporters see a difference between these two
or do you think they would both be seen as "establishment" DNC types?

[Lodestar]

11. Thanks again. It doesn't sound like you're very enthusiastic about

your choices, or even in agreement with some of their key positions.
So what is the core reason you are throwing your support to Hillary?

Also just curious why you are talking about Biden in the future tense?
"I don't know how you'll feel about Biden..."
and "I think we'll see no difference between the two".

[Lodestar]

13. If Hillary is indicted you think you'll have an opportunity to vote for Biden?

How would that work?

Everything you've said so far seems to be simpatico with Sanders.
So scratching my head as to what your concerns are with him.

[underthematrix]

7. I would have gone with Biden because he was always

my first choice for 2016 but that would have been very very complicated. Biden did what was best for his family and the party. I absolutely adore him.

[StevieM]

10. I would have stayed with Hillary. But Biden would be a fine nominee too.

The same goes for O'Malley.

We Democrats are lucky to have many terrific candidates and potential candidates.

[RogueTrooper]

16. Trite Nonesence

Why should HRC supporters answer a question on a hypothetical that will never happen?

[woolldog]

17. Biden.

Easy choice.

[bigwillq]

19. No more Biden. No more Clinton. (nt)

[beaglelover]

20. Clinton for sure!

[NCTraveler]

21. I would gone with Clinton after O'Malley dropped out. Nt

[Nonhlanhla]

22. I like Biden but I would have picked Hillary over him

However, if Obama could have run again, I would probably still be supporting him. I trust his intelligence, and his knowledge of the constitution, and now he also has tons of experience. Which are also why I preferred Hillary this time around, against M'OM and Bernie: intelligence, knowledge of how things work AND lots of experience. Biden would have been a fine choice too, but he is very gaffe-prone, and the fact is that he did not enter the race, so it's a moot point.

[Armstead]

23. If Biden had entered, he'd be tarred along with Sanders as "Worst People in the World"

Kindly Old Uncle Joe would be tagged with some handy memes designed to isolate him and portray him as opposed to whatever demographic group the Clinton team determined was politically advantageous.


In fairness, Sanders people would also go after Joe on his policies. But not in the same Machiavellian way.

[auntpurl]

25. Oh, come on.

Biden would be an Establishment Corporatist right along with Hillary according to Bernie supporters. There'd be no "policy" discussion. Just more purity tests and Biden, being a long-standing member of the Democratic party, would fail.

[Armstead]

27. The difference is thge nature of objections...

You're right there would be some of that.

But Clinton would have a more finely tuned personalized marketing campaign that "Biden has a problem with AA's (or women or some otehr demographic)" and things like his past plagiarism problem.....Or he'd be subtly portrayed as verging on senility.....Whatever the Brockian memes, it would not be based on actual policies or larger issues.

[auntpurl]

24. I like Biden, but prefer Hillary.

But I prefer Biden about a million times more than Bernie.

[Demsrule86]

29. I agree

I can't stand Bernie.

[firebrand80]

26. I would have considered it

As others have said, it would have been difficult to find daylight between the two. Biden would have ultimately "gaffed" himself out of the race, although watching him attack Trump would have been entertaining.

They dynamic of the race would have been a lot more interesting, Bernie may well be winning at this point, depending on how long Biden stayed in.

[Demsrule86]

28. Race is over

I love Biden and Clinton...would have been hard to choose.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. I would have been comfortable with either of them.