Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWhy fears of a Bernie Sanders nomination obliterating Democrats' control of the House are overblown
https://www.businessinsider.com/fears-of-bernie-sanders-threatening-house-dem-majority-are-overblown-2020-2primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)('it does not follow' is a logical fallacy we should all become acquainted with so as not to appear less informed than we may otherwise allege)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(49,589 posts)You sure have been pretty busy. I've actually never seen anything quite like it before on DU.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)when our potential nominee says "establishment Dems" are the enemy...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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msongs
(69,912 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(49,589 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JudyM
(29,491 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)yet never provide objective evidence to support it.
That isn't rational thought.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(27,825 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(27,825 posts)Your assertion is nonsense. They didn't start until 1984 and have never influenced a race. The closest was in 1984 when Mondale was reported by some news agencies to already have the 1,967 delegates he needed, but called another 40 to ensure that he had a majority. He won on the first ballot.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/22/debbie-wasserman-schultz/debbie-wasserman-schultz-says-superdelegates-never/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)We're done here...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,164 posts)There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
Paul Wellstone
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TwilightZone
(27,825 posts)Not specifically, anyway. It's just a vague, meaningless term thrown out to get a specific reaction from a specific audience. From what some of his supporters say, it includes pretty much everyone but Bernie and a few others, which makes the term even more useless.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
WhereAmerica
(23 posts)Here's what it actually says:
"The concerns of some vulnerable House Democrats aren't unfounded. In 2018, after all, voters strongly expressed their dislike of the incumbent president Trump by voting out their Republican representatives in favor of Democrats.
"And no vulnerable House Democrats have endorsed Sanders those that have endorsed are backing more moderate candidates including former VP Joe Biden and former Mayors Mike Bloomberg and Buttigieg.
" 'South Carolinians don't want socialism,' Rep. Joe Cunningham, a Democrat who flipped a Republican seat in South Carolina, recently told the Post & Courier ahead of the state's Saturday primary. 'Bernie's proposals to raise taxes on almost everyone is not something the Lowcountry wants and not something I'd ever support.'
To put it simply, it's far too early to decisively declare whether or not a Sanders candidacy would be a killer for down-ballot Democrats and cost them control of entire legislative chambers."
There you have it. At best, it says, it's too early. But several polls have shown a large majority of voters DO NOT want socialism, and Trump/Russia will make that synonymous with communism -- few voters know the difference, especially since communists call themselves socialists.
With any other candidate, we may well increase our margin the House, take the Presidency and possibly win the Senate. With Sanders, we will undoubtedly lose the House, lose the Presidency and probably lose seats in the Senate. Remember: most Americans DON'T WANT SOCIALISM.
The Cunningham comment is being echoed by many other Democratic House members, and would most likely lead to a drop in Democrats voting in those districts.
In short, kiss this country's democracy and rule of law goodbye if Sanders is the nominee.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(46,512 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)It's never been a secret that his "Our Revolution" group wants to "destroy" the Democratic party so that it can be rebuilt in His image. Same holds true for Cenk Uygur's "Just us Democrats".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(27,825 posts)Their support of him appears to be legitimate, for whatever reasons. Jake Lahut is a NH homer, so probably not surprising.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(153,721 posts)Kevin McCarthy also wants sanders to be the nominee
Link to tweet
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden