John Kerry in 2004 was the presumptive nominee

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8. There will be another precedent that will have a stronger influence on fucking up the 2020 election.

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Back in 1980, the Reagan & Bush camps were bitter rivals, more so that the Sanders and Clinton camps of 2016. I mean they fucking hated each other so much that a schism emerged that threatened to destroy the majority of down-ballot elections. And this is even after the start of the Moral Majority and the established Phyllis Schlafly movements had coalesced a lot of religious groups. The GOP was in dire straights.

Instead of Reagan and Bush keeping the fight going, they joined forced and that led to a 12-year Republican presidency. They still fucking hated each other for many years.

A critical and perhaps a politically fatal error would be for Biden to pick someone with similar political views or a relatively unknown VP pick. And unknown regional VP would be a Major Fuck-UP! He needs to bring the entire party together and also attract a lot of Independents and left-leaning Republicans. If he does that, no amount of GOP or Russian fuckery will surmount that. If he chooses to play it safe, then he risks the whole enchilada.

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