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Alaninahammock

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20. Did it not fail?

Reply to Celerity (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:56 AM

Dec 2024

After all she said the plan was to push out Biden and then have an open primary to pick the replacement.... Obviously that did not happen after Biden endorsed Kamala

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It isn't necessarily in mine, but I know it is in many people's, and that's a reality we Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #2

I don't think it's age. I think it's the ability to quickly adapt advisarial tactics haele Dec 2024 #5

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Conniving backstabbing old harridan? She's worried about some old guy? Has she looked in the mirror? mucholderthandirt Dec 2024 #17

Her ploy to force Biden out and install her own candidate failed Arazi Dec 2024 #8

Gosh. A "ploy"? dpibel Dec 2024 #10

And her trashing of/blaming Biden in the NYT piece was disgraceful soandso Dec 2024 #11

It didn't fail, it gave us a fighting chance. Biden would have very likely lost by far larger numbers Celerity Dec 2024 #13

Did it not fail? Alaninahammock Dec 2024 #20

Well, the open primary part, I will give you that part. And, as to that open primary, it would have been a hot mess at Celerity Dec 2024 #22

It was delusional to think we were going to have an open primary at that point dsc Dec 2024 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Dec 2024 #21

It's her fault that leadership didn't act earlier? themaguffin Dec 2024 #26

I don't have much of an opinion Alaninahammock Dec 2024 #28

She action doesn't negate reality. His campaign was in real trouble. His decision to drop out was just way too late. themaguffin Dec 2024 #32

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My leader mr715 Dec 2024 #14

This is not about friends. Passages Dec 2024 #18

so the aged former leader is doing this? bigtree Dec 2024 #19

She stepped down from her own leadership position. Kaleva Dec 2024 #24

Not a secret if TDB has a whole-ass article about it. ismnotwasm Dec 2024 #25

I trust Pelosi. themaguffin Dec 2024 #27

I agree, in that we need more Crocketts and Ocasio-Cortezs in the House obamanut2012 Dec 2024 #31