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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How do you feel about this idea being floated? [View all]BlueStateLib
(937 posts)14. History shows Biden could get the nomination
If nobody gets to the 2,250 delegates and neither side will capitulate and give the nomination to the other side, a 1924 or 1952 or 1968 could easily happen
1924 John W. Davis won the presidential nomination as a compromise candidate following a virtual war of attrition between front-runners William Gibbs McAdoo and Al Smith.
1952 Estes Kefauver got 65% of the primary vote but the nomination went to Adlai Stevenson who was not even a candidate
1968 where Eugene McCarthy got the majority of the votes but the nomination went to Hubert H. Humphrey who did not run in the states that held a primary
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I think they are spinning yarns trying to make up drama rather than reporting it.
KittyWampus
Jan 2016
#2
Exactly and he will air ALL of their dirty laundry for the world to see. The majority of Congress
in_cog_ni_to
Jan 2016
#12
Voters have rejected Biden twice already. What? Third time's a charm? He doesn't have a chance in
in_cog_ni_to
Jan 2016
#7
Aside from the schadenfreude at the thought of the Clintons getting smacked upside the head
tularetom
Jan 2016
#8
It's the usual "too liberal" argument of the "not as bad" wing of the party.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2016
#9
Did Mitchell indicate any study showing there are enough states where Biden could get on the ballot?
karynnj
Jan 2016
#22
I assume their "reasoning" is that whatever delegates HRC wins would go to Biden.
winter is coming
Jan 2016
#33