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In reply to the discussion: About yesterday's polls... [View all]

daleanime

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6. Just my opinion, but I don't think Biden wants to run....
Wed Sep 9, 2015, 09:59 AM
Sep 2015

it feels to me like a lot of people ($$$$$$) are trying to get him to. But the 'fire in the belly' isn't really there.

We just have to see if they manage to push enough.

No effect on Bernie at all unless Hillary drops at the same time, and I don't see that happening until she's mathematically eliminated. If Hillary's out of the race before the B's, most of her voters will go to Biden, but not all. If Biden announces that he's not running, or runs and drops out, 2/3rds of his support would be picked up by Bernie. Maybe more. And I hate to think about it, but if Bernie leaves the race ahead of them a large portion of his followers would just disappear. Many of them would pretty much give up on trying to change the system within the system.

Just my opinion of course.

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