Democratic Primaries

quickesst

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84. The GE is 18 months away...

Sun May 5, 2019, 12:56 AM

May 2019

I believe that most all of the candidates will have a solid policy to run on in due time. As far as Joe Biden taking advantage of name recognition, why shouldn't he? Wouldn't you? Joe Biden is playing it extremely smart, and some people don't like that it's working so well. Look at the poll numbers. Will these poll numbers change? I'm sure they will, especially after a debate or two. Joe Biden's poll numbers may drop, or they may get better, but I'm not willing to abandon him without being given a fair chance to put a solid policy together.
Of those half a dozen other candidates that you like, do they all have solid policies in place? If so, it would seem the choice you make would be a simple matter of reading the policy of each candidate, and choosing the one that best fits your own ideals. I have no qualms about telling the world that a big part of my decision to support Joe Biden is electability. drump's got to go, and it's my firm opinion that Joe is the one to get him out of there.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden's excuse for not laying out the details of his healthcare plan? He didn't have time. [View all] pnwmom May 2019 OP

doesn't want to arouse any opposition yet? delisen May 2019 #1

he is being human not regurgitating policy positions. nt msongs May 2019 #2

He's being wishy-washy. n/t pnwmom May 2019 #3

Who's advising Biden?! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #11

That's your opinion. Cha May 2019 #128

He's a candidate, should be able to be human and have policies. Merlot May 2019 #12

After the rush on selling Medicare for all emmaverybo May 2019 #14

There is already a very solid Democratic plan for a public option. Why doesn't he endorse it? pnwmom May 2019 #22

Agree emmaverybo May 2019 #24

He doesn't have to reinvent the wheel. He could, for example, support Medicare for America, pnwmom May 2019 #45

Thanks very much for this information! emmaverybo May 2019 #53

Bashing Dumpo is good. Always good. Excusing Republicans as "great men, good friends, CharleyDog May 2019 #4

If Biden is our savior, we are all in trouble. rgbecker May 2019 #5

Bernie has shown us the way forward... Biden just doesn't excite in the same way. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #13

And that's why Bernie is running so far ahead? emmaverybo May 2019 #16

Bernie is actually further along than I expected at this point given Biden's 8 years as Obama's VP. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #19

... NYMinute May 2019 #65

Everyone already knows him and what he stands for. TwilightZone May 2019 #76

Sander supporters appear to see something in him others don't, and they seem unable to highplainsdem May 2019 #30

and not dropping like a rock nt NYMinute May 2019 #66

Bernie is not my man, he will not be able to regain the momentum he had in 2016 katmondoo May 2019 #109

Bernie is losing the primary. Demsrule86 May 2019 #110

Spoken by a true BS fan. Bernie is not the answer. He is not electable. redstateblues May 2019 #26

Joe makes me feel safe... samnsara May 2019 #37

For the most part, yes... though Joe's IWR vote gave me pause. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #62

Sorry, just had to stop by and have a laugh at the irony explosion BannonsLiver May 2019 #114

Let's face it, it is difficult to reduce cost of healthcare in America at140 May 2019 #6

Medicare's 80 percent emmaverybo May 2019 #20

I agree except Steelrolled May 2019 #25

All I know is private insurers at140 May 2019 #107

I'm sure with you on single payer. PatrickforO May 2019 #52

Hello? DownriverDem May 2019 #7

No doubt. redstateblues May 2019 #27

ive always thought so... samnsara May 2019 #36

Joe better get on the stick soon or he'll find himself in more homina homina moments this June mtnsnake May 2019 #8

As history has shown, experience only takes you so far. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #15

Likability is important too. It's something Bernie is lacking redstateblues May 2019 #28

Karl Rove likes him though..... revmclaren May 2019 #35

Riiiiiight... that's why Bernie is a frontrunner!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #42

If you mean he's a front-runner as in revmclaren May 2019 #46

Yeah, everyone but Biden should drop out, now that he's entered the primary race and is ahead. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #55

Not at all. revmclaren May 2019 #57

I disagree...Joe should be allowed to continue in the primary dispite the standard you're advocating InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #58

Oh that is funny... revmclaren May 2019 #71

I haven't seen Biden says anything negative about any of the other candidates. TwilightZone May 2019 #80

*Was BannonsLiver May 2019 #115

Saying everything is free is definitely the way to go! R B Garr May 2019 #9

right wing talking point aidbo May 2019 #10

So is attacking Democrats... R B Garr May 2019 #17

Good One!! emmaverybo May 2019 #21

It isn't attacking a Democrat to ask them to provide specifics and all the more so pnwmom May 2019 #51

I'm pretty sure that comment was about defending Sanders. R B Garr May 2019 #60

No, serving under Obama doesn't tell us anything about where Biden stands NOW. pnwmom May 2019 #64

Sure it tells you where he stands. He was Obama's VP R B Garr May 2019 #69

Why doesn't he have any policies on his website? He's not saying anything substantive pnwmom May 2019 #74

Probably because he doesn't have to at this stage. TwilightZone May 2019 #82

He's only a known quantity to those who think he'll be an Obama clone. pnwmom May 2019 #83

lol, why does he have to read his policies at his rallies?? R B Garr May 2019 #88

Other candidates are talking about healthcare and other issues. He should, too. pnwmom May 2019 #90

He did. Biden is for everyone having the choice to buy into Medicare, and also supports a still_one May 2019 #92

"talking about". So is Joe. No one reads their policies at R B Garr May 2019 #116

No... it's not attack only when Bernie is the Democratic candidate being vetted. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #61

Warren, for one, doesn't say anything is free. She has proposals with specifics pnwmom May 2019 #23

Great! Warren has been campaigning for 3 years. nt R B Garr May 2019 #38

And Biden has been contemplating this for at least as long as she has. pnwmom May 2019 #39

Not according to Biden. His son died. R B Garr May 2019 #40

Not according to Biden -- what? He previously ran for President in 88 and 2008. pnwmom May 2019 #41

lol, what issues/policies from 1988 do you want him to draft now?? R B Garr May 2019 #48

Yes, you'd think so, given the history of those two primary election losses. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #43

good for him JI7 May 2019 #18

It's better than having a plan that would be political suicide redstateblues May 2019 #29

I think he should endorse a public option, like the ones the Democrats have already introduced. pnwmom May 2019 #50

That is exactly what he said in his Pittsburg rally, and details would follow still_one May 2019 #93

He has endorsed a public option previously. Demsrule86 May 2019 #111

Not giving people a plan they would like even better is a mistake. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #68

I don't think rallies are the best venues for laying out policy details. highplainsdem May 2019 #31

Folks. Folks. Seriously Folks. mobeau69 May 2019 #32

He is admitting that sound policy doesn't get done by Blue_true May 2019 #33

Or he could lay out specifics with plans on how to pay for them like Elizabeth Warren. pnwmom May 2019 #44

Good points. But Warren has been in it longer. Blue_true May 2019 #47

I think he's going to coast on his stump speech as long as he can. Demit May 2019 #49

One candidate has coasted on his stump speech for years. R B Garr May 2019 #89

If you are talking about Bernie Sanders, I agree. Demit May 2019 #103

Correct about Bernie. But Biden has been on the stump for R B Garr May 2019 #113

Biden has been prepping for president his whole adult life. Demit May 2019 #120

Being someone's VP is a huge advantage. That's politics. R B Garr May 2019 #121

It didn't work out for Al Gore, did it? Or Hubert Humphrey. Or Nixon in 1960. Demit May 2019 #124

Gore was lied about and so was Hillary and by the same R B Garr May 2019 #125

Which candidate are you referring to? /nt tonedevil May 2019 #126

stop it samnsara May 2019 #34

I actually found the line about not keeping people standing any longer, quite funny and refreshing. Skya Rhen May 2019 #54

If I'm standing in line for a candidate, I want to hear what they stand for, not worry about vsrazdem May 2019 #59

His healthcare plan was signed into law nine years ago. ucrdem May 2019 #56

I expect him to run for the public option he didn't get but we still need. marylandblue May 2019 #77

Why? So RW hacks can slice it to pieces? Or LW hacks can carp when it doesn't happen? ucrdem May 2019 #81

They are going to hack at him anyway. marylandblue May 2019 #106

And yet the Orange Dolt never did that treestar May 2019 #131

He used the tools of the authoritarian populist to get support. marylandblue May 2019 #134

Okay it turns out he is, and said so in Pittsburgh last week. ucrdem May 2019 #87

Thank you. marylandblue May 2019 #105

+1 treestar May 2019 #130

I don't need any policy from Joe. He will do the right thing. nt NYMinute May 2019 #63

Yeah, policy positions are SO overrated... might as well skip the debates too!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #70

We have known Joe and his policies NYMinute May 2019 #72

Bernie is a true original who can be trusted to fight shoulder to shoulder with ordinary folks... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #78

Push em back! Push em back! BannonsLiver May 2019 #118

My team is red hot! Your team ain't didley squat! R B Garr May 2019 #119

I don't know, sometimes we are told the voters don't care about these things treestar May 2019 #132

Wow! peggysue2 May 2019 #67

Sure did!! Thekaspervote May 2019 #79

One advantage an "undecided" has.... quickesst May 2019 #73

I have half a dozen I like, but I don't believe anyone should be skating by based on name pnwmom May 2019 #75

The GE is 18 months away... quickesst May 2019 #84

No, it won't be till the debates that I can see how the candidates pnwmom May 2019 #85

If you end up supporting Joe Biden.... quickesst May 2019 #95

I'll support him in the general, if he's in it. But there are at least a half a dozen pnwmom May 2019 #99

I'm going to apologize for my last post... quickesst May 2019 #108

"Joe Biden Backs A Public Option -- Not Medicare For All" ucrdem May 2019 #86

... revmclaren May 2019 #91

and he said that also in his Pittsburg Rally, with specifics to follow still_one May 2019 #94

And for those who missed it the first time, here's your chance: ucrdem May 2019 #96

Thanks. still_one May 2019 #97

Ok -the "standing up too long" line was meant to be a joke on the stump. He provided lots of details Skya Rhen May 2019 #98

Where has he provided details? I haven't been able to find them, pnwmom May 2019 #101

They'll be there eventually, so that you can tell us treestar May 2019 #133

.. Cha May 2019 #135

Aloha Cha! treestar May 2019 #136

The OP won't be voting for Biden in the primary no matter what he says BannonsLiver May 2019 #117

Let's try to see the whole forest this time and not focus on a couple trees emulatorloo May 2019 #100

LOL betsuni May 2019 #102

Chuck Todd will deem this "Visionary" robbedvoter May 2019 #104

You sure about that? Cha May 2019 #129

I agree - if he is going to run - he should run on more than his 'personality' bloom May 2019 #112

Yeah well, the OP is Wrong.. Biden's not "running on his Cha May 2019 #127

Probably one of the weaker attacks I've seen on Working Class Joe. NT WeekiWater May 2019 #122

It seems like it's some people's part time jobs. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #138

Do you recall the health plan Obama ran on? jberryhill May 2019 #123

So instead of saying 'Biden's REASON'...you say EXCUSE....honestly you're part of the problem. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #137