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Democratic Primaries

highplainsdem

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26. Just listened to her again. She's clearly using "moderates" to mean centrist independents

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 20, 2019, 02:07 AM

Aug 2019

in that section of her appearance on The Last Word.

I don't have the exact quote, but she said, paraphrasing, "Moderates can be appealed to, but Democrats don't do it well."

She would NOT have said "but Democrats don't do it well" if she was talking about moderate Democrats.

I wish she'd be more careful with her terminology, since it's causing confusion.

Anyway, I'll get the exact quote later, or a video clip. The words "but Democrats don't do it well" are an exact quote, and follow her saying that moderates "can be appealed to."

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

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Rachel Bitecofer -- DNC, Listen To Her [View all] ancianita Aug 2019 OP

... ancianita Aug 2019 #1

Very interesting article! FM123 Aug 2019 #2

I Watched Bitecofer's Interview on Lawrence dlk Aug 2019 #3

That's what got me to getting some more info on her. Salon's was the most thorough I could find. ancianita Aug 2019 #4

This article went round yesterday with a flurry of posts Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #5

I hear you. I'm not a fan of Salon, either, by a long shot. Thanks for the Guardian link. ancianita Aug 2019 #9

You made the same misrepresentation in an earlier post Ponietz Aug 2019 #25

Thanks. USEFUL. elleng Aug 2019 #6

K n R ! JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #7

Her one sentence summary of how to win: "it's all about the (progressive) base" Fiendish Thingy Aug 2019 #8

Sounds much like what we (with some exceptions) say around here, yes? ancianita Aug 2019 #10

She's talking about the Democratic base, not the progressive fraction of it. highplainsdem Aug 2019 #12

She writes about a Biden/Harris ticket from the perspective that w/o Harris, Biden wouldn't inspire Fiendish Thingy Aug 2019 #13

the base includes moderates . black, hispanic, jewish moderates are more likely to vote democratic JI7 Aug 2019 #14

Not according to Bitecofer Fiendish Thingy Aug 2019 #16

that's my point, the base includes moderates. the base is people that vote democratic regularly JI7 Aug 2019 #18

She also wrote this in her predictions for 2020: highplainsdem Aug 2019 #15

That's a systemic concern, not a political one. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2019 #19

And Bitecofer also believes Biden can win. And that moderates are going to play the most highplainsdem Aug 2019 #21

Btw, the Twitter thread of hers that I quote in my thread about her has her saying there are 4 highplainsdem Aug 2019 #17

From her Salon interview: Fiendish Thingy Aug 2019 #22

Biden's targeting anti-Trump sentiment as much as, if not more than, the other candidates. And his highplainsdem Aug 2019 #23

Just listened to her again. She's clearly using "moderates" to mean centrist independents highplainsdem Aug 2019 #26

Here's the Big Chart of Bitecofer's 2020 projections -- look out, Nate Silver! ancianita Aug 2019 #11

Kick for L.O.'s show. Repeating now 10:00 pacific time. oasis Aug 2019 #20

Bitecofer was on the last 10 minutes of the show, I think. highplainsdem Aug 2019 #24