The electability argument is specious and fear-based

[PatrickforO]

52. I'm just not seeing it. As others have said, it is about the vision, and about

turnout. Trump's supporters are decidedly in the minority.

That's why the House needs to grind forward with gruesome and well-publicized impeachment hearings.

At the same time Trump's complete incompetence with economic policy has undermined the economy so that it is teetering on the brink.

People will suffer at the cash registers this holiday season due to the tariffs.

While all this is happening, we need a candidate who sets a bold vision. Whenever I see these electability threads, they are invariably about Biden and how he is the best candidate only because he's most electable. But what is his vision? He's pretty centrist, and there are some REALLY PRESSING THINGS THE NEW PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO TACKLE.

At best, I'm just lukewarm about Biden. Of course, I'll vote for him should he be nominated, but he doesn't excite me. Others - Warren, Harris, Buttigieg, DO excite me. We have to, in my opinion, quit forcing ourselves to jettison any excitement, idealism and vision in favor of 'electability.'

Because, in that sense, 'electability' isn't. We learned that very, very painful lesson during the last presidential election. We had an electable candidate that everyone thought would walk away with it. People just stayed home because many weren't excited.