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Demsrule86

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68. And a big who cares...Warren will take corporate money too...and the reason will be she needs
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 08:58 AM
Oct 2019

to raise money for down ballot races. You need money to win an election.

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

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Robert Reich nails it once again! Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #1
He sure does... bold progressive ideas beat a moderate incremental agenda every time!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #51
I will stick with Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #55
Congrats to your candidate!! I love Andrew Yang... he's making quite an impressive showing. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #56
Trump wins then...because a a progressive won't win the states we need in the EC. Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #2
Yep, worked so well for HRC in 2016. HerbChestnut Oct 2019 #3
Better than............. George II Oct 2019 #14
Yours is an accurate example of the logical fallacy 'Denying the Antecedent' LanternWaste Oct 2019 #16
This is fearmongering. Trump will never win WI, MI and PA. vsrazdem Oct 2019 #5
Not true. He has a very good chance of winning all three states. HerbChestnut Oct 2019 #10
And there's the back of the t-shirt LanternWaste Oct 2019 #17
You talking about the start of this subthread? Lordquinton Oct 2019 #27
One million donors, maybe. roody Oct 2019 #30
As someone who really really likes Biden.... TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #23
Warren Made More Speeches in WI in October 2016 Than Hillary Clinton DrFunkenstein Oct 2019 #7
I generally agree TheRealNorth Oct 2019 #22
If only there were some way we could test a centrist versus trump in those states... Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2019 #8
That will probably be called the 2020 general election, albeit with different results from 2016. Celerity Oct 2019 #13
"This is troubling for Bernie." LanternWaste Oct 2019 #18
LOL vsrazdem Oct 2019 #28
Do you think by repeating this BS ad nauseum it will make it true? Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #9
Sanders and Warren beat Trump in 2/3 rust belt states currently Fiendish Thingy Oct 2019 #26
Sanders maybe...he has ties to Wisconsin...but Warren no. She will not win the EC college...it will Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #46
Your opinion is not backed by evidence Fiendish Thingy Oct 2019 #54
I'm sure if our nominee spends time campaigning in WI, PA,and MI the states known as the Autumn Oct 2019 #66
Big K&R Newest Reality Oct 2019 #4
In the grand scheme of things, a so-called centrist like Biden is not a centrist. Progressives, who emmaverybo Oct 2019 #6
Sorry but it's not the liberals who pushed things out of whack Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #12
I don't appreciate the shaming. I am a liberal, life-long, and so is Biden. Biden's plans and his emmaverybo Oct 2019 #19
Biden is a life long liberal? progressoid Oct 2019 #25
Yes. I will leave it at that except to say that he was instrumental in same-sex marriage becoming emmaverybo Oct 2019 #36
That's a fine definition. progressoid Oct 2019 #39
We see it differently. Agree it is a good definition. emmaverybo Oct 2019 #41
Obama also opposed same sex marriage and it was Biden who convinced him...and yes Biden is a Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #47
I used your own words Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #52
Roosevelt supported Dem4Life1102 Oct 2019 #40
Oh god grief. Lincoln supported keeping slavery if it saved the Union Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #50
Democracy and freedom? Dem4Life1102 Oct 2019 #60
Robert Reich always says that every election cycle and is proven wrong. BlueMississippi Oct 2019 #11
"always"? crazytown Oct 2019 #59
He later criticized Obama as well BlueMississippi Oct 2019 #61
I thought we were discussing election cycles. crazytown Oct 2019 #62
Reich hasn't been very positive toward Democrats ever since he left Bill Clinton's cabinet. George II Oct 2019 #15
Attack the messenger right? Lordquinton Oct 2019 #29
If the messenger isn't correct yes. Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #42
+1 oasis Oct 2019 #58
Have you looked at the overall messages this "messenger" has been giving us? George II Oct 2019 #63
He is not a messenger of a fact; he is giving his opinion treestar Oct 2019 #82
I and others have been working to turn Texas blue for a very long time Gothmog Oct 2019 #73
Joe Biden the liberal.. straight up.. liberal. Peacetrain Oct 2019 #20
+1000,000 emmaverybo Oct 2019 #37
Since when did we get so cowardly? Doremus Oct 2019 #21
The incrementalism problem isn't Bettie Oct 2019 #38
Absolutely. Wish the more fearful of our party would take a step back Doremus Oct 2019 #64
It is called political realism...people won't vote for MFA and we will lose the election and all the Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #48
Uh huh. Doremus Oct 2019 #65
Wrong...it has been the left's inability to realize they are not the majority that cost Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #67
Insert the word "repuke" for every instance of "left" or "liberal" and you'll be somewhat closer Doremus Oct 2019 #79
There is no such thing as a centrist on our side right now. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #24
The earth won't survive more centrism. Radical change is coming, not a return to some mythical jalan48 Oct 2019 #31
Sure it is... Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #49
Right. Climate change won't wait. Go for broke. And it is a.... LAS14 Oct 2019 #70
K&R Ponietz Oct 2019 #32
Robert Reich PhoenixDem Oct 2019 #33
+1000 Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #35
Reich is not only a good explainer bigtime Oct 2019 #34
He should stick to his cartoons Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Oct 2019 #44
Clinton's former Labor Secretary is right, and Biden is both the electability and ideas candidate. gulliver Oct 2019 #45
Biden still takes Corporate Money Duckandcover Oct 2019 #53
And a big who cares...Warren will take corporate money too...and the reason will be she needs Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #68
You must have missed her announcement on Wednesday Duckandcover Oct 2019 #71
Reich is a joke. For NAFTA, then against it, etc. Hoyt Oct 2019 #57
As Elizabeth says, our problems are bigger than Donald Trump. LAS14 Oct 2019 #69
Joe Biden is the most electable candidate that the Democratic Party has available Gothmog Oct 2019 #72
Robert Reich: Odds are against Dem takeover of House 10/31/2018 Jose Garcia Oct 2019 #74
Not just wrong, but extremely. Hortensis Oct 2019 #75
Thank you. You get to the distinction in this flawed labeling. Mainstream liberals are NOT emmaverybo Oct 2019 #77
+1000. I am OD'd Big time on people, Hortensis Oct 2019 #78
Amen. Glad he included the bit about what led to Trump... polichick Oct 2019 #76
I'm old school...just my two cents pecosbob Oct 2019 #80
2018 was, no? treestar Oct 2019 #81
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