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phleshdef

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10. Biden was basically Obama's "whip" when it came to the Senate on almost everything.

Reply to blm (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 03:06 PM

Oct 2019

I don't know how much whipping he did for Dodd/Frank, but he was the guy they sent to talk to the Senate because he had good relationships with nearly everyone from his own time there.

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

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I've kept quiet about an exchange during the debate that didn't ring true to me. [View all] blm Oct 2019 OP

Thanks, blm! BlueMTexpat Oct 2019 #1

I agree with you that he likely confused memories kcr Oct 2019 #2

I think Warren realized it, too, and responded very politely. blm Oct 2019 #3

She also said she takes him at his word after the debate BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #5

She showed great compassion towards Biden in that aftermath. blm Oct 2019 #6

That is what I like most about her. She has not attacked another democratic Blue_true Oct 2019 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Oct 2019 #4

I don't like most Intercept writers, either. In the article it refers to blm Oct 2019 #8

I can't find those references quickly so I am self deleting emulatorloo Oct 2019 #9

I had thought maybe it was a FoxNewsSucks Oct 2019 #7

Biden was basically Obama's "whip" when it came to the Senate on almost everything. phleshdef Oct 2019 #10

Which also would be a factor in why he was mistaken on CFPB. blm Oct 2019 #11

Jared Berstein and Austan Goolsbee would disagree peggysue2 Oct 2019 #12

Article states he weighed in on some aspects of Dodd-Frank. He didn't whip blm Oct 2019 #13