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Democratic Primaries

thesquanderer

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14. If Biden's success is all about beating Trump...

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 09:39 AM

Nov 2019

...what happens if Trump is not the nominee? Is he still our best option? There is some danger that we could nominate on the basis of "strongest against Trump" and then end up running against someone else.

Still, in the primaries, I would not vote for any candidate unless polls show them as very likely to win at least 3 states out of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida. (Add Texas if that really comes into play as some suggest.)

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

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Eugene Robinson: Biden's staying power has everything to do with beating Trump [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2019 OP

warren/sanders/harris can intro their preferred legislation the day biden is sworn in msongs Nov 2019 #1

even if we take back the Senate, MFA will NEVER pass, and even IF it did, Biden will veto it Celerity Nov 2019 #3

I actually Turin_C3PO Nov 2019 #4

it is more than just Manchin and Sinema in the Senate, and then there are the 118 (and counting) Celerity Nov 2019 #8

I don't think there's any chance Biden would veto MFA if it got through Congress. It won't highplainsdem Nov 2019 #6

At this time, Nancy Pelosi doesn't back MFA, so it may not pass the house. nt Kahuna7 Nov 2019 #13

Thank you for Eugene Robinson's Cha Nov 2019 #2

Dare I say the 'electability' deniers are seeing the light? peggysue2 Nov 2019 #5

LOL indeed! Cha Nov 2019 #7

Stable, reliable, electable! go Joe! UncleNoel Nov 2019 #9

This will probably be unpopular as I have favored Elizabeth Warren ReformedGOPer Nov 2019 #10

Eugene is right. n/t Tarheel_Dem Nov 2019 #11

If Biden's success is all about beating Trump... thesquanderer Nov 2019 #14

I dont think it would matter. honest.abe Nov 2019 #16

If Trump is out, Republicans could likewise put up a (perceived) moderate thesquanderer Nov 2019 #17

Who on our side would match up better? honest.abe Nov 2019 #18

Good question. The two ways to go... thesquanderer Nov 2019 #19

Those candidates would not win a general...Biden will. Biden is the most electable Democrat...and Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #20

Joe Biden is "our best option" no matter the scenario. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2019 #22

Biden has an appeal to the heart. It is his secret sauce. Also, resume. Unmatched by any in emmaverybo Nov 2019 #12

The bottom line is a solid majority would welcome a return to 2009-2017 scheming daemons Nov 2019 #15

+1000 Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #21