Democratic Primaries

treestar

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98. +1 This is the year to lose on principal and actually

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 01:10 PM

Nov 2019

believe we can win with an idealistic candidate? LOL. By all means, let's "try" to get middle of the road swing state voters to be very, very liberal. I'm sure they can be convinced within a few months.

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

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CNN's Harry Enten: The electability difference between Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2019 OP

I fear we will not be able to elect Warren in a general...and see no reason to try with polls like Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #1

I like Biden well enough... tonedevil Nov 2019 #2

I agree with you. Desert grandma Nov 2019 #4

The Image of the US to the world Mr.Bill Nov 2019 #12

You may be right, but I think it's too early to write Warren off. thesquanderer Nov 2019 #19

This country is craving statemanship and 'normal' nini Nov 2019 #23

IMO we are feminists but the independents treestar Nov 2019 #3

Soooo... we shouldn't vote for a woman because we don't trust independents... jcgoldie Nov 2019 #7

LOL... /nt tonedevil Nov 2019 #11

We do want to win. treestar Nov 2019 #15

No we'd rather win on principle. MrsCoffee Nov 2019 #26

+1,000 n/t MarcA Nov 2019 #49

I rather try principle some other year....we only have one shot and principle will be cold Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #68

+1 This is the year to lose on principal and actually treestar Nov 2019 #98

Well...of course they just know that if their super candidate runs all voters will immediately Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #105

✔️ blm Nov 2019 #73

Try to do what? treestar Nov 2019 #97

That's part of it, but there's also the missteps on MFA's funding... brush Nov 2019 #104

All these negative commentaries crazytown Nov 2019 #5

LOL! Harry Enten is analyzing polls, which is what he always does. highplainsdem Nov 2019 #6

I really don't see them as attacks. Voters want her to be straight forward with cost and Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #38

Seems like more of an aruement for Klobuchar judeling Nov 2019 #8

Nope. Read the full analysis. But I do like Klobuchar, even though she hasn't done well in the highplainsdem Nov 2019 #9

Yeah judeling Nov 2019 #30

She won her 2018 Senate reelection against a very weak Republican opponent Green Line Nov 2019 #10

If you go by that, then here is some perspective from the past. Perseus Nov 2019 #17

Pretty sure he won his senate seat a few times Green Line Nov 2019 #20

Apples to oranges. Biden had no trouble at all winning re-election to the Senate, quite a few times highplainsdem Nov 2019 #21

Yes, and Warren had no trouble winning her Senate sit the first time she run. Perseus Nov 2019 #33

The Mid-terms should tell you that voters are not afraid to elect progressives INdemo Nov 2019 #34

polls do not indicate she can win. Polling with AAvoters and in the rust belt are not good for EW Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #40

Where did you get those numbers, not just another DU post but an actual source INdemo Nov 2019 #90

AOC was elected in New York...she took a Democratic seat...good for her but it was 40 moderates Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #72

She has judeling Nov 2019 #35

Same tired old line. MarcA Nov 2019 #51

Wrong "case" pat_k Nov 2019 #13

You've expressed your individual opinion, and you're entitled to it. Enten is analyzing the highplainsdem Nov 2019 #22

What they "think" is based on the persistent "drumbeat"... pat_k Nov 2019 #24

✔️ blm Nov 2019 #45

I agree with you - it's not just about being a moderate. Drunken Irishman Nov 2019 #48

Some thoughts on approach in another thread pat_k Nov 2019 #114

fight what? treestar Nov 2019 #100

Fight -- work -- whatever you want to call it. pat_k Nov 2019 #113

Left Right false dichotomy pushed by corporate centrists. n/t MarcA Nov 2019 #54

How is someone weak and right? treestar Nov 2019 #99

"Talking the talk" without ... pat_k Nov 2019 #111

Biden is leading in latest Q poll in NH due to electability Gothmog Nov 2019 #110

Only "moderates" are electable is so misguided it makes me scream. pat_k Nov 2019 #112

Medicare for All a Vote Loser in 2018 U.S. House Elections Gothmog Nov 2019 #115

Here is my opinion about these type of "news" Perseus Nov 2019 #14

Yes, and the attacks on Biden come mostly from Warren and Sanders supporters. highplainsdem Nov 2019 #18

From time to time, the truth hurts. Skya Rhen Nov 2019 #25

I want the truth, I want it about everyone Perseus Nov 2019 #31

What you think you see from "the Biden crowd" is what Biden supporters see from Warren and Sanders highplainsdem Nov 2019 #36

This!! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #41

I am just now starting to wonder how heavy will the KGB/putin /GOP hand be on our Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #101

Some folks search daily for every anti-Warren tidbit they can find. blm Nov 2019 #46

Talk about "jeeze"! Someone is NOT "kind of evil and very anti-Dem" for Cha Nov 2019 #58

The reply was to Perseus' overall observation of this forum and not blm Nov 2019 #61

Still Nothing "kind of evil and very anti-Dem".. you're Cha Nov 2019 #62

The constant anti-Warren postings ARE kind of evil blm Nov 2019 #64

That's garbage. And btw, Biden's been the frontrunner for nearly a year, with it looking highplainsdem Nov 2019 #66

The constant attack posts ARE kind of evil. You want her campaign damaged. blm Nov 2019 #71

Oh, dear God. This is NOT an attack post! This is analysis of polls. I post a lot of highplainsdem Nov 2019 #82

As I see it, many Biden attacks have been personal, smears. Warren's policies have been challenged. emmaverybo Nov 2019 #92

It's the Primaries! There have been NO "kinda of evil and anti-Dem" Cha Nov 2019 #70

LOL! If you don't like my posts, blm, you don't need to follow me around the board lecturing me. highplainsdem Nov 2019 #63

I counter anti-Warren posts when posted by you or others. blm Nov 2019 #67

This thread is about poll analysis. You're posting personal attacks, and really highplainsdem Nov 2019 #69

I don't say Biden supporters are evil. The constant, daily attack posts blm Nov 2019 #84

I haven't seen anyone here posting "constant, daily attack posts directed at Warren." highplainsdem Nov 2019 #88

The intent to spread negativity IS kind of evil. blm Nov 2019 #89

I don't think there IS an "intent to spread negativity." Not here. highplainsdem Nov 2019 #91

"Kind of evil" and "anti-Dem" comment was waaaaaay out of bounds. You could not have been emmaverybo Nov 2019 #94

Are you serious? Have you seen the Biden attack posts. Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #74

IOKIYAJBS. n/t MarcA Nov 2019 #52

And, one of the big reasons I like Biden he can win.. Cha Nov 2019 #16

Amen to that Cha.. his numbers are improving for a reason!! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #42

The polls in the "Blue Wall" states say it all for me. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2019 #27

Indeed and if Biden is the nominee TX, FL and AZ all come into play. Not so with EW or sanders Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #43

I agree. Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #77

She evertonfc Nov 2019 #28

Of course, extreme right wingers are "electable," aren't they? We have a Nazi in the White House... NNadir Nov 2019 #29

✔️✔️ blm Nov 2019 #85

According to MSNBC Biden's campaign has already collapsed redstateblues Nov 2019 #32

LOL! Josh Barro had a funny tweet about that the other day, about how some people have highplainsdem Nov 2019 #37

Corporate America wants Joe Biden, and that's what we'll get. YOHABLO Nov 2019 #39

Yes, that's about it. He's been being shoved down our throat since before he announced. vsrazdem Nov 2019 #44

Yeah right. That why he is leading in the polls redstateblues Nov 2019 #59

That doesn't make it any less true. vsrazdem Nov 2019 #60

Nobody is shoving Biden down your throat redstateblues Nov 2019 #65

This has nothing to do with who I support. The MSM ha been pushing Biden since before he even vsrazdem Nov 2019 #83

The MSM (Mathews, Chris Hayes, Joy Reid, Rachel Maddox et al)have been trashing since he redstateblues Nov 2019 #108

THE PEOPLE WANT JOE BIDEN, YOHABLO.. he's the one who polls the Cha Nov 2019 #57

Not my people. YOHABLO Nov 2019 #75

THE PEOPLE who have Joe Biden in the Lead NOW. Cha Nov 2019 #78

Oh so they're ganging up on me are they. Whatever. YOHABLO Nov 2019 #81

+++++++++1000 Peacetrain Nov 2019 #76

Mahalo, Peacetrain! Cha Nov 2019 #79

Hey Cha!!! Peacetrain Nov 2019 #80

K&R Tarheel_Dem Nov 2019 #47

If the media TheFarseer Nov 2019 #50

+1,000 n/t MarcA Nov 2019 #55

Joe is the most qualified nationally and globally LakeArenal Nov 2019 #53

Biden's the One. It's always been the case from the day he entered. oasis Nov 2019 #56

I agree with Rachel Maddow... dixiechiken1 Nov 2019 #86

✔️✔️✔️ blm Nov 2019 #87

EW and especially BS are unelectable in a GE n/t PhoenixDem Nov 2019 #93

DJT was supposed to be unelectable, too... dixiechiken1 Nov 2019 #95

Neither is as qualified as Biden. Neither has any FP experience or knowledge. An older emmaverybo Nov 2019 #96

Joe's run a couple times before ...right? Champion Jack Nov 2019 #102

Those really aren't relevant, because he wasn't leading in the polls for nearly a year then. highplainsdem Nov 2019 #103

It would seem that the primaries Champion Jack Nov 2019 #106

Joe Biden is the most electable candidate that the Democratic Party has available Gothmog Nov 2019 #107

Joe Biden is the most electable candidate that the Democratic Party has available Gothmog Nov 2019 #109