Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Quickly Nominating Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren Is Democrats' Best Chance at 2020 [View all]Gothmog
(180,393 posts)I live in the real world and have worked with local and state Democratic party on voter protection and other efforts. If you ever wants to have fun, go onto the rules committee of the state party and spend 8+ hours with a bunch of lawyers arguing about party rules at a state convention. It takes years of hard work to earn a slot to the National Convention.
Right now, I and a good number of real democrats are working in the real world to turn Texas blue. After the 2010 election, the GOP had 101 seats in the Texas house and the Democrats had only 49. In 2018, we flipped 12 seats and now only need 9 more seats to take control of the Texas house. I am working on the campaign to flip two state house seats. In 2018, we flipped two congressional districts (Lizzie Fletcher and Colin Allred). The DCCC is targeting 6 congressional districts and I just donated to Colin and two of the targeted seats. It is a long shot, but the DSCC thinks that MJ Hegar can beat Cornyn and I just donated to MJ.
I can assure you that if Warren or sanders is the nominee, Texas will not be a battleground state and we will not flip the seats that I am working on. Neither sanders nor Warren are competitive in Texas and these candidates would kill down ballot races. Taking away insurance from 160 million voters will be an issue that trump can use.
trump is scared of Biden for good reason. The fact that trump would risk being impeached to get dirt on Biden is very telling.
I like living and working on political issues in the real world which is why I found the article cited in the OP to be so funny. I will continue to work to turn Texas blue and I strongly believe that nominating Warren or sanders would ensure a trump victory and will cost Lizzie and Colin their seats.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden