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DownriverDem

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5. Center/Left Country

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 02:17 PM

Jan 2020

We are a Center/Left Country. We need a Center/Left candidate. When are folks going to wake up and realize who the voters will be in November?

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

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Hope to God(dess) Democrats don't drift toward becoming a "Don't walk on my lawn" Party [View all] Tom Rinaldo Jan 2020 OP

Do people want America as it was on 11/7/2016 or do they want an America that is even better? LonePirate Jan 2020 #1

That's a damn fine nutshell you found to park this in for easy reference. Yep. Tom Rinaldo Jan 2020 #3

Right now DownriverDem Jan 2020 #6

They do? Fancy that. Got a link to back that up? Autumn Jan 2020 #16

When a ship is sinking.... Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #33

Some people are capable of multi-tasking. Others obviously have no desire to do both. LonePirate Jan 2020 #34

Well, when there is an existential crisis... Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #37

Reading the thread title, I expected a "Bernie-bashing" thread. LOL. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #2

I can see that. That's pretty funny Tom Rinaldo Jan 2020 #4

Center/Left Country DownriverDem Jan 2020 #5

When are people going to realize we need massive change in this country and not simply a reset? LonePirate Jan 2020 #15

The Center-Left candidate got more votes than the hard left candidate in the Primary brooklynite Jan 2020 #22

Not everybody agrees The Mouth Jan 2020 #24

Even the slightest change is radical or massive to those who want no change. LonePirate Jan 2020 #25

A public option squirecam Jan 2020 #29

A public option is simply a different seller of the same stuff we already have. LonePirate Jan 2020 #30

A public option would be a massive change squirecam Jan 2020 #31

You speak truth. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #38

True. The Mouth Jan 2020 #32

Except she wasn't to the rank and file Americans who actually VOTE JustAnotherGen Jan 2020 #27

When I read Center/Left here, I hear Right/Center. We aren't that. KPN Jan 2020 #19

Have you forgotten Nader's popularity with younger voters in 2000- delisen Jan 2020 #7

Nowhere near at the same scale n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2020 #12

THIS ... exactly. KPN Jan 2020 #21

The last time the Dem Nominee was the guy that the younger people wanted... Sloumeau Jan 2020 #8

+1000% calguy Jan 2020 #9

So older voters can't be trusted to stand with the party on election day? nt redqueen Jan 2020 #13

You wrote: Sloumeau Jan 2020 #23

Not much has changed in 50 years, eh? n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2020 #14

When was the last time the Dem nominee was the guy the older guys wanted that the younger Autumn Jan 2020 #17

2020 isn't 1972. Not even close. Few were awake to income inequality at the time. KPN Jan 2020 #26

Tom Rinaldo's post seemed to be saying not to discount... Sloumeau Jan 2020 #28

Please stop squirecam Jan 2020 #36

I pretty much agree with everything you said. Sloumeau Jan 2020 #39

I'm just squirecam Jan 2020 #40

Hey, I understand. Sloumeau Jan 2020 #41

Climate change protests are going to dwarf anything we saw back in the 60's and those protests jalan48 Jan 2020 #10

Removing Trump is the focus. Period. Then we begin the next story. tirebiter Jan 2020 #11

Exactly. And thank you for "remf" MH1 Jan 2020 #18

Oh yes, if we don't know military slang that surely is a black mark on us. redqueen Jan 2020 #35

You're writing as if ALL younger voters back Sanders. They don't. You're also ignoring the highplainsdem Jan 2020 #20