Democratic Primaries

ibegurpard

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47. That's what they do

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 06:53 PM

Feb 2020

This is why I just flat-out reject any arguments about who we should pick based upon what Republicans are going to say about them

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

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What Went Wrong with Biden's Campaign [View all] brooklynite Feb 2020 OP

Nothing went wrong with his campaign. You should be asking what went wrong with the polls? George II Feb 2020 #1

And our turnout was so low.. we kept hearing it was going to be a blow out Peacetrain Feb 2020 #2

Exactly - we heard that one campaign had 25,000 grass roots volunteers in Iowa for four months.... George II Feb 2020 #5

Yep! about 1/2 of 2016 Peacetrain Feb 2020 #14

Whataboutism? At least that "other campaign" came in a close 2nd, hmmm? bluewater Feb 2020 #17

Check out post #1 above. George II Feb 2020 #18

Highly rated Polls had Biden winning though, so post #1 is wrong. bluewater Feb 2020 #21

Very few polls had Biden winning. George II Feb 2020 #25

That list shows lots of polls having Biden Winning. bluewater Feb 2020 #27

Biden himself called it a "gut punch." cwydro Feb 2020 #28

9 of the 19 MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #38

Yes still much too early PatSeg Feb 2020 #10

But Biden must be cut off at the knees; otherwise he walks through 10 delegate-rich states he emmaverybo Feb 2020 #46

So true PatSeg Feb 2020 #50

Right. He has 15 CBC endorsements to all others' one, and such a great array of individual and union emmaverybo Feb 2020 #56

I just found out PatSeg Feb 2020 #57

And the reason he took yesterday off and shook up his senior staff today was.....? brooklynite Feb 2020 #11

What any good politician would do.. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #13

His isn't the first to "reorganize", won't be the last. How many state directors has Sanders had.... George II Feb 2020 #19

Reorganization five days out from a major election isn't usually a good sign. brooklynite Feb 2020 #20

It's fine. Don't worry about it. bluewater Feb 2020 #24

New Hampshire has a whopping 24 delegates, that's not a "major" primary. George II Feb 2020 #26

Right. New Hampshire is small. Don't worry about it. bluewater Feb 2020 #34

Biden trash talking won't improve your preferred's chances which are still slim to none. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #48

You think Biden expected to come in fourth? What evidence do you have of that? thesquanderer Feb 2020 #29

Methinks you are ... Bradshaw3 Feb 2020 #33

"Biden calls Iowa caucus results a "gut punch"" Kaleva Feb 2020 #42

Yeah but what would he know? Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #52

YES. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #51

Imho randr Feb 2020 #3

Did you see Biden's town hall on CNN? PatSeg Feb 2020 #6

That is not true, the media does not ignore him they pay attention all the time to him to bash UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #9

Yes bashing from all sides and unfortunately here on DU. FloridaBlues Feb 2020 #23

Yeah, there's that PatSeg Feb 2020 #49

Biden was the first candidate to identify the big issues here, the essentials--that Trump threatens emmaverybo Feb 2020 #54

Biden has been a target, for all those Dem candidates and their particular empedocles Feb 2020 #4

Gee I wonder what happened? He was tarred and feathered as planned and instead of Democrats UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #7

Dems voted Obama in and then constantly proclaimed their disappointment when he failed to emmaverybo Feb 2020 #58

They wanted to look forward, a vote for Joe was looking backwards njhoneybadger Feb 2020 #8

This is a plausible explanation. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #12

Who? Oh, the folks who caucused in Iowa! Boy, you acted like you were describing the sentiments emmaverybo Feb 2020 #59

Pete sure looks like he's taking the lead among moderate voters away from Joe. bluewater Feb 2020 #15

That certainly has the look of it, what we learned so far, polls dont matter, voters do Baclava Feb 2020 #43

What went wrong with Biden's campaign? Answer: Biden. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #16

Premature obituary. In the light if it, clearly you should never have chosen Biden. I find his emmaverybo Feb 2020 #35

We agree...I think you misunderstood me. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #40

OK. But I still disagree. Biden did not lose momentum because more voters value excitement over emmaverybo Feb 2020 #44

I hope you're right. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #45

I think that you nailed it right on the head. Perhaps Biden also came in a little strong being ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #37

Appears Biden Team Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #22

It is too easy and exactly what has been done. A retrospective look at a candidate's mistakes emmaverybo Feb 2020 #30

I really like Joe Biden but Jarqui Feb 2020 #31

GOP always tries to spear the Democratic Nominee. rockfordfile Feb 2020 #36

That's what they do ibegurpard Feb 2020 #47

Joe just played it safe...a little arrogant. FarPoint Feb 2020 #32

it's pretty simple really stopdiggin Feb 2020 #39

He's shaking things up after a disappointing 4th place...nom bid is in "major trouble". jmg257 Feb 2020 #41

When you tell everyone who questions you to vote for someone else demofan40 Feb 2020 #53

Really ?! 🙄🙄🙄 uponit7771 Feb 2020 #55