Democratic Primaries

democrattotheend

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63. I think he did in 2016

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:08 AM

Feb 2020

I recall reading that he advised Biden in 2016 that it was too late to get in by the time Biden started thinking about it. But I'm not aware of Obama not wanting Biden to run in 2020.

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

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"Obama has made clear in private conversations that he doesn't like the idea of Sanders as the [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

Obama has wisdom. Beakybird Feb 2020 #1

Yes. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #5

Yeah, I can't imagine that Cha Feb 2020 #2

Obama knows damn well Bernie will lose 35-38 states greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #3

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It's far easier to list the states he will win greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #28

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Trending blue means still kinda red tinrobot Feb 2020 #39

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No amount of phone banking can pull an awful candidate like BS over the line.. Callado119 Feb 2020 #60

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Keep on setting up those straw men and going after them. ehrnst Feb 2020 #64

LOL AZ isn't going blue with Bernie HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #47

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Yeah HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #52

BS will lose AZ by about 10 points, he'll be poison in the Phoenix suburbs.. Callado119 Feb 2020 #62

He won't win DE. I live here. wisteria Feb 2020 #51

Obama needs to find a way to make this widely known CalFione Feb 2020 #4

And Bernie told CNN that he speaks with Obama regularly dalton99a Feb 2020 #6

And lied about that. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #7

Yep. dalton99a Feb 2020 #9

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Obama's people deny it. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #32

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You didn't ask me that. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #36

Ehh good for him. I really don't care. white_wolf Feb 2020 #8

Obama was one of the best presidents this country has had in the last 50 years. IluvPitties Feb 2020 #11

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Obama was a moderate Republican? Clinton? IluvPitties Feb 2020 #13

The Republican Party went far right and moved the country to the right. white_wolf Feb 2020 #14

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America will elect a sociopath before it elects a Socialist redstateblues Feb 2020 #31

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Lol! whathehell Feb 2020 #38

You said you're overseas? ehrnst Feb 2020 #58

Won't happen. redstateblues Feb 2020 #66

Carter was the most conservative of the group. StevieM Feb 2020 #15

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Attacking yet another straw man. ehrnst Feb 2020 #59

+1 MontanaMama Feb 2020 #37

Yeah because of all those sitting home and NOT voting Cha Feb 2020 #26

Yeah HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #48

He needs to say something... VarryOn Feb 2020 #10

He can't do that Bayard Feb 2020 #16

David Plouffe has come out in Newsweek to debunk this report, btw Bucky Feb 2020 #17

If you mean the Newsweek article linked to below, there's nothing in it highplainsdem Feb 2020 #22

He also said he didn't think Joe Biden should run. OliverQ Feb 2020 #21

No, he didn't. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #25

I think he did in 2016 democrattotheend Feb 2020 #63

It's not bashing Bernie if you don't think he can win the GE redstateblues Feb 2020 #35

Agree, all these bashers are doing is helping tRump get another 4 years to further fuck us over nt yaesu Feb 2020 #43

That makes two of us. nt SunSeeker Feb 2020 #24

I trust blue-wave Feb 2020 #27

I suspect he will largely stay out of publicly endorsing anyone though cstanleytech Feb 2020 #56

Me, either. Mz Pip Feb 2020 #29

No. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #50

There is more than one takeaway from what Obama actually said. ramen Feb 2020 #40

I'm with Bernie. James48 Feb 2020 #41

Guaranteed loss. democratisphere Feb 2020 #42

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I don't consider Blue in my equations wisteria Feb 2020 #53

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Did you find a sale on straw men? ehrnst Feb 2020 #57

What will you do when your candidate can't deliver on ANYTHING democratisphere Feb 2020 #65

Hummm wisteria Feb 2020 #46

A shame about that whole pesky "democracy" thing. Bonobo Feb 2020 #55

I'll bet Bernie regrets saying Obama should be primaried redstateblues Feb 2020 #67