Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Laurence Tribe, the Constitutional law prof at Harvard, has concerns about Bernie. [View all]Jarqui
(10,409 posts)There were a lot of problems - money plus. Almost no tv ads.
She was coming out of nowhere and had not thought things through. Kind of an anti Mayor Pete in terms of clarity of thought on policies. Not a good communicator. She was touting policies on the left but had been in the middle - I don't know if she really believed what she was saying.
When you look at what he's doing, he is being a bit of a chameleon. He's tossing lots of bones to the Democrats. He'd be killed politically in a really red state. But he's slicker - more shrewd. He's a professional politician with some polish.
Fight the good fight - by all means. But :
- no name recognition
- no experience
- not a well run organization
- confused on articulating her positions
- no money
- lack of apparent strategy
against a fairly smart incumbent with +19 approval ratings ...
She didn't really stand much of a chance.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden