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berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:03 AM Mar 2020

Clyburn's king-making endorsement was conditional [View all]

I saw Clyburn on CNN this morning. He was asked some tough questions and he finally admitted that Biden had not been running a great campaign and that his endorsement came with the condition that Biden take the campaigning more seriously. Raise more money, give better speeches, do better at debates, build campaign infrastructure, etc.

Clyburn’s point is that our Democracy is at stake. There was discussion of Joe’s reluctance to get in the race and the point was that Clyburn felt America needs Joe and that he must answer the call.

I can get behind that. I just wish Biden wanted it more. It does not seem fair to the other candidates who have worked much much harder.

I hope Biden works as hard as the other candidates would have in the General election.

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