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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: friendships and politics [View all]PatSeg
(47,419 posts)25. Unfortunately, in the beginning the ACA was not popular
with a lot of Democrats and by the mid-terms, he lost a lot of his popularity within his own party. Some of that was because the ACA didn't go far enough (not Obama's fault) and some people were still resistant to government run insurance and the individual mandate. It was a really hard sell and it took a lot of guts for Obama to keep pushing it.
I remember it got so bad that many Democratic members of congress didn't even want Obama to come to their states and campaign for them. Seems really strange today, being he is one of the most popular leaders in the world and certainly the most popular Democrat.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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