Yup. Joe Biden is the anointed one. Bernie does well on the grass roots level but he can't win running as an independent and the Democrat Party will kill him off with the super delegates again. It's a rigged system. Bernie will probably be more popular than Joe but it doesn't matter. The problem you have running as an independent is you can't get on all the ballots without going county to county. It takes a large operation of organized people and lots of money. Each county has its own protocols. It's a nightmare.
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So it's the "Grab em by the pussy" guy vs. I fondle everyone guy.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Yup. Biden is the establishment candidate. Unless there is some huge scandal or illness it's going to be a Biden vs Trump race. People who don't like Joe will still pull the handle for him because they hate Trump more. You usually don't vote for someone you usually vote against someone. So Joe will automatically get a lot of votes from people who actually don't like him by default.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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If you define yourself as a liberal, there's precious little to be enthused about with Biden's candidacy.
He has been an unapologetic, straight-up corporate centrist his entire career.
He has a bit too much in common with Hillary for my liking. The same inability to give a rousing speech. A general lack of enthusiasm for him outside of the donor class, beltway and mainstream media...you know, with the folks who actually vote on election day. On a personal level, Biden projects a bit more warmth and likability than Hillary was ever able to, so that's something, I suppose. The underlying theme of Biden's campaign thus far appears to be not any grand social Moonshot plans, but a return to stability after Donald Trump. The problem with that is Hillary ran on the same basic theme 3 years ago and lost.
Biden will be able to raise the funds to be competitive on a financial level, but I remember how Hillary outspent Trump roughly 2:1 in 2016, and all that didn't matter in the end.
Clearly, Biden's campaign should in theory be able to avoid the mistakes Hillary's made, but I think 2020 will hinge less on Biden and more on how many less extreme Republican voters in certain states who cast their lot with Trump in 2016 have been disenchanted with Trump to the point where they are going to stay home on Election Day.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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You could walk into any bar, mall or prison in the US pick someone at random and 99/100 they would be a better option than Trump.
Take out the prison option and the odds are way better.Comment
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Yeah, well, I won't disagree with that in theory.
In terms of the various (often misguided - e.g. "which candidate would I prefer to have a beer with?" - ) rationales behind why people vote for one candidate over another, as of this moment Trump has a better than even chance a year from now the way I see it.
I mean, I haven't even mentioned how Biden has never caught fire as a national candidate when he ran for the presidency in 1988...or 2008.
Trump voters look at their guy as a cause candidate, even if the cause for some Trump voters is nothing more than to give the middle finger to the established order. Biden will never engender the degree of loyalty from those willing to vote for him that Trump got from his supporters. Biden is basically playing the "I'm not Trump" card. It wasn't enough to put Hillary over the top 3 years ago.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Well, for one thing the allegations weren't against Bernie himself. Nobody's accusing him of being grabby. As far as anybody expecting him to micro manage low level campaign staffers who might do something stupid when they're drinking after a primary or convention or whatever, that's not realistic. You can set "no tolerance" policies before hand or whatever, but people are ultimately responsible for their own behavior.Eat Us And Smile
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Well, for one thing the allegations weren't against Bernie himself. Nobody's accusing him of being grabby. As far as anybody expecting him to micro manage low level campaign staffers who might do something stupid when they're drinking after a primary or convention or whatever, that's not realistic. You can set "no tolerance" policies before hand or whatever, but people are ultimately responsible for their own behavior.Comment
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Would you choose your surgeon based on how well you think you would get on with them socially?
Also this imaginary beer with GW Bush I could understand but Trump???
Interesting to note both don't trust themselves enough to even be able to have a beer...Comment
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