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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion - how many Democrats in Congress have presidential ambitions?
Could Bidens faltering debate performance be seen as an opportunity?
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Question - how many Democrats in Congress have presidential ambitions? (Original Post)
Mme. Defarge
Jul 2024
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onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)1. A few. The others have been given orders by corporates
thucythucy
(8,809 posts)2. They're idiots if they think they'll have any chance
to run any sort of campaign once Trump gets in and remakes the country in his twisted image.
"Let's wreck our party's chances in this election so Hitler gets in. Then I'll run in '36 and be a shoe-in!"
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)3. No.
Nobody expects to leap out of the crowd at at the last minute.
flamingdem
(39,986 posts)4. Mostly it's the pissy ones that ran and failed
Bennet, Warner por ejemplo.
Johonny
(22,495 posts)5. Probably quite a few
Won't know until 2028.