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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

Towlie

(5,308 posts)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:26 AM Jan 2020

A Democratic Senator will have the best edge over Trump in the General Election.

A huge factor in the presidential campaign will be the shocking Republican corruption currently being exposed in the Senate impeachment trial, specifically Trump's obvious guilt and the Republican senators' extraordinarily unconscionable efforts to deny and conceal it, particularly their determination to suppress the testimony of witnesses.

And the Democratic candidate best suited to exploit that will be someone who was there to witness it first-hand, fought against it, and can testify to the public about every moment of it.

Based purely upon that criterion, that leaves, listed in alphabetical order by last name:

Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado
Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota
Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont
Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts

My choice will come from that list.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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A Democratic Senator will have the best edge over Trump in the General Election. (Original Post) Towlie Jan 2020 OP
Or a former Senator who was the victim of Trump's Ukraine smear DonaldsRump Jan 2020 #1
I thought that Sanders was an Independent Senator. MrsCoffee Jan 2020 #2
No, he's not. dware Jan 2020 #3
If the impeachment process perceived as a partisan attack, a sitting senator will be at a disadvantage LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #4
 

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
1. Or a former Senator who was the victim of Trump's Ukraine smear
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:37 AM
Jan 2020

Seems to me that person has a bit of standing too!

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

MrsCoffee

(5,801 posts)
2. I thought that Sanders was an Independent Senator.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:42 AM
Jan 2020

Has that actually changed? I see that he filed to run as an Independent in the next Senate race as well.

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

dware

(12,094 posts)
3. No, he's not.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:44 AM
Jan 2020

He just uses the Dem Party to further his ambitions while at the same time, dissing the Dems.

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

LongtimeAZDem

(4,494 posts)
4. If the impeachment process perceived as a partisan attack, a sitting senator will be at a disadvantage
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:00 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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