Please welcome: Tim Ryan

[brooklynite]

https://secure.timryanforamerica.com/page/s/GO_Acq_Launch_04042019

[MrsCoffee]

1. Welcome to my bottom three.

[Demsrule86]

15. Tim Ryan although annoying at times could win the rustbelt thus he is now number two.

[bearsfootball516]

2. Yikes.

[WeekiWater]

3. Cleveland Browns can't catch a break. NT

[Demsrule86]

23. The Cleveland Browns have a new running back and a decent quarterback so

Look out Cleveland Brown haters!

[WeekiWater]

29. No hater. I would love to see them do something great.

It was just low hanging fruit.

[Demsrule86]

30. Kidding the Browns have been breaking ohio hearts for some time

But itvreally looks better next year.

[hlthe2b]

4. who next, Seth Moulton?

[brooklynite]

6. No, next is Eric Swalwell (probably next week)

[Scoopster]

5. Barf, hard pass.

[Cousin Dupree]

7. No thanks.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

8. Over under 3 months on when he'll drop out

I'm going under. I'm guessing he drops out after not qualifying for the first debate.

[Demsrule86]

16. He has a better chance e of winning WI,MIand PA not to mention Ohio than Sanders,

If we win three of those four we win. Think electability.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

28. Only thinking of electability lost us the Presidency last time

I don't think another centrist candidate will be the best choice if you are looking at electability. There are a lot of poor people across this country who feel hopeless and never vote. It's best to try and give these voters a message that appeals to them than the very small sliver of moderate people who are the fiscally conservative socially liberal people that the party has bent over backwards for the last few decades.

[Demsrule86]

31. Last year was different. We have three states

and maybe two plus Ohio. We are looking at a electoral college victory. And Trump makes electability imperative. We have to beat him.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

38. I'm voting for the Democratic nominee regardless of who wins

I am from the midwest and know some about the type of people from around here. There are a lot of union households that are economically liberal and socially conservative that are more gettable than the mainstream centrist that is commonly represented in the media.

I think Senator Sanders may have the best chance of reaching those voters than most of the field. I actually think that in a general election VP Biden would one of the better campaigners on the ground and connect well with these types of voters as well. We have a long way to go until the first debates let alone the first primaries so it'll be interesting to see how this large field begins to widdle.

[Demsrule86]

39. Me too. But Sen sanders will not win in my opinion.

We need Biden or Ryan who just announced.

[Demsrule86]

22. You know when I read these threads knowing we must take the rustbelt to stop

Trump., I wonder if it is even possible. So many refuse to even consider who can win the general.

[MrsCoffee]

37. I don't care. We have plenty of candidates who are capable without having to

scrape the bottom of the barrel.

[Demsrule86]

40. We don't have many candidates who can win those states.

So if you want to win, look at the electoral map. Three states...MI, WI and PA. Also, Ryan can take Ohio. No Republican has ever won without Ohio.

[peggysue2]

9. Don't think so

[LonePirate]

10. Does Ryan think his standing as a conservative, straight, white, male helps him in a Dem primary?

Particularly a party that is marching leftward on the strength of women, minorities and progressive policy positions?

[Demsrule86]

17. Ryan is not a conservative and he is well liked by unions. He could win.

[LonePirate]

25. Compared to his primary opponents, he is a conservative Dem.

Supporting tax cuts for corporations is not a winning position for Dems in 2020.

[Demsrule86]

32. I suppose but which of them could carry Ohio, Michigan,Wisconsin or Pennsylvania?

Who won us back a House majority. MODERATE voters and if we don't run someone who can appeal to them, we lose.

[LonePirate]

36. None except Biden will carry OH. All will carry MI, PA and WI.

We do not need OH and we should not waste any time or money there. OH is too far gone.

MI and PA will be moving back to Team Blue easily in 2020. WI will be closer but given the high likelihood that least one of AZ, GA and NC will be flipping blue, we don’t need WI, even though we should contest it.

[Demsrule86]

41. Ryan could carry Ohio. And Wisconsin is not a sure thing.

[LonePirate]

42. Ryan will not carry OH. He brings nothing to the ticket except suppressing the base.

[Demsrule86]

44. I don't agree.

[Demsrule86]

21. It helps him in a general.

Don't we want a candidate who can win to be our nominee? Ryan could win a general.

[LonePirate]

26. That will not help him in a primary.

[Demsrule86]

33. Well it should. No point in sending a candidate who can't win to the general.

[Demsrule86]

35. I don't think anyone except Biden, Ryan and maybe Beto can win the three states we have to win.

In a general.

[allgood33]

11. I am interested in defeating Trump. If it takes Ryan (whom I don't really like) to win, I'm in.

I really developed a strong dislike for this man when he went after Nancy. But I am no fool. I see and hear the talk all around at every level of the economic spectrum and alarmingly, there seems to be more talk of voting for Trump than I experienced in 2016. Some of my friends who never showed me their racist and sexist side are full out Trump supporters. Of course, i don't see them or hear from them that much any more.

It's scary folks. I am trying to be real here. We need a massive expose of something from the Mueller report to change their minds. i believe that they might vote for someone like Ryan over any of the other Democratic candidates.

[Demsrule86]

18. He could beat Trump. He is a good guy

He really helped the Delphi folks who were screwed out of their pensions,

[TheRealNorth]

12. I have actually liked some of what Tim Ryan has said in the past

But then jumped on the anti-Pelosi bandwagon after John Ossoff lost in 2017 and called Nancy "Toxic"

You don't have to vote for Pelosi as Speaker, but I would appreciate if you didn't do sound bites for the Republicans.

[Demsrule86]

19. He was running in a Trump state and a district Trump won.

I live in Ohio.

[Demsrule86]

20. I called his office as did others and he backed down.

[msongs]

13. which primary, democratic or republican? nt

[Demsrule86]

24. We may not be laughing in 20. The midterm winners beliefs are closer to Ryan than

to Sanders or other Democrats,. Tim Ryan can win Ohio Think about that. He is my second choice.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Well

[PeeJ52]

27. He couldn't even win his own district if the Repugs could find a human for a candidate...

He's done nothing for them. He might have been hot stuff back when the was the 3 Amigos with Wasserman Shulz, but those days are over. I haven't heard anything about him except how they disrespect him back in my hometown district.

[Demsrule86]

34. That is untrue. The GOP don't bother trying for his seat.

[yardwork]

43. Terrible logo. The colors don't synch. Really bad.