Get on board for President Joe: He'll win, and Trump is finished - Salon

[Denis Enko]

Joe Biden will win the Democratic nomination and pound Donald Trump decisively in November. Take it to the bank!

LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV
MARCH 7, 2020 1:00PM (UTC

We're going to need a new word for momentum when this is over, but that's the way it's looking. "In my year of covering politics, I don't think I've ever seen anything like what happened in the 48 hours after South Carolina," New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote on Friday. "Millions of Democrats from all around the country, from many different demographics, turning as one and arriving at a common decision. It was like watching a flock of geese or a school of fish, seemingly leaderless, sensing some shift in conditions, sensing each other's intuitions, and smoothly shifting direction en masse."

"Democratic voter turnout surged on Super Tuesday, exceeding 2016 levels in at least a dozen states and setting an all-time record in one of them," The Hill reported breathlessly Wednesday morning. Virginia turnout was up 70 percent over 2016. In North Carolina, turnout was up 17 percent; in Texas, it was up 45 percent. Turnout was also high in Colorado, Maine, Minnesota and Utah.

"The increased voter turnout on Tuesday was driven largely by moderates," according to The Hill. "Exit polls show that [Sanders] won voters between the ages of 18 and 29 by wide margins across the 14 Super Tuesday states. But no state saw an increase in those voters' share of the electorate."

"The 35-and-up, 65-and-up voters — they vote. They consistently vote," Democratic strategist Hopkins told The Hill. "They show up to the polls. They wait in line. And that's going to be Sanders's long-term problem."

It's going to be Trump's problem, too. Super Tuesday primary results show that Biden is pulling in the voters Trump needs to win. Virginia exit polls showed significant Republican crossover votes in the Washington suburbs. "We have to give tremendous credit to Donald Trump," former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe told the Times. "He has been the single biggest driver to the Democratic Party of Virginia. There are a lot of like-minded Republicans who said, 'I can't vote for Trump but you got to give me somebody who we can vote for.' Biden was always at the top of that list."

https://www.salon.com/2020/03/07/get-on-board-for-president-joe-hell-win-and-trump-is-finished/

Note my new candidate preference if you would, please. I went into this leaning toward Biden: Now, as Truscott suggested in the title, I'm FULLY ON BOARD!

[samnsara]

1. oh gawd i hope hes right..

[dware]

2. I think he is.

I'm a long haul truck driver, I get around the country a lot and from what I've seen and heard from my many trucker friends, D's and moderate R's, there is a lot of excitement for Joe Biden.

You would be surprised at how many moderate R's are disgusted with the Mango Menace, especially over the tariffs he imposed, and are planning to vote for Joe if he becomes the Democratic Party nominee.

[Cha]

3. Good to know.. TY dware!

[Denis Enko]

7. "Mango Menace"

oh shit that's good!

[dware]

8. I got that from another DUer.

I thought it was very appropriate.

[dware]

9. BTW,

welcome to DU.

[Denis Enko]

10. Thanks

[MartyTheGreek]

15. Can I assume that the Truckers are seeing less shipping...

as a result of MAGA Mango's trade war? Thanks for posting!

[dware]

23. Yes, especially us independents.

The big companies, Swift, JB Hunt, Land Star, etc., are all doing ok, but us independents are the hardest hit, luckily, I've got a good agent who always finds me loads paying good mileage rates.

[DownriverDem]

22. Good to know

because my rep was on TV yesterday talking about how union members tell her they will stick with trump. Huh? They have to just be voting their hate.

[DarthDem]

4. Oh my goodness I hope so

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. "Biden was always at the top of that list."

Whoever wins the nomination will need help from all quarters.

[dweller]

6. i enjoyed reading the whole article

he points out Trump fatigue playing a huge part and
"Biden's campaign may have been underfunded and limping going into Super Tuesday, but he benefited from something money can't buy: hatred of an incompetent, ignorant, dictatorial incumbent president. Biden can stumble over sentence phrasing and mistake his wife for his sister until the cows come home, and he looks like a superman compared to Trump."

yeh gonna share this with my friends

✌🏼

[Blue_Tires]

11. Lucian Truscott the WWII general?

[jrandom421]

29. His Grandson

Author of "Dress Grey" and "Full Dress Grey"

[MFM008]

12. New CNN

Poll has Joe beating maggot by 10 points..
I hate polls but i still like the idea of a double digit loss
For the Con.
That would sweep alot of repubes out.

[ppualbryant]

13. Biden's VP pick

Biden must select a progressive, female as his VP running mate or risk losing significant parts of his base. See Rachel Bitecofer’s post

Link to tweet

?s=21

[ElementaryPenguin]

17. Biden needs to pick the most electable V.P. candidate for the general election - period.

Whomever that may be.

Don't lose sight of the goal to defeat Trump and save this democracy.

The goal for this election cannot be to push the envelope as far as we possibly can...for if we fail it will very possibly be the very last U.S. election.

[Frances]

19. Agree

These are scary times

[DownriverDem]

21. Biden will

Now will you stop being undecided? I just don't get how anyone could be undecided right now.

[marble falls]

25. We need Elizebeth Warren leading in the Senate, but Harris and Klobuchar both are good ...

for me, Stacy Abrams is a contender. Andrew Gilliam in reserve.

[ElementaryPenguin]

14. Right on point!

[wyldwolf]

16. Salon???

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. I thought all Salon posts were to be met with derision and contempt

You know, “blah blah blah H.A. Goodman, blah blah Bernie Bros”.

I guess times have changed?

[TwilightZone]

26. This is pretty out-of-character for them.

Credit where it is due. That doesn't make Goodman any less of a hack.

[WinstonSmith4740]

20. Great article.

Thanks for posting. Damn, I hope he's right. My favorite part:

"We have to give tremendous credit to Donald Trump," former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe told the Times. "He has been the single biggest driver to the Democratic Party of Virginia. There are a lot of like-minded Republicans who said, 'I can't vote for Trump but you got to give me somebody who we can vote for.' Biden was always at the top of that list."

I hope someone reads it to Trump.

[calimary]

24. Welcome to the Biden Bunch, Denis Enko!

Let’s go get this!

[sellitman]

27. As a Bernie Supporter

I'd sign on the dotted line.

Beating Trump badly would be worth giving up a few of my favorite planks.

In a NY Minute.

[nolabear]

28. Don't get complacent! GOTV

I’d be pushing pride in getting in on the movement that ousted the soon-to-ex-President. I’d promote Election Day like the Super Bowl with swag and music and hot dogs. “I Saved America! I voted Trump out!” shirts.

I’m beyond subtlety now. I want bands and mascots.