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lostnfound

(16,169 posts)
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 09:35 AM Apr 2019

Embarrassment of Riches: A / B+ / C / I ... My Rankings: 5 / 11 / 14 / 17. Yours?

I am undecided but unabashedly enthusiastic about a LOT of our candidates.
How wide and deep is this feeling?

Picturing each one of the 17 candidates actually winning the general, i ask myself, how would I feel?

- A-team: Truly enthusiastic about who they are and what they might accomplish
- B+: Optimistic about who they are and what they might accomplish
- C: Comfortable with who they are and what they might accomplish
- I: Incomplete but Infinitely better than Trump; I can breathe again that the menace is gone

I found that I have 5 on my A-team, 6 on my B+ list, 3 on my C-list, and 3 on the I-team. Seventeen out of seventeen would be infinitely better than Trump. I’m not naming them because I’m not looking to divide. But how broad is your support, how genuine is your “undecidedness”?

In cumulative terms, my enthusiasm for our 2020 candidates is: 5 / 11 / 14 / 17.

My A-list characters have a wide range, with diverse strengths that might be labeled as progressive, intellect, potential for uniting the country, toughness, inspiring.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Embarrassment of Riches: A / B+ / C / I ... My Rankings: 5 / 11 / 14 / 17. Yours? (Original Post) lostnfound Apr 2019 OP
My list is based on who can beat Trump! OKNancy Apr 2019 #1
Sure. Maybe I should have written it as 5 A / 6 B+ / 3 C / 3 I... total 17 lostnfound Apr 2019 #2
ok, i will play tiredtoo Apr 2019 #3
Thanks, not many replies so appreciate getting yours. lostnfound Apr 2019 #4
I like 'em all. Iggo Apr 2019 #5
I have 5 As as well, 6 Bs, 1 C and the rest would be Is. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 #6
 

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
1. My list is based on who can beat Trump!
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 09:38 AM
Apr 2019

All of them with a few exceptions are fine with me.

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

lostnfound

(16,169 posts)
2. Sure. Maybe I should have written it as 5 A / 6 B+ / 3 C / 3 I... total 17
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:40 AM
Apr 2019

Some of my B+ candidates might be more likely to beat Trump than some on my A-list though.

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

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
3. ok, i will play
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 11:50 AM
Apr 2019

a-5
b-1
c-1
i-10
imho many of these candidates are just working on getting name recognition for next election. And that explains my 10 in the I group.

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

lostnfound

(16,169 posts)
4. Thanks, not many replies so appreciate getting yours.
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 08:43 PM
Apr 2019

I’m genuinely curious how wide the range is that people have for rating “A’s”.

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

Rhiannon12866

(205,074 posts)
6. I have 5 As as well, 6 Bs, 1 C and the rest would be Is.
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 06:43 AM
Apr 2019

I just haven't heard enough yet from the last group. But even if I know next to nothing - yet - I'd vote for every single one of them sooner than Trump!

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