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In It to Win It

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Wed Nov 6, 2024, 07:34 AM Nov 2024

Not sure if I'm sitting at a table of one, but I think Joe Biden would have lost [View all]

Obviously, we just watched last night's results and unfortunately watched our candidate lose.

Watching those results now, I now believe that Joe Biden would have also lost.

I think the voters, as irrational as they are, really punished not just Kamala but the Democratic Party tonight. They have a perception of things not going very well, and they blame Democrats for it. We couldn't shake that this time around, along with the perception that he's incompetent because he's old. They successfully made Joe Biden's age an electoral issue.

I have a lot of thoughts so there may be several posts incoming.

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Concur. He should have announced he wasn't going to seek re-election... SKKY Nov 2024 #1
+1. There should have been a primary. dalton99a Nov 2024 #4
The primary is where all the energy is generated fescuerescue Nov 2024 #14
Truthfully, when he ran in 2020 saying he was the "bridge", I interpreted that as one-term In It to Win It Nov 2024 #5
I'll go further: immediately after his inauguration Prairie Gates Nov 2024 #13
Yea, that too. But, here we are so we need to find a way to hold on for dear life... SKKY Nov 2024 #16
I agree Renew Deal Nov 2024 #2
Apparently, the endless propaganda worked. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2024 #3
All of the investment his legislation has spurred, and he got no political reward for it In It to Win It Nov 2024 #6
I agree. NT ravjav Nov 2024 #7
Wrong. It was the sexism, pure and simple. valleyrogue Nov 2024 #8
There are no simple answers. Biden's approval rating was 40%, Harris probably did better than he could have. tritsofme Nov 2024 #9
And racism MustLoveBeagles Nov 2024 #10
Yes, I think Biden would have lost, and possibly in Mondale territory Prairie Gates Nov 2024 #11
Pretty sure you are correct. The majority of voters seemed hell bent on fascism. GoodRaisin Nov 2024 #12
I don't think there's anything we could have done differently. LAS14 Nov 2024 #15
I agree. We ran the best possible campaign we could have ran, given the cards we were dealt. In It to Win It Nov 2024 #17
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