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Honeycombe8

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38. As for "working with" McConnell's & Trump's gang, those who want that will find things have changed.
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 07:23 AM
Jun 2019

There is no longer the possibility of each side meeting halfway. Trumper's & McConnell's Repubs have become something unrecognizable, almost un-American.

To "work with" them now means US bending over. They dig in, change rules if necessary, reneg on deals. They want to win. They are not interested in governing. Winning is all that it's about.

It's not our parents' Republican Party, any more.

As for Biden crafting his message to fit, it's the other way around. This is how Biden is and always has been. He didn't carefully craft his message, his stances. The people crafted their responses to fit with Biden. But it shows a symbiotic sameness and the broad appeal that Biden has, when all the other candidates appeal to smaller groups of voters. There isn't another one with broad appeal like Biden, sad to say.

I waited for the Pied Piper to appear. The answer to Trump. The captain to right the ship. He didn't come. I likely won't see such a Democrat in my lifetime, now, since I'm 65. 8 years of Biden, 8 years of a Repub....maybe in 16 years the Pied Piper will appear? I'll be 81...fairly close to death, if you go by the avg lifespan for someone born in early '50s.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Kinda surprised a 100% don't think so.. Cha Jun 2019 #1
Because without beating Trump . . . peggysue2 Jun 2019 #10
Or, because many Biden supporters are just as abusive as the Bernie Bros. plimsoll Jun 2019 #11
? zaj Jun 2019 #12
Well, basically called stupid plimsoll Jun 2019 #13
Polls suggest a few things... zaj Jun 2019 #14
Maybe so, but if you honestly expect people to support your candidate plimsoll Jun 2019 #15
I haven't seen the Biden attacks, but... zaj Jun 2019 #21
Agreed, plimsoll Jun 2019 #22
Agreed. zaj Jun 2019 #25
They also show us Lordquinton Jun 2019 #16
Except Biden's lead isn't slowly slipping away anymore. Drunken Irishman Jun 2019 #19
I wouldn't say anything like that to anybody. Cha Jun 2019 #24
a couple of people you were talking to? treestar Jun 2019 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author plimsoll Jun 2019 #41
What?! You're the one insulting Biden Supporters. Cha Jun 2019 #23
So other people make up your mind for you? treestar Jun 2019 #32
Any of them can beat "the president", but which can fire up voters is important because ... marble falls Jun 2019 #20
It is really way too early for all this polling Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #2
Excellent analysis. Nt BootinUp Jun 2019 #3
Thanks for the work. Educated me. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #4
K & R yonder Jun 2019 #5
Great analysis nt NYMinute Jun 2019 #6
Interesting polling Gothmog Jun 2019 #7
So lots of people think Biden will be able to work with Republicans just because he says Doitnow Jun 2019 #8
Actually Biden has negotiated with Republicans in the past. As detailed in a well emmaverybo Jun 2019 #26
Thank You for posting that on Biden's Cha Jun 2019 #28
Thank you for the link. Important and I realized this a.m. I left it out. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #30
You're Welcome.. I tracked Cha Jun 2019 #36
Thanks for the post. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #9
What's your insight into why his lead is slipping? Lordquinton Jun 2019 #17
Like many candidates, he received a boost and leveled off... Drunken Irishman Jun 2019 #18
What happens when you go further back in data? Lordquinton Jun 2019 #39
K&R Tarheel_Dem Jun 2019 #27
That's a good analysis, I think. MineralMan Jun 2019 #29
We also need Dem majorities in congress IronLionZion Jun 2019 #31
The Electoral College is key. disndat Jun 2019 #34
Thanks a bunch for this. ☺ Sloumeau Jun 2019 #35
+1 grantcart Jun 2019 #37
As for "working with" McConnell's & Trump's gang, those who want that will find things have changed. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #38
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2019 #40
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