Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: It bothers me that Harris's attack on Biden was apparently coldly calculated in advance, [View all]pnwmom
(108,977 posts)So the question is how much of our principles he'd be willing to compromise.
Thanks to his leadership on the Senate Judiciary Committee, when he led a majority, we got Clarence Thomas confirmed to the Supreme Court. Biden said there wasn't time to have Anita Hill's supporting witnesses testify in public because he had promised the R's to end the hearings by a particular date. And he thought it was more important to honor his promise to the R's than to extend the hearing by another day so that Anita's witnesses could be heard.
He should have led the Democrats on the committee in voting against confirmation, and insisted on a more middle of the road alternative. Instead, he gave the R's their guy, and we all know how well that worked out. We're still suffering the consequences.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden