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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
1. Whether certain groups like it or not . . .
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 02:26 PM
Aug 2019

this primary, this election is not being fueled by policy positions. It's all about who can win, beat the hell out of Donald Trump and his enablers and steer the Ship of State into smoother, brighter water. After three years of Trump, the electorate is chaos weary, genuinely worried about how much more damage the country can withstand.

The old adage has always been: Democrats fall in love while Republicans fall in line.

This year is different.

Heard a pundit say just yesterday how surprising it was to see such a large swath of the Democratic electorate leaning in with their heads, rather than their hearts.

Biden managed to nail that very thing in his ad yesterday: People know in their bones that this election is different, a whole other ballgame, aka A Fight for the Soul of the Country. And that last detail was the insight that Joe Biden and Joe Biden alone nailed on Day 1 of his candidacy.

We are in an existential struggle. Joe Biden gave that acknowledgment voice with a calm, steady approach:

We can beat this back. We can do this.

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