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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I just changed my vote on DU from Sanders to Warren [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)110. You believe our presidential nominee's words wouldn't
be allowed on DU? Interesting suggestion.
As for that last, every two years we have a chance to affect our party big time by electing new people to governments at various levels around the nation. And we do -- every two years without fail, and occasionally even more frequently. And then there's the little detail of contacting our representatives in between to tell them what we want.
If you see yourself as always in opposition, hoping for chances to act out in the spotlight of national conventions, it's because a majority of your fellow Democrats made different choices than you wanted, not because we don't constantly affect the decisions and direction of our party.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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re: "What prompted me was the headline that Bernie isn't afraid of splitting the Progressive vote."
thesquanderer
Sep 2019
#1
EW will strongly support the Democrat no matter who it is. Bernie has not demonstrated that. n/t
pnwmom
Sep 2019
#8
The pledge can't require anyone to give whole-hearted, enthusiastic support. n/t
pnwmom
Sep 2019
#19
Interesting question. I know Obama campaigned for her a lot. Are you sure Sanders campaigned more?
thesquanderer
Sep 2019
#26
Bernie didn't do a single event for Hillary in June, July, or August, and only did 2 in September.
pnwmom
Sep 2019
#36
the convention wasn't until the end of july...so you could hardly expect him to campaign for her
questionseverything
Sep 2019
#40
All the R's candidates dropped out and got behind Trump in April, and Bernie had no mathematical
pnwmom
Sep 2019
#41
as a progressive , i see convention time to be the best time to force the party left
questionseverything
Sep 2019
#46
HRC won the number of pledged delegates needed be the Democratic nominee on June 6,
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#91
They're definitely hurting one another's chances. The difference is Warren could actually...
Garrett78
Sep 2019
#116
Hate to burst your bubble but both are Democrats. Unless you consider party leaders to be liars.
Autumn
Sep 2019
#13
Hate to tell you but he's running under the Democratic banner AS a Democrat in this
Autumn
Sep 2019
#22
Hate to tell you, but he serves in his job as Jr. Sen. from Vermont, in which he is listed (I-VT)
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#25
Yes. Thank you. The "as-a" qualifier really doesn't do it for me. I want the REAL THING!
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#53
According to the Democratic Party he's running as a Democrat in the Democratic primaries.
Autumn
Sep 2019
#51
So sorry... but "as a" isn't as good as the genuine article. I prefer a FULL TIME Democrat who's
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#54
According to his Staff, he's Ind, Senator who only identifies as D when he's campaigning.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#78
Take it up with his office and Senate.gov that he's a Democrat and not an Independent...
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#79
I don't have to take it up with anyone, Autumn. Virtually everyone here knows what he is....
George II
Sep 2019
#85
I like the Democratic candidate from Vermont George. I'm curious, as Undecided why are
Autumn
Sep 2019
#86
The fact that he represents Vermont as an Independent is not irrelevant to the voters in Vermont.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#89
Not when he's at work, doing his job, but only when he's on the campaign trail for POTUS
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#23
No, actually he's an Independent, and doesn't consider himself to be a Democrat.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#27
Are we saying that Warren has agreed to drop out rather then split the vote? This post is confusing
Dorn
Sep 2019
#18
The "super delegates" will nominate Warren over Bernie on the second ballot.
MasonDreams
Sep 2019
#14
Which Democratic candidate do you think is only doing what "the Donor class wants?" (nt)
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#84