Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I believe that Sanders is not electable. You can argue, but this is true [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Weaker candidate than Hillary: Democrats cast deep doubt on Bidens 2020 value
Joe Biden is everything a Democratic political consultant should love: Hes experienced, well-liked, and his poll numbers look great against Donald Trump.
And yet many party strategists have a bleak assessment of his potential 2020 campaign: Its a bad, bad idea.
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Strikingly, these conversations yielded a similar view: The Democratic political community is more broadly and deeply pessimistic about Bidens potential candidacy than is commonly known. While these strategists said they respect Biden, they cited significant disadvantages for his campaign from the increasingly liberal and non-white Democratic electorate to policy baggage from his years in the Senate and a field of rivals that includes new, fresh-faced candidates.
Among political professionals, there are deep concerns because we know the history, said a Pennsylvania-based Democratic strategist, granted anonymity to speak candidly about a party elder. We have reason to be skeptical of the hype.
We heard it with Hillary, and we saw it happened, the source added. And theres a lot of reason to think he would wind up a significantly weaker candidate than Hillary.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/campaigns/article226007090.html
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided