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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: "Buttigieg unwilling to be reason Sanders is able to get "insurmountable" delegate lead" [View all]Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)70. What I don't get is the hand wringing like this is something unusual and underhanded.
This is precisely how party politics work. Hell, politics in general. Coalitions form, shift, and dissolve all the time as part of the mechanisms to get things done. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Klobuchar and Warren know the writing is on the wall, but are staying in for Super Tuesday because they know they could cost Sanders Minnesota and Massachusetts. To frame this as something sordid is just ridiculous.
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"Buttigieg unwilling to be reason Sanders is able to get "insurmountable" delegate lead" [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
OP
I hope he encourages his voters to support Biden. Some might still vote for him but
helpisontheway
Mar 2020
#6
Biden will reward him and set him up for a future run. Biden needs a POC and/or female for VP
hlthe2b
Mar 2020
#7
Well, there's half of the deal. I guess we'll see what the other half is later.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2020
#13
maybe he'll use his sword to defend the honorable democratic party and its platform/values from
msongs
Mar 2020
#14
The only shift Sander will help with is the shift from Trump losing into wining a second term...
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#49
This deserves to be an OP... I am ALSO SO TIRED of the "BernieFDR" nonsense.
NurseJackie
Mar 2020
#85
Pete Buttigieg & Joe Biden have exchanged voicemails about consolidating support
Gothmog
Mar 2020
#23
You are for Bloomberg so of course you say this...he should endorse Biden ASAP for the good of the
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#50
Someone has to save the country from what would be ruin if we lose the general and Trump
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#51
Joe "Ukraine" Biden. That's the Republican talking point. They and Russia would easily weaponize it.
ArtTownsend
Mar 2020
#53
What I don't get is the hand wringing like this is something unusual and underhanded.
Pacifist Patriot
Mar 2020
#70