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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Biden has lost 2 primaries. What will be different this time? [View all]BannonsLiver
(16,386 posts)8. Technically Biden has lost one
Last edited Thu Apr 25, 2019, 05:52 PM - Edit history (1)
He withdrew in September 1987, 5 months before the Iowa caucus.
He did lose in 2008 like Bernie did in 2016. So theyve lost the same number of primaries.
Whats different about Bernie this time? Judging from his disaster of a CNN town hall, and his cringe worthy showing at She The People, the answer is a resounding not much.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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It's not how to get beyond the base, it's how to get WI/MI/PA... and Obama won all of them. (n/t)
thesquanderer
Apr 2019
#20
I was just correcting the count. Sanders could walk on water and he would still get slammed here.
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#25
yes, I remember my mother saying "circumstances alter cases." I remember her saying it on a
CTyankee
Apr 2019
#22
Ole Joe has a hell of a lot to vet. This will prove a real vulnerability for him.
mobeau69
Apr 2019
#24
Its not nostalgia.. it the desire to restore sanity in the WH and return America to normalcy.
honest.abe
Apr 2019
#41
we have an opposition party completely off the rails going on 40 yrs. much worse in the last 20.
Kurt V.
Apr 2019
#50
i agree biden would be a stabilizing force. i just feel we're on precipice and joe could stop us fro
Kurt V.
Apr 2019
#64
Biden introduced legislation to combat global warming three years before AOC was born
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#59
Abraham Lincoln lost 12 political races before winning the Presidency in 1859 and
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#56
Joe doesn't quit and he's scrappy. You get beat down you rise again. That was then and this is now
UniteFightBack
Apr 2019
#75
Maybe we should look at Reagan's third run, to see what he did differently? nt
Honeycombe8
Apr 2019
#86