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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I rather rebuild the Obama coalition with any combination of Biden, Harris, Booker, Pete or Beto.* [View all]Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)37. That was 2016. He is already doing much better in 2020
And considering 70% of Americans support his policies, he will likely do very well in the general election, as well regardless of any of that, implying Bernie is allying with white supremacists is beyond the pale to me.
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I rather rebuild the Obama coalition with any combination of Biden, Harris, Booker, Pete or Beto.* [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2019
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agree, those are all great candidates . would be happy to support either one of them
JI7
Apr 2019
#1
Harris/Buttigieg feels like a winning ticket that builds on the Obama coalition and speaks to a
TeamPooka
Apr 2019
#5
I love both Kamala and Pete so I would love that ticket. I wonder who Kamala would
jezebel321
Apr 2019
#6
Young people aren't reliable voters. You can't rely on that demographic to win.
SweetieD
Apr 2019
#17
and it's the exact opposite of Trump. We need to offer voters a distinct difference.
TeamPooka
Apr 2019
#32
Bernie did very badly among African American voters in 2016, and his performance
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#14
Joy Reid has said far more offensive stuff than Bernie saying he marched with Dr. King
JonLP24
Apr 2019
#43
You think it's good for Bernie that the crowd reacted to him and TULSI in the same way?
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#45
There are MILLIONS of WOC progressives. And the vast majority voted for Hillary,
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#47
There's no reason to think the millions of African Americans who decisively chose Hillary
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#51
None of our candidates are chasing white nationalist votes. Why single out those six? (n/t)
thesquanderer
Apr 2019
#18
The candidates I listed are my favorites and imho the rightful heirs to Barack Obama.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2019
#19
The only elections I have been over confident was 2008 and 2012 and I had good reasons, same
beachbum bob
Apr 2019
#31
If Biden wrests the nomination I would bet the house he picks KH as his veep.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2019
#35
Hillary isn't a centrist. She ran on a very progressive platform and won the popular vote by 2.9 mil
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#42
Strategically, he will probably need to pick someone from the south or midwest.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2019
#44