How is Biden like an overprotective neurotic robot?
Touché. I guess NBC really is as cloddish as FoxNews in some ways. (This reminds me once again that American politics really were saner when we all just got our news from Walter Cronkite.)
Speaking of Chris Matthews, there was a genuine heroine on the Democratic stage. I still wonder why voters are too stupid to choose her. “Elizabeth Warren’s political legacy should include destroying Mike Bloomberg and Chris Matthews.”
I’m sure he would feel obligated to say he supports Biden. But he will continue to drag things out.
If you haven’t heard of anyone saying that are abandoning the Democratic Party if Bernie loses go over to twitter and check out #demexit. Sure they are all Russian bots. Believe that at your own peril. There is a portion of Bernie supporters who don’t want to win the next election they want revolution and nothing short of that will do. If there happens to be enough of them in key states it could be disastrous.
[QUOTE=asahi;22181482It’s fair to question whether he’d be an effective president, and I think reporters and voters have a right to start asking him some hard questions, like what he does if McConnell filibusters key legislation. What does he do if the SCOTUS strikes down the ACA, thereby rendering any expansion of said legislation moot? These are fair questions to ask, and as much as I support Biden, he’s not even been asked these questions let alone answered them.[/QUOTE]
Other than Joe’s lack of support for removing the filibuster (which assumes that the Democrats take back the Senate - which is probably 50-50 at best), what would you expect any Democratic president to do in those cases?
I’ve been thinking about this some, and while I think that any dem prez who wins election and has a dem majority in the senate should absolutely support removing the filibuster once they are in office, I think it might not make sense to announce that support ahead of time. The worst case is that all the dem nominees loudly announce their support for removing the filibuster, then the GOP retains a narrow control of the senate, and, well, gosh, looks like the democrats want the filibuster removed, so…
(Also, it’s entirely up to the senate, so what does the president’s opinion even matter?)
Why voters are too stupid to choose her? Really? It’s the voters’ fault? The voters’ fault that she stumbled right into a ridiculous trap with the DNA test, firmly establishing her reputation as “white lady desperately clutching at straws of PoC identity”? The voters’ fault that she had all the stage presence of a mom at a PTA meeting lecturing parents about the dangers of Eminem and Marilyn Manson? The voters’ fault that she scolded her audience for laughing - “Don’t laugh!! It’s not funny!” The voters’ fault that she appealed only to a very narrow niche of well educated white academics and political policy nerds?
When are people going to accept that she was a lackluster candidate and that’s the only reason why she failed?
Yes, Joe can win but my reasoning has changed. I originally thought that the burgeoning yoot vote would be what turned the tide in favor of the Dem candidate but now I see that Biden can get the oldsters out – a few of whom may have sat things out in a few key states in '16 – and deny Donald another inside straight in Pa/Mi/Wi.
Lackluster candidate? I couldn’t disagree with you MORE on THAT count. She was easily the smartest, most-accomplished, most-impressive candidate of all of them. Why didn’t she get further than she did? Do you really have to ask that question knowing that the U.S. electorate picked the person who currently occupies the W.H. in the last election? (If you do, here’s a hint: we, as a country, aren’t smart enough right now to elect someone like Elizabeth Warren to be president)
Bernie Sanders gave a nearly perfect speech explaining this but who in your world would even care?
The man earned his right to state his case until it’s been heard, have his debate with Biden, and has demonstrated character and clarity of intentions. But peoples projections are not under his control.
I voted for Warren, but early in the campaign she sure bugged me a lot. She thought it was a good idea to take a page from Reagan’s playbook “Let me tell you about a remarkable young mother named Denise I met in Des Moines who’s twin 5 year old girls had cancer but no heath insurance…”
Okay, maybe her presentation put some people off. But I still insist that she was the best candidate for Prez this time around. Too bad the Dems cast her aside in favor of a couple of old white dudes both of whom I feel are the true “lackluster candidates” of this campaign. 
Another problem for Warren is that she doesn’t come across as the leader/boss personality type. It’s not her gender; Hillary Clinton, for example, was comfortable in those roles. As is Nancy Pelosi. She’s seems more suited to professor/senator/judge type positions. A cabinet secretary or ambassador as well. Having that somewhat arrogant ‘I’m in charge’ vibe is important if you want to be elected president. I’m not saying she couldn’t be an excellent POTUS, but you have to sell it. It’s just the way it is. There’s truth to the stupid ‘have a beer with the guy’ meme about presidential candidates too. It’s America. We’re idiots.
Bernie did not get a fair shake?? Look, he has run on his ideology and lost most of the races. What part of that is not fair? Even a lot of younger voters are opting for Biden over Bernie because they believe that Bernie is a bit too radical for the country, overall, to accept.
I’ll vote for Biden, but I doubt he wins.
And which dems do you blame for casting her aside?
Why would anyone care that he “earned his right?” What is important is who wins in November. More importantly it’s who doesn’t win.
All the ones who feel that “Socialist” Bernie and/or Gaffey Joe are better candidates for Prez than she is. That’s who.
Unfortunately I agree with you 100% on this.
Oh you mean the voters. Yeah it’s a shame that everyone doesn’t agree with me all the time. It’s always their fault.
Fair enough, but you accept that voters voted for these candidates - they weren’t ‘selected’ as ‘chosen ones.’ Right?