# Democratic Madness: Semifinal 1

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999 "2019-02-22T04:55:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999/1 "2019-02-22T04:55:44Z")

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Vote for one Democratic primary candidate:

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999/2 "2019-02-22T06:27:43Z")

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Kamala Harris. She has Washington experience, unlike Hick, and she seems to have steel. The President should be a little intimidating, & I think she has that.

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**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999/3 "2019-02-22T14:09:52Z")

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I’m abstaining from this one. It’s looking like it will be Harris and Brown in the final unless all this talk about Jamaica or whatever triggers a Hickenlooper upset.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999/4 "2019-02-22T15:15:06Z")

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Harris, still my #1 choice. I’m not worried about Jamaica, every campaign has their flubs, especially early on.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999/5 "2019-02-23T16:20:13Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> Harris, still my #1 choice. I’m not worried about Jamaica, every campaign has their flubs, especially early on.

Why do flubs only apply to democrats (and libertarians) though? Flubs used to apply to republicans before Trump, now they can say/do whatever they want without consequence.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Smashy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mr\_Smashy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Smashy)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999/6 "2019-02-23T18:24:18Z")

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Horizontal Harris

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**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-madness-semifinal-1/829999/7 "2019-02-24T01:50:23Z")

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I don’t feel I really know enough about Hickenlooper to have a reasoned opinion. If he decides to enter I’ll learn more.

Harris is not among my three favorite candidates at the moment, but they’re all out of the running. Anyway, I like her better than I thought I would, and don’t have any reservations about voting for her here.