**But they didnt vote for Bernie. **
I don’t think he will. Bernie has been pretty upfront about how whoever wins the most delegates should win and how democrats should stand together against trump.
However he will probably attack some of bidens positions as too right wing. Which according to democratic voters, they are
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Millions of them did.
Not hardly enuf:
Not enough to win the primary (most likely). But enough to sink the party in the future if those voters decide the Democrats don’t represent their interests.
And there are still those who argue that the DNC took active measures to suppress voters likely to vote for Sanders. Probably not true, but they believe it.
All your suggestions for going forward seem to be “do what Bernie would want”. Since he’s losing the nomination, maybe placating his voters isn’t the immediate issue. Winning the election is and to do that you need to motivate voters who go vote, not this unicorn Sanders supporter who’ll vote if you pick his special VP choice.
Despite what fans say, Sanders didn’t start the fight for better health care coverage. Nor getting money out of politics. The party can still push in that direction whether he’s around or not.
Quite clearly. I’m suggesting a path forward that represents, IMO, the best chance to beat Trump. If you have a better plan, I’m all ears.
I like this plan because ISTM that it pisses off nobody. Choosing someone like Abrams doesn’t make any Democrats angry, AFAICT, and would make lots of us happy.
Biden won all 279 counties in Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri. I wonder the last time that happened for any candidate in a primary
Picking a completely silly VP to please Bernie fans will piss people off. Biden is likely a one termer. You are basicly trying to have Abrams be the Dem nominee in 2024. That is fucking nuts. And, I doubt it would bring in an appreciable number of Bernie grumblers.
I disagree, but thanks for sharing your opinion.
So you disagree that someone who’s highest elected office is a Georgia state rep, is not an outrageous choice for the Dem nominee? You disagree that is what’s implicated by giving her the veep slot? Any reasoned arguments rattling around up there? Or is it all random guesses that just happen to line up with your hopes?
Abrams never got a higher office than Georgia state house. That’s way too little experience for a VP candidate.
“Outrageous” is a judgment call that I disagree with, but that’s opinion either way. And I’m not saying it has to be Abrams, just that she comes to mind as meeting the requirements I suggest. My argument is that this would give something for fence sitting Bernie supporters to vote for - that next in line for the president, and if Biden wins, almost certainly the next Democratic nominee, would be a very strong progressive.
This is exactly right. I have no other objection to her whatsoever, and I hope she stays very involved in the political arena to gain experience as she goes.
I really don’t get this notion so many people seem to have that the presidency is a job that any schmoe can step into. It just isn’t. Hasn’t Trump shown us that?
The more experience the better, in as many different positions as possible. It’s why Hillary was uniquely qualified, and it’s why Biden is, too.
I would have loved for a different “elder statesman” to have stepped in and run instead of Biden, and that’s as much for Biden’s sake as ours. The man has endured enough pain for one lifetime. John Kerry, Al Gore, Sherrod Brown, Mark Warner. Even my guy, Ron Wyden. But they didn’t. I would have loved for one of our younger more experienced candidates to have caught fire – Booker, Harris, Inslee… but they didn’t.
Especially in this election, the choice of a vice president is crucial. Don’t give it to a puppy.
I believe Biden will pick Klobuchar because he is very comfortable with her and they row in the same direction. Alternatively, I think he will pick Kamala Harris. Harris is the more “glam” pick and I love her, but I’d rather see her as our next Attorney General.
In your opinion, picking a former Georgia state representative as the next presidential nominee in order to win over probably a single percentage point at most, isn’t outrageous. Noted.
Stacey Adams is by no means a “completely silly VP”. She’s a excellent choice.
It’s probably unusual for a challenger. But incumbents generally run virtually unopposed and tend to sweep their party’s primaries. I believe Trump won all of the counties in those three states. (I can’t find a breakdown by counties for them but Weld got 0.9% or less at a state level so I think it’s safe to assume he didn’t win any counties.)
I believe it’s a silly choice.
To me it would scream “I know I need to have a minority, and/or a woman…well, here’s one!”
I think it WOULD help him to have a minority or a woman, but there are many of both who are more qualified than Abrams. Biden should be picking his VP from the A-list, not the minor leagues.