I hope the dems get the Senate too.
With a big enough wave I think they can do it.
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Biden clinches Democratic nomination for President
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With a big enough wave I think they can do it.
We need to get the House, Senate, and White House.
Luckily, the house has already passed a ton of legislation to deal with Coronavirus, and just a large deal of stuff that will help. We need stimulus packages yesterday, and even more to help local governments.
We need to really move the needle on this one.
As much as he wasn't my preferred candidate, in my heart of hearts, I feel like Biden is a decent man who will make compassionate choices.
He certainly isn't an awful person by any means. And I do believe he will listen to the progressives in America.
He certainly isn't an awful person by any means. And I do believe he will listen to the progressives in America.
Talk with your younger family and friends to make sure they get out and vote. While I feel good about Biden's chances, the same energy that we've seen young people go out and support BLM protests should be put into making sure the GOP goes down in flames.
I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I say that this is the most important election in our lifetimes. Let's get a blue wave throughout the government.
I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I say that this is the most important election in our lifetimes. Let's get a blue wave throughout the government.
Let's go joe!
It is wild to think about the primary... like pre-South Carolina, Biden was basically completely eliminated, like he had fallen from 1st place to like 5th or 6th, and he just seemed dead in the water. Then Jim Clyburn happened. If Trump wins in November, he has to send Clyburn like a box of cigars or diamonds or ice cream or something
It is wild to think about the primary... like pre-South Carolina, Biden was basically completely eliminated, like he had fallen from 1st place to like 5th or 6th, and he just seemed dead in the water. Then Jim Clyburn happened. If Trump wins in November, he has to send Clyburn like a box of cigars or diamonds or ice cream or something
I just hope the momentum continues. For the first time in a long time, I'm feeling positive about the American people. All Biden really needs to do is not fuck up.
I don't think that the Democratic base which overwhelmingly supported Biden, did so largely to flip you the bird.
Last sentence is...not a good look.
more like "then nearly every single other candidate but bernie and warren dropped out before super tuesday in what was an absurdly transparent play by the dems to consolidate votes behind one candidate"
Sigh. Yep, agreed. Trump is literally willing to kill us all just to save his own ass. At least with Biden in the white house (and hopefully a democrat controlled senate as well), it'll buy us some more time to figure out where the hell the progressive movement goes from here. But four more years of trump is guaranteed nationwide fascism and/or civil war.
Look, I'm bummed about it too, but hoping that all the neoliberals would willingly stay in the primaries and cannibalize each others' support was never a viable strategy. It's unfortunate that most americans aren't ready for social democracy, but it is what it is.
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As Biden's accusers allegations and her personal story have become more well investigated, many suspicions have been raised. Still, it is true, he's been alleged to have penetrated her with his fingers. But many have begun to doubt those allegations as new information has come available over the last few weeks.
Here's hoping wavering Republicans see Joe as a better option than Trump, fence-sitting moderates also view him as a saner option, and leftists vote for Joe despite gritting their teeth and biting their tongues, and Democrats just get out to vote and do their part.
Let's go. No more handwringing no matter who our candidates were in the primary. It's time to face the true enemy.
BIDEN 2020
BIDEN 2020
Please still vote in the primary if your state hasn't held it yet. There are plenty of local and federal positions still to be decided.
Like in Kentucky, Amy McGrath doesn't have the Dem nomination for Senate yet, and Charles Booker is a much better candidate to take on Mitch McConnell.
Like in Kentucky, Amy McGrath doesn't have the Dem nomination for Senate yet, and Charles Booker is a much better candidate to take on Mitch McConnell.
At first I was reluctant, but why not?! Biden-dude's got my vote!
Let's go kick that orange muthafucka outta the White House!!
Let's go kick that orange muthafucka outta the White House!!
The Democratic Party and leadership have strategically quelled progressive movements, passively avoided defending progressive representatives, and coalesced before Super Tuesday to kiss the establishment ring. They flat out said that progressives don't mean anything to them and it's only a few voices, and bank on getting "centrists" to come out for them. Passion doesn't lie in "well the other guy is worse, so", and so they leaned into a codger who largely helped cause or aided many of the major systemic issues were seeing boil over right now. I don't care what you see but it's nothing more than a blatant fuck you and you don't matter from the establishment neoliberal garbage that's rotted the party to the core directly at me and others with whom I share views.
And that last sentence was me being nice. I stand by it in full.
Just goes to show how useless all the campaigning in Iowa is. The caucus there is a relic of a pre-internet time when the only way to get exposure was through winning early contests.
Bloomberg was still in it too.
I don't think it ever really caught on besides here and some circles of Twitter.
At the very least it's a step in the right direction. We're better off than we were 20 years ago. In just 20 years there has been progress. Slow progress, but it's happened. Unfortunately, too many people aren't comfortable with big change, which is why we have nominated a moderate. But, it's also telling that Bernie and Warren got as far as they did. It's pretty astounding actually, considering their politics. The more good people getting involved in politics means that there will be more pressure on moderates to be more progressive. Maybe I'm naive, but that gives me a little hope.
Why do they use the word "clinch" when candidates for president reach the requirements for becoming the nominee. Such a strange word to use imo. Lol.
oh, i'm not surprised that they did it. i'm just insulted by the constant gaslighting by libs and the dnc that south carolina was some sort of turning point that won people over to joe, and that he won off some surge of support. he polled like shit most places and then won one state, and then suddenly half the field dropped out and endorsed him before the first wave of primaries had even really started as if they all thought they had no chance against biden. it's so fucking transparent and shady and i can't stand it when people act like they don't see what happened there.
There is NOTHING sleazy or distasteful about candidates with no path to the nomination dropping out and throwing their support behind the candidate whose views aligned most closely with their own.
Also, polls showed that Joe Biden was Black voters' preferred choice since before the first ballot was even cast.
If he wins, I wonder if he'd have her at the inauguration or some shit in character.
super tuesday hadn't even happened yet, it was way too early to call that.
Huh? Where have you been? Look at 1992, 2004, and 2008.
The vast majority of candidates drop out and endorse before Super Tuesday. It almost always consolidates to 2-3 candidates before Super Tuesday in every single modern Democratic Primary.
