Lol at the doom and gloom, Bernie's still going to have a 200+ delegate lead coming out of Super Tuesday.
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Democratic Presidential Primaries & Caucuses |March OT| Last Tuesday was 1000 years ago, old news no one cares about (Discussion Guidelines in OP)
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People don't vote ideologically, Pete's voters have as much of a likelihood of going for Bernie as Biden.
even this poll would be bad news. If Biden and Liz both hit viability in Cali then we might have a race
I've got to say, Pete's timing on this might be the best thing he's done in his entire campaign. Kudos.
It's honestly not the worst idea except that they're both old white guys.
Kinda seems like a dumb move. Even though I don't like any of the candidates with a chance of winning the nomination and fully expect us to lose big I'm still voting in November because not voting at all benefits NO ONE.
Well, at least the moderates actually have some solidarity and aren't looking to put each other down until the convention
She's an "anti-establishment" candidate hoping to use that try and play spoiler during the general, most likely, or - to paraphrase Anderson Cooper - get a Fox News spot to whine about being treated so unfairly by the media.
Polling is all over the place with where Pete's voters would go, it's probably best to ignore them
Warren and Klobernator are staying in the race through Super Tuesday to kneecap Bernie in Minnesota and Massachusetts, and Pete dropping out early despite being in a more favorable place than both of them means only one thing.
They've all coalesced around Biden and this is their play to beat Bernie.
Hmm, I feel like a Biden endorsement by Buttigieg wouldn't be that big a deal? He did well in Iowa and that's it, his popularity has significantly waned in the last two weeks from his awful debate performance.
Polls have had them right around the mark, Pete getting out definitely does not hurt their odds. Pete getting out the way he is - it's legitimately surprising
I can't speak for how people in those groups take the jokes, but they are pretty common jokes from what i've seen. Using midget isn't great, but this pretty much in line with what I said earlier. They sometimes stretch the bounds like most comedy podcasts people listen to (Comedy Bang Bang etc.). The jokes are not at all told in the same way you would find in one of the "i'm not politically correct" types.
If people don't like it I can't really argue. I respect those takes and have seen them for a while (Amber's take on disability rights being one of the lower moments. Funnily enough the Bernie platform went all in with a great disability platform), but the only reason anyone is talking about them right now is because of this New York Times piece which is specifically designed to scare anyone who doesn't listen to the podcast away from Sanders because they support him. Purely cynical move.
Watch Pete swing back to the left and endorse Bernie outta nowhere.
Haha, that's amazing. So he screws Bernie and Bloomberg in one swoop. Hopefully he can get one final dig in at Klob.
Can I also just say how fucking crazy it is that Democrats in 2020 still embrace a system where New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and a bunch of mostly uncontested states set the stage for the nomination?
No one in their right mind that was developing a nomination process in 2020 would support this shit lol.
Were talking about South Carolina, a deep red state, as a fucking momentum swinger. LO-fucking-L. Iowa as the stage setter for the nominee.
No one in their right mind that was developing a nomination process in 2020 would support this shit lol.
Were talking about South Carolina, a deep red state, as a fucking momentum swinger. LO-fucking-L. Iowa as the stage setter for the nominee.
I'm glad to see Pete gone. He was a real scumbag during debates. Now Warren and Klob should do the same.
Does she want to be known as Elizabeth Worsen-the-prospect-of-a-progressive-victory?
She can still do the right thing #and #dropout #and #endorse #Bernie.
She can still do the right thing #and #dropout #and #endorse #Bernie.
Basically get Biden as close as possible to Bernie and steal the nomination at a brokered convention.
So it's everyone's job to fuck over Bernie or am I reading this wrong
Curious how this will affect Indiana's primary, only one poll from last year with Biden 33, Bernie 23, Pete 20
Also will be interesting to see debates going forward, Pete was probably the best attacker of the bunch that actually was able to attack Sanders reliably, if annoyingly,
although this also means that Klob is now unleashed from her blood pact to eliminate Pete so who knows
Also will be interesting to see debates going forward, Pete was probably the best attacker of the bunch that actually was able to attack Sanders reliably, if annoyingly,
although this also means that Klob is now unleashed from her blood pact to eliminate Pete so who knows
I mean why stop there. Bloomberg and Biden should also drop out duh
i actually didn't hate pete as much as some of era did, but yeah, he should stay away from this. maybe he can run for senator someday, idk
If this plays out this way, I, as a lifelong Democratic voter, will be thinking very long and hard about November. I'll vote down ballot like I always do, but if the party really does careless to lock out the candidate that is most poised to win, fuck this part for putting corporate interests over country.
This party is turning into a fucking horror show.
I don't get why people keep thinking this matters. How SC votes in the general is irrelevant, a primary is about the members of a political party deciding who they want to represent them. Democrats in South Carolina have just as much right to influence that decision as Democrats in California.
I wish people would say what state they're in when saying this.
everything everyone does is a direct response to bernie, no one has any goals or ambitions of their own. warren and klobuchar simply existing in this race is somehow preventing people voting for bernie, don't worry about the actual mechanics of that, just accuse them of sabotaging him.
I really don't understand the problem with withdrawals and endorsements. It does not seem reasonable to hate a candidate purely for not endorsing the one you like.
If Bernie is going to win, the rules are clear: get 1991 delegates (on the first ballot, at least).
If Bernie is going to win, the rules are clear: get 1991 delegates (on the first ballot, at least).
An irrational one.
Pledged delegates following a suspension of a campaign are technically uncommitted, and in practice have tended to just vote for whoever the dropout candidate endorsed
get out there and vote, volunteer and donate to a tired old man and a bunch of means-tested centrists. real inspiring message we have there.
if it's a straight-up single vote primary (which I believe they all are?), the votes still go to him
any delegates that he might get as a result go... who knows where, they're not obliged to go anywhere
Most posters have actually laid out 'the actual mechanics' of that, but snark more
I meant when threatening to sit out. If you're in CA it means nothing.
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