When the former President of the United States and most popular Democratic figure in living memory calls you up to discuss electoral strategy, he's not just making a suggestion.
I don't follow.
I never said they weren't real democrats. In fact I would call them the paragon of the democratic party.
Really weird to be making these generalizations
Plus side is that none of those machines are hooked up to the internet at any point.
Edited, in California. It used to be a simple paper ballot thingy with an ink pen dabber. Nice and simple. Now it's a digital thing, and even though the interface was well designed and snappy, it's still...digital.
its difficult to take much of this post seriously when you manage to type warren staying in 'doesn't affect the calculus at all'. an incredibly daring statement that i am unable to read without going apeshit
i cant even imagine what you're talking about. if warren dropped out now, mathematically about half of her support (probably more now in the absense of pete and amy) goes to sanders. i'm not talking about rhetoric or who "deserves" votes i dont give a fuck about that. its just a reality that her presence in the race makes a biden nomination more likely. unless you're willing to engage with that statistical fact then i dont know what to say to you
Begrudgingly voting for the nominee instead of being an active and engaged member of the party.
That's fine. Do as you like. I remain comfortable with the point I made.
We have know this since last year. Obama specifically talked with all the candidates, and specifically pushed for 2 (black) candidates that were very decisively moderate.
Most of us at this point don't expect her to and have been saying so for weeks.
In November it seem that Obama was interested in stopping Bernie. Things line up if it's true. I googled "Obama stop Bernie at all costs" because I couldn't remember the quote or accurate info on it, I picked TheHill's link because it was near the top and I doubt they are controversial or bad to link.
thehill.com
On the one hand Beto was stupid popular in Texas after his Senate run. On the other, he burned more moderate bridges by going full gun buy back gun ban. On yet another hand, Texas dem primary voters are not the type to mind that as much as the Texas general electorate.
Beto definitely does not have the clout Clyburn has. Still, this might matter at the margins, and that's all Biden really needs...
