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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I don't think of Biden as a great candidate but believe he'll probably win.
People want a return to the Obama days of yore among the Left and everyone else is either too radical (Bernie, Warren) or have no name recognition or every bit as nasty scores.
So Biden has my pick if we're taking Vegas bets.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 19th 2019 at 8:24:37 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Considering how we normally talk about him... you are not the only one.
Those articles assume that pre-primary polls that rely on name recognition indicate some special strength as a candidate, which is nonsense. Pre-primary polls aren't even reliable indicators of primary results
, using them to suggest that he's the candidate best situated to beat Trump is ridiculous.
"He's the only candidate who statistically can beat Trump"
When they start saying that it means they know Joe would lose against Trump so they want to encourage voters to back a losing candidate,a sneaky bit of suggestion
"Oh totally vote for him he'll win for sure- blink-
have a listen and have a link to my discord server@speedyboris: With Trump's approval in the Midwest as it currently is, just about any democratic candidate, maybe apart from Gabbard, would beat him. That's why I would prefer the country go with a more progressive contender instead of an unnecessary compromise.
Life is unfair...Bill might be right or wrong; doesn’t matter.
What matters is picking a candidate who is competent and substantive, and has a plan to win, and then campaigning for them with every ounce of energy possible. Not picking whoever looks shiniest because “they have the best chance of beating Trump!”
Cause that’s a dumb attempt at a self-fulfilling prophecy except it may not work.
Edited by wisewillow on Apr 19th 2019 at 8:37:32 AM
The idea that Biden's polling leads (and for that matter, Bernie Sanders' strong standing) are just a matter of name recognition is probably untrue
. The harassment complaints have had little effect on his polling, apparently
, probably because - I can't find a link ATM - many people and especially older Democrats consider the #MeToo thing a step too far rather than a step too short.
And name recognition for being a creepy stalker of teenage girls is still name recognition. Thanks to Alabama Republicans' apparent Herculean skill at denial, there's No Such Thing as Bad Publicity.
Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 19th 2019 at 9:53:40 AM
It's within the realm of possibility. Not guaranteed, but not out of the question either.
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I don't know about public opinion, but he rejected the Green New Deal.
Edited by speedyboris on Apr 19th 2019 at 11:17:46 AM
"I've been mulling over a question for a while. Is it intellectually dishonest for someone (me) who thinks that Bill Clinton (pig in chief) was an excellent President to disqualify Joe Biden because of the latter's sexual harassment allegations?"
Not at all. Bill Clinton was an exceptional president in the Nineties.
I'm not keen on reproducing the same thing in 2020.
Politics is the art of the possible. A candidate can be acceptable one day and unacceptable the next, and vice versa, depending on the circumstances.
Edited by CrimsonZephyr on Apr 19th 2019 at 12:56:58 PM
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."The most I can say about Clinton is that "it was a different time". Unfortunately back then, inappropriate behavior towards women was not taken anywhere near seriously enough. He may have been a good administrator in many regards (havent looked into his record enough), but we shouldn't vote for people like that anymore. We simply have to ask more of our politicians.
Edited by Draghinazzo on Apr 19th 2019 at 12:59:58 PM

Am I the only one who is extremely "meh" about Biden? I see news articles saying "He's the only candidate who statistically can beat Trump" but I'm left wondering, "Why? What makes him so special other than he was Obama's VP?"