He's gonna win this isn't he?
Better than the alternative, but I was hoping for someone else.
Better than the alternative, but I was hoping for someone else.
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US PoliERA 2019 |OT4| Folded like a DOG
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It's not great, unless he's secretly orchestrating a comeback for pop princess JoJo.
For Biden, not JoJo.
*goes to listen to "Say Love" 80 million times*
Get out
Right now
It's the end of Tootsie G
It's too late
And I can't wait
For her to be gone
'Cause I know about her
And I wonder
How I bought all the lies.
lol 💯
Sick burn on Tootsie. Would she even get the reference? I think not.
Me too but Ill be interested in who he surrounds himself with and whether he works with the other candidates after the primary is over
After the dust settles. Whoever wins needs to rally the team together because despite the faults of each candidate I really love the pool we have right now.
Imperfect... but good people. Hopefully good enough to oust Trump and push out the rest of the garbage in Congress
Hopefully he at least picks a minority/woman for VP...
Him running probably helps Dems in Iowa and Georgia/NC Senate races no? Since he's so, well, old and white.
It's smart. His whole campaign will be tempting people with the normalcy of a Biden presidency vs the chaos & evil of Trump.
Love the logo design though. Making the D and the E look like the flag, it is in the center of his last name where it is emphasized, and it really emphasizes the D for Democrat as well (and it is even in blue since the field of the flag is blue *and* it is the traditional color for the party). Damn.
Edit: I'm talking about BIDEN, not JOE. The latter is just meh.
Edit: I'm talking about BIDEN, not JOE. The latter is just meh.
A Biden/Harris ticket would probably perform well in IA, NC, GA, and ME-02 (all of which are important for the Senate).
Yeah, plus I'd think it would set up Harris for a better chance in 2024 if Biden chooses to step down.
My only age-related concern is if Biden or Bernie can even serve 2 terms. They'll both be in their 80s in 2024.
Credit where credit is due, that was an excellent video.
(Biden if you are the nominee you better pick Kamala.)
(Biden if you are the nominee you better pick Kamala.)
That's basically his only pitch so it makes sense.
"I'm the guy who can unite the country to beat Trump."
I'm actually stunned he didn't use the Obama card in his opening pitch
No need to, everyone already associates him with the Obama presidency.
still think he'll tank. he's an awful presidential candidate, as evidenced by his past two runs. it's all well and good piggybacking on the obama years but dude is a walking gaffe machine
Man Biden looks REALLY old...
But I actually was impressed with the video. I actually liked that he hammered home Charlottesville. With all the things that have happened and the crazy shit Trump does every day, it's almost been forgotten that our President gave comfort to neo-nazies marching on the streets of America. It's one of the few things that even Republicans are extremely hesitant to defend. It's also one of the few things that made his approval ratings plummet to the mid/low 30s. Reminding the public that Trump is still that same guy from a billion news cycles ago is I think very smart. Even if Biden flames out, the rest of the field should thank Biden from bringing that back up front and center.
But I actually was impressed with the video. I actually liked that he hammered home Charlottesville. With all the things that have happened and the crazy shit Trump does every day, it's almost been forgotten that our President gave comfort to neo-nazies marching on the streets of America. It's one of the few things that even Republicans are extremely hesitant to defend. It's also one of the few things that made his approval ratings plummet to the mid/low 30s. Reminding the public that Trump is still that same guy from a billion news cycles ago is I think very smart. Even if Biden flames out, the rest of the field should thank Biden from bringing that back up front and center.
Yeah, you and your administration do have some twist and sick ideas.
First truth he's told in a long time.
Joe has a way of speaking though. The video was well done. It's going to be a tough road for anyone to beat him
I can absolutely see him pivoting from sleepy to creepy during a rally for the cheers
Unfortunately he's got that cloudy-eye look you get when you're heading into extra innings.
Biden's strongest appeal for *me* is his institutional memory. He knows what the State Department should be doing and how it should be staffed. He knows how the entire bureaucracy should be staffed. This is kind of super important coming after Trump, and God knows the next President is getting zero transitional help at best, and probably active sabotage. As much as we "know" about the brain drain in the government, I don't think we really *know*, you know?
Many of the other candidates have acceptable familiarity with this to varying degrees (Sanders second-most, ironically), but it's a real concern to me for a total newcomer like Buttigieg.
That is actually an important concern. Trump isn't just morally bad, he is fairly ineffective at running the government and the only reason he is managing to get through his immigration policy proposals through the executive is due to a few people like Miller. Almost everything else he has done a terrible job.
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I think this cuts both ways though. His institutional memory is an essential asset for rebuilding our institutions post-Trump. But it's also going to be one of the biggest hindrances to institutional reform (thinking more the electoral college, filibuster, Supreme Court here than federal agencies). That's one of my biggest issues with a Biden candidacy and presidency: I just don't think he has the will to make the deep-seated reforms that are sorely needed at this point. He's been a public servant for over 40 years, he'll be -- naturally and understandably -- too attached to the old way of doing things.
The State Department is at it's lowest point ever under Trump, but it's decline basically traces Biden's entire federal career. His "institutional knowledge" didn't do much to arrest the decay when he was Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee or Vice President.
Biden is kind of the "compromise" candidate at this point
Sure Ill pick him over Trump but he's not my top pick
Then again... the hope for any shred of stability is powerful and likely his greatest asset towards getting the nomination
Sure Ill pick him over Trump but he's not my top pick
Then again... the hope for any shred of stability is powerful and likely his greatest asset towards getting the nomination
This!
Biden's certainly not my main choice, by I wanna go back to when I wasn't thinking of politics every fucking day of my life with the presidency taking up so much real estate in my mind.
I don't think he can. Mr. Grab'em by the Pussy can't gin-up the Creepy Joe meme unless he's prepared for it to reflect back on him. It'll just remind everyone that he was accused of sexual harassment/assault by 17 women. Biden's inappropriate hugging doesn't even come close. If anything Trump has been trying to sympathize with Biden on that front to try to inoculate himself of that issue.
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