Biden is ready to turn the page toward a face-off with Trump. His path to re-election won’t be an easy one as he faces a party that would have preferred a different candidate
Biden is ready to turn the page toward a face-off with Trump. His path to re-election won’t be an easy one as he faces a party that would have preferred a different candidate
President Joe Biden officially turned the page Wednesday to the general election, looking ahead to a race against former President Donald Trump that will test his ability to reenergize key corners of his winning coalition in a race his team views as nothing less than a fight for democracy itself.
Would I prefer another candidate? Sure. Will I vote for Biden, especially against Trump? With alacrity!
And is that other candidate in the room with us now? I mean seriously, who would it be?
I notice the talking points have shifted around to "the Democrats all wanted it to be someone else" in the last couple of days. It's the kind of fact-free criticism that can worm its way into people's minds and is tough to counteract.
OP constantly posts that talking point.
I've decided to start using "block" like a Usenet killfile -- basically it doesn't have to be a big deal, just someone whose content I'd prefer not to see.
I blocked them, realized I couldn't reply to you with this message once I did, then unblocked them, and plan to reblock right after sending this.
A shitload of democrats and just about all independents to the left of the DNC (which is millions if not tens of millions of potential voters) DID want someone else and still do, though.
Especially since he's stubbornly refusing to depart from his unconditional support for the Israeli apartheid regime even as more and more voters do.
Disclaimer: I'm not saying that he's not a MUCH lesser evil than Trump or that anyone who can shouldn't vote for him.
That doesn't mean that he's above criticism or universally popular amongst everyone to the left of the fascist GOP. Which are supposed to be the people he's representing.
A shitload of democrats...
That's always true in every election, and should be. If it were most Democrats, someone might have beat Biden in the primaries, but they won't.
I'm getting old. Biden is the farthest left president of my lifetime and there's no major candidate running to his left this year.
"Someone else" sure. But not anyone on the ballot. For me they'd need to be both more progressive AND have a shit's chance of beating Trump. Bernie maybe but he's not going to pull centrist votes nor will he dodge the age question. Biden is, unfortunately, our best shot at retaining democracy for another 4 years.
Yeah. And yet no one can name an alternative.
No one can name an alternative
(disclaimer am not American) I say Biden is fine for the US despite his faults and mistakes, but President Sanders would be the best alternative if the world could have one.
I’d also prefer a 9” wang, but here we are. I’m voting Brandon.
This headline is so confusing..
Do they mean Democrats would prefer another candidate or Repuplicans would?
Yes, I think democrats wanted another candidate (Bernie was running away with it till the mass drop out and endorsement of Biden, eg, ratfuck two, electric boogaloo), but I also think democrats are resigned to voting for Biden.
Like its fine, we didn't want him in the first place but this is obviously a strategic vote.
Do they mean Democrats would prefer another candidate or Repuplicans would?
That's probably true for both parties. A large majority of voters didn't want a Biden/Trump rematch, but here we are.
He could die any second, of natural causes to be clear. I like to think of it as voting for a corpse placeholder that will likely be replaced with Harris, who isn't great herself but isn't mostly dead like Biden or Trump.
He's getting a lot of votes for someone we didn't want.
Again, who are you talking about?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The series of engagements illustrate the opportunities and challenges Biden faces as he enters a contest against an opponent he has openly labeled a threat to democracy, yet whom some polls show with a small nationwide lead.
They viewed Trump’s grievance-laden speech Tuesday evening – in which he complained about Nikki Haley’s decision to remain in the race, and insulted her choice of dress – as a perfect example of the split-screen they hope will be on display frequently over the coming months, as the former president vows to run a campaign of retribution.
It has now become routine for Biden’s public events to be interrupted by similar protests – including as he was accepting the UAW’s endorsement Wednesday – though the volume of demonstrators at the abortion speech was higher than previously seen.
Democratic jitters about Biden’s reelection prospects have been smoldering for months, leading to anxious conversations among party leaders and donors about his campaign’s strength and structure heading into the general election.
Jen O’Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon were long expected to play critical roles in Biden’s reelect effort no matter where they were sitting, and the moves were hardly surprising.
Consumer sentiment is improving, inflation is easing and wages are rising, all providing optimism inside the West Wing and campaign headquarters that Americans’ views of the economy could soon catch up to indicators that have long been trending positive.
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This best part of a Biden win is finding out who will be the DNCs successor in the the next election. Sanders is out of the question but if we could get someone along those lines that'd be great.
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Its not just the party that wanted someone else, its 70% of dem voters
And in 2020 as late as March 80% of Dem voters wanted someone else, but there were a dozen "someone else"s and Biden emerged as the consensus candidate as non-viable candidates dropped out.
"Someone else" can't appear on a ballot, it needs to be a single, actual person and no other Democrat has the broad support Biden does.
Is it “broad support”?
Seems more like DNC and their donors have chosen the best candidate to represent them and that’s final. Some democracy we live in.