Joe Biden says he thinks the Democratic convention will 'have to move into August'

[William769]

Joe Biden said he believes the Democratic National Convention scheduled to take place in July will be pushed back a month later because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"I doubt whether the Democratic Convention is going to be able to be held in mid-July or early July. I think it's gonna have to move into August," the former vice president told Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" Wednesday night. "We just have to be prepared for the alternative and the alternative, we don't know what it's going to be unless we have a better sense of whether this curve is going to move down or up."

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise across the United States, there have been unexpected changes to the election process, including postponed primaries and a virtual halt of all in-person campaigning. During an interview on MSNBC Tuesday, Biden said it was "hard to envision" Democrats gathering in an arena and the convention taking place as planned.

CNN previously reported that Democrats are considering a range of contingency plans for the convention, including shortening the in-person portion or going entirely digital.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-biden-says-he-thinks-the-democratic-convention-will-have-to-move-into-august/ar-BB124HlP?ocid=msedgntp

[Drunken Irishman]

1. I always hated the idea of doing it in July.

[pstokely]

11. with no Olympics, is there even any reason to have it in July?

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[honest.abe]

2. This makes sense to me.

Should be safer and better to follow the GOP convention if possible.

[Drunken Irishman]

9. I think there's a handshake agreement between both that incumbent party goes last...

There's no rule that says they have to, just kind of an agreement. So, they can absolutely do it after. Not sure if they will, though.

[William769]

3. If we had a official presumptive nominee this wouldn't be a problem.

All it took was one man (I'm not talking about Trump) to royally fuck the Democratic party.

I would like to see this come out of our convention, you have to be a registered Democrat for X amount of years in order to be a Democratic nominee to run in our primary for President of the United States. Anything less is detrimental to our party has we have seen in this and the past primary cycle.

[Submariner]

4. Schedule it for Halloween weekend

Let's have a world class Trump-bashing convention the weekend before voting day, with music guests The Boss and The Rolling Stones. We can get the country all revved up into an anti-Trump mood just days before the election.

[lastlib]

5. and the Dixie Chicks?

Roger Waters would be good, too!

[hangaleft]

10. Don't forget The Beatles, Sinatra and Elvis!

[The Magistrate]

6. Delay, Sir, Should Be Predicated On the Party Treating Mr. Biden As Its Nominee

He is, after all, the only Democrat remaining in the contest.

The Democratic Party should begin now to consider Mr. Biden in all ways its nominee. Its leading figures should speak out for him and begin to campaign and raise funds for him. 'Bernie' should be ignored, and made to run explicitly against the Democratic Party. It is the only way to draw his teeth in regard to the general election, and the best way to minimize the size of his cult following.

If these things are done, postponement of the convention, which does seem indicated by concerns of public health, will make sense politically as well.


"Fortune favors the bold."





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[William769]

7. Thank you for saying it much better than I could.

[tman]

8. I'm more worried about ACTUAL VOTING in November.

I feel like we are sleep-walking into disaster.

[HarlanPepper]

12. Great

Four days of disrespectful people heckling real Democrats like John Lewis and President Obama.

[Cha]

13. Maybe even a virtual one.. who

the hell knows.. since fuckwitrump wasted so much precious time blaming it on a "Democratic Hoax" and continually screwing it up.

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Mahalo, Bill