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Showing Original Post only (View all)Can we have a fresh face for 2020? [View all]
Let the Gores, the Clintons, and the Sanders be the elder statesmen and stateswomen of our party. It's time to look forward and not back.
If this was boxing Gore and Clinton would get rematches because their losses were contested and controversial but it isn't. I never thought of it until now but politics is more final, more unforgiving, and more brutal than pugilism.
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Why pick on Bernie? He's had only one shot at this... like Hillary, now it's his turn in 2020!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2017
#1
Right now Bernie stands the best chance of winning. 2020 is still a long way out though.
jalan48
Apr 2017
#3
Disagree completely. Breitbart has not turned its attention to Bernie, nor has Wikileaks.
nikibatts
Apr 2017
#36
No one is quicker on their feet than Bernie... he's clearly better than any prospective candidate.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2017
#13
I considered him but was worried that not enough people know who he is...he is great.
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#16
Bernie is as clear thinking, hard working & articulate in splainin his positions...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2017
#116
Let us recognize first and foremost that Clinton won and the election was stolen
Orrex
Apr 2017
#112
Gillibrand and Warren are my favorites, looking for others. I agree, not Clinton, not Sanders
RelativelyJones
Apr 2017
#6
Warren wasn't the 1st Lady, which will benefit her. The GOP used HRC's status as a former first lady
StevieM
Apr 2017
#136
How about someone NOT a boomer, NOT from the East Coast, and NOT a pot prohibitionist?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#29
Perhaps you should see what the voters of California think. By and large they disagree.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#64
We also aren't going to win any elections with a "Bro" from San Francisco
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Apr 2017
#92
People should not get the west and east coast confused, they arent any more interchangeable
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#94
The last time we ran a black guy we won two Electoral College landslides.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2017
#40
How about we run the person who does the best job leading and inspiring
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#90
I sent e-mails to Michael Dukakis and Walter Mondale imploring them to run again.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2017
#59
The worst idea from a Democrat is better than the best idea from a Republican.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2017
#67
We don't necessarily need a fresh face, we just need somebody competitive in 40+ states
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Apr 2017
#78
What grassroots counties will Bernie win in the South? He didn't even campaign there!
Baclava
Apr 2017
#128
In case you missed it, Hillary said 2016 was her last campaign. She will have
riversedge
Apr 2017
#151
It won't be someone that has ran for prez before. It will be somebody 45-50 years old.
tonyt53
Apr 2017
#152