Democratic Primaries

beastie boy

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12. Don't underestimate Bernie.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2019, 03:24 PM

May 2019

He can still lose an election for the Democrats.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Is Sanders past his sell-by date? [View all] brooklynite May 2019 OP

I think a lot of people prefer a candidate with evidence of spooky3 May 2019 #1

agreed Gothmog May 2019 #7

I prefer a candidate who doesn't stumble over EASY questions about abortion... NurseJackie May 2019 #25

You forgot to say "In my opinion..." since you don't know how prepared he was. George Eliot May 2019 #105

Cue the crickets... chirp! chirp! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #106

Oh brother! After just FOUR minutes? NurseJackie May 2019 #128

Some people need victories so they try to take them any where they can. ehrnst May 2019 #135

It's already painfully obvious to any impartial observer how UN-prepared he was. NurseJackie May 2019 #124

+1000. (nt) ehrnst May 2019 #125

Even to the casual observer, the fact that he was unable to answer a question regarding..... George II May 2019 #146

I don't know, but pundits like to push this narrative. aikoaiko May 2019 #2

No Question... RazBerryBeret May 2019 #3

Yea! The horse-race stories and angle are afoot and its still 18 months out! Moostache May 2019 #4

Not in Vermont. NT SouthernProgressive May 2019 #5

Isn't cheese one of the major products of Vermont? George II May 2019 #30

Wow. zentrum May 2019 #45

What makes you think that wasn't alerted... SidDithers May 2019 #60

Same here. zentrum May 2019 #83

The current jury system is better in several ways. Blue_true May 2019 #89

Yes. This system zentrum May 2019 #93

Mainly white American. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #70

Vermont cheese makers make other flavors. Blue_true May 2019 #90

I had some Vermont cheddar once. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #97

I am no expert on cheese, not infinitely, remotely close. Blue_true May 2019 #98

Moldy cheese? Gothmog May 2019 #132

Good editorial-the party is far too moderate for sanders to get the nomination Gothmog May 2019 #6

The party is what we make it. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #13

Those candidates won in very blue districts Gothmog May 2019 #16

Agreed. They replaced staunch moderates nonetheless. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #17

I am glad that the polling shows that the party as a whole is moderate Gothmog May 2019 #55

Washington Post-Analysis: How the Democrats' shift to the left indirectly aids Joe Biden Gothmog May 2019 #62

It looks to me like "the European Center" is rapidly moving to the right. Nitram May 2019 #20

Hope not! Tiggeroshii May 2019 #24

Right wing parties have recently gained votes and seats in many European countries. Nitram May 2019 #27

I know this. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #28

Unfortunately those three have had more of a negative "influence" on mainstream Democrats..... George II May 2019 #31

Positive or negative, they have moved the party leftwards. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #34

No they haven't. George II May 2019 #35

Bernie likes to think that decades old dem policy is something he did... no it isn't Thekaspervote May 2019 #43

Yes they have. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #49

The green new deal is just a list if the same goals Nuggets May 2019 #59

The "green new deal" hasn't been written, much less passed. It's just a resolution.... George II May 2019 #130

Absolutely true. zentrum May 2019 #41

You're right NYMinute May 2019 #38

the addition of three people qazplm135 May 2019 #56

Their voices, however, are. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #58

no, not really qazplm135 May 2019 #68

The revolution started the day FDR introduced the 2nd bill of rights Tiggeroshii May 2019 #99

this whole attempt qazplm135 May 2019 #113

Not even true Tiggeroshii May 2019 #115

Lol qazplm135 May 2019 #123

LOL. His second vice president was not Truman. Hello? Tiggeroshii May 2019 #134

First of all I wasn't referencing Truman qazplm135 May 2019 #138

You made clear you thought I was calling Truman socialist as you made a point to point out he wasn't Tiggeroshii May 2019 #139

JFK qazplm135 May 2019 #141

That seems like a contradiction of your last post, but centrists are not the future of the party. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #143

The Democratic Party is akin to the "European right"? lapucelle May 2019 #96

The so-called "Sanders Wing" (a misnomer at that) of the Democratic Party represents.... George II May 2019 #46

That's significant. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #100

When did Warren become Bernie's disciple? comradebillyboy May 2019 #131

Those that comprise the "Sanders wing" of the Democratic Party were there before 2016..... George II May 2019 #147

+1000. (nt) ehrnst May 2019 #126

K&R Scurrilous May 2019 #8

A loooong time ago. DavidDvorkin May 2019 #9

His 'Meet the Press' interview yesterday was embarassing. comradebillyboy May 2019 #10

And Dem bashing. You forgot the incessant Dem bashing. Maru Kitteh May 2019 #118

Bernie Sanders is the middle of the road Jeremy Corbyn of US politicians. GoneOffShore May 2019 #11

Don't underestimate Bernie. beastie boy May 2019 #12

+1 nt Fresh_Start May 2019 #37

I am concerned about him becoming more bitter as he falls behind. Blue_true May 2019 #91

He could very well be Hav May 2019 #14

Some people that voted for Bernie is 2016 don't like how he led into Blue_true May 2019 #94

I'm one of them. I'm totally over Bernie. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #144

Biden endorsed Heitkamp in the mid-terms. So she's returning the favor. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #15

I don't know if he has but I do know I have. nt yaesu May 2019 #18

Such an obvious hit piece by a Biden fan LiberalLovinLug May 2019 #19

"Fangirl"? Really???? She's 56 years old. George II May 2019 #33

Yes "fangirl" It was so one-sided, over the top, and disengenuous that the word fits LiberalLovinLug May 2019 #51

does it seem right? qazplm135 May 2019 #57

Uhhh ...there's a lot of substance to her words. And a lot of facts to back it up. Thekaspervote May 2019 #44

You summed it up pretty well... it's getting tiresome, but, take comfort... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #107

Yup, cheers LiberalLovinLug May 2019 #121

... NYMinute May 2019 #127

Calling a mature woman "girl" is sexist ... please delete that word nt LibFarmer May 2019 #108

Okay I took off the "girl" LiberalLovinLug May 2019 #120

One hopes so. Of course I wouldn't have bought him... NNadir May 2019 #21

It's fast approaching. oasis May 2019 #22

Yes...nt SidDithers May 2019 #23

As Pee Wee Herman says... dchill May 2019 #26

Timing is everything. LakeArenal May 2019 #29

The Sell-By Date Doesn't Apply To Just Sanders DallasNE May 2019 #32

Not just sell by NYMinute May 2019 #36

MSM loves zentrum May 2019 #39

:) Yup. I'm thinking for fallaways among the normal Democrats Hortensis May 2019 #40

Post removed Post removed May 2019 #42

Why is it that every day there has to be a nasty, negative post about Doitnow May 2019 #47

Simply not true in the case of Biden. A recent Daily Beast Op-Ed claimed he "railroaded Anita Hill," emmaverybo May 2019 #88

However, Biden seems to get a pass for his "sins" and Doitnow May 2019 #92

You would not vote against rump? Tipperary May 2019 #133

Yes go back to the Senate, Bernie and do your job the people of Vermont elected you to do! kimbutgar May 2019 #48

Jennifer Rubin melman May 2019 #50

so he's extreme then she goes on to say ideological rigidity he could win. It's easy to see she Kurt V. May 2019 #52

Sanders past his sell-by date? True Dough May 2019 #53

who cares? Pushing the party to the left is a service even if he's not viable ultimately. Grasswire2 May 2019 #54

In the process of "pushing" he is also damaging the party and helping the Republicans. honest.abe May 2019 #63

Sez you. Grasswire2 May 2019 #64

Sez 12% of Bernie supporters who voted for Trump in '16. beastie boy May 2019 #65

this again.....a canard. Grasswire2 May 2019 #67

No need to prove my point. beastie boy May 2019 #72

Sez anybody who isn't biased. honest.abe May 2019 #66

Sez a lot of People.. and Cha May 2019 #79

Sez anyone who is not a BS devotee nt LibFarmer May 2019 #109

Exactly! Cha May 2019 #78

Washington Post-Analysis: How the Democrats' shift to the left indirectly aids Joe Biden Gothmog May 2019 #71

The party is not left...midterms showed that. Demsrule86 May 2019 #112

What was the sell by date? ecstatic May 2019 #61

1962? nt LibFarmer May 2019 #110

BS is too divisive.. goes on MTP Cha May 2019 #69

+++++++ R B Garr May 2019 #74

Telling The Democratic Party.. Cha May 2019 #75

The package was empty anyway. betsuni May 2019 #73

.. Cha May 2019 #77

... NurseJackie May 2019 #129

What is called "reasonable" varies. guillaumeb May 2019 #76

Sanders has been in Congress many years, why hasn't he passed something better JI7 May 2019 #80

Sanders cannot pass anything. guillaumeb May 2019 #81

isn't Sanders a member of one of those chambers ? Obama was able to pass something JI7 May 2019 #82

Yes, something. eom guillaumeb May 2019 #84

something that actually improved things from before JI7 May 2019 #86

It did improve some things. guillaumeb May 2019 #87

Much better to have insisted on Sanders' version and passed nothing I guess? brooklynite May 2019 #104

He did name two post offices. nt LibFarmer May 2019 #111

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #85

Exactly. Have you noticed they don't post new polls until there is one that Doitnow May 2019 #95

Oh do tell.. that poster didn't know Cha May 2019 #114

Must be. democratisphere May 2019 #101

Yes. Downtown Hound May 2019 #102

Apparently so. Without Hillary to vilify and his Dem establishment... brush May 2019 #103

That's a mean title. BootinUp May 2019 #116

Yes but he won't get out of the race. GeniusJoy May 2019 #119

Yeah, he's past that date. It is obvious here. rusty quoin May 2019 #117

Expired March 2016 MyNameGoesHere May 2019 #122

Joe Biden's vote for the Iraq War Resolution Eric J in MN May 2019 #136

Odd, isn't it, to compare a candidate's experience to groceries? George Eliot May 2019 #137

What do you expect from Jennifer Rubin of the Wapo's "Right Turn" column? Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #142

Nicely put Hekate May 2019 #140

I don't know. Did they even HAVE "sell-by" dates that long ago? NurseJackie May 2019 #145

This is interesting Gothmog May 2019 #148