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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: NY Times Op-Ed: The Simple Reason the Left Won't Stop Losing [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)31. Agreed. I am wedded to the ideas/policies, not the candidate.
I give Bernie credit for presenting and popularizing the progressive ideas but they will survive his departure from the race, I hope.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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From the beginning of Bernie's campaign he painted the Democratic party as the enemy
still_one
Mar 2020
#5
a candidate incapable of team building and welcoming a variety of views fares poorly nt
msongs
Mar 2020
#6
I trashed this NYT op because it's not accurate. Democrats didn't lose in 2008 and 2012 when
abqtommy
Mar 2020
#10
I don't really talk too much about the popular vote from 2016 because I feel it lets James Comey
StevieM
Mar 2020
#23
Personally I think the Democratic Party has gotten old and comfortable* and scared
pecosbob
Mar 2020
#11
Thank you for expressing the losing attitude referred to by the NYT so well.
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#16
Thanks for voting anyway, every time. I've voted in plenty of elections where I
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#21
Good analogy, but wasn't that Matt Gaetz I saw playing with matches in the cloak room?
pecosbob
Mar 2020
#27
+1, he was trying to burn the mask off his face ... he forgot how he put it on
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#28
Perhaps a 'socialist' can't be elected in the US. At least 'socialist' ideas are acceptable.
pampango
Mar 2020
#18
"The biggest lesson is simply this: The American left doesn't care enough about winning."
Ferrets are Cool
Mar 2020
#26