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BidenBacker

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9. Meanwhile...
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 07:23 PM
Mar 2020

as Joe was campaigning for winning Democrats in 2018 and helping them to take back the House...

Bernie and his army are losing 2018

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/08/bernie-sanders-endorsements-2018-elections-767403

Bernie Sanders is sputtering.

Two years after his defeat in the 2016 presidential primary, the Vermont senator has amassed a growing string of losses in races in which he has intervened. Beginning last year, Sanders-backed candidates faltered in an Omaha mayoral race and a nationally watched House race in Montana.

Then came Rep. Tom Perriello’s loss in Virginia’s gubernatorial primary, and in June, the drubbing in Iowa of Pete D’Alessandro, a top adviser to Sanders during his 2016 Iowa caucus campaign. Cathy Glasson, endorsed by Sanders’ successor group, Our Revolution, fell short in Iowa’s gubernatorial primary, as did Peter Jacob and Jim Keady in two New Jersey House races. Dennis Kucinich lost in Ohio.

Tuesday night brought Sanders and his army their latest blow, with a pair of high-profile losses in Michigan and Kansas.

Emerging from the 2016 election, Sanders’ political prospects appeared to hinge on his ability to sway the Democratic Party’s left flank. And Sanders’ campaign is widely considered instrumental in a recent surge in small donors and young people registering to vote, and in the elevation of issues such as student debt and universal health care.

Yet in high-profile races across the country, Sanders-backed candidates continue to falter at the ballot box. The losses suggest organizational weaknesses that could hamper Sanders if he runs for president again in 2020 — even as a diaspora of Sanders-aligned candidates continues to test his appeal in the midterm elections.


Yeah, let's nominate THIS guy. Or at least buy him a better pair of glasses so he can read the writing on the wall.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Let it simmer. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #1
That Gap Will Only Grow Wider, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #2
Indeed it will Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #3
One has to wonder about those 36%. Cha Mar 2020 #4
Well folks, this grim stat sure as hell didn't take very long to reach BidenBacker Mar 2020 #5
Post removed Post removed Mar 2020 #6
And no musical guests? RandySF Mar 2020 #7
Here's what I was gonna post before he deleted BidenBacker Mar 2020 #8
Meanwhile... BidenBacker Mar 2020 #9
"about 89 percent of the party's improved vote margin is attributable to swing voting" Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #10
My gut says BidenBacker Mar 2020 #11
The "Hoax" That Hurts BidenBacker Mar 2020 #12
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