I give that one 2 more months before it expires and I begin pointing and laughing at those who bring it up.

Spot on.

The superdelegates are gonna go with Joe because winning is the #1 priority. At this point Warren and Harris would be coun flips against Trump and Bernie isn't much higher than that.

Posts about how it’s going to be a brokered convention, And how much power senator sanders will be wielding.

Sanders has no path to the nomination, especially with Warren in the race. Superdelegates would never push Bernie over the threshold.

Harris, sanders and Warren can go after the extreme left of the party but Biden will be the nominee if he wins the middle of the party which comprises the bulk of the party

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Lot of good press for our man today. CNN must be seething.

Please stop.

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Chipping away at unity

This issue would kill sanders or Warren in they are the nominee

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I'm surprised that he lacks information about it. If he could support it and clearly explain the benefit of it he could benefit from it immensely in my opinion.

So he needs to do the research, study it, and break it down for the public in easy to understand language.

in favor of a public option, and so is Biden.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/politics/pete-buttigieg-medicare-for-all-free-college-cnntv/index.html


https://www.vox.com/2019/7/16/20694598/joe-biden-health-care-plan-public-option

Taking away private insurance will kill the nominee in the general election.

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Hortensis!

The dominant narrative is like a self-fulfilling prophecy, and most people aren't paying attention at this point. So, name recognition is king. Those who are polling relatively well but lack name recognition have benefited from their charisma, which results in more press, which boosts name recognition. DU is not reflective of the overall population. Not even remotely. Most people are not political junkies and couldn't name 3 candidates.

All we really know right now is which candidates don't stand a chance (i.e., all of those who won't be on stage in September).

Biden is certainly the favorite, though lacking in enthusiastic support, but all it would take to change the narrative is for him to lose either Iowa or New Hampshire. Then he's vulnerable in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states. We're still 6 months away from voting. That's an eternity in politics.

Seems 47% of Dems polled just today support Biden.. I’d call that enthusiastic

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287225718

And yes, DU is far from representative of the average voting dem

Again, name recognition is king. We're in the winnowing phase now through the end of the year. As we approach Iowa, shit will get real.

new ideas. No other candidate has framed the fight as “a struggle for the soul of America.” This
old-fashioned idea grabs me, not ideology.

Biden’s accomplishments, life story, qualifications and experience, his empathy and his past service to our country inspire me. That he has more to do inspires me. And despite not needing the utter rubbish that has been thrown at him at this stage of his journey, he persists because he knows he can lift us up out of this terrible place and do the tiresome work needed to mop up after Trump.

I’ll take Joe’s gravitas over razzle-dazzle debate theatrics any day.

Those of us in the majority are doing worse than our parent's generation and we are HUNGRY for both unity AND a fair shake. The pendulum has already swung away from Clintonian "Republican lite."

If you want the assurance of an aw shucks, good ol' fashioned unified America, reach back to FDR and the CENTRIST New Deal.

Now THAT makes me want to vote. (And rebuild the infrastructure GREEN so we actually have a future).

Specifics please

have sort of fallen in love with them recently.

With Joe, we've known him for decades.

I think that's a factor in the media coverage, too. We've seen the media develop media crushes on one lesser-known candidate after another, then start to lose interest and switch to the next flavor of the month, or the quarter. It's much easier for them to find something new to write about with newer candidates.

I also believe that Joe maintaining his front-runner status for so long works against his supporters feeling the same sense of NEEDING to be an enthusiastic supporter that the people supporting candidates trailing him in the polls are feeling.

You have to be REALLY enthusiastic about a candidate polling in single digits to continue supporting him or her.

with Biden. They tried to pull that shite with Hillary, too.

I must have missed that. I had no enthusiasm for Hillary. I voted for her. I have absolutely no enthusiasm for Joe and wish he and Bernie would drop out.

ridiculous questions.

Biden is the most recognizable face and name in the field of candidates. That’s why he’s getting 47% of support. He’s also a moderate. I wouldn’t equate level of current support with “enthusiasm.” He May be a safer bet than some other candidates, but he seems quite boring frankly. How can someone with very little enthusiasm be expected or credited for enthusing others? We’ll see how he does when the real campaigning begins.

warning of a missile incoming should be listened to. Any day, a nuclear conflict in some part of the world can start us on a path to destruction, even before climate change catastrophe. Biden is the
only candidate with sufficient knowledge, experience, and stature on the world stage to help us and our allies navigate these dangerous waters.

So yeah, he’s the candidate to keep us safer and if that means he’s the safe candidate I am all for him.

“Biden is the only candidate.” That’s all I hear from Biden supporters. I’m sick of it. Biden supporters refuse to entertain the idea that there are a number of candidates who have common sense, experience, and would do well as president. They act as if the nomination process is over...Joe’s won, everybody else pack up your shit and go home. I’m just sick of the Biden attitude.

a class of his own where qualifications for the job count also recognize that he may not win the primaries. Notice that despite this, none of us continuously post hit pieces on the other candidates.

And many of us have a second choice. In the end, it is up to many more voters than our small group here.

Given constantly changing circumstances, no one can make the case that Biden’s perceived electability will last.

And so are a majority of Democrats. It's true he might seem a bit boring to some, and that's one more thing I like about him. We don't need another showboat in the White House, we need a common sense guy who will use his massive experience to get on the job of restoring this country's credibility and moral compass.

We are indeed the majority of the party

Democracy is very exciting and I see Joe Biden Winning so we can get rid of the full blown fascism in the wh.

I want to restore and rebuild our government

Goth.. I don't think that it would "boring".. not after almost Losing our Country to Fascism.

It will be the most exciting thing in the world.. And, I think Joe Biden can do that.

Ergo.. Joe Biden's candidacy is very exciting to me.

Absolutely true. DU is more liberal than the average Democratic voter and is in it's own alternate universe where wishing makes it so and reality is flexible.

My husband has friends who are Joe Biden fans who plan on voting for him in the Mi. primary. One even begged us to support him, and was very happy when we assured him that we do. Several people have asked him questions about Joe, as well.

registered Republicans.

But I saw a tweet just today from someone in Orange County CA about her friends' parents who are lifelong Republicans but who can't stand Trump saying they hope Biden is the Democratic nominee so they can vote for him.

And in the general election polls that do include Republicans as well as Dems and independents, Biden usually beats Trump, and usually by more than other Dems beat him.

Pathwalker!

She's even considering changing her party affiliation to vote in our state primary. She's thoroughly disgusted with her party and didn't vote for the maggot in 16. There may be more of these people than we realize.

We are familiar with his partnership with President Obama....the true mission of the 2020 Election is to overwhelmingly, get tRump out of the White House......That said....American Democrats are suffering from PTSD from tRump....so, he is the safe figure we gravitate towards...

This current selection of Candidates are essentially auditioning for VP.

given Biden's extensive foreign policy experience

yet it always comes back to authenticity, approachability, comfort level, and a certain degree of celebrity.

Outside of my progressive bubble (coastal California) I see him connecting with a lot of mid-west independents, non-voters, and even those Republicans pissed at Trump.

He's the only one ahead of MF45 in Texas !!!

is an announcement by a candidate that they raised X number of dollars in the 24 hours after the debate. So far, I'm not aware of any such announcement.

What did he say that he raised, and how does that compare with what happened after the first debate?

that seems a bit underwhelming.

Joe Biden 2020.

Warren and Sanders seem to be fighting for the Bernie coalition from 2016 this time around which has them both polling less than 20% consistently. Combined they are still usually Below Biden's polling. I think the 15% rule will be a real problem for most candidates in the early states allowing Biden to get a nice delegate cushion.

A note about the 15% threshold that most articles miss. A candidate will still be allocated some delegates if they reach the 15% threshold in a Congressional District even though they don't reach 15% in the State.

If you get the nomination and then blow it, the death of democracy is on you.

I'm campaigning for, and donating to, working for, and voting for the Democratic candidate.

But if you can't cut it. If you stumble and fail to defeat trump, it will be on you, because you should know whether you can hold it together or not. You didn't inspire me in the debates. You've got to have it more together. If you think Kamala was bad, you better gear up for the trump attacks. You'll have all the media after you. I'll be there rooting for you, but don't think you can just phone it in with a few folksy zingers and "whatever"s.