Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumFroma Harrop: Democrats should come to Biden's defense
President Trumps path to reelection goes through the Democratic Party. Goal No. 1 is to get Democrats to eliminate his greatest threat: Joe Biden.
Its not the Iowa and New Hampshire polls that freak out Trump. These contests are dominated by the white liberal gentry, not Bidens huge base of moderates and African Americans. The general election polls are what keep him up at night. They show the former vice president beating Trump like a drum.
The most recent national Fox News poll puts Biden ahead of Trump by 14 points. The ABC News/Washington Post poll gives him a 15-point lead. More ominously for Trump, polls in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania the industrial swing states that delivered him an Electoral College victory in 2016 show Biden consistently in front. (A new Fox poll has Biden leading in Wisconsin by 9 points.)
None of the other Democratic candidates currently poll with those kinds of margins among these kinds of voters.
Thus, Trump has infiltrated Democratic politics so he can pick his opponent. His campaign is spending over $1 million on TV ads in the four early voting states: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. The spots will undoubtedly spread poisonous lies about Biden and his son.
Whether Democratic voters believe them or not does not entirely matter. These ads are designed to sow fears that Biden is carrying too much baggage to win a national election. As one Biden volunteer calling voters in Las Vegas told The Washington Post, I know its getting in the way.
What should Democrats do? They should organize a giant rally to defend Biden. The candidates running against him should join in. That would get everyones attention.
Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders have admirably held back from exploiting Trumps attempts to weaken Biden. A united front against Trumpian gaslighting would frustrate efforts to divide the party. And the others could expect similar solidarity if Trump were to unleash a barrage of lies against one of them.
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/harrop-democrats-should-come-to-bidens-defense/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
peggysue2
(10,829 posts)Because:
An attack on one is an attack on all.
Hallelujah!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)Link to tweet
As for the obstruction of Congress, expressed in an amateurish, angry letter from the White House counsel refusing to cooperate with congressional oversight and inquiry into impeachment, Biden said, By obstructing justice and refusing to comply with the congressional inquiry, hes already convicted himself. In full view of the world and the American people, Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts. To preserve our Constitution, our democracy and our basic integrity, he should be impeached.
Biden made a key point, rebutting the nonsensical argument that we should just leave him in office for more than a year to commit more constitutional mayhem. He believes the entire United States government can be corrupted into furthering his personal political needs, Biden explained. He is even willing to hold Congress and congressionally appropriated aid to a foreign nation hostage to his personal political demands. He believes if he does something, its legal. Biden argued that Trump believes there is nothing we can do about it. He believes he can and will get away with anything he does. We all laughed when he said he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and get away with it. Its no joke. He is shooting holes in the Constitution. We cannot let him get away with it......
Each and every candidate should refuse to entertain questions accusing Biden or his son of wrongdoing. The only acceptable answer is something along these lines: The allegations are false and have been repeatedly debunked. Raising the issue gives into Trumps false equivalence and abuse of objective reality.
Asked if they would allow their own children to engage in business, they should direct the moderators and audience back to the regrettably underexamined corruption stemming from Trumps daughter and son-in-law working in the White House while making millions. For that, the appropriate response is that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump should be subject to scrutiny for any violations of U.S. law, including the foreign bribery statutes, and held accountable to the full extent of the law.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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(297,272 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden