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highplainsdem

(49,004 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:40 AM Jan 2020

Joe Biden is the only candidate with a real shot at getting things done

Last edited Mon Feb 3, 2020, 12:50 AM - Edit history (1)

This is part of Vox's series making the case for each candidate:


https://www.vox.com/2020/1/29/21078640/joe-biden-beat-trump-win-2020-election-primaries



For a Democrat to beat President Donald Trump in 2020 and to have a shot at retaking the Senate, they’ll have to win in places Hillary Clinton lost. Democrats who’ve done it before want former Vice President Joe Biden to be the nominee.

Rep. Conor Lamb, 35, won a special election in the suburbs of Pittsburgh 18 months after Trump carried the district by 20 points. His campaign made time for only one national surrogate: Biden.

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Lamb is now endorsing Biden to be the Democratic nominee, and he’s in good company. Biden has far more endorsements from elected officials than any other candidate. The FiveThirtyEight endorsement tracker, which keeps track of high-profile endorsements and weights them by influence, has Biden scoring 237 points — nearly triple the second-place candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who scores an 81. Sen. Bernie Sanders trails Warren at 55. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is next with 50.

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Biden seems to have an edge in battleground states, but the top Democratic candidates all tend to outperform Trump in head-to-head polling. The case for Biden is about his potential to do one more thing: take back the Republican-controlled Senate.

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Joe Biden is the only candidate with a real shot at getting things done (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2020 OP
"But.... PatSeg Jan 2020 #1
All the more reason to support Joe Biden. MineralMan Jan 2020 #2
This is why I am supporting Joe. Desert grandma Jan 2020 #3
All things considered, no other candidate comes close to Biden. nt oasis Jan 2020 #4
KR! Cha Jan 2020 #5
 

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
1. "But....
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:49 AM
Jan 2020

he’d still be the most progressive Democratic nominee in history if he won." I think people keep forgetting that Joe is progressive, but a pragmatic progressive.

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

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
2. All the more reason to support Joe Biden.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:51 AM
Jan 2020

We MUST win in November, and there is a huge amount of work that needs to be done, just to get things back to the state they were in when Trump took office. If we can do that, we'll have accomplished a great deal. Then, we can move on to enact more progressive legislation. First, though, we have to fix the damage Trump has caused.

Joe Biden is the ideal person to make that happen.

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

Desert grandma

(804 posts)
3. This is why I am supporting Joe.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:37 AM
Jan 2020

Winning the GE in 2020 should be our ONLY priority. Joe is our best chance to do this IMO. To win the GE. a candidate must be able to appeal to a large group of voters, from moderates in the Midwest, African Americans, and progressive Democrats, Independents and Never Trumpers. Joe is a likeable, decent person with immense experience on the world stage who can do this. Our allies trust him. To win in the electoral College we must win in MI, PA, and WI. I have nothing against Bernie. I just think his ideas are too far left to appeal to as many different voters than Joe can. I keep seeing all the posts that say centrists and moderates are "attacking" Bernie. Not so! As a proud lifelong Democrat, I am dismayed at reading all of these divisive posts. I, for one, cannot wait until primary season is over. Interestingly enough, I have only seen these posts from Sanders supporters. I have not noticed these type of divisive posts from those who support other candidates. We do not need a repeat of 2016. That is Putin's goal. Divide the Democrats, and cause a chaotic convention...that will lead to another term for Trump.

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

oasis

(49,389 posts)
4. All things considered, no other candidate comes close to Biden. nt
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:41 AM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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