Democratic Primaries

redstateblues

(10,565 posts) Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:46 PM Feb 2019

Let's face it- Bernie has us Democrats by the short curlies

If we Democrats don't let him run in our primaries, he can run as an Independent in the general and give us four more years of Trumpian hell. Has he promised he wouldn't do that? If he has, I must have missed it.

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

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Let's face it- Bernie has us Democrats by the short curlies (Original Post) redstateblues Feb 2019 OP

He most certainly does NOT!! We have a slate of great Dems who will shine compared to him. n/t monmouth4 Feb 2019 #1

We do have some incredible Democrats who would make great Presidents. redstateblues Feb 2019 #2

+1! Cha Feb 2019 #3

Bernie ran a strong primary campaign when he had one opponent. Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #4

Well. To be factual there were 5 other candidates. CentralMass Feb 2019 #6

Ok so O'Malley got zero votes and the rest Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #7

The only other serious candidate was O'Malley, who never gained any traction and dropped after IA. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #8

That would kill his book sales Gothmog Feb 2019 #5

He's misguided, not evil or stupid. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #9

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)

1. He most certainly does NOT!! We have a slate of great Dems who will shine compared to him. n/t

Reply to redstateblues (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:11 PM

Feb 2019

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

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

2. We do have some incredible Democrats who would make great Presidents.

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:15 PM

Feb 2019

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

Cha

(297,323 posts)

3. +1!

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:26 PM

Feb 2019

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

Sneederbunk

(14,292 posts)

4. Bernie ran a strong primary campaign when he had one opponent.

Reply to redstateblues (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:28 PM

Feb 2019

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

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

6. Well. To be factual there were 5 other candidates.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:54 PM

Feb 2019

Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Martin O'Malley
Lincoln Chafee
Jim Webb
Lawrence Lessig.

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

Voltaire2

(13,075 posts)

7. Ok so O'Malley got zero votes and the rest

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 11:55 PM

Feb 2019

were way behind him. There were effectively two candidates.

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

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

8. The only other serious candidate was O'Malley, who never gained any traction and dropped after IA.

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 11:58 PM

Feb 2019

The others were long gone before the Primary started.

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

Gothmog

(145,340 posts)

5. That would kill his book sales

Reply to redstateblues (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:37 PM

Feb 2019

It takes a ton of money, hard work and time to run as independent. It is not easy getting on the ballot in key states. I doubt that sanders will try to run as an indie

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

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

9. He's misguided, not evil or stupid.

Reply to redstateblues (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 11:59 PM

Feb 2019

But banning him from running would be a PR nightmare. It's best to just let him run and then fizzle out, even if we all know he'll go right back to being an "Independent" after he leaves the race.

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

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