2016 Postmortem

LovingA2andMI

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46. As a Sanders Supporter....

Sat Jul 4, 2015, 11:55 PM

Jul 2015

I welcome Joe into the race. Let's see what Joe can do.

Either way, this is the money quote from this piece -- which should make Hillary Supporters very worried indeed:

"He said many of Mr. Obama’s bundlers, including himself, couldn’t get excited about Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, with some resigned to sitting out the presidential race next year and others eagerly searching for an alternative candidate who inspires them.

Mr. Biden would fit the bill easily, he said.

“It was almost a diametrically opposed reaction than to Hillary. With Hillary, no excitement, they couldn’t get enthusiastic about her for whatever reason,” said Mr. Cooper. “But when I mentioned that maybe Biden was going to enter the race, there was palpable excitement.

“They are champing at the bit to raise money for Biden,” he said.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/1/joe-biden-likely-to-join-2016-white-house-race-nex/#ixzz3ezAg53Yj
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Bundler Says Biden Is Planning A White House Bid [View all] applegrove Jul 2015 OP

Go Joe mainstreetonce Jul 2015 #1

I welcome him to the race. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2015 #2

Why? nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #22

I think choices are important. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2015 #24

Why not? mwooldri Jul 2015 #33

We can see from the GOP what happens when there are too many candidates. rhett o rick Jul 2015 #34

How many is too many? Stellar Jul 2015 #51

how can you vote for a gun nut like Bernie Sanders? stonecutter357 Jul 2015 #56

+1 zappaman Jul 2015 #31

Good. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #3

Bernie is the only true gun nut. stonecutter357 Jul 2015 #57

Graded F by NRA HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #58

And Hillary likes cluster bombs. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #59

I welcome any and all candidates bigwillq Jul 2015 #4

Yes. They have trump. We'll have Biden to make it interesting. applegrove Jul 2015 #5

The over/under on how many gaffes Biden makes during Campaign 2016 is 40. bigwillq Jul 2015 #6

He's close in age to Hillary. So age will not be an issue between them. How old is Bernie? applegrove Jul 2015 #7

73 bigwillq Jul 2015 #9

yeah he has no filter so he will be good for laughs m-lekktor Jul 2015 #11

I have no interest in Biden either bigwillq Jul 2015 #18

You're comparing Joe Biden to Donald Trump? sufrommich Jul 2015 #14

But people will tune in to the primaries to see Trump. That is the only comparison I was making. applegrove Jul 2015 #15

Not even remotely the same Duke Newcombe Jul 2015 #20

He's hawkish on the middle east and is a key Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #53

+1 riversedge Jul 2015 #52

I hate to ask but WTF is a "bundler"? tularetom Jul 2015 #8

Don't they bundle money from various sources? applegrove Jul 2015 #10

You're asking me? tularetom Jul 2015 #13

A bundler is someone who goes to various large donors and gets their donations. former9thward Jul 2015 #12

Bundlers raise money for candidates from their geek tragedy Jul 2015 #19

They bundle donations into campaign money. They funnel the money from individuals and orgs to morningfog Jul 2015 #27

I actually know a bundler RL... Beagle One Jul 2015 #29

That's probably the best open secret. TheCount_ Jul 2015 #16

K & R femmocrat Jul 2015 #17

Same here awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #35

Blunder says Biden won't get my vote Martin Eden Jul 2015 #21

A vote that led to the deaths of possibly a million innocent people. Some people apparently rhett o rick Jul 2015 #23

Not anymore, huh? It mattered a lot in 2008, but those million dead Iraqis are ancient history now. morningfog Jul 2015 #28

Good point but I will never get over a million dead for profit. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #30

I would love to see him as a Secretary of State. hootinholler Jul 2015 #25

He should be in the cabinet maybe interior or commerce or HUD but Kerry is a pretty good SOS. nt craigmatic Jul 2015 #37

Yes to president, Secretary of State yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #54

I suspect the real reason Biden might get in the race is to beat up on Sanders. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #26

Actually that doesn't make a bit of sense davidpdx Jul 2015 #32

Agreed!!! LovingA2andMI Jul 2015 #47

If it was a race between those two I'd be extremely happy davidpdx Jul 2015 #49

I doubt his heart is really in it but he's in my top 2. craigmatic Jul 2015 #36

That's great...who doesn't love him. Bet he's got a lot of wisdom pent up after Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2015 #38

LOL! Silent? underthematrix Jul 2015 #39

I don't love him... cannabis_flower Jul 2015 #40

You're right. And I think he wore bell bottom pants once or twice MyNameGoesHere Jul 2015 #42

Are you serious? cannabis_flower Jul 2015 #50

Yes I am serious and stop calling me Shirley. MyNameGoesHere Jul 2015 #55

The Washington Times? DallasNE Jul 2015 #41

I thought about not posting it because of the source. But I want to encourage Joe to run in any way applegrove Jul 2015 #45

this makes me think. how the blue do it. mopinko Jul 2015 #43

But wouldn't that be really bad for Hillary rocktivity Jul 2015 #44

As a Sanders Supporter.... LovingA2andMI Jul 2015 #46

I trust NOTHING from the Washington Times. Raine1967 Jul 2015 #48