2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI don't see the problem with our field of candidates others do (except maybe Webb, can't warm up to
him). I even respect Lincoln Chaffee though others won't because he is a former Republican. I was wondering what the rest of you think? Thanks in advance and I will be back to check replies and comment. Even though I say ours, I still have my issues with the party elite who keep wanting to interject or attack candidates. Does the party belong to us or them is the question in that regard. I digress but still I want to know what you think of the slate of candidates.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Is it the constant push for someone else to jump in? Biden, Gore, any establishment Democrat in case Clinton fails?
I don't see a problem. You've got 3 main candidates: the establishment, the moderate, and the populist. You've got a couple more not getting any traction at all, but they are there.
I don't have a problem with this. It might be nice for Biden to jump in, so that a certain contingent could turn their frantic efforts his way, but I really don't see that happening.
The real problem, in my view, is that the party machine seems to have made up its mind before anyone even announced. That's not a problem with the field, but with the party machine.
mmonk
(52,589 posts)Thanks for responding.
elleng
(131,107 posts)problem with visibility (due to msm,) and dnc's 'invisible' debate schedule
LWolf
(46,179 posts)I feel like the real problem is one of blatant corruption of the process.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I also think O'Malley is an excellent candidate, he is not my first choice but he is a strong second choice. I disagree with Chaffee on a number of things but I do think he is a respectable candidate.
I really don't like Hillary or Webb however, I have little trust in either of them.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)I like both Hillary and Sanders, but I like Sanders a whole hella lot more.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... the rest of it is barking at each other because we can and we feel our candidate will make the biggest difference.
The goprs have ...
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