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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Democratic primary doesn't need Joe Biden by Joann Walsh
http://www.thenation.com/article/the-democratic-primary-doesnt-need-joe-biden/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=dailyI couldnt declare anyone the clear winner of last Tuesdays Democratic debate, but I was sure of one thing: that the strong performance of Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (as well as former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley) should convince Vice President Joe Biden that there was no obvious opening for him to run for president.
Clinton, I wrote, proved that the Democrats dont need a (white) man on a white horse to come in and save them from her candidacy. Meanwhile, Sanders proved the party, and the nation, has a real choicebetween a center-left reformer and a (peaceful) left-wing revolutionary.
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The Democratic primary doesn't need Joe Biden by Joann Walsh (Original Post)
peacebird
Oct 2015
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Clinton will say anything to get elected, then she will revert to her center right ways
peacebird
Oct 2015
#3
More accurate headline: Hillary Surrogate Joan Walsh nervous about Biden bid! nt
Romulox
Oct 2015
#4
I think that Biden is "convinced" there's nice parking place between Bernie and Hillary.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#7
Robbins
(5,066 posts)1. Oh jesus
clinton as center-left reformer? give me a break.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)3. Clinton will say anything to get elected, then she will revert to her center right ways
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)2. she has reformed her image from time to time
sometimes left, sometimes centrist,
Romulox
(25,960 posts)4. More accurate headline: Hillary Surrogate Joan Walsh nervous about Biden bid! nt
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)6. That's pretty much it --
in a nutshell. There are a whole lot of Party folks and women who are VERY invested in having a Hillary be the nominee. Back in the day I would have been with them and for the very same argument -- I want to see a woman in that office. I voted for Feinstein, Pelosi, and Boxer with that in mind. Over the years, when I discovered that a woman office holder can be just as bad on the issues as any male office holder, I decided that my sole criteria will be who is best for that job, regardless of sex/orientation/race/religion.
Which is why I voting for the old, white, male, Jew and not Hillary.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)7. I think that Biden is "convinced" there's nice parking place between Bernie and Hillary.
I hope he runs and splits the moderate/Centrist/DLC/neolib vote.