Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumI kind of feel sorry for Michael Bennet...
...he received the "Kiss of Death" from conservative pundit George Will. Even if you don't support Bennet, he doesn't deserve the kiss of death from George Will.
Democrats should nominate Bennet
https://www.athensreview.com/opinion/democrats-should-nominate-bennet/article_310fb7c6-a42f-11e9-842c-c7bd740e632b.html
(Athens, TX Daily Review)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,269 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TexasTowelie
(112,424 posts)It could be the endorsement that marks Bennet's ascendancy. And it could also show that over 60% of DU members were dead wrong with our preferred choice at this point in time.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)He's smart, even tempered, from a good region, the right age. I'm not sure what Democrats want in a candidate anymore. Maybe if Biden hadn't run, Bennet could have filled the vacuum, but it's over for him now.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
watoos
(7,142 posts)Bennet ate Joe's lunch at the debate.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)decency. George Will can't deliver the "kiss" of anything. Nobody cares what Will thinks or writes about. His ship sailed long ago and nobody cares what happens to him. It is all to Bennet's favor that he writes this about him. We Dems are the party of thinking, well educated people. George Will is piffle (and I think he knows it).
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)of the current criminal DC gang.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cosmocat
(14,573 posts)Past that he's a simple-minded twit.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)I like Bennett but I cant bring myself to read why Will switched allegiance.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
samnsara
(17,635 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(11,992 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(43,289 posts)there should be charisma school for us. we're not deplorables, we're just quiet.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,269 posts)and easy to listen to and relatable.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Maybe to you.
George Will is a never-Trumper. So he does reflect a certain segment of voters looking for someone normal and less extreme to vote for. There is a dearth of options for them.
Biden comes closest, I guess, in the Democratic Party. Next up would be a third party. Maybe they'd go for a third party. Is Schultz still in?
I'm not sure of the issue they have with Biden. His age is an issue with many people, so maybe that's it.
He makes a good case for Bennett. I'd be interested in him. Too bad it wasn't Democrats who brought attention to Bennett. In reading up on Bennett, he has a badge-worthy history of supporting all the big Democratic causes...the ACA, healthcare public option, migrants, children of migrants, environment, etc.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
kag
(4,079 posts)He was handed his senate seat on a silver platter because Obama endorsed him IN THE PRIMARY in 2010.
I think he's okay as a senator, but nothing special. He's a very poor public speaker, and except for that one speech that made him famous when he ripped Ted Cruz a new one (which I loved), he never gets too excited about liberal politics.
As for Will, he's still vomiting up the the dictionary he swallowed when he was four years old. Other than that he's an idiot.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DavidDvorkin
(19,486 posts)Romanoff should have been appointed to the seat when Salazar resigned.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,729 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(47,535 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden