Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWe simply cannot ignore electability
We simply cannot ignore what happened to campaigns that bet the farm on electability
November 4, 2007.
http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1050a1ElectionYear-Out.pdf
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Fiendish Thingy
(15,361 posts)Our top 4-5 candidates are all highly electable, although one has an apparent ticking time bomb in the form of cognitive decline that could severely affect his electability come the general...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
crazytown
(7,277 posts)All candidates put themselves forward as electable.
However, if you put too many eggs in that basket, and suffer set backs in the primaries, you do not have an omelette.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)or is that simply another straw man... a fun thing to argue against despite no one saying as such?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)He has a special place in my heart.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
thesquanderer
(11,953 posts)I agreed with his positions even though I was doubtful of his sincerity. But I figured he would probably govern based on the positions that got him elected, because that would be the route to re-election, so I was comfortable with the vote. But he was off the ticket before my state's primary, so I switched to Obama, who I felt was the slightly more left of the two centrists.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)But I listened to the IWR vote - he was one of the worst, and went on to push for the war.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And, given enough advertising and media coverage, voters can be persuaded that up is down.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
honest.abe
(8,556 posts)Most thought America was not ready to elect a black guy with a scary middle name.
The situation now is not that the opponents are scary, its that Biden is simply very popular and gives voters comfort that he can handle this.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,172 posts)others to support them.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)That doesn't make any sense. She's ahead in everything in your poll, not just electability.
Just because it's the highest doesn't mean that it was her only focus. It's a poll; it has nothing to do with what she or her supporters focused on. It certainly wasn't just electability.
One could only come to your conclusion by ignoring everything but one data point.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)all of which were about, put aside your preferences on policy and get with the program.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
4139
(1,893 posts)becoming the passionate fire-breathing dragon of the tea party.
I want a fire-breathing dragon! Right now Warren, Sanders are warming up. Harris has potential.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,172 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
crazytown
(7,277 posts)including a dead campaign dragged onto the convention floor.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)listened to me, none of this would be happening!
I voted Hillary in 2008. I thought Obama needed more experience and I figured he has PLENTY of time to be president down the road.
I always vote with my HEAD.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,172 posts)those same attacks would have been used against Obama.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden