Not sure I agree here. White supporters maybe wanted a whites only primary, but not a single vote has actually been cast yet. One could even go as far as to say white male supporters wanted a white male primary, with the number of women and people of color that are no longer in the race - that one’s a stretch, but if the assessment that Biden and Bernie are the front runners, what other conclusion can be drawn?
My point here is, I don’t think the voters had any say in the matter. This is why I want to go to a single day primary and let anyone be on the ballot. If we need a runoff for the top two contenders, then so be it. But everyone should have a say in the candidacy and money drives that decision now.
This is a consequence of his strategic thinking. He likes to say I was the first to pass this or that etc. Always looking back for the good old days can backfire when the good old days weren’t all that good and you were part of the problem.
I care. I passionately hate the idea of term limits, and it’s a showstopper for me when anyone advocates them. How many times do we have to prove that they’re a stupid idea? Term limits pretty much guarantee that our elected representatives will be less experienced than either the lobbyists (who have no such limits) or the permanent bureaucracy they’re supposed to oversee (see Yes Minister for details)?
Steyer’s sin is compounded because he also pushes the CEO-as-savior line, and I’ve had a bellyful of that canard, too. Private sector experience ("Mayor Pete has three years as an analyst at McKinsey”) has almost nothing to do with political leadership. Some people may possess both skill sets, but they’re rare.
I’m happy to see him spend his money attacking Trump, though.
IKR? We can all thank Rex Tillerson, who touted his re-org/downsizing of State to foreign governments, as if they were share holders in State, Inc. for destroying the myth that a jackass who failed upward in a no-lose industry knows anything about running a bureaucracy for the benefit of US citizens.
So True! They are completely different skill sets for jobs with wildly different ends.
In the Corporate world Ms Pelosi is not going to tell you to go f*ck yourself
Can work a key demo that we need to do well in re: margins/turnout.
Klobuchar can potentially get us more college educated white women and working class white women in the key midwestern states. She can also do the job of a Deputy POTUS because she is extremely well versed on the issues, shows executive judgment and is aligned with Joe on policy and ideology.
Harris can potentially get us a max turnout of black, Latinx and asian voters of both gender, and her most coveted list (and my own experience having been to a few of her events) of irregular voters. Harris had the key to unlock the door of the irregular voters in the suburbs who don’t vote that often but are Dem leaners. She’ll get that vote out. Like Klobuchar, Harris can campaign well, is aligned with Joe on the issues/policy and can be a Deputy POTUS. She had the most ‘buck stops here’ exec experience of any candidate running last year.
Warren isn’t that aligned with Joe on policy and ideology and I don’t think she brings a demo that we wouldn’t already have.
Having a woman on the ticket helps the Dems because Dems won 59% of that demo in 2018 and need to do as well or better this time.
I’d be happy with either Klobuchar or Harris as VP. Those two to me are the top two on the short list. If Klo delivers her vote in IA to Joe on the second ballot, she’ll make some real inroads with Team Joe. AT the moment, Team Harris has been supplying Joe with donors, endorsements, and team members so there is an affinity there between Team Biden and Harris supporters which extends to Harris herself.
“Right off the bat, Biden was challenged on his Iraq War vote. He did what he needed to do: admit error in believing President George W. Bush, but then quickly pivot to his tenure with President Barack Obama and his work on withdrawing troops. He also got a chance to tout his work on the Iran nuclear deal; show expertise (e.g., special forces need to remain in the Middle East); talk about coalition-building; sound sensible on North Korea (meeting Kim Jong Un without preconditions is silly); and explain that we need to make trade deals with the rest of the world. The former vice president clearly showed he was the adult in the room”
From reading most comments, I’m glad I missed it on purpose. I felt embarrassed for them during the other debates. I doubt this is a good format to get to know candidates.