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@Tim that weird shot of him nibbling his wife's finger on stage is real too apparently. Does nobody around him have the guts to pull him aside and tell him maybe this campaign is a bridge too far and to just enjoy his retirement?
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@No-Quarter said in US Politics:
@Tim that weird shot of him nibbling his wife's finger on stage is real too apparently. Does nobody around him have the guts to pull him aside and tell him maybe this campaign is a bridge too far and to just enjoy his retirement?
I watched the video of that. It's nothing at all. Photo makes it look bad but in context he was just being playful with his wife...can't defend his other actions so much though.
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@No-Quarter said in US Politics:
@Tim that weird shot of him nibbling his wife's finger on stage is real too apparently. Does nobody around him have the guts to pull him aside and tell him maybe this campaign is a bridge too far and to just enjoy his retirement?
He's 77. Hopefully the American public point that out.
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Biden's great strength is his very high support from African Americans.
This has not dipped at all. He holds massive leads over the other candidates with this group. All the other candidates, bar Bernie, are very "white liberal" or "white centrist".Conservative columnist makes the case for Bernie potentially being the unifier of the party. Unfortunately for Bernie, the controlling Obama faction won't be having it.
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@Duluth said in US Politics:
Her support crashed as soon as people had a serious look at her.
It will be interesting to see if she boosted her name recognition enough to be a VP option. The white men that are left will be pressured to pick a dark skinned female
She could have some competition there , isn’t Warren starting to slide now ? She identifies as a woman of colour.
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I haven't seen many people mention Klobuchar as a VP candidate. I think she's the best option if they want to go for a female.
She can think on her feet and could play the traditional VP attack dog role. Warren and Harris have been poor in the debates when talking points are pushed back onThey'll probably go for Stacey Abrams though
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Terrible resource management appears to be the norm. Resignation letter from a state operations director for Harris: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6541-mehlenbacher-harris-resignation-letter/f0475e62906e5d2056f8/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
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Pleased to see the Kamala Harris' campaign fail.
She was totally inauthentic and very unlikeable.Warren has terrible political instincts and I think when she is put on a national stage, her lecturing kindergarten teacher demeanor won't be popular.
Biden appears to be going senile and his Ukraine dealing might be further exposed in a Senate trial.
Pete Buttigeig's sexual preference parading his husband around might be all good with white liberals but it will NOT play well with church going African Americans in the Southern and swing states. Funnily, Politico won't mention this as the obvious reason for his lack of black support + no name recognition. He knows this is his Achilles-heel.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/03/buttigieg-black-outreach-2020-074867Bernie is hated by the DNC establishment and the DNC media. As I alluded to earlier, I think he would have the best chance because he has authenticity. But I don't think he has the numbers.
Bloomberg, despite having a shit ton of money, is not actually very popular with the Dem base . Plus he comes across as pretty damn old and low energy.
What should the Dems do?
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@Frank said in US Politics:
Pete Buttigeig's sexual preference parading his husband around might be all good with white liberals but it will NOT play well with church going African Americans in the Southern and swing states. Funnily, Politico won't mention this as the obvious reason for his lack of black support + no name recognition. He knows this is his Achilles-heel.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/03/buttigieg-black-outreach-2020-074867Rather odd comment given the huge amount written about how and why this isn't actually the key reason Mayor Pete polls so badly with blacks.Plenty of church going whites that are homophobic and that isn't hurting him as much.
His record regarding blacks while mayor is far more hurtful alongside his massive unintended gaffe saying 'all lives matter' in a 'black lives matter' discussion.
He has basically shot himself in the foot so badly that the best he can hope for is an increased profile followed by a years long concerted effort to turn around his reputation.
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@Crucial said in US Politics:
@Frank said in US Politics:
Pete Buttigeig's sexual preference parading his husband around might be all good with white liberals but it will NOT play well with church going African Americans in the Southern and swing states. Funnily, Politico won't mention this as the obvious reason for his lack of black support + no name recognition. He knows this is his Achilles-heel.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/03/buttigieg-black-outreach-2020-074867Rather odd comment given the huge amount written about how and why this isn't actually the key reason Mayor Pete polls so badly with blacks.Plenty of church going whites that are homophobic and that isn't hurting him as much.
His record regarding blacks while mayor is far more hurtful alongside his massive unintended gaffe saying 'all lives matter' in a 'black lives matter' discussion.
He has basically shot himself in the foot so badly that the best he can hope for is an increased profile followed by a years long concerted effort to turn around his reputation.
I's also add women to his list of achilles heelsAnd latinos and hispanics.....
As for church going whites.. I doubt they are a significant percentage of the democrat primary populace. Generally murdering babies doesnt sit well with church goers of any skin colour. And the Democrats are definately a party supporting abortion.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in US Politics:
@Crucial said in US Politics:
@Frank said in US Politics:
Pete Buttigeig's sexual preference parading his husband around might be all good with white liberals but it will NOT play well with church going African Americans in the Southern and swing states. Funnily, Politico won't mention this as the obvious reason for his lack of black support + no name recognition. He knows this is his Achilles-heel.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/03/buttigieg-black-outreach-2020-074867Rather odd comment given the huge amount written about how and why this isn't actually the key reason Mayor Pete polls so badly with blacks.Plenty of church going whites that are homophobic and that isn't hurting him as much.
His record regarding blacks while mayor is far more hurtful alongside his massive unintended gaffe saying 'all lives matter' in a 'black lives matter' discussion.
He has basically shot himself in the foot so badly that the best he can hope for is an increased profile followed by a years long concerted effort to turn around his reputation.
I's also add women to his list of achilles heelsAnd latinos and hispanics.....
As for church going whites.. I doubt they are a significant percentage of the democrat primary populace. Generally murdering babies doesnt sit well with church goers of any skin colour. And the Democrats are definately a party supporting abortion.
I think party split is pretty well on par with the overall split for all christian groups part from Evangelicals and Mormons.
EDIT: I found a survey that backs this up although the big proviso is that Republicans 'care' much more about their religious beliefs and get their 'right and wrong' beliefs more strongly from religion.
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