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Originally Posted by New Era
I still think that the ticket is going to be Biden/Klobuchar, but with momentum the way it is, could a Klobuchar/Buttigieg be on the horizon? I still believe that Sanders is too extreme for most Americans, but some of his policies could be worked into a platform that makes his supporters happy. If there is a candidate that could charge up the young voters, and drive them to the polls, Buttigieg is that guy. Checks a lot of boxes.
The most important thing for Democrats to do is to stop the madness of beating each other up. They need to start coalescing around the values of the party and get those out in front of the voters. As each candidate drops out, they need to remain active and show support for the banner carrier and get fully behind them, extolling the virtues of the nominee instead of the #### show that happened between Sanders and Clinton. Everyone pull in the same direction with the end goal of making Trump a one term president.
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I agree with everything that you've said. When you have a presidential candidate talking a what 15% to 24% income tax increase, and what amounts to federal service, and free tuition for example, and nebulous ways to pay for it, it might not resonate with middle america where most of the voters lie.
This should be a battle of the middle few voters, but Bernie isn't going to resonate with a lot of democratic voters out there who just might choose to show their lack of support by staying home.
Someone said that the Democratic Candidate that Trump would most like to face is Bernie, I tend to agree with that. A middle democrat is Trumps biggest nightmare, someone that can unit the base democrats and reach out to the non aligned voters and bring them on board.