Breaking: Biden will not seek re-election

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Frankly it is an internal party matter.

If people don’t like how the party picks its candidates then go elsewhere

The whole things stinks of desperation from the GOP

Right, the GOP is trying to draw those people elsewhere.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Eh?

NVM. It's a bit technical.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Since when have Republican voters ever cared about something being undemocratic? You know what else is undemocratic? Refusing to accept the results of an election(and ALL the things Trump AND his fellow elected Republicans did in an attempt to hold power).


But hey, the Democrats picked a new leader...wahhhh! ####in' snowflakes.

The Republicans don't care but the Democrats do. They are playing off that.

It's like the thief who always gets accused of stealing by the accuser and now the accuser is stealing. The thief will call out the hypocrisy. The GOP are the heels.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Weak candidates always raise $100M in a day.

There is no test case here.

Any candidate with the backing of Biden and the rest of the democratic leadership falling inline would likely have had a similar magnitude of released funding.

I think you are seeing the enthusiasm from going from 0% to a 25-40% chnance of winning. (Assuming Harris performs like a generic democrat).

So the question of weak candidate relative to the other 5 or 6 names thrown around is entirely unrelated to the restored enthusiasm post Biden debate and raised a pile of money.

So yes weak candidates replacing dead candidates with the full endorsement of the party after no money was raised for 3 weeks can raise 100 million.

I’m not saying she is a weak candidate just this is not evidence of her not being a weak candidate. We will see in two weeks once the polling digests her taking over. If she doesn’t match or exceed the generic democrat ballot she would be a weak candidate.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Makarov

Sure, but then within that small subset of rich elites, there is another sub-subset of rich elites who are dicks and do (or want to do) things like:

(a) deny climate change;

(b) needlessly restrict or prohibit abortion;

(c) discriminate against [insert very long list];

(d) cut taxes for their wealthy friends;

(e) needlessly attack public institutions; and

(f) etc etc etc

There are no subsets. Most rich elites are dicks as buying or crushing anyone in their way is what it took for most of them to attain their wealth. I trust none of them as most of these people that are more interested in preserving their billionaire lifestyles than actually caring about the planet or us peasants. I simply refuse to believe in people that don't practice what they preach as they all want the masses to make major lifestyle concessions while they continue to live lavish lifestyles. I question all their motives, all the time.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

The Republicans don't care but the Democrats do. They are playing off that.

It's like the thief who always gets accused of stealing by the accuser and now the accuser is stealing. The thief will call out the hypocrisy. The GOP are the heels.

Spoiler!

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Azure

Yeah, imagine, Harris has the same rating as Dick 'warmongerer' Cheney.

The one thing that might make her look worse is that Biden also had awful approval ratings. Polls in mid-August will be interesting

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...proval-rating/

[butterfly]

The good ol' class warfare playbook. Thought that was retired around a decade ago.

Money is bad unless I have it.

[Cube Inmate]

Originally Posted by Azure

Harris had a dismal showing at the 2020 primaries, and performed about as well as Gabbard, who has since quit the Democrat Party.

Your credibility drops even more every time you use this term because you're either unaware that it's an intentional misuse of the party's name, promoted by the GOP, or you are aware and you choose to use it anyhow. Which is it?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Right, the GOP is trying to draw those people elsewhere.

No, no they aren’t

They are having a paddy and throwing their toys.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Cube Inmate

Your credibility drops even more every time you use this term because you're either unaware that it's an intentional misuse of the party's name, promoted by the GOP, or you are aware and you choose to use it anyhow. Which is it?

What a silly thing to take issue with.

Everyone knows what that means. Dems, Democrats, Democratics, Reps, Republicans, Repubs, GOP.

Does the NDP get mad when people call them New Democrats instead of New Democratics?

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

If you want to see how protectionist trade policies work for consumers, look at Canada’s telecomms industry. Now imagine that for everything.

The only people who benefit from protectionist tariffs are factory owners.

[Bonded]

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...-biden-1929527
Lol

[ResAlien]

It’s not difficult to see why the people crying loudest about Kamala receiving the nomination are republicans and conservatives claiming it’s in defence of democracy and in the best interest of democrats as they are flailing to find something to try and create division. They got nothing

Democrats and liberals have enough common sense to see the situation and the outcome while almost every single hysterical response I see online is some try hard right wing nerd attempting to freak people out. Man no one cares find another attack angle. It would be pathetic if it weren’t so predictable.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by GGG

There is no test case here.

Any candidate with the backing of Biden and the rest of the democratic leadership falling inline would likely have had a similar magnitude of released funding.

I think you are seeing the enthusiasm from going from 0% to a 25-40% chnance of winning. (Assuming Harris performs like a generic democrat).

So the question of weak candidate relative to the other 5 or 6 names thrown around is entirely unrelated to the restored enthusiasm post Biden debate and raised a pile of money.

So yes weak candidates replacing dead candidates with the full endorsement of the party after no money was raised for 3 weeks can raise 100 million.

I’m not saying she is a weak candidate just this is not evidence of her not being a weak candidate. We will see in two weeks once the polling digests her taking over. If she doesn’t match or exceed the generic democrat ballot she would be a weak candidate.

If you mean the down ballot Democrats, fine. If you mean "unnamed potential candidate", nah.

[Cube Inmate]

Originally Posted by butterfly

What a silly thing to take issue with.

Everyone knows what that means. Dems, Democrats, Democratics, Reps, Republicans, Repubs, GOP.

Does the NDP get mad when people call them New Democrats instead of New Democratics?

OK, so "unaware" it is for you.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

If you mean the down ballot Democrats, fine. If you mean "unnamed potential candidate", nah.

Yeah, specifically I will be following this one

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...c-ballot/2024/

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Cube Inmate

OK, so "unaware" it is for you.

You too, obviously.

Libs, Cons, Dems, Reps, everyone knows what they mean. It's an abbreviation, not an insult.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by butterfly

The good ol' class warfare playbook. Thought that was retired around a decade ago.

Money is bad unless I have it.

I assume you haven't been paying attention, but the uber wealthy have been at war with the rest of us for decades, and are kicking our asses and taking our lunch money. You can ignore reality, but to blame the wrong side is typical from people who think they also will be uber rich one day. Here's a tip. You won't be. Stop being the useful idiot for them.

[Cube Inmate]

Originally Posted by butterfly

You too, obviously.

Libs, Cons, Dems, Reps, everyone knows what they mean. It's an abbreviation, not an insult.

Since you resist education, you now move into the category of "intentionally parroting GOP propaganda points." I will not bother Googling that for you and pointing you to the first link because I have no doubt you're being intentionally obtuse.