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“I'm the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one's pushing me out. I'm not leaving," he said in a call to the broader campaign

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Harris, Newsom, Whitmer, Pritzker, and Shapiro are the most common potential replacements I've seen floated.

[–] mecfs 17 points 4 months ago

Realistically it would be harris or newsom, and they are both as unpopular as biden. Obviously they are mentally sharper but have other baggage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

And considering the DNC locked Sanders out of winning primaries twice in a row, how are all the disenfranchised Democrat voters supposed to feel about...

The party choosing to ignore Biden's advanced age and not letting the cat out of the bag until well after we could have run some primaries and let the voters decide.

We're left with two options with a month and a half to the convention. Let the party apparatchiks choose the candidate, or let the delegates choose the candidate, both of which are inherently anti-democratic choices.

The DNC made these choices on purpose and are leaving voters without an actual choice on purpose. It is literally the party's choices that have lead us to this moment, but somehow the party making another bad choice will fix things? I seriously doubt that.

Who, when chosen by the DNC for us, (not BY us) do you think will actually excite voters?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I don't understand why we feel so entitled to primaries. We don't get to choose who runs in the primaries. It's really more like an opinion poll and the party decides whether or not to listen to the opinion. AlwaysHasBeen.jpg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

As a conservative independent I don’t want someone who’s in politics to politic. I’d rather have people who have strong beliefs, even if I disagree. Give me AOC or Warren.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And which of them are have stated that they intend to run for president? Either go with what we have or don’t go. Those are your options.