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Democrats Now Openly Admit They Pushed Biden to Block Bernie (jacobin.com)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Joe Biden was not picked in 2020 because he was the only person that could beat Trump. He was picked because he was the only person that could beat Bernie Sanders, rightly or wrongly. … That conclusion was made, okay? “Oh my gosh, coming out of Nevada, Bernie Sanders is going to be the nominee!” And people, just like they are now, said, “Ahhh, I don’t think that’s going to work,” so they were looking for an alternative.

I have a hard time understanding how "the party" "picks" the candidate.

We have primary elections. There's months of publicity and news reports. There's debates. There's polls. What mechanism(s) does the DNC have to "pick" the candidate? What's the point of the primary if the DNC can overrule what the people want?

I presume the DNC gets to choose where to spend their campaign dollars and can shift marketing one way or the other. Is there some other way they can pick the candidate?

I actually just picked up "Primary Politics" by Elaine C. Kamarck. I'm sure the answer lies in this book I've yet to read.

[–] itsnotits 0 points 7 months ago

            
              There are* months of publicity and news reports.
There are* debates.
There are* polls.

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