2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress

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CNN and MSNBC . Particularly looking forward to seeing Chris Matthews .


 

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Nina Turner really getting it now, for the quote on Bloomberg. Oh the panic
 

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Not following this so closely but Joe Biden seems be one of the favourites. And from I've seen he doesn't seem very presidential at all, or capable of beating the (totally unpresdential) Trump. You'd think 4 years on, the Democracts would have found a bright and strong upcoming face to take down Trump.
 

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DNC Mulls Asking Donald Trump To Run As Democrat In Effort To Stop Sanders

WASHINGTON—As the beginning of primary season upped the stakes in their search for an alternative candidate, Democratic National Committee officials reportedly mulled Monday asking Donald Trump to run for president as a Democrat in an effort to stop Bernie Sanders. “He’s obviously not our first choice, but Trump has a track record of winning elections, not to mention he does well with the conservative voters we’ll need to swing some red states blue—if that’s who we need to ask to ensure Bernie doesn’t win, we’ll do it,” said DNC chairman Tom Perez, who had circled Trump’s name on a white board listing dozens of potential candidates the party could try to convince to jump into the Democratic Party primaries in order to obstruct a Sanders nomination.

“This late in the game, we need somebody with name recognition and a built-in following, which Trump definitely has. He has political experience working with Republicans, which will help him win over moderate voters who are turned off by the idea of a socialist president. Plus, he’ll have the backing of the Democratic donor base, who generally prefer him to Sanders. Look, sometimes politics makes strange bedfellows, but I think I speak for party leadership when I say that we’d much rather see Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee.” At press time, Perez was in negotiations to ensure Trump was on every Democratic primary ballot for Super Tuesday and changing the requirements to allow Trump to qualify for the next Democratic debate.

https://politics.theonion.com/dnc-mulls-asking-donald-trump-to-run-as-democrat-in-eff-1841432132
 

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Not following this so closely but Joe Biden seems be one of the favourites. And from I've seen he doesn't seem very presidential at all, or capable of beating the (totally unpresdential) Trump. You'd think 4 years on, the Democracts would have found a bright and strong upcoming face to take down Trump.
Pete. Pete's your guy if you want a West Wing president.

Not many voters seem to though. I don't think the 'who I'd like to have a beer with' kind of analysis still works.
 

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fecking Iowa though. My birth place is Manaparai, Tamil Nadu in a fairly rural South India and our local municipal elections are organized better than this shit show.
 

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Jeremy Peters, at a G.O.P. caucus in Cedar Rapids 46m ago
It is standing room only at the Republican caucus site here, where upwards of 250 people have showed up for a vote that doesn’t appear in doubt.

538 told me that the higher gop primary turnout in 2016 wasnt a big deal, but there was an enthusiasm gap in the general
 

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I justed turned on CNN and I've no idea what's going on. What does it matter the size of these lines of kids?
 

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Dear Lord, US politics are so fecked and broken. How to make something simple so damned complicated. What really are the point of these caucuses anyway? To think that just one state has such a bearing on potential nominees is just plain bizarre.
 

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Dear Lord, US politics are so fecked and broken. How to make something simple so damned complicated. What really are the point of these caucuses anyway? To think that just one state has such a bearing on potential nominees is just plain bizarre.
Everybody raise your hands and put it down as soon as I've counted you. fecking hell Iowa
 

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I justed turned on CNN and I've no idea what's going on. What does it matter the size of these lines of kids?
because there's no ballot, you literally have to stand in corners for each candidate, ssomeone counts, and if your group at that location is <15%, you can move to another candidate.


 

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because there's no ballot, you literally have to stand in corners for each candidate, ssomeone counts, and if your group at that location is <15%, you can move to another candidate.
I'm gonna have to read about it, it sounds confusing as hell. Is this happening everywhere in the state? What if you have less than 15% but many people somewhere else?
 

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This is the stupidest version of democracy I've ever seen.

It looks fun. I want to stand in some random corner of a school gym and be counted before getting cheered as I walk from my 'non-viable' position just by the fire exit to the group of Yang nerds by the main entrance.
 

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I'm watching the CNN feed. Can someone explain what is going on? I saw a countdown that hit zero and now it is back at 20 minutes...I'm so confused. How hard is this?
 

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Read somewhere that Bernie is winning more than 50%. Please someone tell me that this is true.
 
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