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2020 Democratic Presidential Nominees

Are there any TV spots left for beer or Viagra or McDonald's ads in Iowa and NH?
 
MHBDemon said:
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Woof, ANOTHER tough look for my guy. Might be time to go back to the drawing board, Pete. You made a good run. You still have a future in the party, but you need to settle into a slice of humble pie and listen to some different constituents for a few years.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
Woof, ANOTHER tough look for my guy. Might be time to go back to the drawing board, Pete. You made a good run. You still have a future in the party, but you need to settle into a slice of humble pie and listen to some different constituents for a few years.
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Yeah. That’s a tone deaf tweet. The influence of the “American Heartland” on Washington is the problem.

He’s made several strategic blunders once he got pressed. In his efforts to win Iowa, he’s leaning way too hard into these Obama/Trump voters and he hasn’t figured out how to push back on the ridiculous “Pete is a racist” crap.

His best bet would be to go through Iowa and if he finishes 3rd or 4th, quickly file for the Indiana gubernatorial election. The deadline is next Friday.
 
PhDeac said:
Yeah. That’s a tone deaf tweet. The influence of the “American Heartland” on Washington is the problem.

He’s made several strategic blunders once he got pressed. In his efforts to win Iowa, he’s leaning way too hard into these Obama/Trump voters and he hasn’t figured out how to push back on the ridiculous “Pete is a racist” crap.

His best bet would be to go through Iowa and if he finishes 3rd or 4th, quickly file for the Indiana gubernatorial election. The deadline is next Friday.
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He seems to be gambling on his only path to the nomination being a win or 2nd place in Iowa. He’s probably not wrong about that path being his only one.
 
Agreed. It was a viable path a month or so ago but it’s not now. What’s going to be funny is that Bernie’s people will miss Pete when all his support goes to other candidates. The sooner the moderates depart the race the worse for Bernie.
 
PhDeac said:
Agreed. It was a viable path a month or so ago but it’s not now. What’s going to be funny is that Bernie’s people will miss Pete when all his support goes to other candidates. The sooner the moderates depart the race the worse for Bernie.
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But you said Pete was a progressive?
 
PhDeac said:
Yeah. That’s a tone deaf tweet. The influence of the “American Heartland” on Washington is the problem.

He’s made several strategic blunders once he got pressed. In his efforts to win Iowa, he’s leaning way too hard into these Obama/Trump voters and he hasn’t figured out how to push back on the ridiculous “Pete is a racist” crap.

His best bet would be to go through Iowa and if he finishes 3rd or 4th, quickly file for the Indiana gubernatorial election. The deadline is next Friday.
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He has a better shot at the presidency that he does being governor of IN. His best shot in IN is to nudge out his congressman - get the next prez to give that guy an ambassadorship or something - and run for that blue seat. No matter the talent, IN is too damn red for any Dem to win statewide these days. If Bayh couldn't do it, it ain't happening.
 
PhDeac said:
Agreed. It was a viable path a month or so ago but it’s not now. What’s going to be funny is that Bernie’s people will miss Pete when all his support goes to other candidates. The sooner the moderates depart the race the worse for Bernie.
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Starting to think everyone might be better off if Pete and Amy drop out and throw it all behind Biden. Let the populist leftists split the vote. America wins.
 
MHBDemon said:
But you said Pete was a progressive?
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He is in terms of his policy preferences. Everyone in the race except Amy and Bloomberg has progressive policy preferences. But in this race, he's occupying a moderate lane.

cville, you're probably right, but aside from winning this presidential election or becoming VP, his only path to the presidency is winning statewide in IN.
 
PhDeac said:
He is in terms of his policy preferences. Everyone in the race except Amy and Bloomberg has progressive policy preferences. But in this race, he's occupying a moderate lane.

cville, you're probably right, but aside from winning this presidential election or becoming VP, his only path to the presidency is winning statewide in IN.
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He could run for the presidency as a congressman. AOC is probably doing it. I get that Lincoln is the only president who has done this successfully (and he won after he had been out of office). But I don't see why a high profile house rep necessarily has a harder time doing that than your average senator. Given how poorly governors have fared in recent primaries, I'd bet a high profile rep has a much better shot than a governor. And it's still possible Biden, if he wins the primary, could pick him as veep, but I see that as doubtful. No, he should get Biden/Sanders/Warren to appoint his congressman to be ambassador to China or Japan.
 
 
to me a real president MUST have flyover country values

they must watch high school football religiously

they must eat campbell's chunky soup

and they must have voted for reagan

this is the soul of the USA
 
cville deac said:
He could run for the presidency as a congressman. AOC is probably doing it. I get that Lincoln is the only president who has done this successfully (and he won after he had been out of office). But I don't see why a high profile house rep necessarily has a harder time doing that than your average senator. Given how poorly governors have fared in recent primaries, I'd bet a high profile rep has a much better shot than a governor. And it's still possible Biden, if he wins the primary, could pick him as veep, but I see that as doubtful. No, he should get Biden/Sanders/Warren to appoint his congressman to be ambassador to China or Japan.
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I think AOC is going to run for Schumer's seat.
 
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