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And none of the major Democratic contenders chose to primary him this year. Now, it would’ve been an uphill battle against an incumbent and the DNC but they didn’t. I wish some had but it rarely happens. None of the major Republicans did in 2020. What should’ve happened is to have announced last year that he wouldn’t run and let the Democrats have a full primary and fundraising cycle.
I actually think Van is spot on.
I have a hard time believing no one else wanted the Democratic nomination this year. Seems more likely that Biden let the DNC know he was running again, and the DNC, in trying to maintain a look of party cohesion, told all other potential primary challengers to hang back or else they'll get done like Bernie in '16.
At no point do remember providing input on Joe's second term, and challenging him directly, against the party's wishes is a high risk, low reward decision.
There are rarely challengers to in the incumbent President’s party. Do you remember who ran vs Clinton or Obama? The last time it happened was in 80 w/ Kennedy and a lot of people say it hurt Carter’s chances for winning.
Hindsight is 20/20. If Biden’s debate performance hadn’t gone so bad nobody would be thinking about replacing him. No prominent Democrats wanted to go against a sitting president and potentially being blamed for Trump’s reelection.
This seems awfully naive. The average voter does not pay close enough attention to know the differences between the candidates in a primary. Everybody dropped out and threw their support behind Biden so they didn’t risk Sanders winning the nomination. The Democratic Party is a center right party. The smart choice would have been for Biden to announce after the 2022 midterms that he wasn’t running for a second term and allow for an open primary. The reality is it’s not about the voters and politicians are going to do whatever they can to protect their own power.
Tell me the last time a president didn’t run for a second term?
Thanks for proving my point
Oh buddy….the voters only picked biden after the machine (for better or worse) told candidates to drop out before South Carolina (IIRC).
You remember incorrectly. In the course of American politics, challenging an incumbent president in the primaries is career suicide. Which viable candidate would you like to make that gamble?
I meant the 2020 election. Which I do remember correctly.
Well then you also misremember. Pete, Liz, Amy and Bernie were all in the SC primary and simply got beat.
Damn it lol. The point remains. The DNC machine made from for Biden.
Yikes. Delete this.
You are blind if you don’t think the DNC picks the centrist they put up every election. That’s why Hilary was trotted out with all polling showing she would lose compared to other candidates. The DNC has consistently shot itself in the foot by putting up centrists that won’t get in the way of capitalism or the heritage foundation
Do the votes count at all then? And why do other candidates waste their time running? Obama wasn’t considered the safe or Center right candidate in 08 nor Clinton in 92. And in the other years Bernie (16 & 20) and Dean (among many others in 04) ran but didn’t win.
“That’s why Hillary* was trotted out with all polling showing she would lose…”
What polling are u talking about? That is the opposite of what the polls said.
Jesus, Mary, & Joseph R Biden these comments are mind numbingly ignorant. Ppl just make up their own facts in their own alternative realities huh?
Knew this, but sometimes it just punches u in the teeth for a nice lil terrible reminder.
You're confused. That's not how it went down.
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