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getagrip_already

(17,767 posts)
4. at this point - even if biden is not around for some reason
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:27 PM
Apr 2020

The party should nominate someone else, like cuomo.

There is no conceivable way bernie has earned the nomination. He won't have a majority of delegates to get a first round nod. Others will jump back in if joe drops out and deny bernie the majority.

He is in it only to grift. The party should just end this now. If they want a fig leaf, change the rules and allow a single period for any registered dem in a state that hasn't yet voted to cast a preference via mail or the web.

This isn't an election. States can't dictate how they are run (except to say you can't hold an election event on a particular day). Primaries are entirely managed by the party holding them. Many small parties don't hold elections at all, they just meet as a committee and make a choice.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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With any luck it will be canceled altogether HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #1
Yes! Do a virtual campaign...let the other group throw "virtual" chairs! Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #8
... NurseJackie Apr 2020 #15
Delay, Sir, Should Be Predicated On the Party Treating Mr. Biden As Its Nominee The Magistrate Apr 2020 #2
at this point - even if biden is not around for some reason getagrip_already Apr 2020 #4
I Agree, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #6
K&R onetexan Apr 2020 #13
Oh, great; we get to hear Bernie and the Bros whine for another month. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #3
Post of the day! William769 Apr 2020 #5
with no Olympics, was there even any reason to have it in July? pstokely Apr 2020 #7
Yes, the party out of power always holds it the month before the party in power. former9thward Apr 2020 #11
the 2008 and 2012 conventions where held the week after the other pstokely Apr 2020 #12
They may have to skip an in person convention. former9thward Apr 2020 #20
what about a smaller in person convention that's only 1 or 2 nights? pstokely Apr 2020 #21
Take care of the Wisconsin voters and the Convention will take care of itself. Tetrachloride Apr 2020 #9
There's a Draft Cuomo movement ... zentrum Apr 2020 #10
It's dumb BlueLucy Apr 2020 #14
Not saying otherwise. It's just zentrum Apr 2020 #16
Biden is on TV several times a day everyday. BlueLucy Apr 2020 #17
Wishful thinking by Sander supporters...Cuomo said a very firm NO. Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #18
A hashtag does not a movement make. ehrnst Apr 2020 #19
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