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And if you don’t know how to build a coalition, you’ll never have power.
Step one to building a coalition is to find someone you don’t agree with 100%.
And if you don’t know how to build a coalition, you’ll never have power.
Step one to building a coalition is to find someone you don’t agree with 100%.
Never again means never again.
That’s a good way to describe how the DSA views political power.
Yes, Turkey is both in Europe and in Asia. The same is true of Russia.
Food is definitely cultural. Which means doner is part of European culture. Just like Russian borscht.
Turkey is within Europe. It’s a question of geography, not culture.
What people think about Turkish culture is a completely separate question. Americans have a similar culture to the British, but that does not make Americans part of Europe. Nor can Turkey’s culture move their land outside of Europe.
Birthplace aside, doner is European because Europe includes both Germany and Turkey.
“European” is not the same as “EU member”.
RFK is on the ballot in CA, UT, NM, OK, MN, MI, and DE
West is on the ballot in OR, AK, CO, VT, and SC
If you are in the battleground states of WI, PA, GA, NV, NC, or AZ then neither one is an option.
Yes, and I also saw that the top 3rd party choices in the poll are not on the ballot in most battleground states.
So most people who chose 3rd party in the poll will end up voting for someone else.
So that poll is useless.
I understand that your preferred poll includes candidates who most people can’t vote for.
If I saw a poll where the choices were Biden, Trump, and Taylor Swift then I wouldn’t pay any attention to that one either. You probably would, though, if it was bad for Biden.
I only care about the head to head numbers because the alternative includes candidates who most people can’t vote for.
Moving goalposts so soon? You don’t seem to care about RFK any more.
The only 3rd party candidates in that poll with over 2% are RFK and West. In most states, neither are on the ballot. So the relevant poll results are head to head.
But keep trying to twist the results to explain Why This Is Bad News For Biden. Maybe you’ll land a job at the NYT.
No, the general mostly will be head to head. Because RFK isn’t even on the ballot in most states.
In this poll, he leads Trump 50% to 48% in a head-to-head matchup.
That’s all I care about.
It doesn’t matter who people expect to win and who they consider the underdog. The only thing that matters is who actually gets the most votes.
And in this poll, that person was Biden. So this poll is good news for Biden.
Pointing out the obvious is fine.
Repeating the same thing over and over while ignoring newer events is not fine. In fact it can be a sign of dementia.
“I want a different nominee” does not mean “I won’t support Biden if he is the nominee”.
Biden is making his case, the same way he always has.
Trying to defeat your primary opponents is not undemocratic.
When a candidate loses an election, they should take responsibility for the outcome. Blaming the opponent for “stealing” an election is classic MAGA-speak.
Biden isn’t expected to help challengers. If they can’t get enough signatures or polling support to meet debate / ballot access requirements, then they certainly can’t beat Trump.
And if potential candidates couldn’t stand up to other Dems in private, how are they expected to stand up to Trump in public?
Primaries aren’t beauty pageants. It’s survival of the fittest. Candidates have to work to win over other Democrats and build a strong support network for the general. Nothing will be handed to them, because the general will be ten times harder.
If a populist can’t beat Biden in a primary then they won’t beat Trump in the general
Hillary Clinton ran against a sexual predator. She should have mopped the floor with him. She didn’t.
Any election against Trump will be close. The problem isn’t age. The problem is Trump supporters.
The difference is that Kamala never called Biden a racist.