Posted on 01/07/2019 4:58:25 AM PST by Zakeet
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in the final stages of deciding whether to run for president and has told allies he is skeptical the other Democrats eyeing the White House can defeat President Trump, an assessment that foreshadows a clash between the veteran Washington insider and the more liberal and fresh-faced contenders for the party's 2020 nomination.
Many Democratic voters, and nearly all major Democratic donors, are keenly interested in Mr. Biden’s plans because of their consuming focus on finding a candidate who can beat a president they believe represents a threat to American democracy. But there is also a rising demand in the party for a more progressive standard-bearer who reflects the increasingly diverse Democratic coalition.
Mr. Biden would instantly be the early front-runner if he ran, but he would have to bridge divides in a primary that would test whether Democrats are willing to embrace a moderate white man in his 70s if they view him as the best bet to oust Mr. Trump.
"He has the best chance of beating Trump, hands down," said Senator Tom Carper of Delaware, Mr. Biden's longtime friend and former colleague. "On a scale of one to 10, that's probably about a 12 for us."
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Trump will take uncle Joe behind the White House and beat the crap outta him.
Cobra! cobra!
Uncle creepy...go for it..
Will the leftwing base support an old white man?
Oh no! Not crazy Uncle Joe! Anyone but him!! (LMFAO!!)
He can surely count on DE!!!
Dims know their only hope is an old white pervert.
He can surely count on DE!!!
Recruit Jeb Bush as his running mate, and I reckon you’ve got a winner.
Yep, the ‘Rats should be comforted by the a-priori fact that they will not be shutout with Biden.
I see the Dems running a fresh face for POTUS like Beto to GOTV the Dem base paired with a Deep State Never Trumper like Mattis to divide POTUS’s support base. I expect two white males on the Dem ticket. They want to beat POTUS and will be ruthless in their attempt to do it.
So a pedo is the dem’s best hope eh. Interesting.
Trump will trump Biden. Biden’s nomination, as with most of the RAT candidates, will split the party.
No, they are too radical. They didn’t even like Hillary.
The hands on deck campaign.
“Stand up, chuck!!”
“..oh, is this your granddaughter?...aww, come give yer uncle Joe a nice big hug...)
But Democrats love this guy.
Al Gore.
Hillary Clinton.
Joe Biden.
Yep, the Libs sure have an inspiring A-team
According to the latest 2020 presidential poll, Joe Biden has 32 percent support among Democrats, while Hillary Clinton has 18 percent.
Those figures seem to represent less of an outburst of enthusiasm for Joe but instead a serious loss of support for Hillary. A large number of Hillary’s previous supporters have moved to Joe.
So what will Joe be deciding in the next two weeks?
If Hillary runs, Joe can’t win the presidency. Hillary will spend the entire primary season attacking Joe and taking huge amounts of Wall Street campaign donations away from him.
So, will Hillary run? Will Wall Street pledge $millions to Joe’s campaign before he announces his candidacy? Will Hillary preempt Joe from running by using her media friends to create a scandal exposing Joe as a molester of women? or children? or whatever it takes?
And they are correct.
Why is Trump President?
He is President because about 70 000 Democrats in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio, who voted for Obama twice voted for him.
In 2020, let's say 16 000 of them have died and 54 000 of them - all white, many older, all working men and some women have to choose between Trump and Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama, Cory Booker, or Julian Castro and Trump - Trump goes back.
I say Biden gets all, or almost all, of those voters.
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