2020 Democratic Primary Thread: Focus on House & Senate races

[A.R.$]

This trying to primary Obama thing might have some legs if played right. Bernie better have a good answer for this at the SC debate. If I remember correctly Bernie never directly stated that Obama should be primary, but he endorsed a book that stated this.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Senate Democrats Drop the Public Option to Woo Lieberman, and Liberals Howl | Commonwealth Fund
Why Joe Lieberman is holding Barack Obama to ransom over healthcare

I love how every attempt to attack Bernie proves him right.

The highlights:

Lieberman is the Senate Bloomberg

December 15, 2009 -- Democratic senators traveled to the White House on Tuesday for a meeting with President Obama aimed at building a united front on health care, and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman said he'd likely join with them in backing a measure that dropped a government-sponsored insurance program.
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Democrats skittered away from a government-sponsored plan in the Senate bill (HR 3590) in the face of Lieberman's opposition, needing the independent's vote, and Lieberman said the measure now looked much better to him.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said he made a direct appeal to Lieberman at the White House meeting to support the Medicare buy-in, apparently without success.

Before there was Collins and Murkowski, there was Collins and Snowe.

Earlier in the day, the two Republican senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe, suggested they won't be playing Santa Claus for Democrats this Christmas.
Collins sought to downplay expectations that she might vote yes given her recent joint efforts with Democrats to improve cost containment provisions in the legislation. "I'm still very concerned about the enormous cuts" in Medicare, she told reporters Tuesday.

Snowe said it would be "difficult" to address her remaining concerns about the legislation before Christmas. "I'm deeply concerned about the timeline under which we are operating," she said.

We thought Booker was compromised. But it seems all NJ Senators are bought and paid for by Big Pharma.

On the Senate floor, meanwhile, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., offered an amendment that would gut an amendment by fellow Democrat Byron L. Dorgan of North Dakota allowing Americans access to brand-name drugs at lower prices charged in certain foreign countries.

Lautenberg said such access could be "catastrophic" and a "matter of life and death."

"As much as we want to cut costs from consumers we cannot afford to cut corners," he said. "Drugs from other countries have dangerously high counterfeit rates."

The Dems almost as bad as CA State Dems.

 

[wire28]

Chris Matthews just called me, he said he wants his schtick back. lol

I still crack up at him talkin about getting dragged out to Central Park or whatever he said. I low key need someone to troll him if Bernie wins and show up to his door on we’ve come for you type shyt

 

[Uno Venova]

They gon milk this one

No candidate got a surrogate as good as her

 

[Secure Da Bag]

if we’re doing that, then the republican establishment freed us, gave us half a leg up during a short reconstruction, and gave us HBCU’s

They did.

 

[Json]

He is trying to win the nomination, aren't the "Establishment" rational actors who will vote blue no matter who? He is doing fine. lol

That anti-President vote strategy didn’t work well against idiot Bush Jr. You going have the Obama enthusiasm.

 

[A.R.$]

Biden have already telegraph he is going to attract Bernie for protecting gun manufacturers and voting against a assault weapons ban. Bernie is going have to be ready for this as well. I fully expect all the other candidates to come at his neck on in the debate

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Man, if I was on that campaign, I'd be making HunterXHunter memes left and right.

We're leaving Greed Island. Next Stop. Misfit Island.

 

[ThirdAct]

They’ve been doing that for months at minimum. I gave up. Say the two party system is trash and then create an argument why your revolutionary candidate needs to further legitimize the two party system, bern brehs

reason why the ideals your candidate is fighting for will not make sense to people if he runs as an independent, bern brehs

I'm not a Bernie breh. I'm a whoever-the-fukk-is-running-against-Trump breh. It just so happens that as of right now looks like its gonna be Bernie.

 

[A.R.$]

No candidate got a surrogate as good as her

She is great. If Bernie wins the nomination she will probably end up leading the DNC.

 

[Cheddar Biscuits]

if we’re doing that, then the republican establishment freed us, gave us half a leg up during a short reconstruction, and gave us HBCU’s

It's almost like mindless loyalty to a political party instead of actually having ideals is a dumb way to enact politics.

 

[nyknick]

She is great. If Bernie wins the nomination he will probably end up leading the DNC.

That's why establishment is looking into magic to stop Bernie

 

[Reece]

Oh now it doesn't matter? You changed your tune quick from even a post ago. lol
Hmmm . . . so what you are saying is we probably need to increase the social safety net? Hmmm . . . if only there was a presidential candidate doing that. Am I right?!

My tune hasn't changed. The average American is broke as fukk. If you worth $3 million and got three houses, you're rich.

And yea, I agree. Increase taxes. Increase social safety nets. Free college. Free healthcare. All that.

But I can do without a rich person acting like he's above other rich people. He's not Joan of Arc nikka. He went and got his. He's no different.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

If you are an Establishment type, not feeling Progressives, Bernie in particular it is pretty much over. We got this, the war for the Dem party is basically won. Your only lane of salvation is Bernie is the nominee and loses to Trump. Every other scenario is a + for Progressives. lol

 

[88m3]

You guys seem more invested in Warren losing than Bernie winning.