Joe Biden has reportedly become more open in recent days to hearing arguments that he should step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate after the party’s two main congressional leaders told him they doubted his ability to beat Donald Trump.
While continuing to insist he will be the party’s nominee in November, the president has reportedly started asking questions about negative polling data and whether Vice-President Kamala Harris, considered the favourite to replace him if were to withdraw, fares better.
The indications of a possible rethink come after Biden tested positive on Wednesday for Covid-19, forcing him to isolate for several days while curtailing a campaigning visit to Nevada that had been part of a drive to show his candidacy was very much alive.
It also coincides with fresh polling data showing that he now trails Trump by two points in Virginia, a state he won by 10 points in 2020.
Oh, ok, so I guess we can all vote third party now and you won’t complain?
LOL. Centrists aren’t a majority in the coalition. Mainstream Dems are. It’s not like the Blue Dogs dominate the Democrats. They’re a tiny problematic sliver (waaaay smaller than the CPC).
But I never claimed the progressives were a majority. I know dedicated progressives only made up 30-40% of the primary. I’m just asking whether we’re irrelevant enough for you not to care if we vote for someone else. Because you guys sure seem upset when progressives don’t vote for Democrats.
We can be irrelevant or we can be responsible for the party losing, not both, and if we’re the latter then yeah, you do need to accept that other members of the coalition actually get something from it.
I am upset when progressives don’t vote for the dem candidate. And in the few cases a progressive wins the primary Im equally as pissed when centrists don’t vote for them.
