You got what you deserve, Republican Party...

[A Black Falcon]

I wish this mythical all-powerful DNC that the leftist/Sanders wing thinks exists actually did exist, that might be nice. But it doesn't. Democrats rarely fall in line like Republicans do, and while this certainly has a good side to it, it means that there is no "DNC agenda" for him to just rubber-stamp; yes, the party agreed he was the best candidate, but that was because the VOTERS (in South Carolina) picked him. Biden was not elected by the DNC, I don't know if they would actually have picked him. He was chosen by the voters. And his platform reflects how the party has changed since the Obama-Biden presidency, as his platform is, again, far to the left of the one Obama ran on back then. Sure, it's not as liberal as I would like, but it's a good start and surely will move more to the left in some regards as we go forward. How we do in the Senate races is, again, going to be absolutely key for how much we can accomplish, of course.

But anyway, Biden works well with others, understands how Congress works better than most anyone, and is well liked by most people there. We saw this, for example, in Sanders' choice to leave the race so "soon" compared to 2016. Why did Bernie leave in April this time, but take it all the way to the convention last time? Well, COVID is one part of the answer, he cant have his big rallies. That he did far worse than last time is part of the answer, he wasn't winning states and was losing or getting blown out in places he won before. That his opponent was male and not female is maybe part of the answer, I doubt it's a coincidence that the two people Bernie and his people seem to most not get along with are women, Hillary and Warren. But number one on the list is probably that Biden and Sanders get along and like eachother. So, Bernie's got less incentive to push this, since this time he likes his opponent. Biden is very good at building teams and building support within the Democratic Party. Yes, when he thinks he can get Republicans on his side and starts to give up too much, like Obama did repeatedly, it'll be incredibly frustrating and I will complain about it for certain, but still there is a lot more positive here than negative.

Oh yeah, and the tagline on that Warren endorsement video? That should sell every non-Trump-cultist person in this country on the Biden administration. Watch that video if you haven't, her endorsement video is really good. "Joe Biden will lead a government", it says on the screen before you click to start it playing. That sure would be great right about now. How about we try having a government, instead of a criminal gang? The tens of thousands of people Trump is killing would have liked that, I think, whether they know it or not.

Also here's a brutal truth. There's a good reason everyone's so concerned about Biden's VP pick. At some point, he's just no longer going to be mentally capable of doing anything in office. He's already effectively a rubber stamp for the DNC's agenda, and he's only going to get worse.

That's not a truth for the reason you are suggesting. There is no actual reason to believe that Biden has "mental decline". He's just old and has a stutter that seems to be acting up worse than when he was younger. But he IS old, that's for sure, quite old. So sure, the choice of VP is quite important -- maybe he won't make it through a term, you never know. And even if he does, will he run for re-election, at age 82? There is certainly no guarantee of that, and there are hints from the campaign that he may not. And his VP would be in prime position to run instead, if that happened. So yes, his choice of VP matters and I hope it's a good one. I'm not sure who the best one would be as far as electoral strategy does, but if he does pick Harris like the rumors have been for like a year now, that's a good choice, I wanted her to be President last year after all.