23rd October 2019, 5:05 AM
You're outdated. Reaching across the aisle will never work again. The "middle" is too small compared to the number of progressive votes you will LOSE if you pick a candidate that doesn't excite progressives. Why SHOULD they vote if the candidate isn't making any promises? What exact IS Biden's platform other than "I'm that feeling you felt when Obama was in office". He's got nothing. If you run with Biden, You. Will. Lose. The game has changed, accept the new reality or fail.
Biden is just another Hillary, and progressives are going to (mistakenly) stay home if he's the party pick. Pick the extreme. Pick a candidate that actually reflects your views. That's how elections are won now. A "spoiler to Clinton"? What are you even talking about? They ran against each other in the PRIMARY, and Clinton won the primary, and LOST THE ELECTION!
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Biden is just another Hillary, and progressives are going to (mistakenly) stay home if he's the party pick. Pick the extreme. Pick a candidate that actually reflects your views. That's how elections are won now. A "spoiler to Clinton"? What are you even talking about? They ran against each other in the PRIMARY, and Clinton won the primary, and LOST THE ELECTION!
Meanwhile,
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)