• Nougat
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    Has anyone presented a viable alternative? Without such an alternative, all the talk of Biden stepping aside only serves the purposes of the GOP and foreign influence, and I cannot believe that people are falling for it.

    • Kalkaline
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      2923 days ago

      Put Alexandria Occasio Cortez up there and watch the Republicans collectively shit themselves.

      • Orbituary
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        223 days ago

        Please. Anything with a non-coopted “Progressive” moniker attached to it is radioactive to the DNC. The DNC undermined Bernie in two elections - they’d smear AOC into oblivion.

      • @ryry1985
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        She’s not old enough yet, right?

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          She will be old enough by election day, which makes her old enough.

      • @anticolonialist
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        She’s a Pelosi in training, we don’t need people like her

    • @[email protected]
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      1224 days ago

      What is your threshold for viable in this context? If you’re looking for polling, I don’t think you’ll find it because not much, or any, has been done. If you’re looking for anecdotes, I’d be happy to vote for Pete Buttigieg or AOC over Biden.

    • @dhork
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      There is someone who has done nothing for the past four years but be Joe Biden’s understudy. She can slot into the job today, and be able to do it past 8 PM without needing a nap.

      Now if you counter with “I want someone I like!”, well, I can’t help you there. But it seems a bit absurd to suggest we dont have any viable alternative when we elect someone whose entire job description is to do exactly that.

      • Billiam
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        The problem isn’t whether Kamala is competent enough to be President, it’s that nebulous concept of “electability”.

        Can she do the job of President? Probably. She could almost certainly do better than Trump, as long as she’s not golfing for a full 25% of a Presidential term.

        Can she do whatever the voting public thinks is the job of the President? That’s a much harder question to answer, especially given that (1) she and (2) isn’t white.

    • @return2ozmaOP
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      724 days ago

      I’m sure there’s a short list they’ve discussed in their closed door meetings.

      • @[email protected]
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        123 days ago

        Hunter Biden would be the most popcorn worthy campaign of all time and he might unironically do well.

    • @TokenBoomer
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      It has to be Kamala because of delegates and fundraising.

    • @anticolonialist
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      Denying he’s a problem helps the GOP. Either way democrats are fucked, instead of listening to people pointing out his issues over the last few years they punched left and called all of us bots and Russians. This is the bed liberals made for themselves and they are finding it’s not very comfortable

    • JayTreeman
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      Biden can’t string two sentences together and is increasingly worse. At his age and how grueling campaigning is, he won’t be fit for the job come October. Doing it now is the best option. John Stewart talked about it better than I can on Monday. Also, foreign influence is a thing most of the world is used to. I’m not sure what this American obsession is about foreign influence. Lots of famous Canadians endorse American candidates. We don’t hear anything about that. Even though it’s the definition of foreign influence

      • @[email protected]
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        123 days ago

        People aren’t worried about the sort of foreign influence where Putin publicly endorses a candidate.

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    Nancy Pelosi is 84. No wonder she won’t say he’s too old.

    *But always remember to check who’s OP.

    • Pennomi
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      It’s not about being too old per se, it’s about being too unhealthy. A person can be 80 and still mentally fit, just like a person could be 60 and totally frazzled.

      The only reason age comes up is because there’s a correlation between age and cognitive decline.

    • @return2ozmaOP
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      It’s Pelosi… This isn’t fake news.

      • jwiggler
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        Don’t listen to these people who call you some sort of Russian bot. They want to shut their eyes and pretend like nothing is wrong, while we are on the verge of an authoritarian Trump presidency.

        Edit: for the record, if Joe Biden is the nominee, you still gotta vote for him. I’m not saying otherwise

    • @AuroraZzz
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      Good catch! There are more and more of these trolls coming out of the farms now that we are getting closer to the election

  • @enbyecho
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    She didn’t get where she is by holding principled positions or committing to… well… anything really.

  • @lennybird
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    1824 days ago

    Biden going to full-on RBG us.

    • @robocall
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      Biden going to full-on Dianne Feinstein us.

      • @dhork
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        323 days ago

        If he’s going to Feinstein us, can we just skip the boring parts and go to the end of the book?

  • @Tronn4
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    1623 days ago

    Something something kettle calling black something

  • @cybervseas
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    1224 days ago

    Interesting language when he’s said that he’s decided.

  • @Rapidcreek
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    Here are the headlines from Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) remarks on Morning Joe earlier today:

    New York Times: Pelosi suggests that Biden should reconsider decision to stay in the race

    Washington Post: Pelosi urges Biden to make decision on race, despite his insistence he will stay

    USA Today: Nancy Pelosi dodges question of whether she wants Biden to be the Democratic nominee

    CNBC: Pelosi refuses to say she supports Biden as the Democratic nominee

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    124 days ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., held back Wednesday from a full-throated endorsement of President Joe Biden staying in the 2024 race, saying that it’s up to him whether to run but warned the clock is ticking.

    We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short," Pelosi said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked if Biden had her support to be the head of the Democratic ticket.

    Pelosi’s remarks are highly notable as she remains a prominent member of the Democratic caucus, as speaker emerita, whose rank and file still look to her for guidance.

    The former speaker suggested that she’s told her Democratic colleagues to “hold off” on stating their opinions publicly about Biden staying in the race.

    Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado on Tuesday became the first Senate Democrat to publicly say that he doesn’t think Biden can beat Trump.

    Biden and the White House have dismissed the idea that he has any major health conditions that affected him that night and the president has emphatically said he’s staying in the race.


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