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From your reddit comment to God's eyes(?).  Complacency is deadly.  I was one of the disbelieving characters in the Chappell/SNL skit about 2016 election night.  In fact, as a white male in the south I said, Trump is a joke, Republicans fucked up this time.  Then Wednesday morning 😶
"being in your 80s is not great, trust me, I know from personal experience" >

Yeah, was kind of a pot and kettle situation lol >

Not really, seeing as how she stepped down.
I voted for Biden, but fuck no he shouldn’t run again. Find a good fairly left leaning candidate who is 
-Pro bodily autonomy
-Neutral on the 2nd Amendment
-Loudly workers rights/pro middle class 
Obliterate the GOP. Literally just don’t talk shit about guns and harp on all the under-14 year old pregnancies and it’ll be a slaughter. That’s all it takes. >

I disagree on the first point, the GOP was utterly eviscerated compared to the norm in the midterms, and a lot of that was driven by abortion rights. Three important data points:


Pew polling in May had <20% of the country in favor of a total abortion ban with no exceptions. Which Republicans are going for.


Kansas a bit after Roe was overturned voted to keep abortion legal in a state referendum. It wasn't even close. 


I believe it was Kentucky during the midterms that also had a referendum? And again no question, keeping abortion legal handily won.


The debate comes on where it should be legal, not if it should be legal. When people in red states overwhelmingly vote to keep abortion legal, it's something to capitalize on. As an added bonus, it's also the right thing to do. 
Unless you mean defining when it should and shouldn't be legal, in which case I agree, not the time to do that. I'm all for a strong workers/middle class push, but I do think we should temper expectations.
Edit: For the record I also voted for Biden but I think he needs to let someone younger run. He should build up possible contenders and give them experience now for later. >

Agree, and aside from it being politically smart to back bodily autonomy when it comes to abortion rights, taking a neutral position is throwing women under the bus. >

Yeah, if the next democratic nominee took a neutral stance on bodily autonomy, I would officially stop making fun of the bozos who claim that "both sides are the same". I'm not voting for anyone who doesn't stand up for bodily autonomy as sacrosanct. >

Exactly. It's also such a stupid tactical decision. Quit pulling punches. Abortion and body autonomy are incredibly popular. Red state lunatics shouldn't be pandered to. >

The neutral tactic was for 2A. Which I'm for. I absolutely believe we need stronger gun laws (basic stuff, like background checks and carry permits), but running on a Beto-ish "We're gonna take your guns" platform is shooting your candidacy in the foot. Pun intended. At least that's the way I read that post. >

That's an interesting comment. For her to say this publicly is meaningful. It's the first real doubt cast on him running by a Dem. She also said there are other candidates who could beat Trump. That to me is a signal that many Dems are hoping Biden doesn't run, one of the first such signals I've seen. Perhaps the recent document scandal has changed things or it's just that they think their chances are higher with someone else. >

Absolutely, the 2020 election cycle proved there was a lot of talent in the party. Just without the same clout as Biden. >

I can't think of one dem who could beat a non-Trump Republican candidate. Mayor Pete (who is a talented politician) and Kamala (who is as compelling as dry toast) would lose by 100 electoral votes. Not sure who that leaves. >

Keep in mind, most people were not aware of Pete or Kamala before the last primaries. And then you have Obama, who had no national presence before his run. 
My point is that there are candidates out there that we haven't heard of, and Biden is going to have challengers that will emerge. >

He won’t have challengers. That’s the dumbest thing democrats can do this election cycle >

Yeah, I don’t see any Democratic contender compelling enough to give up incumbency. Obviously he’s ancient and shouldn’t run if he doesn’t think he can do it, but he surely would have the biggest advantage at the polls. >

It’s not even about giving up the seat — if Biden announces he doesn’t want to seek re-election, it will cause a ton of infighting … while the Republican Party can’t decide between Trump or DeSantis >

This "infighting" could also forge the best candidate.  Obama had a tough primary and wasn't well known, but he emerged as the nominee and won the election AND he was a poc from Chicago!  On paper, not great odds, but it worked in 2008. >

True, but I really think this election cycle for republicans is an anomaly. It’s something we have never seen before, but I’m willing to bet it’s either Trump (who has already announced his run) bullying people into not running or another Republican (most likely DeSantis) challenging him. Either way, I don’t think a Republican can win this election cycle