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So is it up to someone to make the final decision ? (Original Post) tavernier Mar 2020 OP
Barack Obama HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #1
I doubt Obama will endorse Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #2
nothing can be done, nothing at all except keep voting Joe in ever larger numbers from beachbumbob Mar 2020 #4
No one besides Bernie can and should make that decision Claustrum Mar 2020 #3
Oh, I'm wrong then. tavernier Mar 2020 #5
I don't mean you are wrong. Everyone has a different perspective. Claustrum Mar 2020 #6
 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
1. Barack Obama
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 02:35 PM
Mar 2020

Now, Bernie won't care about what he has to say. He wanted America's first black president thrown out in 2012. But that would be my vote. Time to bring out the big guns.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Turin_C3PO

(15,815 posts)
2. I doubt Obama will endorse
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 02:37 PM
Mar 2020

until we have an actual nominee. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
4. nothing can be done, nothing at all except keep voting Joe in ever larger numbers from
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 02:38 PM
Mar 2020

now to end of primary season. Make the loss so humiliating for sanders, its draws a line in the sand. You diss democrats AND america, we aint forgetting

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Claustrum

(5,052 posts)
3. No one besides Bernie can and should make that decision
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 02:37 PM
Mar 2020

No one besides Bernie can and should make that decision.

At the same time, it's upon us the voters to keep telling him no by delivering big wins for Biden until he makes that decision.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

tavernier

(13,258 posts)
5. Oh, I'm wrong then.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 02:53 PM
Mar 2020

I thought when someone hit a certain number of delegates it was game over because there is a set total in numbers and once someone reaches like six out of ten, its numerically over. But you’re saying that despite that, if a candidate wants to stay until the last person casts the last vote, it’s their right.

So if Gabbard wanted to do this with her 1%, she could as well? Honest, I’m not being facetious, I truly don’t know.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Claustrum

(5,052 posts)
6. I don't mean you are wrong. Everyone has a different perspective.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 03:05 PM
Mar 2020

Personally, I both understand the reason why Bernie is staying in and at the same time, don't want him to stay in because of the division he cause.

First, until someone reaches 1991, no one is officially out. I fully understand that Bernie has close to no way to get the nomination right now. But I understand why someone holds the belief that they want everyone to be able to vote in the primary.

Secondly, the reason I don't want him to stay in is because of his message. His whole message is centered around how the "establishment" and "elites" left people behind. If he can somehow changes his message to point toward the real evil (Trump and the republican party), I would have no problem with anyone to stay in as long as they want. But as we all know, Bernie won't change that tune. So sadly, Bernie is the only person I don't want to stay in.

Lastly, there is no "party boss" or "establishment" to save us. If DNC or whoever you can think of do anything to stop Bernie, it would only legitimize the "establishment" attacks.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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