Plan A - code word "Touchy-Feely" did not have

[Laura PourMeADrink]

the affect we thought. Let's implement Plan B. Biden, 14 years ago caused the recession.

I will support our nominee, but JHC, very leery of anyone who spends their time trashing Biden. He is the one who leads by the most points in a matchup and Trump's antithesis.

If you could spend your time convincing us why and how your choice could win MI, WI, and PA, which is what it boils down to, that would be great.

[OhZone]

1. It is getting to be a little much.

And it's so obvious. Geez.


Oh well.

[Demsrule86]

13. It is and the whining that certain candidates have been attacked unfairly while supporters have

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launched one of the most vicious smears I have ever seen is definitely scorched earth...seems familiar.

[peggysue2]

2. Unfortunately, it's going to continue as long as . . .

Biden is the threat that he is at the moment. He begins to fade in the polls, the attacks and accusations will decrease. But the fact that Joe Biden has a natural connection to the working-class vote in PA, WI, and MI makes him a huge target for the Left and the Right.

Despite all the noise, Biden is still well-liked and well-regarded by the electorate. Opponents will try their damnest to reduce his popularity. We saw this happen with Hillary Clinton who left the State Department with nearly a 70% approval rating. The whittling down went on for four long years. And it worked.

Rinse and Repeat.

So, if one attack falls flat (and I agree, the touchy-feely campaign collapsed), the next one is ready to go.

It's going to be a long, long election season!

[abqtommy]

4. I'd say that the "whittling down" of Hillary didn't work

since she won the popular vote by 3 million votes and only lost due to a corrupt election.
Try to stay on track with your information!

[peggysue2]

6. I've been a huge Hillary Clinton fan since the 1990s

Yes, she won those 3 million votes. And yes, the election was hinky. But HRC's margins could have been vastly larger and then . . .

She would have won the presidency and we wouldn't be straddled with the Squatter-in-Chief.

Hillary was always a target of the Right but the 4 years leading up to her presidential run she was continuously, unmercifully demonized. By the Left and the Right. That 70% approval number dropped off dramatically until her numbers were actually underwater. That was purposeful and only added to all the other things swirling like a dark cloud during the 2016 campaign.

And the rest is history, a very sad history.

My point remains: Let's not repeat the things we can control. Like buying into false narratives.

[OhZone]

5. The attacks on - and lies about HRC -

were decades long.

[peggysue2]

7. They were indeed decades long

But the attacks and lies geared up dramatically once HRC's opponents realized she was running and was a huge threat to their own ambitions.

We're watching a repeat right now.

[Demsrule86]

12. Joe is the candidate, most like to beat Trump.

My second choice is now Tim Ryan who can take Ohio. I want to win. We need to have someone from the midwest on the ticket.

[BlueFlorida]

3. It is ridiculously obvious

what their agenda is .... and it seems extremely well-coordinated.

[yardwork]

14. Well-coordinated and funded with foreign money, imo

[ucrdem]

8. Biden caused the recession, Biden caused the wars, Biden condemned college students

to lives of debt slavery, Biden improperly squeezes females. Better get used to leftovers cause we're going to be eating freshly canned spam every day for the next two years.

[peggysue2]

9. He has yet to be accused of running a . . .

child sex-ring out of a pizza parlor. But I'm sure there's a suitable variation.

(sigh)

A long, long election cycle is approaching.

[ucrdem]

10. Yes very long!

Biden has good teflon so I'm not worried but I'm very glad to see Barack stepping into the fray as he is one person who can really put some wind in Joe's sails when he needs it!

[LakeArenal]

11. Joe may gain support.

“I fought the smear campaign and I won!!”

Quit eating our own.

[treestar]

15. Exactly. Tell us why our choice is the one

without trashing the others. That would at least mean we don't develop such strong feelings that we can't vote for the winner because we are so convinced our candidate was the only one and that the winner is a terrible person.

[Sunlei]

16. I agree & just yesterday Obama said the 'D circular firing squads'are not a good thing.

“In my career, I’ve always tried to make a human connection — that’s my responsibility, I think,” said Mr. Biden, sitting on a sofa, his legs crossed. “I shake hands, I hug people, I grab men and women by the shoulders and say, ‘You can do this.’”

“Social norms have begun to change, they’ve shifted, and the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset and I get it. I get it. I hear what they’re saying.”

“I’ll always believe governing — quite frankly life for that matter — is about connecting with people. That won’t change,” he said in the video. “But I will be more mindful and respectful of people’s personal space.”

"Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I’ve heard what these women are saying. Politics to me has always been about making connections, but I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. That’s my responsibility and I will meet it."

Joe Biden is a man of his word.