Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBiden mounts behind-the-scenes mission to win over wary progressives
With full appreciation of the progressive voters being a far broader segment than just the die-hard Bernie fans, Joe is implementing a behind-the scenes push to bring them to his side. This may explain why Bernie is so unnerved lately and so reluctant to drop out of the race: as far as Bernie is concerned, this is a direct assault on his movement, not just his presidential aspirations. He can only counter Biden's efforts to bring large portions of Bernie's base to his side if he remains in the race and maintains some semblance of an alternative to Biden.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-mounts-behind-scenes-mission-110035973.html
Since his landslide victories earlier this month, Bidens advisers have engaged in talks with a range of top progressive groups, including some that endorsed his chief rival, Bernie Sanders, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversations. The outreach to left-wing organizations and individuals representing causes from climate change and immigrant rights to gun control and mobilizing underserved black and brown communities is focused on young activists. Broadly speaking, they viewed Biden as one of the least-inspiring candidates in the sprawling Democratic primary field.
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Biden aides are taking a two-pronged approach. They're reaching out to what they see as traditional progressive groups with longer legacies such as Planned Parenthood, with which the campaign held a long call ahead of the most recent debate, and movement groups that came of age more recently, including liberal organization Indivisible and climate change-focused Sunrise Movement.
Biden has also backed proposals from Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in recent weeks on the issues of student debt and free college, respectively.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)This is what I would expect of him. I do not, as I have said elsewhere, like the man overmuch myself, but I respect his skill at the trade, and will certainly vote for him.
"You will not rise to the occasion. You will default to your level of training."
"From Bernies perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they dont want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."
"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
beastie boy
(11,148 posts)He is quietly running rings around Bernie, leaving Bernie only the option of a knee-jerk reaction which, in the long run, will not amount to much. Say what you want about Joe, but one has to admire his strategic prowess.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redstatebluegirl
(12,482 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
KPN
(16,111 posts)Yes, you should be.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Turin_C3PO
(15,922 posts)of progressives and liberals will vote for Biden. The few that wont are fringe and we need not worry about them.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)Is finding the level of favor which is enough for the followers, but not the leaders, and which does not give onlookers an impression of weakness. Properly calculated, the result is a few angry people who make a repellent spectacle of themselves, and a great many who are favorably impressed by a leader's magnanimity. A professional like Mr. Biden can probably find the right course to this goal.
"From Bernies perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they dont want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."
"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ms liberty
(9,829 posts)If he would give a full endorsement of marijuana legalization it would be the final nail in the coffin. And good for America, too. It's a really important issue for a lot of people, not just young people.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
gulliver
(13,329 posts)Find folks to work with.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baitball Blogger
(48,076 posts)I'm just debating whether I should send my ballot in with this name checked on the first day, or should I wait a few days so it can come in with a flurry of others. You know, just to make sure it gets counted.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
showblue22
(1,026 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
(46,228 posts)the Biden campaign is meeting with them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise_Movement
Sara Blazevic and Varshini Prakash started the Sunrise Movement on the East Coast in 2015. Blazevic, Prakash, and other early leaders trained at Momentum, an organization that teaches community organizing.
The Sunrise Movement launched as a 501(c)(4) in 2017. During the 2018 midterms, they worked to oust candidates who would not refuse funding from the fossil fuel industry and to elect proponents of renewable energy. Half of the group's first 20 endorsements won their elections. Deb Haaland, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar won election to the House of Representatives and six other endorsed candidates won election to state house or senate seats in Florida, New York and Pennsylvania.
After the 2018 elections, the Sunrise Movement has focused on the climate change proposals collectively known as the Green New Deal, whose core principles have been described as "decarbonization, jobs, and justice." Its proposals include a transition to renewable energy, expanded public transportation, and an economic plan to drive job growth. Several publications have reported that the Green New Deal opposes nuclear power and carbon capture as well as some other technologies. However, Senator Ed Markey, the co-sponsor of the Green New Deal resolution in the United States senate, stated that the resolution's language is technology-agnostic and does not exclude nuclear power or carbon capture.
Younger votes are needed to win versus Trump. Tothink otherwise is the height of hubris.
Biden has a real Xennial (cuspers 1977-80 born) mainline Millennial, Zennial (cuspers born 1992/3-97/98), and mainline Gen Z (born 1997 onward) voter issue.
You cannot just say, sod off, we do not need you, to us. There HAS to be outreach along all our various ideological stripes.
From the Washington Post Super Tuesday all states aggregator
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/exit-polls-2020-super-tuesday-primary/#AGE
Those are very weak numbers that need to be (combined with GOTV efforts to raise the absolute numbers of younger voters as well) improved far beyond just assuming all under 45's flow to Biden once Sanders drops out. The same applies to the farther left liberal end of the spectrum to. One does NOT have to pander, but you simply cannot go scorched earth either. Once you get into the oldest Gen Xers and especially the Boomers and older cohorts, you are going into the teeth of Trump's centre of strength, especially amongst white men and unfortunately even (albeit to a lesser extent) white women as well.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,763 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Peacetrain
(23,627 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden