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Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts)
17. Extraordinary times
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 10:13 PM
Jun 2024

... require extraordinary actions.

I'm not sure polls play a role in something like that.

Also, here is an opportunity to increase your knowledge.

When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?
https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/07/a_president_denied_renominatio.html

This question is from Michael Stubbs of Cincinnati, Ohio:

When was the last time, if ever, that a sitting president was not nominated by his party for a second term?

It only happened once to an elected president. That was Franklin Pierce, the 14th president, who was elected as a Democrat in 1852. His pro-Southern sentiments and his policy of failing to lead on the divisive issue of slavery badly hurt his standing with the voters. Especially damaging was his support for the pro-slavery Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which backfired on him as Kansas was overrun by pro-slavery forces, mostly from the slave state of Missouri. The events angered Northerners everywhere and helped lead to the creation of the Republican Party. When Democratic delegates gathered in Cincinnati for their convention in 1856, it was clear that they had had enough of Pierce. James Buchanan, who had been defeated by Pierce for the nomination four years earlier, won the nomination on the 17th ballot.

Yep. PatrickforB Jun 2024 #1
This debate never should have happened. Oakenshield Jun 2024 #2
But Biden has done it before with the same sociopath... regnaD kciN Jun 2024 #6
That sounds like complacency Oakenshield Jun 2024 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2024 #8
Four years matters Oakenshield Jun 2024 #14
He did look and sound bad, BUT... Archae Jun 2024 #3
Yeah...i'm not sure how this is bad for trump. tman Jun 2024 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2024 #10
Trump is a felon and has more trials upcoming... the man is a crook IcyPeas Jun 2024 #4
Take heart. Arthur_Frain Jun 2024 #5
Biden did better the second half Johnny2X2X Jun 2024 #9
For whatever reason trump was spared Goodheart Jun 2024 #11
A few weeks ago I posted an article Tom of Temecula Jun 2024 #13
But no prospective "replacement" Democratic nominee DemocraticPatriot Jun 2024 #16
Extraordinary times Tom of Temecula Jun 2024 #17
Yes, I did suppose it happened during the times immediately preceding our civil war, DemocraticPatriot Jun 2024 #19
Hey, don't worry--- DemocraticPatriot Jun 2024 #15
Yes alarimer Jun 2024 #18
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