Democratic Primaries

pinkstarburst

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25. SCOTUS is not an important position?

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 11:05 AM

Mar 2020

RBG at 87 will very likely retire during the next term. Breyer is 81.

I think we're in trouble if every faction within the party decides they're going to stay home if the VP nominee doesn't look like them, come from their area, or align with their beliefs. Progressives. Midwestern moderates. Swing state voters. AA voters. Latino voters.

Where does it end?

It's a very dangerous precedent to set, this idea that I keep reading in various posts here at DU and all over social media about the VP choice that certain groups stayed home in 2016 because they didn't like Hillary's choice, and they can do it again in 2020 if they don't get their way.

What this teaches ALL the factions within the party if Biden were to cave to certain group's demands that the nominee be this or that (a progressive, an AA woman, a moderate from a swing state) is that staying home and refusing to vote for the nominee in November is the only way to exert power within the party and get your voice heard. It's not just one group that has the power to do that. And that's a losing prospect for us all and a win for Trump.

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

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Party Leaders Want Biden to Pick Former Rival [View all] wyldwolf Mar 2020 OP

Warren or Klobucher True Blue American Mar 2020 #1

hard pass on Klobuchar, I am open to all the others, Harris included nt Celerity Mar 2020 #2

Biden is mature enough to move pass primary rivalry Sunsky Mar 2020 #3

Jill is quoted in the article as being down on Harris BeyondGeography Mar 2020 #5

Can't see behind the paywall Sunsky Mar 2020 #9

I can't blame Jill for her feelings surrounding that debate episode. She's human and, as First Lady, Skya Rhen Mar 2020 #10

That's why I think he stated he was going to appoint a Black woman to the SCOTUS Proud liberal 80 Mar 2020 #7

From the numerous discussions I've had Sunsky Mar 2020 #8

SCOTUS is not an important position? pinkstarburst Mar 2020 #25

It's life Sunsky Mar 2020 #38

Then I'm sure you pinkstarburst Mar 2020 #39

Lack of understanding Sunsky Mar 2020 #41

Agreed Dem4Life1102 Mar 2020 #35

I had that same thought myself. W_HAMILTON Mar 2020 #21

That was my thought, too pinkstarburst Mar 2020 #24

I'm liking Warren for Commerce Secretary PaulRevere08 Mar 2020 #11

Or Labor! True Blue American Mar 2020 #12

Warren must stay in the Senate...she has a GOP governor. So no and no. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #17

I live in Mass and the gov here would be a democrat anywhere else outside of the state PaulRevere08 Mar 2020 #37

Warren has a GOP governor. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #15

MA has a special election to fill seat fairly quickly. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2020 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Mar 2020 #40

Both come from solid blue states Dem4Life1102 Mar 2020 #34

Shouldn't Warren first endorse Biden before being considered as his running mate? question everything Mar 2020 #42

It's a Harris - Klobuchar - Whitmer race bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #4

We need to add a state if possible or shore up the Midwest...if there wasn't such a push for a woma Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #16

Tammy Duckworth is awesome too... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #18

That's the ticket! SilasSouleII Mar 2020 #22

Well, he'll have lots of time to decide. ucrdem Mar 2020 #6

At some point the party needs to step in and declare Joe the Presumptive nominee...and Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #19

I think they are giving him time to roll it up. ucrdem Mar 2020 #20

I hope so... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #23

That Sounds Very Reasonable DarthDem Mar 2020 #26

Any of the three "rivals" or Whitmer obamanut2012 Mar 2020 #13

I agree with this DarthDem Mar 2020 #27

Klobuchar. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #14

Duckworth or Whitmer or Abrams JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #28

Amy has pull in Minn. [Calilf, Mass are givens for Dems] empedocles Mar 2020 #29

harris is the only one that makes sense and will make a great first woman president as well beachbumbob Mar 2020 #30

Of the Female Senator possible running mates for Biden... TruckFump Mar 2020 #31

First, who WANTS the job? LisaM Mar 2020 #32

Tammy Duckworth sounds good, too. raging moderate Mar 2020 #33

Let's also add former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to the list. (eom) StevieM Mar 2020 #43