good move, thank you Joe
Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
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Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#772As a registered Republican who voted IND in 2016 and then for Trump in 2020 (which probably puts me in about a 0.1% minority on a site like this), I feel upset that the democratic process for choosing a nominee for the Democratic Party is about to just get bypassed. Are other folks feeling this? I’d be even more riled up if this were my party telling me, “Oh, that guy you voted for in the primaries? We thought he cou…
> I’d be even more riled up if this were my party telling me, “Oh, that guy you voted for in the primaries? We thought he couldn’t win so we will harass him until he quits
...What do you think your party has been doing to Trump challengers?
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#773As a registered Republican who voted IND in 2016 and then for Trump in 2020 (which probably puts me in about a 0.1% minority on a site like this), I feel upset that the democratic process for choosing a nominee for the Democratic Party is about to just get bypassed. Are other folks feeling this? I’d be even more riled up if this were my party telling me, “Oh, that guy you voted for in the primaries? We thought he cou…
So as a Republican, what do you think about the certainty that your party will suddenly find themselves no longer concerned about the age of presidential nominees?
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#774Putting politics aside … Why don’t they have an age limit on the president (or any elected office)? E.g., you must be younger than the average life expectancy (currently men: 73yo / female: 79) - while in office. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html
It's considered to be up to the voters to pick the best candidate.
The DNC picks Democrat candidates. The purpose of superdelegates is to overrule popular votes in primaries. To make nominations "less chaotic."
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#775Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#776He did the right thing. DNC needs a policy where they won’t endorse candidates who will be over 65 on the day they take office. Nobody in their 80s should be running for office. By then they had their chance to influence the next generation… or not.
Better yet, this needs to be the law of the land for all parties. Once someone reaches 60-65 or so, they need to step aside and serve at most in an advisory role. Let the younger crowd take the helm of leadership.
I guess I like this at the party level, not enforced by law... but I understand I'm being pedantic and it probably means the same thing. I just don't want the law to say, "Hey 65+, we don't have to listen to anything you have to say any more!"
I like the idea of some crusty old Bernie Sanders type running for office on his own, for years on end, sniping votes and still managing to steer the candidates a bit on some of his pet issues... but I think it's irresponsible for major parties to endorse people who are so old.
Like... look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg... a beloved judge who just overstayed her time on the bench and died in office... opening the door for Trump to replace her. But... then again Mitch McConnell kept Obama from being able to replace a judge too... just a tricky spot. Democrats got outplayed, and we'll be feeling it for the next generation to come. Ugh. But I do think that if RBG had just resigned at say the start of Obama's 2nd term that we'd be in a better spot today. Can't imagine even McConnell would have been able to keep the vote from coming up for 4 years...
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#777One of the most effective presidents since Johnson or Truman. But he did campaign on a single term. Let’s hope the Dem’s circular firing squad puts down its guns so they can quickly concentrate on winning the election with someone … probably Harris is the simplest answer.
Simplest may not be best here. Is Harris the person who is most likely to get people to the polls and vote Dem? Is she someone who can convert independent/undecided voters? etc. IMO those are not easy "yes, absolutely" answers. Does the Democratic party have anyone in the wings who is more likely to win than Harris? Maybe? Gretchen Whitmer might be a strong candidate, off the top of my head. But I'm struggling to thi…
I think Pritzker is excellent, but does anyone outside Illinois even know about him? Plus, he needs some Ozempic to get him looking sharper.
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#778Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's considered to be up to the voters to pick the best candidate.
With a better voting system (e.g. Approval or Condorcet) and nothing preventing a dozen candidates from running, that would be much more feasible. These go hand in hand: our current voting system breaks down if multiple candidates draw votes from each other, but a better voting system would be immune to that failure mode and could give people a free choice of several reasonable candidates without having some of them…
my thinking exactly
why is it that there are not the best 5, 50 or 500 people on the ballot and I as a voter can mark any and all that I think I know will do the job the way I want them to
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#779Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's considered to be up to the voters to pick the best candidate.
Sadly, this has never happened, anywhere, ever. The distinguishing and necessary result of democracy, practically unique when compared to any other form of government, is that it provides a nonviolent means to remove aggressively incompetent people from office.
That totally worked in 2016?
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#780One of the most effective presidents since Johnson or Truman. But he did campaign on a single term. Let’s hope the Dem’s circular firing squad puts down its guns so they can quickly concentrate on winning the election with someone … probably Harris is the simplest answer.
By not stepping down as president, he is totally RBG-ing Harris.
Maybe a resignation will be announced later for maximum impact and tie into some thing ready for Harris to announce presidentially, like some camp david peacing or another 3 states ratifying the ERA.