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Democratic Primaries

CTyankee

(65,403 posts) Sun Mar 15, 2020, 07:43 AM Mar 2020

If I were Joe, tonight I would stress the "who can get things actually DONE?" theme.. [View all]

I'm all in for Joe, so I admit bias here. But I think Joe should, and will, stress his executive experiences Obama's right hand in the debate tonight.

At this point, I believe it is that certain amount of experience in perilous times that is going to win it for Joe.

I know I would feel safer having the steady hand of a trusted leader in perilous times than a candidate whose policies I largely support but who lacks that executive experience that Joe has.

Wow, the coronavirus crisis sure changed things fast...

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

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If I were Joe, tonight I would stress the "who can get things actually DONE?" theme.. [View all] CTyankee Mar 2020 OP

like who could get Amazon to agree to $15 an hour? Apollo Zeus Mar 2020 #1

did Obama do that? CTyankee Mar 2020 #2

That was the Fight for Fifteen movement. betsuni Mar 2020 #5

They had to give up a lot to get that $15, that they would have Kahuna7 Mar 2020 #7

His talk the other night was magnificent in its clarity... TreasonousBastard Mar 2020 #3

Oh, I missed it! Do you have a link? CTyankee Mar 2020 #4

all joe has to say: "Its one thing to have the BIG TALK and another to actually accomplish anything" beachbumbob Mar 2020 #6

If I were Bernie RazBerryBeret Mar 2020 #8

That's why I'm ridin with Biden IronLionZion Mar 2020 #9

Joe already knows the key people to get things done. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #10

Yes. A 100 things a president should know before being briefed Hortensis Mar 2020 #11

Yep. I love the aspirational voice I have heard from Bernie and his devotees and we NEED that CTyankee Mar 2020 #12

It's far clearer and more real in Biden. Hortensis Mar 2020 #13

Yes, we do. However, I was totally horrified when Trump won in 2016, that our aspirational goals CTyankee Mar 2020 #14

For sure! But that election was stolen using many means. Hortensis Mar 2020 #15