Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWhy Trump, McCarthy seem so eager to side with Bernie Sanders
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McCarthy added that former Vice President Joe Biden should stop campaigning during Trump's impeachment trial -- out of deference to Sanders, who'll be tied up at the trial. (McCarthy made no mention of the other senators who'll also be taken off the campaign trail during the trial.)
All of this may seem bizarre -- and to a very real extent, it is -- but it's not accidental. There's a GOP strategy unfolding, and it's based on a couple of assumptions.
First, Trump and McCarthy seem to believe Sanders' supporters can be manipulated -- a belief I suspect the Vermonter's backers will find insulting -- and intra-party divisions in Democratic politics can be stoked to ensure Trump's re-election. McCarthy's reference to superdelegates was especially notable: some Sanders supporters are under the mistaken belief that Democratic superdelegates derailed the senator's 2016 candidacy, which is not what happened.
Second, Republican attempts at mischief notwithstanding, the New York Times reports that Donald Trump's political advisers see Bernie Sanders as "their ideal" general-election opponent. To that end, the article added, members of the president's team "have been doing what they can to elevate [the independent senator's] profile and bolster his chances of winning the Iowa caucuses."
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-trump-mccarthy-seem-so-eager-side-bernie-sanders-n1116941
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Could you give us the specifics?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
empedocles
(15,751 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,722 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck ... then it is a duck
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oldsoftie
(12,638 posts)Why just point out ONE?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)They think that they can prod Sanders supporters to see Sanders as a victim of an attack by Speaker Pelosi, no matter that the delay would affect all Democratic Senators still in the race.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blm
(113,119 posts)faction of Sanders supporters who are already quick to demonize other Democrats and further the propaganda that Russian internet operatives plant for them to spread.
Hillary, Warren, and Pelosi. They certainly like to direct fire at women. Russian analysis must have determined that a faction of the zealots can be easily triggered to attack women seen as foes.
Obviously I am not saying ALL Sanders supporters. Just a faction that I dont believe even Sanders can control, but Putins propagandists CAN.....and do.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mopinko
(70,274 posts)and the sanders followers are no better at dealing w that than the trumpkins.
i sure wish bernie would open his mouth here.
lead, damn it bernie. lead.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)he feels are beneficial to his interests.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)to guarantee his reelection in a landslide winning 42-45 states and make the Democrats lose the house while going to a 60 seat republican majority in the senate.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(49,059 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blm
(113,119 posts)and weaponizing the zealots to turn against targets of Putins choosing. This is how he intends to collapse the US from within.
He will manipulate its extremes to unite and turn fire on their perceived common enemy....the rest of us.
Sanders has no control of that faction. That faction did what Putin wanted in 2016 and continues to do so.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)rage, despite the damage to the country.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lark
(23,179 posts)It's their preferred move. They want that more than anything because it's the only way they win. They'd be ok running against the gay guy (SIN!!) and wouldn't even pretend not to be total haters, wanted to get pretend dirt on Biden and run with that but have been mostly foiled so far and would be ok running against the woman who they have already pre-loaded with hate. With the hack of Burisma by Russia, concerned about the fake Biden info that probably has been planted there. Hope Biden & DNC has hired some top notch computer experts because it's almost certain this will surface if Biden is our candidate and they will need to prove PUtin did this to help drumpf.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ArcticFox
(1,249 posts)By praising Bernie, they hope to inflame his supporters, raise suspicions among other Democrats, and exploit perceived divisions in the Democratic Party.
Wish we had a news media that could help Americans understand what's happening.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Gothmog
(145,722 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden