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Jakes Progress

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5. Depends on his motive for running.
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 01:38 AM
Mar 2020

If he wants to defeat trump and move the country left, he should retire from the race.

If he wants to divide the party for personal reasons, he should keep at it.

I actually think that he is sort of the captive of his advisors, many of whom do not have the best interests of the country at heart, let alone the Democratic Party. Otherwise he would condemn and fire those who are doing the crap that they are doing.

He has already run past the time when he could have a real voice in forming the platform. The longer he runs, the more irrelevant he becomes. Losing race after race only diminishes his standing.

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