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[ClashAndBurn]

53 minutes ago, Vroom Vroom said:

Is Biden really this scared of a challenger from the left? No major candidate is even running against him and this change will probably stop anyone that was even considering it. A president running for reelection should have no authority in picking the location of the first primary. 

If someone wants to run against Biden, they should be given a fair opportunity to make their case for the presidency 

I don't think he's scared for himself, but it is intended to be a power move to make it clear that there will never be a leftist that makes it through the nomination process after he's gone. The timing for such a move is right since the DNC is mad about how ambiguous the Iowa results were, with Pete getting declared the victor in terms of delegates far too late for their liking while also ending up losing the popular vote to Bernie anyway (which is ALWAYS expressly covered up whenever Iowa is mentioned). So the idpol idiots are screaming for Iowa and New Hampshire to be skipped due to being "unrepresentative white states" even though NH's constitution requires it by law to go first.

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@Communion I agree with you on Maryland, and it covers both black voters and less distance to travel than a North Carolina.

 

Virginia shouldn't be in contention for top ten, and I say this as a resident, because of its undeserved influence in off-off year elections immediately post presidential that's since 2010 been a wildly swinging bellweather. Mostly the grocery tax (according to those that flipped in focus groups) and Terry saying he didn't want parental involvement in the classroom without actually unpacking Christopher Rufo's lies properly lost him the race to Youngkin but Roe won that State House seat and will win back the Governorship in 2025 regardless of a Biden win or loss, and the Dem loses in Virginia, it'll be by a hair. 

[ClashAndBurn]

The reason why putting Maryland first won't work, imo,  is that it's way too close to Washington, DC. That aspect holds it back by a lot, I'd reckon.

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1 hour ago, ClashAndBurn said:

The reason why putting Maryland first won't work, imo,  is that it's way too close to Washington, DC. That aspect holds it back by a lot, I'd reckon.

@Communion Why Maryland and Virginia both wouldn't work. Fair point. Hmm.

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And there you have it - get ready for the lost delegates for Biden and the legal fights. 

 

He may have owed Clyburn but he's about to get a massive headache.

 

[Mike91]

10 hours ago, ClashAndBurn said:

The problem with all these propositions is that they don’t cynically “reward” South Carolina for explicitly saving Joe Biden’s 2020 candidacy and helping crush the surge of Bernie Sanders from his Nevada victory that went either largely ignored by the beltway press or treated with such histrionics as to be compared to the rise of Hitler.

 

That is ultimately why SC is moving to the front of the line, and it helps that the DNC chairman is literally the guy from there who lost massively to Lindsey Graham despite the millions upon millions of dollars donated to him.

 

The idea is that it’ll also give Kamala Harris a massive advantage over whatever “progressive” candidate that grifts hundreds of millions in grassroots money only to come nowhere close to doing even half as well as either of Bernie’s failed campaigns. Ironically it also will serve the process of hurting Pete Buttigieg in any primary he’s not the only establishment option.

At the same time, having SC first might have hurt someone like Biden as well. SC is usually what saved someone's campaign and turned their momentum around after underperforming in the other three states. Getting it out of the way first might make it not matter in the long run. Just as winning IA didn't ultimately matter for a campaign as well.

 

Candidates aren't going to put as much effort into it if they feel it's too swayed towards one candidate.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Mike91

[GhostBox]

Do I love the new schedule? No. But Iam happy to finally see something different 

[RunUpDoneUp]

One party wants the hitler nation back, the other wants to celebrate nothing advances and play hooky with billionaires. 3rd parties are as irrelevant as ever and the citizens are being radicalized in real time. Next year is going to be a doozy.

[GhostBox]

The way the gop are making the balloon seem like 9/11 😂 literally no one will care about this next week. 
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[Mean Trees]

6 hours ago, GhostBox said:

The way the gop are making the balloon seem like 9/11 😂 literally no one will care about this next week. 
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Same thing can be said about Jan 6. Another thing you have in common with them.

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