Election 2020

[David Horn]

(03-09-2020, 05:07 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: … I am more upset about Sanders' loss (and about older Americans) than I thought I would be. I suppose I will hold my nose and vote for Biden in November. But I still have major doubts about him both as a candidate and as a potential president.

I note though, that I was correct about his chances as a candidate, given his horoscope score, more so than many others were as his campaign went downhill in the first 3 primary states and during the debates.

All 3 surviving candidates have the best scores of any Democrats who ran. Only Trump has a marginally higher score, and he has a marginal advantage.

But Biden has all but sown up the nomination now, barring a severe attack of dementia on Joe's part in the next few weeks.

Joe is the choice of the scared-to-death crowd, who fully dominate the electorate this year. I doubt that he'll be a great President, and will not enjoy the benefit of a compliant Congress for longer than his first two years -- assuming the panic to get rid of the Donald carries over to the lower tier races.

He's a decent guy who should have won the job 30 years ago, when his philosophical bent fit the times better than today. Assuming he decides to hand the torch to his VP, rather than run again, that choice will decide whether there will be a Progressive end to the 4T or not. My guess is not. He'll need to find a woman or a man of color to take the job. His oil-on-troubled-waters style says it will be Stacey Abrams -- not a paragon of Progressivism, but a symbolic best-choice.