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TimB replied to the topic Is Biden’s popularity a sign of desparation for Dems? in the forum Politics and Social Issues 5 years, 2 months ago
Mriana, I think you are mistaken about Kamala. She was not, afaik, gaining substantially in the black vote. If she were, she would have stayed in the race thru So Carolina, where a substantial part of the Dem electorate is black. When she dropped out, she said she had no path that she could see to win. Perhaps Booker, the only black candidate for nominee left, could pick up some of the black vote, but he has to show something first. Like I said, the black vote didn’t start moving significantly toward Obama until AFTER he won in Iowa, in ’08. (Tho Booker hasn’t qualified yet to be in the upcoming debate). My concern, now that it is clear that the 3rd Reich never died out in the USA, is that another black Presidential candidate will mobilize more of the mighty white whiteys to come out and vote for T rump. But I like Corey Booker as Pres.
T rump is destroying the foundations of our form of govt. And his constituents seem to love it.
Biden is still in USA ’08 mode.
I am thinking that our best bet is what passes for the new generation moderate, Buttigieg, to be our candidate. He is moderate enough to keep the corporate hounds not as howly. But is young enuf to see the world as it is becoming. His gayness should not be as big a liability as it would have even earlier this century.



