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Who would your preferred Dem be for the new nominee? (beehaw.org)

submitted 4 months ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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I'm OK with Harris. Not thrilled, but OK.

It would have been nice to get Warren. Sanders has the same age issue (though is still mentally there in interviews) as Biden, and that window has closed. So many people at the federal level have clung to their positions for so long, it feels like as a country, we wouldn't be familiar with people in the primes of their life actually running the show.

At 45, I shouldn't still be waiting for my generation to have any level of power. AARP is coming for me in 10 years.

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[–] yozul@beehaw.org 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't care. They could put Jimmy Carter on the ballot and I'd vote for him, and honestly he'd probably be a better pick than anyone they actually would consider. This is going to be a stupid mess, just to most likely get the person who would have become president if something happened to Biden anyway at the top of the ticket. Just a bunch of panicked stupidity, because apparently they just figured out that the 82 year old is old this month.

[–] memfree@beehaw.org 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Biden gave a great State of the Union Address in March. Yes, it was all on teleprompter, but he moved like a normal old guy, not the careful shuffling he's been doing lately. I'm thinking Biden's decline has been uneven and rapid. Yes, he's old, but he wasn't acting old all the time until very, very recently.

I'm glad he's giving himself a chance to slow down. I think he needs it and deserves it.

I'm glad to vote for Harris. And like you said, I'd also vote for Jimmy Carter or even a Yellow Dog if that's who's chosen to go against Trump.