@gjohnsit Biden has a horrible voting record literally on everything. He with Clinton is at the top of the list of culprits of vicious neoliberalism which include voting against every progressive social issue like gay rights. But man does he do great job pimping his image as a man of the people. But will dem candidates point out his miserable voting record?

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Joe Biden, who leads the Democratic 2020 presidential field in early polls, has all the markings of a front-runner. He possesses a sterling résumé, access to a donor base, name recognition and eight years of loyal service to a president who’s loved by the party base. There’s just one problem: He’s also a deeply flawed candidate who’s out of step with the mood of his party.
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The bigger issue is whether there’s a place for him atop the Democratic Party that’s taking shape after the ruinous 2016 election cycle. This new iteration is unsentimental and unforgiving, and Biden has more than a few conspicuous Senate votes that demand a reckoning in the Trump-era Democratic Party.

One of them is the bankruptcy reform bill that he championed for years, until it finally passed in 2005. The political taint from that law—favored by credit card companies because it made it harder for consumers to get debt relief through bankruptcy—shows no sign of subsiding on the left. It surfaced as a thorny issue during Biden’s vetting as Barack Obama’s running mate in 2008, and reappeared nearly a decade later to haunt Hillary Clinton during her 2016 Democratic primary.
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The 1994 crime bill is another ticking time bomb from Biden’s past. As Obama’s vice president and a key member of an administration that sought to reorient criminal justice policy, Biden was never truly called to account for his leading role in passing a Clinton administration measure that many in the party believe exacerbated an era of mass incarceration that disproportionately affects racial minorities.

@gjohnsit
"Out of step with the mood of his party" and reality too. Is the DNC trying to become the favored party of the Koch Brothers? I can not think of a worse or more divisive candidate than Joe Biden. They are determined to nominate an even worse (not possible) more corrupt candidate than Hillary. The good news is that both parties seem to be chasing the goal of complete self destruction.

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Joe Biden, who leads the Democratic 2020 presidential field in early polls, has all the markings of a front-runner. He possesses a sterling résumé, access to a donor base, name recognition and eight years of loyal service to a president who’s loved by the party base. There’s just one problem: He’s also a deeply flawed candidate who’s out of step with the mood of his party.
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The bigger issue is whether there’s a place for him atop the Democratic Party that’s taking shape after the ruinous 2016 election cycle. This new iteration is unsentimental and unforgiving, and Biden has more than a few conspicuous Senate votes that demand a reckoning in the Trump-era Democratic Party.

One of them is the bankruptcy reform bill that he championed for years, until it finally passed in 2005. The political taint from that law—favored by credit card companies because it made it harder for consumers to get debt relief through bankruptcy—shows no sign of subsiding on the left. It surfaced as a thorny issue during Biden’s vetting as Barack Obama’s running mate in 2008, and reappeared nearly a decade later to haunt Hillary Clinton during her 2016 Democratic primary.
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The 1994 crime bill is another ticking time bomb from Biden’s past. As Obama’s vice president and a key member of an administration that sought to reorient criminal justice policy, Biden was never truly called to account for his leading role in passing a Clinton administration measure that many in the party believe exacerbated an era of mass incarceration that disproportionately affects racial minorities.

@gjohnsit

when he was Obama’svice president Before he occupied that office he was a “great statesman.” At the end of Obama’s term he regained that stature. It’s all smoke and mirrors.

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Joe Biden, who leads the Democratic 2020 presidential field in early polls, has all the markings of a front-runner. He possesses a sterling résumé, access to a donor base, name recognition and eight years of loyal service to a president who’s loved by the party base. There’s just one problem: He’s also a deeply flawed candidate who’s out of step with the mood of his party.
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The bigger issue is whether there’s a place for him atop the Democratic Party that’s taking shape after the ruinous 2016 election cycle. This new iteration is unsentimental and unforgiving, and Biden has more than a few conspicuous Senate votes that demand a reckoning in the Trump-era Democratic Party.

One of them is the bankruptcy reform bill that he championed for years, until it finally passed in 2005. The political taint from that law—favored by credit card companies because it made it harder for consumers to get debt relief through bankruptcy—shows no sign of subsiding on the left. It surfaced as a thorny issue during Biden’s vetting as Barack Obama’s running mate in 2008, and reappeared nearly a decade later to haunt Hillary Clinton during her 2016 Democratic primary.
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The 1994 crime bill is another ticking time bomb from Biden’s past. As Obama’s vice president and a key member of an administration that sought to reorient criminal justice policy, Biden was never truly called to account for his leading role in passing a Clinton administration measure that many in the party believe exacerbated an era of mass incarceration that disproportionately affects racial minorities.

@k9disc Believe it. Clinton and her ilk are what we used to think of as being republican. In nature, if not in fact. The parties have exchanged masks and wardrobes so many times, it is hard to tell the difference without a (fox) program. They hold the cards, so we haven't any real choice in what is being dealt. Neither party represents labor, equality, peace or nature. Gotta get justice another way.

I think that is a question we should be asking everyone who is actively politically engaged.

It's friggin' happening. Forbes just smashed Ryan for his trillion dollar deficit legacy. Can you believe that? Republicans and Drumpf are going to get trounced for this, and we're going to be left with billionaire Democrats gutting taxes and hollowing out government. Forbes will cheer.

Seriously, though, I do think that question is an important one. Helps people to come to their own conclusion about what's happening.

The DNC isn't out of touch, they are realigning. And any of us with any Leftie in us at all are feeling it.

I'm sure this is happening on the Right as well, or has been for some time, perhaps.

So, Are you feeling this political realignment?

@dkmich

We will always be offered a [non]choice, becuz “democracy!]

should be complete next election. The Democratic Party will be the only party left standing, only it will be the party of Reagan.

@dkmich

The take over of the Democratic Party should be complete next election.

Biden has already given six speeches at the Council on Foreign Relations so far this year, as they build our Presidential bench. At the moment, Ted Cruz being prepped to take Trump's pace. It's like a candy store at the CFR; so many to choose from.

should be complete next election. The Democratic Party will be the only party left standing, only it will be the party of Reagan.

@LEFTYFRIZZLE And even that nearly got FDR assassinated by his fellow bourgeoisie. They dropped the facade of even pretending to care and what's left of the labor unions are nothing more than pig workers.

The DNC is rotten to the core.The only ideas they have is "TRUMP IS BAD".Which is entirely true BUT what are the DUMMYCRATS plans if or when Trump is gone?I see NO leadership coming from the DNC,they still havent addressed HILIBAG'S buying the DNC with money earned by speeches from wall st crooks then using that money to fleece the state partys to enrich Clintons national campaign.
The DEMs have the candidate that has the answers Americans want and need right in front of them,he runs on core Democratic policy's that being FDR NEW DEAL policys that pulled the country out of the great depression and created the middle class.This candidate has been working his ASS off since Trumps election he has been traveling the country trying to get the Democratic party competitive EVERYWHWERE!Who is this man?BERNIE SANDERS!
Now does the party embrace this candidate?HELL NO!The neoliberal turdway HILIBOTS still holds a grudge that ANYONE had the GALL to run against QUEEN HILLARY and they will make him pay!She is not going away and her followers would rather see a REPUG in office than a man that COULD be their salvation.
I have to admit I lurk on that other site that most of us have been removed from,and from what ive read lately the main message has been Bernie Sanders is a racist,they beat this drum loudly as if they can paint him with this VILE LIE to stop his message.They cant stand the idea of working folks of ALL races to come together to fight the 1%.Think about that a minute the DNC WONT SUPPORT a candidate that runs on FDR NEW DEAL policys....that says it ALL!