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Bennet- Yale Law, former superintendent of Denver Public Schools, former City of Denver chief of staff, chosen by one of the richest men in the world (and a Republican) to run his investment company. 2 term US Senator.
Not a nutbag imo. Just a nutbag to some partisans who see everyone who doesn't think exactly like them as nutbags.
Sorry...the entire democratic platform is bonkers nutso at this point.
Most party political platforms are put in a drawer after the convention and largely ignored, by both parties. Parties have agendas and general principles may be followed but specifics are dealt with later and based on what key leaders think personally, sometimes back-benchers when the voting margin is tight, the other party when power is divided and often eventually the courts.
The President would have the most ability to ignore parts of a platform they disagreed with or thought were excessive.
Most party political platforms are put in a drawer after the convention and largely ignored, by both parties. Parties have agendas and general principles may be followed but specifics are dealt with later and based on what key leaders think personally, sometimes back-benchers when the voting margin is tight, the other party when power is divided and often eventually the courts.
The President would have the most ability to ignore parts of a platform they disagreed with or thought were excessive.
Yeah, but nobody is really talking about what the party platform will be for either party at this point. And that is especially true for the Democrats. Many of their candidates are racing to the left, with big unanswered question at this point being: How will Joe Biden's position himself on the issues?
He is currently in the mid to upper 30's in the very early primary polls right now. That is strong, but it is not a majority, and the rest of the field will be reduced from 20+ to 5 or less by the end of the first four primaries, all of which are smaller states. Joe will from that point forward need to be pulling more support than just 30-something percent.
So, again, what will Joe's positions on the issues be? People talk about Biden being a "moderate," but he really isn't. He is an unprincipled hack, much like Hillary Clinton. He is not going to dig his heels in around a personal platform based on principled political positions. He is going to convene focus groups and have his political consultants refine positions that they hope will 1) attract enough support to win the party nomination, hopefully 2) without hamstringing him by pulling him too extremely far to the left to have a chance against Trump in the general election.
But make no mistake, Biden is no committed centrist. He came out of the gate playing the race/"identity politics" card and is not going to be taking a lot of stances that will offend his left-wing base, which he will need to be HIGHLY motivated if he is to have a chance against Trump.
To win the primary, Biden is going to have to establish himself as being pretty far to the left. Just not maybe quite as far as some of the other candidates. How he cuts this baby in half is going to be one of the most interesting aspects of the primary process for the Democrats. Watch and see.
Bennet- Yale Law, former superintendent of Denver Public Schools, former City of Denver chief of staff, chosen by one of the richest men in the world (and a Republican) to run his investment company. 2 term US Senator.
Not a nutbag imo. Just a nutbag to some partisans who see everyone who doesn't think exactly like them as nutbags.
agreed, he seems pretty down to earth. quite a long-shot though.
Sorry...the entire democratic platform is bonkers nutso at this point.
Exactly. It doesn't matter who they select, the Democrat Party is so Far Left it is unrecognizable, and any candidate would go right down their nutty path.
With the overall weakness of the field thus far, who knows, he might just have a shot. I don't know much about him, other than he's considered a moderate.
Exactly. It doesn't matter who they select, the Democrat Party is so Far Left it is unrecognizable, and any candidate would go right down their nutty path.
Not true. Joe Biden is not far left, neither is Buttigieg, nor Klobuchar, nor Hickenlooper.
It’s very early, Repubs. Give it up unless you actually read about those running on the Dem side. As far as nutty, Trump is the poster boy for crazy.
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