r/politics • u/croato87 • 4d ago

America Lost the First Biden-Trump Debate Soft Paywall

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/america-lost-first-biden-trump-debate-1235048539/
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u/birdlawexpert11 4d ago

The Democratic Party should really have spent the last couple years building up a potential backup candidate. Getting the publicity and making them present and visible at big events. Hopefully Trumps image is tarnished enough but this should have been planned.

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u/somethingbreadbears Florida 4d ago

Might be wishful thinking but Pete fits that premise to a t. Very visible for Sec of Transportation.

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u/birdlawexpert11 4d ago

Agreed but he would never win the older dem vote. I can picture a lot of “I support lgbtq but am not sure about them being President” types of opinions

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u/MajesticBread9147 4d ago

Or the black vote, and he'd do even worse than Biden with leftists.

Like the dude spoken about nothing but one liners and vague plans on "returning to normalcy" when running for President. And his experience is being the mayor of the fourth largest city in Indiana.

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u/Most_kinds_of_Dirt 4d ago

and he'd do even worse than Biden with leftists.

Deservedly so. You're not going to get the leftist vote if it's 2024 and you can't even support Medicare for All yet.