In other news, I fully expect a repeat of the 1968 Democratic Primary regarding Sanders.

Quote from: Septy on October 08, 2015, 08:30:19 PM

Quote from: spewky bewgie on October 08, 2015, 07:14:12 PM

In other news, I fully expect a repeat of the 1968 Democratic Primary regarding Sanders.

Inform me old timer. What happened

Humphrey got fucked because people blamed him for the college students getting the shit beat out of them on live television outside of the convention.

Democratic Primary.

Aside from Humphrey, there were two other large name Democratic candidates - Kennedy, and Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota. McCarthy rode a strong, progressive wave comprised of college students and other minorities who were completely opposed to the idea of war in Vietnam. He went on to win several of the primaries, including Wisconsin, Massachusetts (Where he set a record, still held today, for the largest ever campaign rally by any candidate in either party), Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Oregon.

He ultimately lost to Humphrey, even with a larger popular vote. Many feel that Kennedy's death early on propelled Humphrey to victory, but some also believe it was due to McCarthy's views being too progressive to the time, a trait Sanders may also face when it comes to blue collar states.

Ultimately, in today's politics, all of the Democratic candidates are generally on the same page, just with different ideas on how to remedy the issues. It's going to be a three way race between Biden, Clinton, and Sanders - whichever drops first, likely Biden if he choses to run, will decide which of the remaining two gets the nomination.

woops

S'ok.

Assuming Biden does jump into the race, and is the first of the big three to drop out (Which isn't out of the question - his son's death is going to loom heavily over his entire campaign), I fully expect him to endorse Clinton over Sanders, and I would not be shocked to see most of his delegates supporting that choice.

Quote from: spewky bewgie on October 08, 2015, 09:23:03 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on October 08, 2015, 09:01:12 PM

woops

S'ok.

Assuming Biden does jump into the race, and is the first of the big three to drop out (Which isn't out of the question - his son's death is going to loom heavily over his entire campaign), I fully expect him to endorse Clinton over Sanders, and I would not be shocked to see most of his delegates supporting that choice.

could be he's joining in just to get more supporters for Clinton and help seal the divide between her and sanders.

By stealing voters from Sanders?

Quote from: spewky bewgie on October 08, 2015, 09:30:44 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on October 08, 2015, 09:25:39 PM

Quote from: spewky bewgie on October 08, 2015, 09:23:03 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on October 08, 2015, 09:01:12 PM

woops

S'ok.

Assuming Biden does jump into the race, and is the first of the big three to drop out (Which isn't out of the question - his son's death is going to loom heavily over his entire campaign), I fully expect him to endorse Clinton over Sanders, and I would not be shocked to see most of his delegates supporting that choice.

could be he's joining in just to get more supporters for Clinton and help seal the divide between her and sanders.

By stealing voters from Sanders?

well yeah that and there are surely a specific niche of dems that aren't sold on Clinton and definitely don't want Sanders that might jump on Biden. He gets them, drops out, endorses Clinton and they go to her. Joe does a solid for Clinton. I wouldn't see it being out of the question in the party's interest of Sanders not getting the nomination.

Interesting, but doubtful.