Who would you root for in a Biden vs Sanders primary?

[History505]

If it comes down to those two, who would you choose?

[junior chįmp]

Anyone but Biden

[Sirius_]

Easily Biden.

[Truvinny]

Sanders. The party needs to go in a progressive, not safe, direction.

FWIW I would prefer a candidate younger than either.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Biden.

[NewYorkExpress]

Elizabeth Warren or Tammy Baldwin if either are running, otherwise I'd be a reluctant vote for Sanders.

Tammy Baldwin quite frankly, checks off all of the boxes, Democrats need to win in 2020.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Sanders. The data is more consistent to state that Sanders has a better chance of beating Trump than Biden.

[Chief Justice Keef]

Sanders, and anyone who says Biden is living in another timeline.

[Truvinny]

Elizabeth Warren or Tammy Baldwin if either are running, otherwise I'd be a reluctant vote for Sanders.

Tammy Baldwin quite frankly, checks off all of the boxes, Democrats need to win in 2020.

I never hear anything about Baldwin. I seriously doubt she has the name recognition or resume to get any traction at all in the primary process.
But yes, Warren. She seems like probably the best and most idealistic major politician in America right now.

[OneJ]

I would be in the lean Sanders column, but I do prefer some people who are younger than both Sanders and Biden, however.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Uncle Joe.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Abstain and let the chips fall where they may. They both suck for different reasons, but they'll probably both beat Trump.

[IndustrialJustice]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/the-case-for-impeaching-clarence-thomas.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s3&utm_campaign=sharebutton-t

"The Thomas hearings were not just a national referendum on workplace behavior, sexual mores, and the interplay between those things; they were a typical example of partisan gamesmanship and flawed compromise. Chairman Biden was outmaneuvered and bluffed by the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee. He had plenty of witnesses who could have testified about Thomas’s inappropriate sexualized office behavior and easily proven interest in the kind of porn Hill referenced in her testimony, but had made a bargain with his Republican colleagues that sealed Hill’s fate: He agreed only to call witnesses who had information about Thomas’s workplace behavior. Thomas’s “private life,” especially his taste for porn — then considered more outré than it might be now — would be out of bounds, despite the fact that information confirming his habit of talking about it would have cast extreme doubt on Thomas’s denials.

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Among the corroborative stories — the potential #MeToos — that Biden knew about but was unwilling to use: those of Angela Wright; Rose Jourdain, another EEOC worker in whom Wright confided; and Sukari Hardnett, still another EEOC worker with relevant evidence. (“If you were young, black, female and reasonably attractive and worked directly for Clarence Thomas, you knew full well you were being inspected and auditioned as a female,” Hardnett wrote in a letter to the Judiciary Committee, contradicting Thomas’s claim “I do not and did not commingle my personal life with my work life” and supporting McEwen’s 2010 assertion that he “was always actively watching the women he worked with to see if they could be potential partners” as “a hobby of his.”) Kaye Savage, a friend of Thomas’s and Hill’s, knew of his extensive collection of Playboy magazines; Fred Cooke, a Washington attorney, saw Thomas renting porn videos that match Hill’s descriptions, as did Barry Maddox, the owner of the video store that Thomas frequented. And at least some members of Biden’s staff would have known Lillian McEwen had relevant information.

This is what any trial lawyer would call a bonanza of good, probative evidence (even without the additional weight of the other people with knowledge of Thomas’s peculiar sex talk, like Montwieler). In interviews over the years, five members of Biden’s Judiciary Committee at the time of the hearings told me they were certain that if Biden had called the other witnesses to testify, Thomas would never have been confirmed."

[Canis]

I'd vote for Sanders but I would be happy because both candidates would have my full support and would almost be guaranteed a win

[Cold War Liberal]

Biden – I care more about the country having a competent president than I care about my party improving its own chances. You'd think we'd have all learned that from Clinton's Trump-boosting last year.

With that said, Joe Biden is not the Democrats' most competent candidate.

This. Reluctant Biden. By the time the Maryland primary rolls around, I assume (and hope for the sake of party unity) that the field will have been winnowed down to two or three candidates. I pray to God that neither of these terrible candidates even run in the first place, let alone are the last two standing.

Elizabeth Warren or Tammy Baldwin if either are running, otherwise I'd be a reluctant vote for Sanders.

Tammy Baldwin quite frankly, checks off all of the boxes, Democrats need to win in 2020.

I love Tammy Baldwin. I specifically want her to be the next Vice President because there's poetic justice in the most openly anti-gay, anti-woman VP in recent memory being beaten by a lesbian. She'd be a great President too.

[Liberalrocks]

Easily Biden.

[TML]

Based on the 2016 election outcome and its implications, I'd go with Sanders, since he is the more populist and less establishment candidate between these two.

[Babeuf]

Saint Bernard.

[morgieb]

Bernie, naturally.

[Sir Mohamed]

Easily Biden.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Bernie, naturally.

[Illiniwek]

My mind could and likely would change, but right now I honestly am not interested in picking between the two. I would be more than fine with either as president, but I don't know how to pick one that is more likely than the other to beat trump.

[Sirius_]

Sanders. The data is more consistent to state that Sanders has a better chance of beating Trump than Biden.

What planet do you live on?

[Strudelcutie4427]

Biden no contest

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Sanders. The data is more consistent to state that Sanders has a better chance of beating Trump than Biden.

What planet do you live on?

yeah, Biden is farther ahead in polls. Although in my opinion Bernie could hold that lead better than Biden, although i'm not sure why except Bernie might do better in debates.