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I agree, though, that Biden would be a fool to do this. If he quits now he is ahead. If…
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I can't picture Biden winning the nomination.  He's made a career of losing it badly.  He's also not different enough…
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To be clear, I'm not really talking about Biden's personal motivation here. If he gets in, there must be a…
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If Biden goes in, it's to rescue Clinton, not kill her. First of all, if Biden had any juice is…
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Amtrack is by far the least important of the political issues raised. And even at that, only one of his…
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Agreed, but I do think Sanders is doing pretty well at trying to align the middle with the poor against…
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Yglesias attacks Biden for his support for the drug war, including sentencing disparities and civil forfeiture, for botching the Thomas…
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The polls that were cited on this site a couple of days ago show that Clinton's highest support is in…
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So why is it the state where Kerry broke Dean's mo'?
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What difference does Yglesias make?  What percentage of primary voters even know who he is?  Bringing Yglesias in is too…
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I don't relate to either side of this.  I don't have any particularly bad feelings about Hilary personally.  I think…
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This idea that, for the sake of good governance, Democrats must pick up the slack in carrying the water of…
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Prisoners can't vote. That makes a huge difference in political consequences.
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You want a big idea to appeal to the middle-class, help the poor, and redeem an important leftist idea: Public…
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I'm unclear which one you're calling a quagmire candidate. I guess Clinton because she is advocating greater involvement. It is…
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Actually, Hilary's numbers are slightly higher with the top third income-wise than the bottom third, so I think it's an…
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I don't see the opposition between "doing it to stop Bernie" and "doing it because he thinks he can win".…
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I agree except that i don't think it comes down to hawk vs. dove. The hawk position epitomized by McCain…
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Bernie keeps talking about domestic policy where the President can do very little without cooperation from Congress, rather than foreign…
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The fundamental problem here is that Putin is right. Obama cannot draw a scenario with an ouster of Assad leading…
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