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EdmondDantes_

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8. I believe that is true if we start from the position of Biden running for reelection in the first place
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:57 PM
Sunday

But I don't think that would necessarily be the case if Biden announced in 2022 or early 2023 he wasn't running again. Harris wasn't popular in the 2020 primary and was tied to the Biden campaign.

But that said, there are also some deep questions that we need to ask about the people in the Biden administration and not being better prepared for what was coming in the debate, and on the Harris campaign for not having an answer to the "she's for them" ad and the "what would you do differently than Biden" question. We also need to be willing to look at the efficiency of having/paying celebrities to show up to campaign stops. And why aren't we able to better translate the popularity of many of our positions into electoral wins?

Sure we won't win 50 states, but we also need to figure out why we're at risk in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, etc. Pretending everything is fine isn't going to change things.

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