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fishonjazz said:
And if Trump is the Republican candidate then the Republicans are screwed as well.

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I agree with both here. Nothing about Joe Biden is particularly appealing. He's kind of an embarrassing, mediocre specimen when compared to what the standard of the office should be. Of course, Donald Trump is much much worse than that. He's spectacularly embarrassing and a trash human being. His very intelligence is rightfully and heavily questioned.

I'd vastly prefer an election system that would never result in a choice between seriously meh and trash. We need more choices.
 
Four states are planning to cancel Republican primaries, which all but blocks challengers to Trump for the 2020 nomination.
 
Zombie said:
Sounds about right. I'm sure those on the right who were oh so concerned about the DNC favoring Hillary last go around are up in arms over this...
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It's the Democrats who are (or were) up in arms about rigging the nomination for Hillary. Also, she wasn't an incumbent president, so it's not quite the same. Trump is clearly the lead horse for the Republican party though. He's their battering ram.
 
Catchall said:
It's the Democrats who are (or were) up in arms about rigging the nomination for Hillary. Also, she wasn't an incumbent president, so it's not quite the same. Trump is clearly the lead horse for the Republican party though. He's their battering ram.
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He is also hated by many many Republicans.

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Catchall said:
It's the Democrats who are (or were) up in arms about rigging the nomination for Hillary. Also, she wasn't an incumbent president, so it's not quite the same. Trump is clearly the lead horse for the Republican party though. He's their battering ram.
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Yeah Bernie supporters and some other Democrats weren't happy about it, but let's not pretend this hasn't been brought up ad nauseum by Republicans since the election. I've heard complaints about it far more often from conservatives on this site than from liberals.

Whether Trump is an incumbent doesn't really change things, especially considering the large contingent of Never Trump Republicans who wish to see him challenged. It's undemocratic and is being done purely to protect Trump.

Obviously it's their primary and they can run it however they want, it's not really the best look though.
 
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DasJazz said:
Perhaps. I am of the belief that there should always be at least 1 challenger from the incumbent side.

Really wish there was a more effective way to get independent candidates a fair shake for running as well.
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Hell ya.
I want there to be no "parties". Just Americans running for president. Then everyone votes for who they like the most. And every vote counts the exact same.



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Catchall said:
It's the Democrats who are (or were) up in arms about rigging the nomination for Hillary.
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Clinton got what she paid for. IIRC, Sanders registered as a Democrat in December 2015. If Joe Manchin registered as a Republican this year, do you think he would be treated equitably by the Republican Party as a 2020 candidate?
 
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