So there is no doubt here: I WILL vote for Biden in the general if he is the candidate.
I get it, the most important thing in America is defeating Donald Trump. (Never mind the whole impeachment thing). America really craves a return to normalcy – where we work with both parties to rebuild a middle class. America really is looking for a leader who will not disrupt the status quo.
As for those other issues - Climate, well we can take a look in four years the important thing is Trumps gone. Healthcare, hey at least we can finally stop the Republicans from trying to dismantle Obamacare after all Trumps gone. College costs, There’s all that Pell Grant money that won’t have to go to Trumps wall now that ought to get a few more kids in so they can borrow more and pay a lot more interest. Income Inequality, Nice but what we really want is a return to normalcy instead of Trumps Insanity.
After all as the Atlantic pointed out (The Atlantic) “As Democrats, our first, second, and third priorities should be to produce a candidate who will appeal to the widest swath of both moderate and progressive voters”. Oh and what was the recipe? the IT factor (like Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama), Credibility (can we imagine them in the oval office – note: admitted credibility was a liability in 2016 because some of the electorate actually wanted change), and Viability (Democratic and Independent voters are so desperate they’ll vote for someone who they don’t agree with just to beat Trump).
I actually googled “defeating Trump is not enough” to see if I was alone in how I felt. I found two links to the same interview Bernie Sanders had with Chuck Todd. Real Clear Politics I had to get to page three before it would show anything else. There it showed Biden and Mayor Pete talking about Uniting the country and defeating Trump. Also, strangely enough, an article from October of 2016 saying the same thing about Trump and making sure we took the house and Senate also. Finally an article about Elizabeth Warren from July of 2018 in (NYMag.com) detailing her persistence.
In his article Bernie Sanders was clear it was not enough to defeat Trump but you also had to defeat the oil companies (I know someone else with a plan for that). He was clear it was not enough to defeat Donald Trump but you also had to defeat the Pharmaceutical companies (I know someone else with a plan for that). It was made clear in the article that PA voters wouldn’t vote for him (The Governor said so) because according to Biden “they’d stick their fingers in their ears when he (or Warren) spoke” despite polling showing Bernie would win.
So we’ve gone from let’s keep things normal - to let’s get back to normal. No offense but I want a new normal and I will be supporting someone with a plan for that new normal as long as I can – then if I absolutely have to . . .
I WILL hold my nose and vote for Biden as the Democratic Nominee.