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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Nov 2019
      Replying to @mattyglesias

      The question is are primary voters well equipped to judge who is electable or not? Because right now, voters think Biden and Buttigieg are more electable than Klobuchar & Booker. I'm not sure I agree.

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    3. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 17 Nov 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

      Is the idea that people who are more interested in an ideological recalibration of the party than winning current elections are more equipped to make this calculus?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Nov 2019
      Replying to @joshtpm @mattyglesias

      Even if one stipulates for the sake of argument that Dems need to nominate a moderate liberal rather than a leftist, that doesn't explain preferring Biden & Buttigieg to Klobuchar & Booker (who, to my eyes, seem on paper like very electable moderate liberals).

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        1. John‏ @johnlk_80 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @mattyglesias

          Elections aren't held on paper, of course.

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        1. Matthew Golden‏ @Matgolden 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @mattyglesias

          Why does Bennet get zero run as the moderate alternative no one is talking about maybe we should be?

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        1. Jacob Alperin-Sheriff  🐵‏ @DemocraticLuntz 17 Nov 2019
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          There’s some amount of shiny new thing with Buttigieg and Obama’s man with Biden that Klo and Book can’t compete with also Booker is very lib on a # of things just pro his home state industry

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        2. Graham Lester‏ @GrahamCLester 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @mattyglesias

          Look at the polling against Trump, that's what gives Biden the edge. Also, the others are relative unknowns and very likely to have their reputations destroyed by the GOP propaganda machine if they were ever to get the nomination.

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        3. donaldball‏ @donaldball 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @GrahamCLester @HeerJeet and

          Literally any Democratic nominee will be given that treatment. Polling against Trump right now is purely name recognition and nostalgia.

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        2. Peter Ramsey‏Verified account @pramsey342 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @mattyglesias

          Part of being electable is getting a portion of your base actually Inspired and excited, isn’t it?

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @pramsey342 @joshtpm @mattyglesias

          If that's the criteria then you'd have to ask who draws the biggest crowds and gets (by far) the most individual donations.

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        2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          I mean, I like all four of them. Biden's strength seems pretty elementary: close association to extremely popular ex-president. But this seems to dodge the issue. Isn't the real issue driving this convo why people stick with Biden, not why Booker is flagging?

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        3. Tony Moore‏ @tmobsessed 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @joshtpm @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          I think Booker screwed himself when he attacked Obama for attacking Bain Capital. Seen through that prism aspects of his delivery that might seem positive seem phony to me.

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        2. Brando Simeo Starkey‏Verified account @BrandoStarkey 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm @mattyglesias

          Isn't the original statement rather banal? Of course it's "reasonable" for voters to prioritize electability. He's saying nothing noteworthy in contending that. The real question is a normative one--SHOULD voters prioritize electability?

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        3. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 17 Nov 2019
          Replying to @BrandoStarkey @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          Correct. What Obama was said was basically totally unremarkable.

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