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Seth Cotlar
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In April 2003 Lieberman was the front runner for the nomination, and Bush looked easy to beat. news.gallup.com/poll/8302/lieb…
What happened next is that a more progressive alternative (Dean) surged in popularity and then lost the “electability” argument inside the party to Kerry, after Lieberman proved to be simply too boring, coasting off the fumes of 2000.
The Lieberman 2003/Biden 2019 parallels are pretty compelling IMHO. Lieberman was the ghost of the Democratic Party past. Dean pointed forward toward Obama in 2008.
Ugh, my blurry morning eyes misread the Gallup headline. Bush did not seem “easy to beat,” but he did look “beatable.”
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The material just writes itself.
And also, thanks to KDKA for providing this important fact check.
And for those who don’t know, I grew up in a small coal mining town 80 miles east of Pittsburgh. I come by that snark honestly.
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