Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by James Lacey

There is something poetic about this result! 

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Darian:

I think there are a couple of factors, and some are very strong points in my opinion.  (My opinion only)  First, Biden is not Trump.  Trump's abrasiveness is incredibly off-putting to a lot of Rs and moderate Ds, including tons of middle-class and upper middle-class women with school age kids.  Some people like Trump's abrasiveness, some hate it.  We should all recognize that fact and accommodate it, (in my opinion).

Second, the middle and upper middle class suburban crowd would not mind a return to the Obama years.  Biden has not campaigned much yet, but that is a strong suit of his.  

On the merits of a Biden presidency, I think that James, Jim, Rod and Russ have made many compelling points over the last few years that show exactly why Biden is likely to do very well with the college educated, white, suburban, middle-class and upper middle-class demographic.

For myself, I don't buy into the D takeover of government "risk" argument.  I've always voted R, but the Obama and Clinton years were not so bad, no matter what the doomsayers on the right thought would happen.  As you know, I'm a big believer in the US system and feel strongly that it overcomes the particular faults of the president, whomever he, and hopefully in 2024; she, might be.  In the big picture at least.

Jim