i mean..... about half of the dems already aren't happy about Biden being the nominee, but would vote for him anyways. a sexual assault allegation wont change that, and they're not worried about looking like hypocrites, or they wouldnt have 70+ year old white dudes running in the first place.

what do you see happening? the DNC removes biden somehow and does what exactly? hands it to Bernie?

Why can't he just continue to deny it? "I've never done anything like that." Defenses don't have to be rock solid to work.

I don't think this is that big of a deal. It may force the media to actually press him on it, but him and his campaign can manage this. Plus, he's running against who is on tape admitting to sexual assault and who has faced numerous credible allegations.

well if we assumed this had enough critical mass to actually sink biden, then the logical exit strategy is that he voluntarily leaves the race and endorses bernie, yes. Biden can still be a rational actor with an interest in beating Trump that would overcome his own ambitions. The establishment would never spring for this unless it was perceived as the lesser of two evils and more likely to result in an election victory, so the fallout from Reade's accusation would have to be utterly devastating. With the media carrying water for Biden so far its looked like he would just brush it off, but damning evidence makes that hard.

also, there's other even stranger options like just going full smoke-filled-room and drafting Cuomo at the convention. People are already talking about that. But there's plenty of moderates that could be sprung rather inoffensively into the race if Biden were to tuck tail, especially Klobuchar by virtue of not being a male rapist.

that said, I do think this scandal has a real danger to Biden that shouldn't be downplayed. Having Biden tainted by a rapist label will absolutely depress turnout and swing votes among white liberal women. The pussy hat brigade who nearly propped up Hillary Clinton would vanish. It might not make much of a difference to other critical demographics like the minority vote (which Trump has been so consistently targeting mind you), but its going to be very very hard for Biden to drum up the screeching harpy demographic while Tara Reade talks about how he grabbed her by the pussy.

This post was edited by Goomshill on Apr 24 2020 02:11pm

Man, this woman is irresistible. Who WOULDN'T sexually assault her?

give her credit, she still aged better than an asian girl

Yikes, that's a woman who doesn't trim her pubes for sure.

Ask Joe about this

LOL @anyone of you thinking that Biden would hand his nomination to Bernie if he had to drop out.



Hillary 2016: "It's her time"
Hillary 2020: "I am INEVITABLE"



I agree with you that he will be able to survive this scandal. If Trump could get away with far worse accusations, Biden will be able to survive this.

But I'm also in agreement with ^Goomshill that the obvious, glaringy hypocrisy will have bad electoral repercussions for the candidate of the party of #metoo and women's rights.

White, suburban women might very well be the decisive bloc of swing voters once again (they were pivotal for the Democrats in 2018, and afaik, they were also crucial in every election between 1992 and 2012), and like Goom says, such a scandal would depress turnout for Biden, at least among this one group of voters.

I was told that Joe was into little girls so I imagine that this woman's nether regions weren't really his type. Checkmate.

i just dont see anything here that will unseat him. could happen ofc, but i dont see it. this will be a footnote win or lose come election time.



he just likes to nuzzle his nose into a woman's hair, 6 year old head hair or 18 year old bush, doesnt matter. he's in there.

This post was edited by thesnipa on Apr 24 2020 02:21pm