Bad Advice From Republicans Centrists; An Ongoing Series.
After losing to the blue wave a month ago, there's been no shortage of bad advice from moderate republicans. Usually it's some variation of just rolling over to Republican demands. But today brings in a real whopper from Politico. Two men who have twice failed in their bids to become President of the United States combine their powers to form a winning team!
Biden Should Run on a Unity Ticket With Romney.
Last summer, John McCain told the world that he regretted not picking Joe Lieberman, the former senator and Democrat, to be his vice presidential running mate in the 2008 presidential election. A McCain/Lieberman ticket might not have won the White House, but it could have diverted us from the dangerous polarization now plaguing our political system.
Joe Biden should learn from McCain’s regret. Oh my... all that schadenfreude of unleashing the Palin era of politics.
Now here’s what Biden should do next: Pick a Republican running mate in a “trans-party” third-party run for the White House.
Should Trump run again, this could be a “break-the-glass” moment for many Americans, creating an opening for a radical departure from our malfunctioning two-party political system. By injecting some ideological innovation into the process, we can break the hidebound precedents of two narrow parties running their ceremonious and illogical nominating process to select a candidate. (Why do Iowa and New Hampshire play such outsized roles? Why do independents, who outnumber both Democrats and Republicans, have only a binary political choice?) The system certainly suffered a critical failure in 2016, with both parties producing terribly flawed candidates in a race to the bottom.
The Democratic primary is shaping up to be cacophonous and chaotic. Biden should capitalize on his status as one of America’s most popular politicians, skip the risk and potential indignities of running and losing in what will be a vicious and mulish, leftward-lurching primary, and slingshot straight to the general election debate stage on a third-party ticket. Biden may not know it, but he is already well-positioned to win a three-way election outright. Here’s how:
It reads like a "This one neat Trick" on the internet. “Joe Biden should run on a third party ticket with someone who agrees with Trump on every policy issue but wishes he was a little less vulgar.”
Can Centrism ever evolve past such flawed wish fulfillment fantasies?