You used her words to lend credibility to the idea that debates may not happen, it's explicitly stated in your post above. She has no power to follow through on her words, which again.. basic research would have revealed.

Nope I didnt do any of it, again, you putting words in my mouth or just reading too much into other people's words.

Any idiot knows she has no power to decide if a debate will happen or not, that would be pretty stupid. I recommend you stick to what people say/write instead of project your own ideas into other people.

Different situation.

Obama won by a huge margin, but that wasn't necessarily due to McCain. McCain was still a relatively well liked candidate. Obama was a just a very popular candidate, combined with being the first black person running for president for a major party, and drew high turnout. People were showing up for Obama. The republicans, somewhat justifiably, believed that Obama could not capture the same enthusiasm in 2012, and that they could win by turning out more of their base, which meant going further right. 

Nobody in 2012 was going to vote against Romney because McCain endorsed him. And McCain, despite what his campaign may have told you, was not a "maverick". There was no risk of him going rogue and acting against the wishes of the party. If McCain was truly a massive liability he would have faded out of the political field.

If Biden wins, it is not because Biden is an overwhelmingly popular candidate, because he's simply not. It would be because they are voting against Trump. If Biden wins by the margins he's currently prevented, then the Democrats would love to run against him again in 24, either directly or by treating whatever candidate they do put up (which would be easy if one of his kids run) as a Trump proxy. 

I am. Don't make it so easy for me next time then.

Whatever makes you fell good about yourself dude

Let the downplaying begin

I'll start:

This is the stupidest metric I've ever heard of. A bunch of people who say they were totally democrats before call into CSPAN. 

I'm as worried at this as I am about Dave Rubin and Tim Pool "leaving the left". 

Edit: Oh god I just thought about it and this is going to be brought up by that POS POTUS the next time he's asked about corona virus or some other actual question. This and all the boats in Florida. 

I know he said he would debate him. Thats not what we were talking about. We were talking about why Pelosi dont want him to debate Trump. She says its because they dont want to legitimize him or whatever the poor excuse was.

Trump won't like this. Then again he'll probably just gaslight.

There are about 8 minutes to this video. I watched one minute, which had about five callers. For argument's sake, we'll say the remaining seven minutes had twice as many callers. That means 75 voters called into C-Span.

The first problem obviously is that the callers are self identifying, and there's no way to verify that. I actually think I'm registered as a Republican atm, because my views were quite different when I was younger, and the party was quite different, and I'd never changed it. So, I could call in and say I'm a registered Republican who switched parties, even though I haven't really identified as a Republican for about 16 years.

The second problem is that what I said above is a lie. I indeed did register as a Republican when I turned 18, but I never actually voted Republican, and was decidedly not a republican by the time I was 19. I don't know when exactly I changed my registration, but I most definitely did at some point, since when I ordered by mail in ballot they had me listed as a Democrat. Still, I was tempted to exaggerate and say I was still registered as a Republican, because it would be better for my case, and it's at least a half truth. Are these people on the phone lying? I can't say. But it's not unheard of for people to be dishonest in trying to prove a point.

Third problem is that we have no basis for comparison. How many people called in to say they loved the convention? Did the call screeners particularly search for specific view points to air (Democratic supporter switching makes for much better TV than "Democrat loves Democratic convention" or "republican hates Democratic convention")? How many Republicans called to say they switched over to the Democrats? How many Democrats called in during the Republican convention to say they were switching to support? Without knowing these things, we really can't assess the overall picture.

And lastly, even if we assume that everyone is honestly representing themselves here, the big question is, so what? We have about 75 people. That's not enough data to make a conclusion. On the other hand, all the data we have available suggests that more voters are shifting towards the Democrats. The biggest one being the 2018 election which was a 9 point swing in favor of Democrats since 2016. Polls consistently show Biden doing far better than Hilary Clinton had been doing. Generic ballot if far better for Democrats than in 2016 and is consistent with 2018.

You have cleverly pre-dismissed any criticism as "downplaying". So good job on that. But what you've provided is a piece of anecdotal evidence, based on a teensy weensy completely non-random sample. Simply, not anything upon which a reasonable conclusion about overall trends can be reached.