2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe "Bernie is unelectable" meme is hogwash
and as certain as Bill Clinton's claims about Iraq wmd.
AWK AWK he's gonna wither under the concerted assault of rightwingnuts!!!!
AWK AWK the polls taken now are useless because no one knows he's a closet socialist!!!
and related to that is the false assumption imo, that there are more dirt and skeletons that will be of concern to the voters, in the Sanders closet.
What seems to be missing from the various "electibility" concerns is the undeniable fact that it's not like the opposition is "clean".
for example -- who here wants to try to make the case that without grossly and demonstrably lying, that Bernie can be burned to the extent that Trump can by the uncontested/undeniable in his record?
Last week, Sam Stein reported for the Huffington Post that none of his GOP rivals had even completed a major anti-Trump opposition research effort. When Trump gets to the general election, thats going to change. Voters are going to hear plenty about not only his many bankruptcies, but also his fraudulent scams, mob ties, shady licensing deals, tax avoidance schemes and hypocritical embrace of immigrant workers for their cheap labor. Journalist Wayne Barrett has reported that some of his past associates Ill hire the best people, theyll give me the best advice have been caught up in drug smuggling, trafficking underage girls and various stock market swindles. Well hear all about the Japanese gambler who stiffed him for $4 million theyre stealing our money! and the Mexican sweatshop workers who make his Make America Great hats. So far, hes gotten a pass on his supposed business acumen, but in a general election well hear all about how hed be richer today if hed just invested his money in the stock market and spent the past 30 years lounging on a beach somewhere. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/donald-trump-should-enjoy-his-super-tuesday-win-because-hes-going-to-be-crushed/
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)nichomachus
(12,754 posts)Bernie is favored to win all but four of the remaining states. And if history has shown us anything, it's that Mrs. Clinton has no long game. She withers as time goes on. The longer she campaigns and the more people see her, the less they like her.
This is exactly why her acolytes want to declare this over today -- kind of like what happened in Florida -- stop counting the votes because we're ahead now.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,355 posts)he's unelectable as POTUS.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)The party bosses, the DNC, and the superdelegates can't rig the GE process like they can the primary process.
After all, Bill Clinton can illegally invade only so many polling places in one day.
stupidicus
(2,570 posts)eom
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)stupidicus
(2,570 posts)that's like saying that HC couldn't have beat the Mutt too
gee, if that's the case, why is she running now?
Faux pas
(14,583 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)against the entire GOP lineup. Plus crossover appeal, add in enthusiasm and an anti-establishment focus and you have a winner in my book. Funny how the corporate media can only ever see a path to the nomination for the corporate candidate. Wonder why that is.