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k8conant

(3,030 posts)
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:08 AM Apr 2016

As Hillary Loses Big Again, AP Plays the Race Card to Explain Away Sanders' Wisconsin Win

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2016/04/05/hillary-loses-big-again-ap-plays-race-card-explain-away-sanders


"Despite headlining the story at its front page as relating to Cruz, AP's story covered both races. Here what Julie Pace and Scott Bauer wrote about Sanders' victory ...


draping front-runners Trump and Clinton in uncertainty and preventing both from fully setting their sights on the general election.

For Sanders, Wisconsin was favorable territory, with an overwhelming white electorate and liberal pockets of voters
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Darn that Bernie Sanders. He's winning in predominantly white states and distracting Mrs. Clinton from the all-important task of winning the general election."
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As Hillary Loses Big Again, AP Plays the Race Card to Explain Away Sanders' Wisconsin Win (Original Post) k8conant Apr 2016 OP
sanders picked up +7 delegates... chillfactor Apr 2016 #1
Yes it is. NWCorona Apr 2016 #2
Bernie loves all his delegates forever and ever Kalidurga Apr 2016 #3
NYT says +14 over HRC Kelvin Mace Apr 2016 #5
He won Menominee County by 27 points, it's one of the least white counties in the country jfern Apr 2016 #4
Probably a "liberal pocket of voters". delrem Apr 2016 #7
Native Americans in this case jfern Apr 2016 #8
It's those dastardly "liberal pockets of voters"! delrem Apr 2016 #6

delrem

(9,688 posts)
7. Probably a "liberal pocket of voters".
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:20 AM
Apr 2016

Hillary Clinton doesn't do well with liberals. Or the left. Her crowd has to take a deep breath before mouthing the lie that she's "progressive", then scramble like an exposed centipede for the nearest rock.

delrem

(9,688 posts)
6. It's those dastardly "liberal pockets of voters"!
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:18 AM
Apr 2016

+12.7% isn't a small margin, when HRC was up by so much just awhile ago.

It's like people are waking up from a snooze.

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